---
title: "Watch Mazda MX-5 Cup and Indy Lights Live From Road America on YouTube"
description: "The famous circuit at Elkhart Lake will play host to over 70 Mazda race cars."
date: "2018-06-21"
modified: "2018-06-21"
authors:
  - name: "Jerry Perez"
    job_title: "Deputy Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/jerry-perez"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/21672/watch-mazda-mx-5-cup-and-indy-lights-live-from-road-america-on-youtube"
categories:
  - "Mazda News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Racing"
tags:
  - "compact"
  - "Convertible"
  - "mazda"
  - "Mazda Miata"
  - "miata"
  - "MX-5 Cup"
  - "race car"
  - "racing"
  - "Racing News"
  - "Road America"
---

# Watch Mazda MX-5 Cup and Indy Lights Live From Road America on YouTube

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Mazda Motorsports will livestream hours of racing action from one of North America's most famous road racing circuits, as the [Global MX-5 Cup](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/19564/watch-the-season-opening-mazda-global-mx-5-cup-race-live-on-youtube>), Indy Lights, Pro Mazda, and USF2000 championships take over Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

Both of the Global MX-5 Cup races will be streamed live on Mazda's official [YouTube channel](<https://www.youtube.com/user/mazdausa>). The exciting 4.048-mile road racing circuit will surely make for an exciting race, as 25 Mazda MX-5 racers negotiate the fast and sweeping corners of the circuit, which also offers plenty of elevation changes.

The [first](<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__youtu.be_1j78vBd3jeg&d=DwMFAg&c=qwStF0e4-YFyvjCeML3ehA&r=DE1U6w5733P7_CyS0bDjbTI0PNNw-c6TtvtTGJX6VHs&m=4_onrfUzBpYY-8VJRDpGWNd_oV0QuRd8cONdjrVnpYU&s=TZ20P0GCsQtUTfhr_bo6Ov2K435guL5flA1ojbOr1oA&e=>) of two races will take place Friday, June 22 at 2:25 p.m. EST, and [race two](<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__youtu.be_6-2DetgHpdzvs&d=DwMFaQ&c=TjG9Ta5PltfpvywVgozrAA&r=qqIbkM-3IL0B7HRWep-bZYstAOULq3S9En9mOdyBjpc&m=Ofg1Bdq4l9KhdDTko5eibCoio8ZqP0LEWdjZV2-nFRc&s=vVByM6vDz-o3dihErl2KAO0omP_g2pCHDpNEEfDbTzI&e=>) will start Sunday, June 23 at 11:05 a.m. EST.

![message-editor%2F1529598820763-ripshaub\_2018\_\_indy\_indylights-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1529598820763-ripshaub_2018__indy_indylights-1.jpg>)
*Indy Lights at the Freedom 100 race in Indianapolis., *RIP SHAUB**

![message-editor%2F1529598847608-ripshaub\_pwc\_2018\_cota\_mx5cup-9.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1529598847608-ripshaub_pwc_2018_cota_mx5cup-9.jpg>)
*Global Mazda MX-5 Cup., *RIP SHAUB**

Indy Lights, the feeder series to [IndyCar](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/19660/the-casual-fans-2018-indycar-spotters-guide>), will also live-stream coverage on the series' own website [*Road To Indy TV*](<https://roadtoindy.tv/>) on Sunday, but will also be shown on *NBC Sports* June 23 at 10:00 p.m. EST. All Pro Mazda Championship and USF2000 Championship races will also livestream on *Road To Indy TV*.

The Elkhart Lake Road America racing circuit dates back to 1955, when several spectator fatalities at road races in Watkins Glen, New York forced Wisconsin and Chicago area road racers, including the legendary Phil Hill, to leave the public roads where the ["Road America road race"](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/21366/rolls-royce-wraith-rediscovers-road-america-on-its-68th-anniversary>) initially started. Only two major races, albeit packed with dozens of racing classes, were ever held on nearby county roads in 1951 and 1952.

## Author
Jerry is responsible for upholding The Drive's ethos as an audience-first, enthusiast-driven car blog that serves up industry-leading news, reviews, culture, and motorsport coverage. Overseeing a staff of writers and editors from his home base in Indianapolis, he helps curate the site's daily rundown, as well as its medium- and long-term content strategies. Jerry joined The Drive in 2018 as a writer and worked as news editor and managing editor before becoming the deputy in 2023. As a lifelong car enthusiast and racing fan, Jerry believes that all cars are cool, but the people behind the machines are even cooler. This belief often gives The Drive a slightly different focus from most other car sites, where we explore the humanity behind the machines. When he's not obsessing over the day's biggest stories or hanging out at a race track, Jerry can be found behind the wheel of a car, most likely sharing a laugh with his teenage son or daughter.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://www.instagram.com/drive_jerry/>)