Jonathan Bomarito

Bomarito showed the pace in the first fully dry running of the Rolex 24 weekend in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Practice 2 at Daytona. The American, driving the No. 55 Mazda RT24-P, was a full 0.711 seconds faster than second place Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R, sportscar365.com reports.

Mazda Team Joest has named its full-season driver lineup for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, featuring an unchanged full-season roster and two new additions for the Michelin Endurance Cup races. Bomarito, Harry Tincknell, Oliver Jarvis and Tristan Nunez will all return to the two-car Mazda RT24-P DPi program this year, sportscar365.com reports.

Mazda Motorsports has announced the team of drivers that will pilot the two Mazda RT24-P race cars in the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Mazda Team Joest. Competing for the championship in the 10-race season will be long-time Mazda drivers Bomarito and Tristan Nuñez, both Americans, who will be joined by British racers Oliver Jarvis and Harry Tincknell, who both join Mazda for the first time, IMSA.com reports.