Joao Barbosa

Two-time IMSA champion Barbosa has landed a full-season LMP3 drive with Sean Creech Motorsport as part of the team's move to the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship ranks this year, sportscar365.com reports.

Barbosa has has been dropped from JDC-Miller Motorsports' lineup with immediate effect, with the two-time IMSA prototype champion out of the No. 5 Mustang Sampling-sponsored Cadillac DPi-V.R for the three remaining WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races of the season, sportscar365.com reports.

Barbosa (wrist) will return to IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition in the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase next weekend at Road America, sportscar365.com reports.

Barbosa (wrist) has been ruled out of the next two IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races due to a wrist injury sustained in a bicycle accident, sportscar365.com reports.

Action Express Racing topped a Cadillac DPi 1-2-3-4 in the first on track session for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the Roar Before the 24 at Daytona International Speedway. Barbosa set the benchmark time with a lap of 1:37.266 in the No. 5 Cadillac DPi V.R, 0.262 seconds clear of the Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac in second, followed by Spirit of Daytona and No. 31 AXR entry in fourth, sportscar365.com reports.