Jonathan Bennett (born May 4, 1965) is an American racing driver with residence in

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. Bennett competes in the

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for his own team,

CORE Autosport CORE Autosport was an American auto racing team founded by Jon Bennett in 2010 and based out of Rock Hill, South Carolina. After claiming the IMSA Lites Championship in 2010, the team, led by team manager, Morgan Brady, made the move to competin ...

Racing career

Bennett competed for

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, in the new

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, driving the No. 54 PC car with

Colin Braun Colin James Braun ( "brown"; born September 22, 1988) is an American auto racing, racing driver. He is the 2014 and 2015 IMSA SportsCar Championship, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Prototype Challenge Champion and currently drives the No. 60 M ...

. He and co-drivers Braun, James Gué and Mark Wilkins won the season-opening

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in the PC class followed by the

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. Bennett and Braun went on to win races at

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and

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, propelling them to the 2014 PC Drivers' Championship and PC Team Championship as well as the newly created Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup. Bennett and Braun's success continued into

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, where once again they claimed the PC Driver Championship in conjunction with CORE's PC Team Championship. Bennett continues to drive for

with Braun in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC class in 2016.

Racing record

Career summary

Motorsports career results

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

( key)(Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest race lap in class. Results are overall/class)

References

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