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Jonathan Bomarito (born January 23, 1982) is an American professional racing driver from

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. After much success in

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and two years driving in

Grand-Am Cup The Michelin Pilot Challenge is a grand touring and touring car racing series run by the International Motor Sports Association. Originating from the Canadian Motorola Cup, the series was taken over by Grand-Am in 2001 to become the Grand-Am Cup ...

, Jonathan Bomarito moved to

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USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the

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and finished 9th in points. The following year he captured his first series win and finished 5th in the championship. 2007 saw him finishing 5th again, winning at San Jose. In 2008, he was the Atlantic Series runner-up, capturing 3 victories. He also competed in the

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in 2005, 2008 and 2009. In 2010, Bomarito was regular driver of the Grand-Am

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driving a Mazda RX-8's GT class. He achieved two wins (including a class win at the

) and five podiums, finishing fourth in the championship. Bomarito finished fifth in the standings in the GT class Drivers' championship in 2011 and 2012, with one win and four podiums in both seasons. He also completed the 2012 Petit Le Mans with a Dodge Viper GTS. In 2013, Bomarito became SRT Motorsports' official driver in the

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. In a

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GTS-R and with

Kuno Wittmer Kuno Wittmer (born 6 September 1982) is a Canadian racing driver who currently competes in the Michelin Pilot Challenge. Career In 2014, Wittmer won the United SportsCar Championship GTLM class. Prior to the 2020 Michelin Pilot Challenge season ...

as co-driver scored two podiums, finishing 13th in the Drivers' Championship GT class. They also contested the

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with

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as third driver, finishing ninth in class. Bomarito and Wittmer remained as co-drivers in the team in the new

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, scoring two victories at Indianapolis and Austin. They entered the final round tied on points with Antonio García of

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, so SRT elected to split the two drivers across both their cars in order to maximise the marque's chance of winning the GTLM drivers' title. The strategy worked but it was Wittmer who finished ahead, placing Bomarito second in the standings. For 2015 he re-signed with Mazda to drive in the prototype class. Results were initially modest until

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took over the management of the team ahead of the introduction of DPi regulations for

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. Joest elected to withdraw from the final races of the

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season in order to maximise testing time for the following season. Save for a few reliability issues in early 2018, Bomarito and the team have since enjoyed a very successful period, winning four races with co-driver

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including the 2020 12 Hours of Sebring and finishing third overall in the

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Complete motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest race lap)

USF2000 National Championship

Star Mazda Championship

Atlantic Championship

Indy Lights

24 Hours of Le Mans results

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

References

External links

Atlantic Championship bio
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