Jonathan Bomarito will suit up alongside last weekend’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca winners Marc Goossens and Renger van der Zande in the No.90 Visit Florida Racing entry for Petit Le Mans.
Bomarito joins the team on loan from Mazda, whose own Prototype program is on hiatus ahead of its re-entry into IMSA’s WeatherTech series with new partner Joest in 2018.
“I am really looking forward to the opportunity to work with Visit Florida Racing,” said Bomarito. “I have known Troy [Flis, team owner] for a while now, and he has a great program. I have worked alongside Marc in the past and I know Renger pretty well, so I think it will be a good fit. I just want to do a solid job as a third driver and make the transition as seamless as possible for the team. I am also thankful to Mazda for agreeing to let me compete at one of my favorite venues of the year.”
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Bomarito (pictured above) will take the place previously occupied by Rene Rast, who will remain in Europe to continue his pursuit of the DTM title. He is currently placed second in the standings with one race remaining.
“Rene is in an awesome fight for the DTM championship so it makes sense for him to concentrate on that, and with Jonathan being available, it worked out that Mazda let us borrow him for the race,” said Flis.
“We have a great relationship with John Doonan and the Mazda team so I reached out to them to see if they could help. Jonathan was eager to help, so Mazda agreed to share him with us for Road Atlanta.
“This is another example of what makes this sport so great. During Hurricane Irma we had several teams reach out to offer us help, and even at Mazda Raceway this past weekend we had to plug our transporter into one of the Michael Shank Racing team transporters for power because our generator was having issues from the storm.
“It’s just great to see everyone come together. Rene did an awesome job for us earlier this year and we all hope that he comes home with the big prize in DTM.”
Visit Florida Racing has made three Petit Le Mans starts, with a best finish of fifth in 2015.
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