After setting the fastest time of the weekend in the Daytona Prototype international class at the ‘Roar Before the 24’ pre-race official test session earlier this month, Mazda Team Joest returns to Daytona International Speedway this weekend with one goal in mind: victory in North America’s most famous sportscar race.
Driving the Arctic White number 77 Mazda RT24-P, Olivier Pla unofficially broke the Daytona International Speedway course record at the official test. The current course record was set by his British teammate, Oliver Jarvis, during qualifying for the 2019 Daytona 24 Hours. Pla and Jarvis will share the car with Tristan Nunez.
The team's other car, the Soul Red Crystal number 55 Mazda RT24-P, will be driven by Jonathan Bomarito, Harry Tincknell and Ryan Hunter-Reay. Hunter-Reay, the former IndyCar Series champion and Indianapolis 500 winner, will take part in the endurance races this season with Mazda Team Joest. Bomarito and Jarvis have previous class victories at Daytona 24 Hours, with Bomarito winning in the GT class in 2010 driving a Mazda RX-8 and Jarvis winning in the GT-Daytona class in 2013 in an Audi R8.