Jonathan Lewis Bomarito (born January 23, 1982)[1] is an American professional racing driver from Monterey, California.

Jonathan Bomarito
Bomarito in 2019
NationalityUnited States American
Born (1982-01-23) January 23, 1982 (age 42)
Monterey, California, United States
Racing licence FIA Gold
Previous series
American Le Mans Series
Rolex Sports Car Series
Atlantic Championship
Indy Lights
U.S. F2000 National Championship
Star Mazda Championship

After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship 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 24 Hours of Daytona in 2005, 2008 and 2009.

In 2010, Bomarito was regular driver of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series driving a Mazda RX-8's GT class. He achieved two wins (including a class win at the 24 Hours of Daytona) 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 American Le Mans Series. In a SRT Viper GTS-R and with Kuno Wittmer as co-driver scored two podiums, finishing 13th in the Drivers' Championship GT class. They also contested the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Tommy Kendall as third driver, finishing ninth in class. Bomarito and Wittmer remained as co-drivers in the team in the new United SportsCar Championship in 2014, scoring two victories at Indianapolis and Austin. They entered the final round tied on points with Antonio García of Corvette Racing, 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.[2]

For 2015 he re-signed with Mazda to drive in the prototype class. Results were initially modest until Joest Racing took over the management of the team ahead of the introduction of DPi regulations for 2018. Joest elected to withdraw from the final races of the 2017 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 Harry Tincknell including the 2020 12 Hours of Sebring and finishing third overall in the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Complete motorsports results

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American Open-Wheel racing results

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

USF2000 National Championship

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Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points Ref
2003 PR1 Motorsports SEB1
2
SEB2
8
LRP1
1
LRP1
3
MDO1
3
MDO2
5
ROA1
3
ROA2
4
MDO3
1
MDO4
1
ATL1
1
ATL2
1
1st 267 [3]

Star Mazda Championship

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref
2004 PR1 Motorsports SEB MDO LRP SON POR MOS ROA ATL PIR LAG
37
N.C. N.C. [4]
2005 MJ Motorsports SEB ATL1
4
MDO MON PPR SON1 SON2 POR RAM MOS ATL2 LAG N.C. N.C. [5]

Atlantic Championship

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref
2004 Transnet Racing LBH
6
MTY
5
MIL
8
POR1
4
POR2
3
CLE
5
TOR
11
VAN ROA DEN MTL LS 9th 134 [6]
2006 PR1 Motorsports LBH
23
HOU
3
MTY
4
POR
14
CLE1
4
CLE2
8
TOR
2
EDM
6
SJO
16
DEN
16
MTL
15
ROA
1
6th 178 [7]
2007 PR1 Motorsports LVG
3
LBH
2
HOU
4
POR1
24
POR2
7
CLE
22
MTT
4
TOR
20
EDM1
14
EDM2
2
SJO
1
ROA
4
5th 207 [8]
2008 Mathiasen Motorsports LBH
5
LS
19
MTT
6
EDM1
1
EDM2
4
ROA1
1
ROA2
2
TRR
1
NJ
9
UTA
6
ATL
17
2nd 228 [9]
2009 Mathiasen Motorsports
SEB
18
UTA NJ1 NJ2 LIM ACC1 ACC2 MDO TRR MOS 11th 19 [10]
Team Stargate Worlds ATL
4
LS
8

Indy Lights

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points
2009 Genoa Racing STP1 STP2 LBH
18
KAN INDY MIL IOW WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI HMS 30th 12
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2013   SRT Motorsports   Tommy Kendall
  Kuno Wittmer
SRT Viper GTS-R GTE
Pro
301 31st 9th
2019   Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK   Andy Priaulx
  Harry Tincknell
Ford GT GTE
Pro
342 23rd 4th
Sources:[12][13]

American Le Mans Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points Ref
2012 SRT Motorsports GT SRT Viper GTS-R SRT 8.0 L V10 SEB LBH LAG LRP MOS MDO ELK BAL VIR PET
DNF
NC 0 [14]
2013 SRT Motorsports GT SRT Viper GTS-R SRT 8.0 L V10 SEB
10
LBH
8
LAG
DNF
LRP
5
MOS
3
ELK
6
BAL
6
COA
2
VIR
9†
PET
5
9th 73 [15]

Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref
2014 SRT Motorsports GTLM SRT Viper GTS-R Dodge 8.0 L V10 DAY
6
SEB
2
LBH
10
LGA
7
WGL
3
MOS
2
IMS
1
ELK
3
VIR
5
COA
1
ATL
6
2nd 326 [16]
2015 SpeedSource P Mazda Prototype Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS)
I4 Turbo (diesel)
DAY
12
SEB
10
LBH
8
LGA
6
DET
WGL
MOS
ELK
COA
8
PET
7
9th 141 [17]
2016 Mazda Motorsports P Mazda Prototype Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo DAY
10
SEB
6
LBH
5
LGA
4
DET
3
WGL
8
MOS
8
ELK
5
COA
8
PET
9
7th 257 [18]
2017 Mazda Motorsports P Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY
11
SEB
5
LBH
3
COA
10
DET
5
WGL
3
MOS
4
ELK LGA 8th 205 [19]
VisitFlorida Racing Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 PET
7
2018 Mazda Team Joest P Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY
16
SEB
6
LBH
9
MDO
14
DET
14
WGL
10
MOS
11
ELK
8
LGA
4
PET
3
10th 218 [20]
2019 Mazda Team Joest DPi Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY
9
SEB
6
LBH
8
MDO
3
DET
11
WGL
1
MOS
2
ELK
1
LGA
10
PET
11
6th 263 [21]
2020 Mazda Team Joest DPi Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY
6
3rd 260 [22]
Mazda Motorsports DAY
1
SEB
5
ELK
5
ATL
2
MOH
4
ATL
6
LGA
4
SEB
1
2021 Mazda Motorsports DPi Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY
3
SEB
2
MDO DET WGL
1
WGL ELK LGA LBH PET
1
9th 1436 [23]
2022 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
8
SEB
4
LGA
5
MDO
2
WGL
6
ELK
PET
9th 1232 [24]
Source:[12]


References

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  2. ^ "The good news: Kuno Wittmer is a champion. The bad news: He's unemployed". motorsport.com. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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  6. ^ "2004 Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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  15. ^ "Jonathan Bomarito – 2013 American Le Mans Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital media, LLC. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Jonathan Bomarito – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Jonathan Bomarito – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Jonathan Bomarito – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Jonathan Bomarito – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Jonathan Bomarito – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Jonathan Bomarito – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Jonathan Bomarito – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  23. ^ "Jonathan Bomarito – 2021 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
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