Mazdas Score Well at Sebring

Both Prototypes finish strong in the 12-Hour race as do the Continental ST MX-5s. Mazda Prototype Lites championship is neck and neck.At the 64th running of the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, the Mazda Prototype team finished with both Soul Red cars in the top-10 for the first time in the brief history of the program. Finishing sixth (which matches the team's best-ever overall finish) in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race was the No. 55 Mazda Prototype with drivers Tristan Nunez, Jonathan Bomarito and Spencer Pigot. The trio finished on the lead lap after a punishing race in the heat combined with sporadic rainfall. The No. 70 Mazda was the first car one lap behind to finish eighth overall with drivers Tom Long, Joel Miller, Ben Devlin and Keiko Ihara. The Japanese driver Ihara made her first start with the team. The dual top-10s mark the first race finishes for the new Mazda MZ-2.0T racing engine