Mazda Prototype Team Brings Home Texas-Style Fourth-Place Finish

The No. 70 Mazda Prototype team with drivers Joel Miller and Tom Long matched their season-best finish with a fourth-place result today at the Lone Star Le Mans race at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin. Texas. On a scaldingly hot and muggy day, they started the race third and ran among the top-five for the entire race.

The second Mazda Prototype, the No. 55, also had a strong weekend, qualifying on the front row. The car, piloted by Tristan Nunez and Jonathan Bomarito, ran much of the first segment of the race in second place, but rolled to a stop on-course at the halfway point of the two-hour, 40-minute race with fuel pump issues.

The Mazda Prototypes have one race remaining this season for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road Atlanta for the 10-hour Petit Le Mans, October 1.