Jonathan Lewis Bomarito (born January 23, 1982) is an American professional racing driver from Monterey, California.
After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished ninth in points. The following year, he captured his first series win and finished fifth in the championship. 2007 saw him finishing fifth again, winning at San Jose. In 2008, he was the Atlantic Series runner-up, capturing three 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 thirteenth 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.
For 2015, Bomarito 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
American Open-Wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
USF2000 National Championship Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos PointsRef 2003 PR1 Motorsports SEB1 SEB2 LRP1 LRP1 MOH1 MOH2 ROA1 ROA2 MOH3 MOH4 ATL1 ATL2 1st 267
Star Mazda Championship YearTeam123456789101112RankPointsRef 2004 PR1 Motorsports SEB MOH LRP SON POR MOS ROA ATL PIR LAG N.C. N.C. 2005 MJ Motorsports SEB ATL1 MOH MON PPR SON1 SON2 POR RAM MOS ATL2 LAG N.C. N.C.
Atlantic Championship Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank PointsRef 2004 Transnet RacingLBHMTYMILPOR1POR2CLETORVANROADENMTLLS 9th 134 2006 PR1 MotorsportsLBHHOUMTYPORCLE1CLE2TOREDMSJODENMTLROA 6th 178 2007 PR1 MotorsportsLVGLBHHOUPOR1POR2CLEMTTTOREDM1EDM2SJOROA5th207 2008 Mathiasen MotorsportsLBHLSMTTEDM1EDM2ROA1ROA2TRRNJUTAATL2nd228 2009 Mathiasen MotorsportsSEB UTANJ1NJ2LIMACC1ACC2MOHTRRMOS11th19 Team Stargate WorldsATL LS
Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points 2009 Genoa RacingSTP1STP2LBHKANINDYMILIOWWGLTOREDMKTYMOHSNMCHIHMS 30th 12Source:
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2013 SRT Motorsports Tommy Kendall Kuno Wittmer SRT Viper GTS-R GTEPro 301 31st 9th 2019 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Ford GT GTEPro 342 23rd 4thSources:
American Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeamClassMakeEngine12345678910PointsRef2012SRT MotorsportsGTSRT Viper GTS-RSRT 8.0 L V10SEBLBHLAGLRPMOSMOHELKBALVIRPETDNFNC02013SRT MotorsportsGTSRT Viper GTS-RSRT 8.0 L V10SEB10LBH8LAGDNFLRP5MOS3ELK6BAL6COA2VIR9†PET59th73 † 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 (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 PointsRef 2014 SRT Motorsports GTLM SRT Viper GTS-R Dodge 8.0 L V10 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA ATL 2nd 326 2015 SpeedSource P Mazda Prototype Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel) DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 9th 141 2016 Mazda Motorsports P Mazda Prototype Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 7th 257 2017 Mazda Motorsports P Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY SEB LBH COA DET WGL MOS ELK LGA 8th 205 VisitFlorida Racing Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 PET 2018 Mazda Team Joest P Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY SEB LBH MOH DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 10th 218 2019 Mazda Team Joest DPi Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY SEB LBH MOH DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 6th 263 2020 Mazda Team Joest DPi Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY 3rd 260 Mazda Motorsports DAY SEB ELK ATL MOH ATL LGA SEB2021Mazda MotorsportsDPiMazda RT24-PMazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAYSEBMOHDETWGLWGLELKLGALBHPET9th1436 2022 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY SEB LGA MOH WGL ELK PET 9th 1232Source:
References
External links Atlantic Championship bio