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Mazda Team Joest To Debut In 2018
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Mazda Motorsports has signed Joest Racing to take over its IMSA Daytona Prototype international (DPi) program.
With the move, the Reinhold Joest-owned, Ralf Juttner-led outfit will immediately replace the Florida-based SpeedSource Race Engineering group as Mazda's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship service provider. The new team will compete under the name "Mazda Team Joest."
In concert with the program's shift from SpeedSource to Joest, Mazda's current IMSA Prototype campaign will come to an immediate end, marking the July 9 race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park as its final outing of 2017.
To use the extra months made available by stepping away from IMSA's championship trail, Mazda's Riley/Multimatic-built, AER-powered RT24-P DPi models will move to Joest's European headquarters to begin an extensive testing and evaluation program.
Before the end of the year, Joest will return with the RT24-Ps to a new base that it will establish in Atlanta, Ga., where it will staff and run Mazda's DPi program. Once the redevelopment process is complete, a heavily optimized version of the RT24-P will resume competition in January at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
For more information, or to read the complete Mazda Motorsports press release announcement, visit here.
With the move, the Reinhold Joest-owned, Ralf Juttner-led outfit will immediately replace the Florida-based SpeedSource Race Engineering group as Mazda's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship service provider. The new team will compete under the name "Mazda Team Joest."
In concert with the program's shift from SpeedSource to Joest, Mazda's current IMSA Prototype campaign will come to an immediate end, marking the July 9 race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park as its final outing of 2017.
To use the extra months made available by stepping away from IMSA's championship trail, Mazda's Riley/Multimatic-built, AER-powered RT24-P DPi models will move to Joest's European headquarters to begin an extensive testing and evaluation program.
Before the end of the year, Joest will return with the RT24-Ps to a new base that it will establish in Atlanta, Ga., where it will staff and run Mazda's DPi program. Once the redevelopment process is complete, a heavily optimized version of the RT24-P will resume competition in January at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
For more information, or to read the complete Mazda Motorsports press release announcement, visit here.
