43 Team Sahlen RX-8
Drivers: Joe Nonnamaker/Wayne Nonnamaker/Will Nonnamaker/Joe Sahlen
Qualified: 14th Finished: 7th
Notes: A solid run by the Nonnamakers and Sahlen family team. They were in a head-to-head battle with the #40 RX-8 in the closing laps missing 6th place by less than three seconds.
69 FXDD SpeedSource RX-8
Drivers: Emil Assentato/Anthony Lazzaro/Nick Longhi/Jeff Segal
Qualified: 1st Finished: 16th
Notes: Led opening six laps. A spin on lap 159 required a tow-in losing four laps. Retired after 488 laps with a coolant leak.
70 Castrol Syntec SpeedSource RX-8
Drivers: Jonathan Bomarito/Nick Ham/David Haskell/Sylvain Tremblay
Qualified: 3rd Finished: 1st
In addition to the Rolex 24 Hour, the Daytona weekend was also the season opening race for the Continental Tire Challenge Series. This was the first ever professional race for the 2010 MAZDASPEED3.
| # |
Team |
Drivers |
Start |
Finish |
| 26 |
Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5 |
Rhett O’Doski/Andrew Carbonell |
19 |
3 |
| 28 |
Freedom Autosport MAZDASPEED3 |
Ryan Ellis/Taylor Hacquard |
28 |
10 |
| 43 |
Team Sahlen MAZDASPEED3 |
Joe Sahlen/Will Nonnamaker |
32 |
13 |
| 25 |
Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5 |
Derek Whitis/Tom Long |
1 |
17 |
| 69 |
Pirate Motorsports Mazda RX-8 |
Dan Harding/Allen Milatcik |
35 |
18 |
| 66 |
Riley Racing Mazda RX-8 |
Jameson Riley/A.J. Riley |
5 |
21 |
| 27 |
Freedom Autosport MAZDASPEED3 |
Patrick Dempsey/John Edwards |
15 |
22 |
| 30 |
i-Moto Mazda RX-8 |
Glenn Bocchino/Todd Lamb |
17 |
34 |
| 08 |
Team MER Mazda RX-8 |
Jason Saini/Jeff Mosing |
14 |
35 |
About Mazda:
Mazda is the brand of choice for road-racers across North America. More than 9,000 grassroots racers compete in various classes with the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the National Auto Sport Association (NASA). Racers who are years away from earning a driver's license can now begin a professional motorsports careers in the Mazda family. A driver can begin in karts and progress through the Skip Barber series, Club Racing Formula Mazda, professional Star Mazda and finally to Formula Atlantic, all with Mazda. No other car company has ever connected the dots this way.
Celebrating its 40th Anniversary in the United States in 2010, Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States, Canada and Mexico through nearly 900 dealers. Operations in Canada are managed by Mazda Canada, Inc., located in Ontario; and in Mexico by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City.