Two Mazda RT24-Ps battled over 24 hours at the Daytona International Speedway to record the company's best overall finish at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
For the second straight year, Oliver Jarvis has claimed pole position at qualifying for the Rolex 24 at Daytona in the No. 77 Mazda RT24-P.
Mazda's full-season drivers return to race in the RT24-P, joined by Ryan Hunter-Reay and Oliver Pla for the endurance races.
Both the heavily-revised #55 and #77 Mazda RT24-P race cars showed speed but retired before the finish of the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
America's toughest endurance race sees the debut of Mazda Team Joest, with British drivers Oliver Jarvis and Harry Tincknell joining the full-season lineup.
Kevin Rice rejoins Mazda after staying with BMW for 13 years and will aid the Japanese marque to further refine its KODO design language.
Mazda Motorsports will supply its new SKYACTIV-D clean diesel engines to teams competing in GRAND-AM races, the only Asian auto maker to do so.
Nearly 11,000 show up, while local drifter Ivan Lim does Singapore proud by putting up a good fight.