Jon Bennett (racing driver)

Not to be confused with John Bennett (racing driver).

Jon Bennett
Nationality	American
Born	Jonathan Bennett (1965-05-04) May 4, 1965 (age 59) Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States
Racing licence	FIA Bronze

Jonathan Bennett (born May 4, 1965) is an American racing driver with residence in Charlotte, North Carolina. ^{[1] [2]} Bennett competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for his own team, CORE Autosport.

Racing career

Bennett competed for CORE Autosport in 2014, in the new United SportsCar Championship, driving the No. 54 PC car with Colin Braun. ^[3] He and co-drivers Braun, James Gué and Mark Wilkins won the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona in the PC class ^[4] followed by the 12 Hours of Sebring. ^[5] Bennett and Braun went on to win races at Kansas Speedway and Watkins Glen International, propelling them to the 2014 PC Drivers' Championship and PC Team Championship as well as the newly created Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup. ^[6] Bennett and Braun's success continued into 2015, where once again they claimed the PC Driver Championship in conjunction with CORE's PC Team Championship. ^[7]

Bennett continues to drive for CORE Autosport with Braun in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC class in 2016. ^[8]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	SCCA Southeast Division National - Spec Racer Ford		7	0	1	31	8th
2008	SCCA Southeast Division National - Formula Enterprises		5	1	2	33	6th
	SARRC - Formula Enterprises		2	1	2	44	9th
	SCCA National Championship Runoffs - Formula Enterprises	Inspire Racing	1	0	0	0	-
2009	SCCA Southeast Division National - Formula Enterprises		8	1	4	40	4th
	SCCA Nationwide - Formula Enterprises		6	1	4	69	13th
	IMSA Prototype Lites - Lites 1		6	0	0	34	15th
	SCCA Chicago Region June Sprints - Formula Enterprises		1	0	0	0	10th
2010	IMSA Prototype Lites - Lites 1	Inspire Motorsports w/ CORE Autosport	15	0	2	133	6th
	SCCA Southeast Division National - Formula Enterprises		2	0	2	18	6th
2011	American Le Mans Series - LMPC	CORE Autosport	9	0	4	130	2nd
2012	American Le Mans Series - LMPC	CORE Autosport	10	4	7	150	2nd
2013	American Le Mans Series - Prototype Challenge	CORE Autosport	10	2	8	136	3rd
	IMSA GT3 Challenge by Yokohama - Platinum Cup	CORE Autosport	8	0	0	28	16th
2014	United Sports Car Championship - Prototype Challenge	CORE Autosport	10	4	8	321	1st
2015	United Sports Car Championship - Prototype Challenge	CORE Autosport	10	2	6	318	1st
2016	IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype Challenge	CORE Autosport	9	2	5	245	7th
2017	IMSA Sportscar Championship - GTD	CORE Autosport	11	0	0	231	18th
2018	IMSA Sportscar Championship - Prototype	CORE Autosport	10	2	5	274	2nd
	Michelin Le Mans Cup - LMP3	M. Racing - YMR	2	0	0	1	42nd
2019	IMSA Sportscar Championship - DPI	CORE Autosport	10	0	0	230	10th
2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	CORE Autosport	8	2	5	1990	2nd
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	CORE Autosport	7	2	5	2002	1st
	IMSA Prototype Challenge	CrowdStrike Racing by D Motorsports	1	0	0	120	43rd
		CORE Autosport	0	0	0

Motorsports career results

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	12	Rank	Points	Ref
2014	CORE Autosport	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 1	SIR 1	LGA 7	KAN 1	WGI 1	IMS 3	ELK 8	VIR 3	AUS 2	ATL 2			1st	321	[9]
2015	CORE Autosport	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 2	SEB 2	LGA 2	DET 4	WGI 4	MOS 1	LRP 4	ELK 3	AUS 1	ATL 4			1st	318	[10]
2016	CORE Autosport	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 8	SIR 1	LBC 7	LGA 3	DET 2	WGI 6	MOS 1	LRP 8	ELK 2	AUS	ATL		7th	245	[11]
2017	CORE Autosport	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 22	SEB 16	LBH 14	COA 14	DET 8	WGL 13	MOS 14	LIM 17	ELK 7	VIR 8	LGA 4	PET 5	18th	231	[12]
2018	CORE Autosport	P	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 3	SEB 4	LBH 10	MDO 13	DET 12	WGL 2	MOS 1	ELK 1	LGA 2	PET 7			2nd	274	[13]
2019	CORE Autosport	DPi	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	DAY 4	SEB 5	LBH 11	MOH 11	BEL 7	WGL 11	MOS 7	ELK 10	LGA 7	ATL 8			10th	230	[14]
2021	CORE Autosport	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	DAY 5	SEB 1	MOH 4	WGL 2	WGL 3	ELK 1	ATL 7						2nd	1990	[15]
2022	CORE Autosport	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY 3	SEB 5	MDO 1	WGL 2	MOS 1	ELK 3	PET 5						1st	2002	[16]
Source: [17]

References

1. "JONATHAN BENNETT". 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2019-12-02.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
2. "JON BENNETT". 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
3. DiZinno, Tony. "TUSC: Braun, Huff earn PC class rides". NBC Sports. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
4. "Inside CORE's Double Rolex 24 Win - Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
5. "Ganassi Wins Twelve Hours of Sebring - Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
6. "Complete list of 2014 season champions: IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship". Autoweek. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
7. "IMSA Celebrates 2015 Season At TUDOR Night Of Champions". International Motor Sports Association. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
8. "Braun, Bennett back for CORE". www.highlandstoday.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
9. "Jon Bennett – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
10. "Jon Bennett – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
11. "Jon Bennett – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
12. "Jon Bennett – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
13. "Jon Bennett – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
14. "Jon Bennett – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
15. "Jon Bennett – 2021 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
16. "Jon Bennett - 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
17. "Jon Bennett Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

External links

• Jon Bennett career summary at DriverDB.com