British ace Johnny Mowlem returns to American Le Mans Series competition this weekend, filling the third driver slot at Dyson Racing aboard their No.16 machine.

While regularly known as a GT driver, Mowlem showed he had what it took in prototypes two years ago when he showed impressive speed for Autocon Racing – particularly at Mosport.

Mowlem is driving with Dyson regulars Chris Dyson and Guy Smith aboard the Mazda-powered Lola.

Armed with a new car this year, the Dyson squad were disappointed to trail the Muscle Milk machine in qualifying after setting the pole here for two years in a row.

Squeezing laps into the schedule for all three drivers with the current race schedule is another battle facing all crews – Mowlem only getting the chance to get a handful of laps aboard the car before the green flag today.