2014 Petit Le Mans

The 17th Annual Petit Le Mans presented by Mazda was the 2014 edition of the Petit Le Mans automotive endurance race, held on October 3, 2014, at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia, United States. This marked the first Petit Le Mans run under the newly merged Tudor United Sportscar Championship. As part of the new series, Daytona Prototype endurance-style cars were eligible to participate for the first time.

The Track map of Road Atlanta

The race was won by Wayne Taylor Racing in 10 hours (400 laps). A record number of 13 cautions was set for the event.

Background

Preview

Road Atlanta, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship schedule in September 2013. It was the first year that the race was part of the series calendar, and the seventeenth annual running of the race. The race was the last of 2014's thirteen scheduled IMSA automobile endurance races, and the last of four North American Endurance Cup (NAEC) events. It was held at the 12-turn, 2.540-mile (4.088 km) Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on October 3, 2014.

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.

Pos.	Class	No.	Entry	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	5	Action Express Racing	Christian Fittipaldi	1:14.508	—	1‡
2	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor	1:14.797	+0.289	2
3	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Richard Westbrook	1:14.920	+0.412	3
4	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Pruett	1:15.224	+0.716	4
5	P	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars	Katherine Legge	1:15.317	+0.809	5
6	P	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian	Oswaldo Negri	1:15.346	+0.838	6
7	P	31	Marsh Racing	Eric Curran	1:16.052	+1.544	7
8	PC	08	RSR Racing	Jack Hawksworth	1:16.210	+1.702	8‡
9	PC	09	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira	1:16.471	+1.963	9
10	PC	25	8Star Motorsports	Tom Kimber-Smith	1:16.599	+2.091	10
11	PC	54	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	1:16.612	+2.104	11
12	PC	52	PR1/Mathiesen Motorsports	Gunnar Jeannette	1:16.848	+2.340	12
13	PC	87	BAR1 Motorsports	Martin Plowman	1:17.082	+2.574	13
14	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Stephen Simpson	1:17.203	+2.695	14
15	PC	88	BAR1 Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem	1:17.367	+2.859	15
16	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	David Ostella	1:17.533	+3.025	16
17	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Nick Tandy	1:18.350	+3.842	17‡
18	PC	7	Starworks Motorsport	Ryan Eversley	1:18.412	+3.904	18
19	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella	1:18.687	+4.179	19
20	GTLM	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers	1:18.707	+4.199	20
21	GTLM	93	SRT Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito	1:18.804	+4.296	21
22	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Michael Christensen	1:18.848	+4.340	22
23	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García	1:18.979	+4.471	23
24	P	70	Speedsource	Tom Long	1:19.074	+4.566	24
25	GTLM	56	BMW Team RLL	Dirk Müller	1:19.143	+4.635	25
26	GTLM	91	SRT Motorsports	Marc Goossens	1:19.146	+4.638	26
27	GTLM	4	Porsche North America	Tommy Milner	1:19.256	+4.748	27
28	GTLM	57	Krohn Racing	Andrea Bertolini	1:19.621	+5.113	28
29	GTLM	55	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen	1:20.467	+5.959	29
30	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Renger van der Zande	1:20.665	+6.157	30
31	GTD	007	TRG-AMR	James Davison	1:22.254	+7.746	31‡
32	GTD	58	Snow Racing	Jan Heylen	1:22.395	+7.887	32
33	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Kévin Estre	1:22.471	+7.963	33
34	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:22.579	+8.071	34
35	GTD	94	Turner Motorsport	Dane Cameron	1:22.682	+8.174	35
36	GTD	23	Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing	Mario Farnbacher	1:22.776	+8.268	36
37	GTD	27	Dempsey Racing	Andrew Davis	1:23.121	+8.613	37
38	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	Leh Keen	1:23.237	+8.729	38
39	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally	1:23.251	+8.743	30
40	GTD	49	Spirit of Race	Marco Cioci	1:23.339	+8.831	40
41	GTD	81	GB Autosport	Damien Faulkner	1:23.409	+8.901	41
42	GTD	555	AIM Autosport	Townsend Bell	1:23.588	+9.080	42
43	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Matthew Bell	1:23.592	+9.084	43
44	GTD	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly	1:23.595	+9.087	44
45	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Alessandro Balzan	1:23.685	+9.177	45
46	GTD	51	Spirit of Race	Michele Rugolo	1:23.700	+9.192	46
47	GTD	19	Mühlner Motorsports America	Mark Kvamme	1:25.135	+10.627	47
48	GTD	35	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman	1:26.910	+12.402	48
49	P	07	Speedsource	Tristan Nunez	4:25.488	+3:11.080	49
50	P	9	Action Express Racing	Brian Frisselle	4:51.014	+3:36.506	50
51	P	42	OAK Racing	Alex Brundle	No time	—	51
52	GTD	18	Mühlner Motorsports America	None	No Time Established		52
53	GTD	30	NGT Motorsport	None	No Time Established		53
54	GTD	71	Park Place Motorsports	None	No Time Established		54
Sources:

• The No. 42 OAK Racing entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
• The No. 9 Action Express Racing entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
• The No. 07 Speedsource entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold.

Final race classification Pos Class PIC No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 P 1 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Max Angelelli Dallara Corvette DP C 400 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 2 P 2 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sébastien Bourdais Coyote Corvette DP C 400 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 3 P 3 31 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Scott Dixon Riley MkXXVI C 399 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 4 P 4 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Andy Meyrick Katherine Legge Gabby Chaves DeltaWing DWC13 C 395 Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4 5 PC 1 8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande Mirco Schultis Alex Popow Oreca FLM09 C 395 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 6 PC 2 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun James Gue Oreca FLM09 C 395 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 7 PC 3 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette Frankie Montecalvo Oreca FLM09 C 395 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 8 PC 4 08 RSR Racing Jack Hawksworth Chris Cumming Rusty Mitchell Oreca FLM09 C 394 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 GTLM 1 1 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Marco Holzer Porsche 911 RSR F 391 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 10 GTLM 2 2 Porsche North America Patrick Long Michael Christensen Earl Bamber Porsche 911 RSR M 391 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GTLM 3 3 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer Marc Goossens Ryan Hunter-Reay SRT Viper GTS-R M 391 SRT 8.0 L V10 12 GTLM 4 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Oliver Gavin Ryan Briscoe Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 391 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 13 GTLM 5 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR M 390 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 GTLM 6 93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito Dominik Farnbacher Rob Bell SRT Viper GTS-R M 389 SRT 8.0 L V10 15 P 5 31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran Boris Said Max Papis Coyote Corvette DP C 388 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 16 GTLM 7 56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Dirk Müller Dirk Werner BMW Z4 GTE M 388 BMW 4.4 L V8 17 GTLM 8 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Ryan Briscoe Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 388 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 18 PC 5 7 Starworks Motorsport Martin Fuentes John Martin Adam Merzon Oreca FLM09 C 385 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 19 PC 6 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Mikhail Goikhberg Oreca FLM09 C 384 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 20 PC 7 25 8Star Motorsports Sean Rayhall Tom Kimber-Smith Eric Lux Oreca FLM09 C 383 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 21 GTLM 9 57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Andrea Bertolini Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 383 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 22 P 6 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr. Riley MkXXVI C 383 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 23 P 7 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Mike Rockenfeller Coyote Corvette DP C 381 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 24 GTD 1 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Matthew Bell Christopher Haase Audi R8 LMS C 376 Audi 5.2 L V10 25 GTD 2 58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen Madison Snow Patrick Dempsey Porsche 911 GT America C 376 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GTD 3 44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally John Potter Marco Seefried Porsche 911 GT America C 376 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 GTD 4 94 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron Markus Palttala Christoffer Nygaard BMW Z4 GT3 C 376 BMW 4.4 L V8 28 GTD 5 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Ian James Mario Farnbacher Alex Riberas Porsche 911 GT America C 375 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 GTD 6 51 Spirit of Race Pasin Lathouras Matt Griffin Michele Rugolo Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 375 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 30 PC 8 87 BAR1 Motorsports Martin Plowman Marc Drumwright Tomy Drissi Oreca FLM09 C 375 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 31 GTD 7 555 AIM Autosport Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Conrad Grunewald Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 375 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 32 GTD 8 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Craig Stanton Porsche 911 GT America C 375 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 33 GTD 9 63 Scuderia Corsa Jeff Westphal Alessandro Balzan Brandon Davis Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 373 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 34 GTD 10 007 TRG-AMR James Davison Christina Nielsen David Block Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 373 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 35 GTD 11 81 GB Autosport Ben Barker Damien Faulkner Philipp Eng Porsche 911 GT America C 367 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 36 GTD 12 35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke Alessandro Latif Audi R8 LMS C 366 Audi 5.2 L V10 37 GTD 13 71 Park Place Motorsports Kévin Estre Patrick Lindsey Norbert Siedler Porsche 911 GT America C 346 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 38 DNF PC 9 09 RSR Racing Duncan Ende Bruno Junqueira David Heinemeier Hansson Oreca FLM09 C 283 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 39 GTD 14 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Nelson Canache Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Andrew Palmer Audi R8 LMS C 266 Audi 5.2 L V10 40 DNF P 8 70 SpeedSource Sylvain Tremblay Tom Long Ben Devlin Mazda Prototype C 255 Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 41 GTD 15 19 Mühlner Motorsports America Mark Kvamme Daniel Lloyd Larry Pegram Porsche 911 GT America C 255 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 42 DNF P 9 42 OAK Racing Gustavo Yacamán Alex Brundle Ho-Pin Tung Ligier JS P2 C 187 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 43 DNF GTD 16 49 Spirit of Race Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Eddie Cheever III Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 181 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 44 DNF PC 10 38 Performance Tech Motorsports David Ostella James French Jerome Mee Oreca FLM09 C 171 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 45 DNF GTD 17 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Ben Keating SRT Viper GT3-R C 166 SRT 8.0 L V10 46 DNF P 10 9 Action Express Racing Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Jon Fogarty Coyote Corvette DP C 134 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 47 DNF PC 11 88 BAR1 Motorsports Tom Papadopoulos Johnny Mowlem David Cheng Oreca FLM09 C 108 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 48 DNF GTLM 10 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Andy Priaulx BMW Z4 GTE M 99 BMW 4.4 L V8 49 DNF GTD 18 27 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Andrew Davis Porsche 911 GT America C 99 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 50 DNF GTLM 11 62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella Pierre Kaffer Olivier Beretta Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 95 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 51 DNF P 11 07 SpeedSource Tristan Nunez Joel Miller Tristan Vautier Mazda Prototype C 47 Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) Sources:

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer C Continental M Michelin F Falken Tire