2014 SportsCar Grand Prix

The 2014 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance was a sports car racing event held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park near Bowmanville, Ontario on July 13, 2014. The race was the eighth round of the inaugural Tudor United SportsCar Championship, replacing the former American Le Mans Series that previously held the Grand Prix since 1999. The race marked the 29th IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility. Daytona Prototypes were introduced to the race for the first time as part of the development of the United SportsCar Championship.

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

The race was won by OAK Racing's Morgan LMP2 - Nissan driven by Olivier Pla and Gustavo Yacamán, ahead of the Spirit of Daytona Racing's Corvette DP and Wayne Taylor Racing's Corvette DP. The GTLM class winners were Corvette Racing in their fourth straight victory of the season, with drivers Jan Magnussen and Antonio García. Riley Motorsports also earned the first ever win for the SRT Viper GT3-R in GTD with Jeroen Bleekemolen and Ben Keating.[1][2][3][4]

Background edit

Preview edit

 
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, 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.[5] It was the first year that the race was part of the series calendar, and the thirty-third annual running of the race. The race was the eighth of 2014's thirteen scheduled IMSA automobile endurance races, and it was the fifth round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[5] The race was held at the ten-turn 2.459 mi (3.957 km) Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on July 13, 2014.[5]

Qualifying edit

Qualifying results edit

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

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 42   OAK Racing   Gustavo Yacamán 1:09.167 1‡
2 P 1   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Ryan Dalziel 1:09.456 +0.289 2
3 P 90   Spirit of Daytona Racing   Richard Westbrook 1:09.642 +0.475 3
4 P 2   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Johannes van Overbeek 1:10.136 +0.969 4
5 P 5   Action Express Racing   Christian Fittipaldi 1:10.298 +1.131 5
6 P 10   Wayne Taylor Racing   Ricky Taylor 1:10.336 +1.169 6
7 P 01   Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates   Memo Rojas 1:10.433 +1.266 7
8 P 60   Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian   Oswaldo Negri 1:11.339 +2.172 8
9 P 07   Speedsource   Tristan Nunez 1:12.829 +3.662 9
10 P 70   Speedsource   Tom Long 1:14.700 +5.533 10
11 GTLM 93   SRT Motorsports   Kuno Wittmer 1:15.206 +6.039 11‡
12 GTLM 3   Corvette Racing   Antonio García 1:15.278 +6.111 12
13 GTLM 17   Team Falken Tire   Wolf Henzler 1:15.368 +6.201 13
14 GTLM 4   Corvette Racing   Oliver Gavin 1:15.470 +6.303 14
15 GTLM 56   BMW Team RLL   Dirk Müller 1:15.497 +6.330 15
16 GTLM 911   Porsche North America   Nick Tandy 1:15.724 +6.557 16
17 GTLM 91   SRT Motorsports   Dominik Farnbacher 1:15.728 +6.561 17
18 GTLM 912   Porsche North America   Patrick Long 1:15.942 +6.775 18
19 GTLM 62   Risi Competizione   Pierre Kaffer 1:16.340 +7.173 19
20 GTLM 55   BMW Team RLL   Andy Priaulx 1:16.395 +7.228 20
21 GTD 33   Riley Motorsports   Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:19.004 +9.837 21‡
22 GTD 45   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Spencer Pumpelly 1:19.159 +9.992 22
23 GTD 94   Turner Motorsport   Dane Cameron 1:19.175 +10.008 23
24 GTD 23   Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing   Mario Farnbacher 1:19.213 +10.046 24
25 GTD 35   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Dion von Moltke 1:19.223 +10.056 25
26 GTD 58   Snow Racing   Jan Heylen 1:19.249 +10.082 26
27 GTD 22   Alex Job Racing   Leh Keen 1:19.356 +10.189 27
28 GTD 007   TRG-AMR   James Davison 1:19.358 +10.191 28
29 GTD 73   Park Place Motorsports   Kévin Estre 1:19.532 +10.365 29
30 GTD 48   Paul Miller Racing   Christopher Haase 1:19.555 +10.388 30
31 GTD 555   AIM Autosport   Townsend Bell 1:19.684 +10.517 31
32 GTD 44   Magnus Racing   Andy Lally 1:19.763 +10.596 32
33 GTD 63   Scuderia Corsa   Alessandro Balzan 1:19.793 +10.626 33
34 GTD 27   Dempsey Racing   Andrew Davis 1:19.806 +10.639 34
35 GTD 81   GB Autosport   Damien Faulkner 1:20.062 +10.895 35
36 GTD 18   Mühlner Motorsports America   Mark Thomas 1:20.809 +11.642 36
37 GTD 46   Fall-Line Motorsports   Charles Espenlaub 1:21.050 +11.883 37
38 P 0   DeltaWing Racing Cars None No Time Established 38
39 P 31   Marsh Racing None No Time Established 39
40 GTD 19   Mühlner Motorsports America None No Time Established 40
Sources:[6][7]



Race edit

Race result edit

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 P 42   OAK Racing   Olivier Pla
  Gustavo Yacamán
Morgan LMP2 C 133
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
2 P 90   Spirit of Daytona Racing   Michael Valiante
  Richard Westbrook
Coyote Corvette DP C 133
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
3 P 10   Wayne Taylor Racing   Ricky Taylor
  Jordan Taylor
Dallara Corvette DP C 133
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
4 P 5   Action Express Racing   João Barbosa
  Christian Fittipaldi
Coyote Corvette DP C 133
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
5 P 60   Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian   John Pew
  Oswaldo Negri
Riley MkXXVI C 131
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
6 GTLM 3   Corvette Racing   Jan Magnussen
  Antonio García
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 127
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
7 GTLM 93   SRT Motorsports   Jonathan Bomarito
  Kuno Wittmer
SRT Viper GTS-R M 127
SRT 8.0 L V10
8 P 07   SpeedSource   Tristan Nunez
  Joel Miller
Mazda Prototype C 127
Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4
(Diesel)
9 GTLM 91   SRT Motorsports   Dominik Farnbacher
  Marc Goossens
SRT Viper GTS-R M 127
SRT 8.0 L V10
10 GTLM 56   BMW Team RLL   John Edwards
  Dirk Müller
BMW Z4 GTE M 126
BMW 4.4 L V8
11 GTLM 911   Porsche North America   Nick Tandy
  Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR M 126
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12 GTLM 55   BMW Team RLL   Bill Auberlen
  Andy Priaulx
BMW Z4 GTE M 126
BMW 4.4 L V8
13 GTLM 4   Corvette Racing   Tommy Milner
  Oliver Gavin
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 126
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
14 GTLM 17   Team Falken Tire   Bryan Sellers
  Wolf Henzler
Porsche 911 RSR F 126
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GTLM 912   Porsche North America   Patrick Long
  Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR M 126
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 GTLM 62   Risi Competizione   Giancarlo Fisichella
  Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 125
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17 GTD 33   Riley Motorsports   Jeroen Bleekemolen
  Ben Keating
SRT Viper GT3-R C 121
SRT 8.0 L V10
18 GTD 73   Park Place Motorsports   Kévin Estre
  Patrick Lindsey
Porsche 911 GT America C 121
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19 GTD 94   Turner Motorsport   Dane Cameron
  Markus Palttala
BMW Z4 GT3 C 120
BMW 4.4 L V8
20 GTD 81   GB Autosport   Ben Barker
  Damien Faulkner
Porsche 911 GT America C 120
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21 GTD 22   Alex Job Racing   Cooper MacNeil
  Leh Keen
Porsche 911 GT America C 120
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GTD 23   Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing   Ian James
  Mario Farnbacher
Porsche 911 GT America C 120
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 GTD 58   Snow Racing   Jan Heylen
  Madison Snow
Porsche 911 GT America C 120
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GTD 48   Paul Miller Racing   Bryce Miller
  Christopher Haase
Audi R8 LMS C 119
Audi 5.2 L V10
25 GTD 44   Magnus Racing   Andy Lally
  John Potter
Porsche 911 GT America C 119
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GTD 45   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Spencer Pumpelly
  Dion von Moltke
  Nelson Canache, Jr.
Audi R8 LMS C 119
Audi 5.2 L V10
27 GTD 27   Dempsey Racing   Patrick Dempsey
  Andrew Davis
Porsche 911 GT America C 119
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 GTD 007   TRG-AMR   James Davison
  Al Carter
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 118
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
29 GTD 555   AIM Autosport   Bill Sweedler
  Townsend Bell
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 118
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
30 GTD 35   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Seth Neiman
  Dion von Moltke
  Spencer Pumpelly
Audi R8 LMS C 118
Audi 5.2 L V10
31 GTD 18   Mühlner Motorsports America   Mark Thomas
  Chris Green
Porsche 911 GT America C 117
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32 GTD 46   Fall-Line Motorsports   Charles Espenlaub
  Charlie Putnam
Audi R8 LMS C 117
Audi 5.2 L V10
33
DNF
P 2   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Ed Brown
  Johannes van Overbeek
HPD ARX-03b C 92
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
34
DNF
P 1   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Scott Sharp
  Ryan Dalziel
HPD ARX-03b C 86
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
35
DNF
P 01   Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates   Scott Pruett
  Memo Rojas
Riley MkXXVI C 46
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
36
DNF
GTD 63   Scuderia Corsa   Jeff Westphal
  Alessandro Balzan
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 44
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
37
DNF
P 70   SpeedSource   Sylvain Tremblay
  Tom Long
Mazda Prototype C 23
Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4
(Diesel)
38
DNS
P 0   DeltaWing Racing Cars   Andy Meyrick
  Katherine Legge
DeltaWing DWC13 C
Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4
39
DNS
P 31   Marsh Racing   Eric Curran
  Boris Said
Coyote Corvette DP C
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
OFFICIAL RACE REPORT Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine[8]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin
F Falken Tire

References edit

  1. ^ "Mosport Park USC: Yacaman, Pla cruise to victory for OAK Racing". Autosport.com. July 13, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  2. ^ Dagys, John (July 13, 2014). "OAK Racing takes first TUDOR Championship win at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park". Fox Sports. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Malsher, David (July 13, 2014). "IMSA: OAK Racing's Nissan-Morgan dominates at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park". Racer.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  4. ^ DiZinno, Tony (July 13, 2014). "IMSA: OAK dominates CTMP; Corvette and Viper take GTLM, GTD wins". NBC Sports. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  5. ^ a b c Dagys, John (20 September 2013). "2014 USCC Schedule Released". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  6. ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). 12 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Mosport-2014-07-13.html". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Official Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 15 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

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