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

Preview

 

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

Qualifying results

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

Race result

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 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine^[8]

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

References

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). . 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. Dagys, John (20 September 2013). "2014 USCC Schedule Released". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
6. (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. (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 15 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

External links

• 2014 SportsCar Grand Prix Race Broadcast (Tudor United SportsCar Championship YouTube Channel)

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