2014 SportsCar Grand Prix

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

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.

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

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Preview

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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

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Qualifying results

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

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



Race

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Race result

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

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  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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