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 from July 10 to the 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]

Race

Race result

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 GTLM 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 GTLM 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 Germany 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 United States 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
40
DNS		 GTD 19 United States Mühlner Motorsports America DNS Porsche 911 GT America C –
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
OFFICIAL RACE REPORT[5]

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). "IMSA: OAK Racing’s Nissan-Morgan dominates at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park". Racer.com. 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. ↑ "Official Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

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