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 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.

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]

Race

Race result
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 GTLM 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 GTLM 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[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. 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. "Official Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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