2014 Lone Star Le Mans

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The 2014 Lone Star Le Mans was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) held at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on September 20, 2014. The race served as the twelfth of thirteen scheduled rounds of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship.

Background

Preview

Circuit of the Americas (pictured in 2015), 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 October 2013. It was the first year the event was held as part of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship. The 2014 Lone Star Le Mans was the twelfth of thirteen scheduled sports car races of 2014 by IMSA, and it was the ninth round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. The race was held at the twenty-turn 3.426 mi (5.514 km) Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on September 20, 2014.

Before the race, João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 285 points, 16 points clear of Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor in second. With 255 points, PC was led by Jon Bennett and Colin Braun with a forty point advantage over Renger van der Zande. In GTLM, the Drivers' Championship was led by Antonio García with 270 points, 6 points clear of Kuno Wittmer and Jonathan Bomarito. Dane Cameron led the GTD Drivers' Championship with 244 points, ahead of Bill Sweedler and Townsend Bell on countback. Chevrolet, Porsche, and Ferrari were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Action Express Racing, CORE Autosport, Corvette Racing, and Turner Motorsport were their respective Teams' Championships.

Entry list

Fifty-two cars were officially entered for the Lone Star Le Mans, with most of the entries being in the Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) classes. Action Express Racing (AER), Marsh Racing, VisitFlorida Racing (VFR) and Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR) entered one Chevrolet Corvette DP. Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) and Michael Shank Racing (MSR) entered one Ford-powered Riley MkXXVI. Speedsource had two Lola B12/80 while Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) entered one HPD ARX-03b car and OAK Racing entered one Ligier JS P2 chassis with Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 engine. The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of eleven Oreca FLM09 cars: two from BAR1 Motorsports, Starworks Motorsport and RSR Racing. CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, and 8Star Motorsports entered one car each. GTLM was represented by eleven entries from five different brands. Porsche North America entered three 911 RSRs. In the list of GTD entrants, twenty GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers.

Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the races on Saturday, both on Friday. The first one-hour session ran on Friday morning while the second one-hour session ran on Friday afternoon.

Qualifying

Friday afternoon's 80-minute four-group qualifying session gave 15-minute sessions to all categories. Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM, PC, and Prototype had three separate identically timed sessions. Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order. IMSA would arranged the grid to put all Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM, and GTD cars.

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	42	OAK Racing	Alex Brundle	1:57.809	_	1‡
2	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor	1:58.643	+0.834	2
3	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Memo Rojas	1:58.928	+1.1199	3
4	P	5	Action Express Racing	Christian Fittipaldi	1:59.072	+1.263	4
5	P	2	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek	1:59.074	+1.265	5
6	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Richard Westbrook	1:59.498	+1.689	6
7	P	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian	Oswaldo Negri	2:00.042	+2.233	7
8	PC	25	8Star Motorsports	Sean Rayhall	2:00.528	+2.719	8‡
9	P	31	Marsh Racing	Eric Curran	2:00.972	+3.163	9
10	PC	54	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	2:01.085	+3.276	10
11	PC	09	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira	2:01.260	+3.451	11
12	PC	7	Starworks Motorsport	John Martin	2:01.321	+3.512	12
13	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Renger van der Zande	2:01.734	+3.925	13
14	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Gunnar Jeannette	2:01.982	+4.173	14
15	PC	87	BAR1 Motorsports	Martin Plowman	2:02.596	+4.787	15
16	P	07	Speedsource	Tristan Nunez	2:02.960	+5.151	16
17	GTLM	910	CORE Autosport	Patrick Pilet	2:03.302	+5.493	501
18	GTLM	93	SRT Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito	2:03.539	+5.730	17‡
19	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Nick Tandy	2:03.649	+5.840	18
20	P	70	Speedsource	Sylvain Tremblay	2:03.719	+5.910	19
21	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Patrick Long	2:03.900	+6.091	20
22	GTLM	91	SRT Motorsports	Marc Goossens	2:04.003	+6.194	21
23	GTLM	56	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards	2:04.253	+6.444	22
24	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Stephen Simpson	2:04.380	+6.571	23
25	GTLM	55	BMW Team RLL	Andy Priaulx	2:04.495	+6.686	24
26	PC	88	BAR1 Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem	2:04.726	+6.917	25
27	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	2:04.847	+7.038	26
28	GTLM	17	Team Falken Tire	Wolf Henzler	2:04.936	+7.127	27
29	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	2:05.093	+7.284	28
30	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Pierre Kaffer	2:05.348	+7.539	29
31	GTD	007	TRG-AMR North America	James Davison	2:08.502	+10.693	30‡
32	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	Jeroen Bleekemolen	2:08.814	+11.005	31
33	GTD	300	Turner Motorsport	Dane Cameron	2:08.826	+11.017	32
34	GTD	71	Park Place Motorsports	Mike Skeen	2:08.984	+11.175	33
35	GTD	30	NGT Motorsport	Kuba Giermaziak	2:09.007	+11.198	34
36	GTD	81	GB Autosport	Damien Faulkner	2:09.040	+11.231	35
37	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally	2:09.113	+11.304	36
38	GTD	58	Snow Racing	Jan Heylen	2:09.130	+11.321	37
39	GTD	27	Dempsey Racing	Andrew Davis	2:09.291	+11.482	38
40	GTD	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly	2:09.337	+11.528	39
41	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Norbert Siedler	2:09.504	+11.695	40
42	GTD	23	Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing	Mario Farnbacher	2:09.537	+11.728	41
43	GTD	35	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Dion von Moltke	2:09.664	+11.855	42
44	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Christopher Haase	2:09.772	+11.963	43
45	GTD	555	AIM Autosport	Townsend Bell	2:09.914	+12.105	44
46	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	Leh Keen	2:10.140	+12.331	51
47	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Alessandro Balzan	2:10.184	+12.375	45
48	GTD	18	Mühlner Motorsports America	Khaled Al Qubaisi	2:13.725	+15.916	46
49	PC	08	RSR Racing	No Time Established			47
50	PC	38	Performance Tech	David Ostella	No Time Established2		48
51	GTD	19	Mühlner Motorsports America	No Time Established			49
52	GTD	46	Fall-Line Motorsports	Did not participate			52
Sources:

• ¹ The No. 910 CORE Autosport Porsche initially qualified on pole position for the GTLM class. However, the car was missing a camera pod. By IMSA rules, the entry was moved to the rear of the GTLM field on the starting grid.
• ² The No. 38 Performance Tech entry had its fastest lap deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.

Race

Race results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Riley MkXXVI C 77 2:45:54.946 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 P 42 OAK Racing Gustavo Yacamán Alex Brundle Ligier JS P2 C 77 +2.336 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 3 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Chevrolet Corvette DP C 77 +11.016 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 4 P 2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek HPD ARX-03b C 77 +35.811 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 5 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri Riley MkXXVI C 77 +48.448 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 6 P 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Chevrolet Corvette DP C 77 +1:08.558 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 7 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Chevrolet Corvette DP C 77 +1:39.993 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 8 PC 25 8Star Motorsports Luis Díaz Sean Rayhall Oreca FLM09 C 76 +1 lap‡ Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 PC 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 C 76 +1 lap Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 10 P 31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran Boris Said Chevrolet Corvette DP C 76 +1 lap Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 11 PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande Oreca FLM09 C 76 +1 lap Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 12 GTLM 93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer SRT Viper GTS-R M 76 +1 lap‡ SRT 8.0 L V10 13 GTLM 91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher SRT Viper GTS-R M 76 +1 lap SRT 8.0 L V10 14 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Patrick Long Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR M 76 +1 lap Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 15 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella Pierre Kaffer Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 75 +2 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 16 GTLM 910 CORE Autosport Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR M 75 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 17 GTLM 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Andy Priaulx BMW Z4 GTE M 75 +2 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 18 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette Frankie Montecalvo Oreca FLM09 C 75 +2 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 19 GTLM 56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE M 75 +2 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 20 GTLM 17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers Porsche 911 RSR F 75 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 75 +2 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 22 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 75 +2 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 23 PC 08 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Jack Hawksworth Oreca FLM09 C 75 +2 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 24 PC 87 BAR1 Motorsports Marc Drumwright Martin Plowman Oreca FLM09 C 74 +3 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 25 PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Oreca FLM09 C 74 +3 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 26 PC 88 BAR1 Motorsports Johnny Mowlem Tom Papadopoulos Oreca FLM09 C 74 +3 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 27 P 07 Speedsource Joel Miller Tristan Nunez Mazda Prototype C 73 +4 Laps Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 28 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen SRT Viper GT3-R C 73 +4 Laps‡ SRT 8.0 L V10 29 GTD 44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally John Potter Porsche 911 GT America C 72 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 30 GTD 300 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron Markus Palttala Audi R8 LMS ultra C 72 +5 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 31 GTD 58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen Madison Snow Porsche 911 GT America C 72 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 32 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen Cooper MacNeil Porsche 911 GT America C 72 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 33 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase Bryce Miller Audi R8 LMS ultra C 72 +5 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 34 GTD 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Nelson Canache Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Audi R8 LMS ultra C 72 +5 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 35 GTD 555 AIM Autosport Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 72 +5 Laps Ferrari 4.5L V8 36 GTD 81 GB Autosport Ben Barker Damien Faulkner Porsche 911 GT America C 72 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 37 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey Norbert Siedler Porsche 911 GT America C 72 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 38 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Balzan Jeff Westphal Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 72 +5 Laps Ferrari 4.5L V8 39 GTD 30 NGT Motorsport Kuba Giermaziak Henrique Cisneros Porsche 911 GT America C 71 +6 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 40 GTD 35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Dion von Moltke Spencer Pumpelly Seth Neiman Audi R8 LMS ultra C 70 +7 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 41 GTD 27 Dempsey Racing Andrew Davis Patrick Dempsey Porsche 911 GT America C 70 +7 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 42 DNF PC 7 Starworks Motorsport John Martin Martin Fuentes Alex Popow Oreca FLM09 C 63 Did Not Finish Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 43 GTD 19 Mühlner Motorsports America Mark Klenin Alec Udell Porsche 911 GT America C 69 +8 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 44 GTD 18 Mühlner Motorsports America Khaled Al Qubaisi Larry Pegram Porsche 911 GT America C 67 +10 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 45 DNF GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 911 RSR M 66 Did Not Finish Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 46 DNF GTD 71 Park Place Motorsports Mike Skeen Mike Vess Porsche 911 GT America C 62 Did Not Finish Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 47 DNF GTD 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher Ian James Porsche 911 GT America C 58 Did Not Finish Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 48 DNF GTD 007 TRG-AMR North America Al Carter James Davison Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 46 Did Not Finish Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 49 DNF PC 38 Performance Tech David Ostella James French Oreca FLM09 C 36 Did Not Finish Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 50 DNF P 70 Speedsource Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay Mazda Prototype C 16 Did Not Finish Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 51 DNF PC 09 RSR Racing Duncan Ende Bruno Junqueira Oreca FLM09 C 8 Did Not Finish Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 52 DNS GTD 46 Fall-Line Motorsports Charles Espenlaub Charles Putman Audi R8 LMS ultra C -- Did Not Start Audi 5.2 L V10 Sources:

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