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.

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[edit]

Preview[edit]

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[edit]

Qualifying results[edit]

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[edit]

Race result[edit]

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

^ "Mosport Park USC: Yacaman, Pla cruise to victory for OAK Racing". Autosport.com. July 13, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
^ Dagys, John (July 13, 2014). "OAK Racing takes first TUDOR Championship win at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park". Fox Sports. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
^ 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.
^ DiZinno, Tony (July 13, 2014). "IMSA: OAK dominates CTMP; Corvette and Viper take GTLM, GTD wins". NBC Sports. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dagys, John (20 September 2013). "2014 USCC Schedule Released". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). 12 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^ "Mosport-2014-07-13.html". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^ "Official Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 15 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

External links[edit]

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

United SportsCar Championship
Previous race: 6 Hours of Watkins Glen	2014 season	Next race: Brickyard Grand Prix

[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.

[:02-5] 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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