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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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
editQualifying results
editPole 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
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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
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Richard Westbrook
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1:09.642 | +0.475 | 3 |
| 4 | P | 2 | Extreme Speed Motorsports
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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
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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
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Oswaldo Negri
|
1:11.339 | +2.172 | 8 |
| 9 | P | 07 | Speedsource
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Tristan Nunez
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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
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Oliver Gavin
|
1:15.470 | +6.303 | 14 |
| 15 | GTLM | 56 | BMW Team RLL
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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
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Dominik Farnbacher
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1:15.728 | +6.561 | 17 |
| 18 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche North America
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Patrick Long
|
1:15.942 | +6.775 | 18 |
| 19 | GTLM | 62 | Risi Competizione
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Pierre Kaffer
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1:16.340 | +7.173 | 19 |
| 20 | GTLM | 55 | BMW Team RLL
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Andy Priaulx
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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
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Mario Farnbacher
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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
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1:19.249 | +10.082 | 26 |
| 27 | GTD | 22 | Alex Job Racing
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Leh Keen
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1:19.356 | +10.189 | 27 |
| 28 | GTD | 007 | TRG-AMR
|
 James Davison
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1:19.358 | +10.191 | 28 |
| 29 | GTD | 73 | Park Place Motorsports
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Kévin Estre
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1:19.532 | +10.365 | 29 |
| 30 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing
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Christopher Haase
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1:19.555 | +10.388 | 30 |
| 31 | GTD | 555 | AIM Autosport
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Townsend Bell
|
1:19.684 | +10.517 | 31 |
| 32 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing
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Andy Lally
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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
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Mark Thomas
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1:20.809 | +11.642 | 36 |
| 37 | GTD | 46 | Fall-Line Motorsports
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Charles Espenlaub
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1:21.050 | +11.883 | 37 |
| 38 | P | 0 | DeltaWing Racing Cars
|
None | No Time Established | 38 | |
| 39 | P | 31 | Marsh Racing
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None | No Time Established | 39 | |
| 40 | GTD | 19 | Mühlner Motorsports America
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None | No Time Established | 40 | |
| Sources:[6][7] | |||||||
Race
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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.