2014 Petit Le Mans

The 17th Annual Petit Le Mans presented by Mazda was the 2014 edition of the Petit Le Mans automotive endurance race, held on October 3, 2014, at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia, United States.[1] This marked the first Petit Le Mans run under the newly merged Tudor United Sportscar Championship. As part of the new series, Daytona Prototype endurance-style cars were eligible to participate for the first time.

The race was won by Wayne Taylor Racing in 10 hours (400 laps). A record number of 13 cautions was set for the event.[2]

Background

Preview

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship schedule in September 2013.[3] It was the first year that the race was part of the series calendar, and the seventeenth annual running of the race. The race was the last of 2014's thirteen scheduled IMSA automobile endurance races, and the last of four North American Endurance Cup (NAEC) events.[3] It was held at the 12-turn, 2.540-mile (4.088 km) Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on October 3, 2014.[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 5 Action Express Racing Christian Fittipaldi 1:14.508 1‡
2 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor 1:14.797 +0.289 2
3 P 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Richard Westbrook 1:14.920 +0.412 3
4 P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett 1:15.224 +0.716 4
5 P 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Katherine Legge 1:15.317 +0.809 5
6 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri 1:15.346 +0.838 6
7 P 31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran 1:16.052 +1.544 7
8 PC 08 RSR Racing Jack Hawksworth 1:16.210 +1.702 8‡
9 PC 09 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira 1:16.471 +1.963 9
10 PC 25 8Star Motorsports Tom Kimber-Smith 1:16.599 +2.091 10
11 PC 54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun 1:16.612 +2.104 11
12 PC 52 PR1/Mathiesen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette 1:16.848 +2.340 12
13 PC 87 BAR1 Motorsports Martin Plowman 1:17.082 +2.574 13
14 PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Stephen Simpson 1:17.203 +2.695 14
15 PC 88 BAR1 Motorsports Johnny Mowlem 1:17.367 +2.859 15
16 PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports David Ostella 1:17.533 +3.025 16
17 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy 1:18.350 +3.842 17‡
18 PC 7 Starworks Motorsport Ryan Eversley 1:18.412 +3.904 18
19 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella 1:18.687 +4.179 19
20 GTLM 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers 1:18.707 +4.199 20
21 GTLM 93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito 1:18.804 +4.296 21
22 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Michael Christensen 1:18.848 +4.340 22
23 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:18.979 +4.471 23
24 P 70 Speedsource Tom Long 1:19.074 +4.566 24
25 GTLM 56 BMW Team RLL Dirk Müller 1:19.143 +4.635 25
26 GTLM 91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens 1:19.146 +4.638 26
27 GTLM 4 Porsche North America Tommy Milner 1:19.256 +4.748 27
28 GTLM 57 Krohn Racing Andrea Bertolini 1:19.621 +5.113 28
29 GTLM 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen 1:20.467 +5.959 29
30 PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande 1:20.665 +6.157 30
31 GTD 007 TRG-AMR James Davison 1:22.254 +7.746 31‡
32 GTD 58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen 1:22.395 +7.887 32
33 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Kévin Estre 1:22.471 +7.963 33
34 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:22.579 +8.071 34
35 GTD 94 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron 1:22.682 +8.174 35
36 GTD 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher 1:22.776 +8.268 36
37 GTD 27 Dempsey Racing Andrew Davis 1:23.121 +8.613 37
38 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen 1:23.237 +8.729 38
39 GTD 44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally 1:23.251 +8.743 30
40 GTD 49 Spirit of Race Marco Cioci 1:23.339 +8.831 40
41 GTD 81 GB Autosport Damien Faulkner 1:23.409 +8.901 41
42 GTD 555 AIM Autosport Townsend Bell 1:23.588 +9.080 42
43 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Matthew Bell 1:23.592 +9.084 43
44 GTD 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly 1:23.595 +9.087 44
45 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Balzan 1:23.685 +9.177 45
46 GTD 51 Spirit of Race Michele Rugolo 1:23.700 +9.192 46
47 GTD 19 Mühlner Motorsports America Mark Kvamme 1:25.135 +10.627 47
48 GTD 35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 1:26.910 +12.402 48
49 P 07 Speedsource Tristan Nunez 4:25.4881 +3:11.080 49
50 P 9 Action Express Racing Brian Frisselle 4:51.0142 +3:36.506 50
51 P 42 OAK Racing Alex Brundle No time3 51
52 GTD 18 Mühlner Motorsports America None No Time Established 52
53 GTD 30 NGT Motorsport None No Time Established 53
54 GTD 71 Park Place Motorsports None No Time Established 54
Sources:[4][5]
  • 1 The No. 42 OAK Racing entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
  • 2 The No. 9 Action Express Racing entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
  • 3 The No. 07 Speedsource entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold.

Final race classification
Pos Class PIC No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 P 1 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor
Jordan Taylor
Max Angelelli
Dallara Corvette DP C 400
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
2 P 2 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa
Christian Fittipaldi
Sébastien Bourdais
Coyote Corvette DP C 400
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
3 P 3 31 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett
Memo Rojas
Scott Dixon
Riley MkXXVI C 399
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
4 P 4 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Andy Meyrick
Katherine Legge
Gabby Chaves
DeltaWing DWC13 C 395
Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4
5 PC 1 8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande
Mirco Schultis
Alex Popow
Oreca FLM09 C 395
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
6 PC 2 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett
Colin Braun
James Gue
Oreca FLM09 C 395
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
7 PC 3 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette
Frankie Montecalvo
Oreca FLM09 C 395
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
8 PC 4 08 RSR Racing Jack Hawksworth
Chris Cumming
Rusty Mitchell
Oreca FLM09 C 394
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
9 GTLM 1 1 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers
Wolf Henzler
Marco Holzer
Porsche 911 RSR F 391
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
10 GTLM 2 2 Porsche North America Patrick Long
Michael Christensen
Earl Bamber
Porsche 911 RSR M 391
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11 GTLM 3 3 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer
Marc Goossens
Ryan Hunter-Reay
SRT Viper GTS-R M 391
SRT 8.0 L V10
12 GTLM 4 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner
Oliver Gavin
Ryan Briscoe
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 391
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
13 GTLM 5 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy
Jörg Bergmeister
Patrick Pilet
Porsche 911 RSR M 390
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14 GTLM 6 93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito
Dominik Farnbacher
Rob Bell
SRT Viper GTS-R M 389
SRT 8.0 L V10
15 P 5 31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran
Boris Said
Max Papis
Coyote Corvette DP C 388
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
16 GTLM 7 56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards
Dirk Müller
Dirk Werner
BMW Z4 GTE M 388
BMW 4.4 L V8
17 GTLM 8 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen
Antonio García
Ryan Briscoe
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 388
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
18 PC 5 7 Starworks Motorsport Martin Fuentes
John Martin
Adam Merzon
Oreca FLM09 C 385
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
19 PC 6 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Chris Miller
Stephen Simpson
Mikhail Goikhberg
Oreca FLM09 C 384
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
20 PC 7 25 8Star Motorsports Sean Rayhall
Tom Kimber-Smith
Eric Lux
Oreca FLM09 C 383
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
21 GTLM 9 57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn
Niclas Jönsson
Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 383
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22 P 6 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew
Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Riley MkXXVI C 383
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
23 P 7 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante
Richard Westbrook
Mike Rockenfeller
Coyote Corvette DP C 381
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
24 GTD 1 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller
Matthew Bell
Christopher Haase
Audi R8 LMS C 376
Audi 5.2 L V10
25 GTD 2 58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen
Madison Snow
Patrick Dempsey
Porsche 911 GT America C 376
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GTD 3 44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally
John Potter
Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 GT America C 376
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 GTD 4 94 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron
Markus Palttala
Christoffer Nygaard
BMW Z4 GT3 C 376
BMW 4.4 L V8
28 GTD 5 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Ian James
Mario Farnbacher
Alex Riberas
Porsche 911 GT America C 375
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29 GTD 6 51 Spirit of Race Pasin Lathouras
Matt Griffin
Michele Rugolo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 375
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
30 PC 8 87 BAR1 Motorsports Martin Plowman
Marc Drumwright
Tomy Drissi
Oreca FLM09 C 375
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
31 GTD 7 555 AIM Autosport Bill Sweedler
Townsend Bell
Conrad Grunewald
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 375
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
32 GTD 8 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil
Leh Keen
Craig Stanton
Porsche 911 GT America C 375
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
33 GTD 9 63 Scuderia Corsa Jeff Westphal
Alessandro Balzan
Brandon Davis
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 373
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
34 GTD 10 007 TRG-AMR James Davison
Christina Nielsen
David Block
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 373
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
35 GTD 11 81 GB Autosport Ben Barker
Damien Faulkner
Philipp Eng
Porsche 911 GT America C 367
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
36 GTD 12 35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman
Dion von Moltke
Alessandro Latif
Audi R8 LMS C 366
Audi 5.2 L V10
37 GTD 13 71 Park Place Motorsports Kévin Estre
Patrick Lindsey
Norbert Siedler
Porsche 911 GT America C 346
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
38
DNF
PC 9 09 RSR Racing Duncan Ende
Bruno Junqueira
David Heinemeier Hansson
Oreca FLM09 C 283
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
39 GTD 14 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Nelson Canache Jr.
Spencer Pumpelly
Andrew Palmer
Audi R8 LMS C 266
Audi 5.2 L V10
40
DNF
P 8 70 SpeedSource Sylvain Tremblay
Tom Long
Ben Devlin
Mazda Prototype C 255
Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4
(Diesel)
41 GTD 15 19 Mühlner Motorsports America Mark Kvamme
Daniel Lloyd
Larry Pegram
Porsche 911 GT America C 255
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
42
DNF
P 9 42 OAK Racing Gustavo Yacamán
Alex Brundle
Ho-Pin Tung
Ligier JS P2 C 187
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
43
DNF
GTD 16 49 Spirit of Race Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci
Eddie Cheever III
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 181
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
44
DNF
PC 10 38 Performance Tech Motorsports David Ostella
James French
Jerome Mee
Oreca FLM09 C 171
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
45
DNF
GTD 17 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen
Sebastiaan Bleekemolen
Ben Keating
SRT Viper GT3-R C 166
SRT 8.0 L V10
46
DNF
P 10 9 Action Express Racing Brian Frisselle
Burt Frisselle
Jon Fogarty
Coyote Corvette DP C 134
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
47
DNF
PC 11 88 BAR1 Motorsports Tom Papadopoulos
Johnny Mowlem
David Cheng
Oreca FLM09 C 108
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
48
DNF
GTLM 10 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen
Joey Hand
Andy Priaulx
BMW Z4 GTE M 99
BMW 4.4 L V8
49
DNF
GTD 18 27 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey
Joe Foster
Andrew Davis
Porsche 911 GT America C 99
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
50
DNF
GTLM 11 62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella
Pierre Kaffer
Olivier Beretta
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 95
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
51
DNF
P 11 07 SpeedSource Tristan Nunez
Joel Miller
Tristan Vautier
Mazda Prototype C 47
Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4
(Diesel)
Sources:[2][6]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin
F Falken Tire

Race Statistics

References

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