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2014 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic

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The layout of The Raceway on Belle Isle

The 2014 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at the Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan on May 31, 2014. The race was the fifth of thirteen scheduled rounds of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship, and was held for Prototype and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories.

Background

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Preview

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The Raceway on Belle Isle, where the race was held.

Similar to the Grand Prix of Long Beach, this event was held in conjunction with the Detroit Grand Prix in the IndyCar series, with one event held on the same day as the IMSA event, and another held a day after as a double-header.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship schedule in September 2013.[1] It was the first year that the race was part of the series calendar, and the fifth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2007 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series respectively.[1] The race was the fifth of 2014's thirteen scheduled IMSA automobile endurance races, the shortest of the season in terms of distance, and it was the third round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[1] The race was held at the fourteen-turn 2.350 mi (3.782 km) Belle Isle Park on May 31, 2014.[1]

Before the race, João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 127 points, 3 points clear of Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas in second, and Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor with 124 points.[2] With 87 points, Bill Sweedler and Townsend Bell led the GTD Drivers' Championship, ahead of Andy Lally and John Potter on countback with 87 points followed by Nelson Canache and Spencer Pumpelly with 83 points.[2] Chevrolet and Ferrari were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Action Express Racing and AIM Autosport each led their own Teams' Championships.[2]

Entry list

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Thirty-two cars were entered for the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic, with most of the entries in the Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) category.[3] Six Daytona Prototype (DP) chassis were represented in the Prototype class, including four Chevrolet Corvette DP cars and a duo of Riley MkXXVI vehicles. They were joined by five Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) cars represented in the class. Speedsource fielded two Lola B08/80-Mazda cars, and Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) entered two HPD ARX-03b cars. OAK Racing entered one Morgan LMP2.

With the absence of the Prototype Challenge and Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) categories from the field, only two racing classes were represented in Belle Isle.[4] GTD was represented by 20 entries from manufactures such as Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Porsche, and SRT. Scuderia Corsa entered a second Ferrari 458 Italia GT3.[5]

Practice and qualifying

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There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, one on Friday morning and one on Friday afternoon. The first session lasted 90 minutes on Friday morning while the second session on Friday afternoon lasted 90 minutes.[6]

In the first session, Oswaldo Negri's No. 60 MSR Riley lapped quickest at 1 minute, 26.475 seconds, 0.081 seconds faster than Christian Fittipaldi's No. 5 Corvette DP.[7] Memo Rojas was third-fastest in CGR's No. 01 Riley, Jordan Taylor's No. 10 car placed fourth, and Ryan Dalziel's No. 1 ESM HPD rounded out the top five.[7] James Davison's No. 007 TRG Aston Martin led GTD from Pumpelly's No. 45 Flying Lizard Audi and Davis' No. 27 Dempsey Porsche.[8]

Pruett led the final session in the No. 01 CGR car with a lap of 1 minute, 26.582 seconds, 0.328 seconds faster than Westbrook's No. 90 Corvette DP.[9] ESM were third after a lap from Dalziel in its No. 1 car. Yacamán No. 42 Morgan, along with Barbosa's No. 5 AER car were fourth and fifth.[9] Audi paced GTD with Flying Lizard's No. 45 R8 of Pumpelly lapping at 1:33.756, ahead of Leh Keen's No. 22 AJR Porsche. Kuba Giermaziak set the third-fastest time in class in NGT Motorsport's No. 30 entry.[10] The session ended prematurely when Sebastian Asch crashed at the No. 18 Mühlner Motorsports America entry in the closing minutes.[9]

Friday afternoon's 35 minute two-group qualifying session gave 15-minute sessions to all categories. Cars in GTD were sent out first and, after a five-minute interval, Prototype vehicles drove onto the track. Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order. IMSA arranged the grid to put the Prototypes ahead of all GTD cars.[6]

Richard Westbrook (pictured in 2006) helped clinch the No. 90 Corvette Daytona Prototype's first pole position of 2014.

Westbrook for Spirit of Daytona took the first pole position of his career,[11] on his final lap with a time of 1 minute, 25.011 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Dalziel who had pole position for ESM until Westbrook's lap.[12] On his final timed lap, Fittipaldi qualified the No. 5 Corvette DP third, and Olivier Pla took fourth in the No. 42 OAK Racing Morgan.[13] WTR's Jordan Taylor was fifth, and Negri's No. 60 MSR car was sixth.[13] van Overbeek's No. 2 ESM car, Rojas' No. 01 CGR vehicle, and Said's No. 31 Marsh car were seventh to ninth.[13]

In GTD, Spencer Pumpelly in the No. 45 Flying Lizard Audi clinched his second pole position of the season, with his fastest lap being 0.278 seconds faster than Jeroen Bleekemolen in the No. 33 Viper. Kévin Estre qualified the No. 73 PPM Porsche to third, ahead of Dane Cameron's fourth-placed Turner BMW and James Davison's fifth-placed TRG Aston Martin.[13]

Qualifying results

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 90 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 1:25.011 _ 1‡
2 P 1 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 1:25.029 +0.018 2
3 P 5 United States Action Express Racing Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 1:25.139 +0.128 3
4 P 42 France OAK Racing France Olivier Pla 1:25.555 +0.544 4
5 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Jordan Taylor 1:25.586 +0.575 5
6 P 60 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Brazil Oswaldo Negri 1:25.776 +0.765 6
7 P 2 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Johannes van Overbeek 1:26.192 +1.181 7
8 P 01 United States Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Mexico Memo Rojas 1:26.199 +1.188 8
9 P 31 United States Marsh Racing United States Boris Said 1:26.952 +1.941 9
10 P 07 United States Speedsource United States Joel Miller 1:31.344 +6.333 10
11 P 70 United States Speedsource Canada Sylvain Tremblay 1:31.929 +6.918 11
12 GTD 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Spencer Pumpelly 1:32.914 +7.903 12‡
13 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:33.192 +8.181 13
14 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports France Kévin Estre 1:33.246 +8.235 14
15 GTD 94 United States Turner Motorsport United States Dane Cameron 1:33.346 +8.335 15
16 GTD 007 United States TRG-AMR North America Australia James Davison 1:33.379 +8.368 16
17 GTD 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Leh Keen 1:33.383 +8.372 17
18 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa Italy Alessandro Balzan 1:33.560 +8.549 18
19 GTD 23 United States Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Germany Mario Farnbacher 1:33.691 +8.680 19
20 GTD 58 United States Snow Racing Belgium Jan Heylen 1:33.717 +8.606 20
21 GTD 30 United States NGT Motorsport Poland Kuba Giermaziak 1:33.897 +8.886 21
22 GTD 555 Canada AIM Autosport United States Townsend Bell 1:34.051 +9.040 22
23 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing Germany Christopher Haase 1:34.057 +9.046 23
24 GTD 81 United States GB Autosport Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner 1:34.118 +9.107 24
25 GTD 35 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Dion von Moltke 1:34.218 +9.207 25
26 GTD 64 United States Scuderia Corsa Canada Kyle Marcelli 1:34.359 +9.348 26
27 GTD 27 United States Dempsey Racing United States Andrew Davis 1:34.577 +9.566 27
28 GTD 18 Belgium Mühlner Motorsports America Germany Sebastian Asch 1:34.873 +9.862 28
29 GTD 46 United States Fall-Line Motorsports United States Charles Espenlaub 1:34.968 +9.957 29
30 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally 1:34.969 +9.958 30
31 GTD 19 Belgium Mühlner Motorsports America None No Time Established 31
32 GTD 71 United States Park Place Motorsports None No Time Established 32
Sources:[14][15]

Race

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Post-race

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With a total of 160 points, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor's victory allowed them to take the lead of the Prototype Drivers' Championship.[2] The final results of GTD meant Sweedler and Bell increased their advantage to 1 point as fifth-placed Keen and MacNeil moved from fourth to second. Lally and Potter dropped from second to third with 107 points, ahead of James and Farnbacher on countback. Miller and Haase's third-place finish meant they rounded out the top five with 102 points.[2] Chevrolet and Ferrari continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while WTR took the lead of the Prototype Teams' Championship.[2] AIM Autorsport kept their advantage in the GTD Teams' Championship with eight races left in the season.[2]

Race result

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Class winners are indicated in bold and ‡. P stands for Prototype, and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette DP C 57 1:40:26.112‡
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
2 P 90 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing Canada Michael Valiante
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Chevrolet Corvette DP C 57 +0.207
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
3 P 42 France OAK Racing France Olivier Pla
Colombia Gustavo Yacamán
Morgan LMP2 C 57 +8.817
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
4 P 60 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian United States John Pew
Brazil Oswaldo Negri
Riley MkXXVI C 57 +9.713
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
5 P 1 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Scott Sharp
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
HPD ARX-03b C 57 +17.718
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
6 P 5 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Chevrolet Corvette DP C 57 +33.286
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
7 P 2 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Ed Brown
United States Johannes van Overbeek
HPD ARX-03b C 56 +1 lap
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
8 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Jeff Westphal
Italy Alessandro Balzan
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 56 +1 lap‡
Ferrari 4.5L V8
9 GTD 23 United States Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing United States Ian James
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Porsche 911 GT America C 56 +1 lap
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
10 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryce Miller
Germany Christopher Haase
Audi R8 LMS ultra C 56 +1 lap
Audi 5.2 L V10
11 GTD 007 United States TRG-AMR North America Australia James Davison
United States Al Carter
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 56 +1 lap
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
12 GTD 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Leh Keen
Porsche 911 GT America C 56 +1 lap
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
13 GTD 94 United States Turner Motorsport United States Dane Cameron
Finland Markus Palttala
BMW Z4 GT3 C 56 +1 lap
BMW 4.4 L V8
14 GTD 18 Belgium Mühlner Motorsports America Germany Sebastian Asch
United States Tomy Drissi
Porsche 911 GT America C 56 +1 lap
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
15 GTD 555 Canada AIM Autosport United States Bill Sweedler
United States Townsend Bell
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 56 +1 lap
Ferrari 4.5L V8
16 GTD 58 United States Snow Racing Belgium Jan Heylen
United States Madison Snow
Porsche 911 GT America C 55 +2 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
17 GTD 81 United States GB Autosport United Kingdom Ben Barker
Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner
Porsche 911 GT America C 55 +2 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
18 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Ben Keating
SRT Viper GT3-R C 55 +2 Laps
SRT 8.0 L V10
19 P 07 United States Speedsource United States Tristan Nunez
United States Joel Miller
Mazda Prototype C 55 +2 Laps
Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4

(Diesel)

20 GTD 35 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Seth Neiman
United States Dion von Moltke
Audi R8 LMS ultra C 55 +2 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
21 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
Porsche 911 GT America C 55 +2 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
22 P 70 United States Speedsource Canada Sylvain Tremblay
United States Tom Long
Mazda Prototype C 54 +3 Laps
Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4

(Diesel)

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DNF

GTD 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Spencer Pumpelly
Venezuela Nelson Canache Jr.
Audi R8 LMS ultra C 53 Did Not Finish
Audi 5.2 L V10
24 GTD 46 United States Fall-Line Motorsports United States Charles Espenlaub
United States Charlie Putnam
Audi R8 LMS ultra C 53 +4 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
25 GTD 64 United States Scuderia Corsa Canada Kyle Marcelli
Canada Chris Cumming
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 53 +4 Laps
Ferrari 4.5L V8
26 GTD 27 United States Dempsey Racing United States Patrick Dempsey
United States Andrew Davis
Porsche 911 GT America C 52 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
27

DNF

GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports France Kévin Estre
United States Patrick Lindsey
Porsche 911 GT America C 26 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
28

DNF

GTD 30 United States NGT Motorsport Poland Kuba Giermaziak
Venezuela Henrique Cisneros
Porsche 911 GT America C 18 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
29

DNF

P 31 United States Marsh Racing United States Eric Curran
United States Boris Said
Chevrolet Corvette DP C 14 Did Not Finish
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
30

DNF

P 01 United States Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates United States Scott Pruett
Mexico Memo Rojas
Riley MkXXVI C 12 Did Not Finish
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
31

DNS

GTD 19 Belgium Mühlner Motorsports America Germany Sebastian Asch
United States Tomy Drissi
Porsche 911 GT America C -- Did Not Start
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
32

DNS

GTD 71 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Jim Norman
United States Craig Stanton
Porsche 911 GT America C -- Did Not Start
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
Source:[16][17]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental

Standings after the race

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References

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