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.

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. 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. The race was held at the ten-turn Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on July 13, 2014.

Qualifying

Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with . +ClassEntryDriverTime1P42 OAK Racing Gustavo Yacamán1:09.167—12P1 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ryan Dalziel1:09.456 +0.28923P90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Richard Westbrook1:09.642 +0.47534P2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek1:10.136 +0.96945P5 Action Express Racing Christian Fittipaldi1:10.298 +1.13156P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor1:10.336 +1.16967P01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Memo Rojas1:10.433 +1.26678P60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri1:11.339 +2.17289P07 Speedsource Tristan Nunez1:12.829 +3.662910P70 Speedsource Tom Long1:14.700 +5.5331011GTLM93 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer1:15.206+6.0391112GTLM3 Corvette Racing Antonio García1:15.278 +6.1111213GTLM17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler1:15.368 +6.2011314GTLM4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin1:15.470 +6.3031415GTLM56 BMW Team RLL Dirk Müller1:15.497 +6.3301516GTLM911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy1:15.724 +6.5571617GTLM91 SRT Motorsports Dominik Farnbacher1:15.728 +6.5611718GTLM912 Porsche North America Patrick Long1:15.942 +6.7751819GTLM62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer1:16.340 +7.1731920GTLM55 BMW Team RLL Andy Priaulx1:16.395 +7.2282021GTD33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen1:19.004+9.8372122GTD45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly1:19.159 +9.9922223GTD94 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron1:19.175 +10.0082324GTD23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher1:19.213 +10.0462425GTD35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Dion von Moltke1:19.223 +10.0562526GTD58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen1:19.249 +10.0822627GTD22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen1:19.356 +10.1892728GTD007 TRG-AMR James Davison1:19.358 +10.1912829GTD73 Park Place Motorsports Kévin Estre1:19.532 +10.3652930GTD48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase1:19.555 +10.3883031GTD555 AIM Autosport Townsend Bell1:19.684 +10.5173132GTD44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally1:19.763 +10.5963233GTD63 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Balzan1:19.793 +10.6263334GTD27 Dempsey Racing Andrew Davis1:19.806 +10.6393435GTD81 GB Autosport Damien Faulkner1:20.062 +10.8953536GTD18 Mühlner Motorsports America Mark Thomas1:20.809 +11.6423637GTD46 Fall-Line Motorsports Charles Espenlaub1:21.050 +11.8833738P0 DeltaWing Racing CarsNoneNo Time Established3839P31 Marsh RacingNoneNo Time Established3940GTD19 Mühlner Motorsports AmericaNoneNo Time Established40Sources:

Race

Race result +Final race classificationClassTeamDriversChassisTire Engine 1 P 42 OAK Racing Olivier Pla Gustavo Yacamán Morgan LMP2 133 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 2 P 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Coyote Corvette DP 133 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 3 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Dallara Corvette DP 133 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 4 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Coyote Corvette DP 133 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 5 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri Riley MkXXVI 131 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 6 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 127 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 7 GTLM 93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer SRT Viper GTS-R 127 SRT 8.0 L V10 8 P 07 SpeedSource Tristan Nunez Joel Miller Mazda Prototype 127 Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4(Diesel) 9 GTLM 91 SRT Motorsports Dominik Farnbacher Marc Goossens SRT Viper GTS-R 127 SRT 8.0 L V10 10 GTLM 56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE 126 BMW 4.4 L V8 11 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR 126 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 GTLM 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Andy Priaulx BMW Z4 GTE 126 BMW 4.4 L V8 13 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Oliver Gavin Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 126 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 14 GTLM 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Porsche 911 RSR 126 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 15 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Patrick Long Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR 126 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella Pierre Kaffer Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 125 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 17 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating SRT Viper GT3-R 121 SRT 8.0 L V10 18 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Kévin Estre Patrick Lindsey Porsche 911 GT America 121 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 GTD 94 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron Markus Palttala BMW Z4 GT3 120 BMW 4.4 L V8 20 GTD 81 GB Autosport Ben Barker Damien Faulkner Porsche 911 GT America 120 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Porsche 911 GT America 120 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 GTD 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Ian James Mario Farnbacher Porsche 911 GT America 120 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 23 GTD 58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen Madison Snow Porsche 911 GT America 120 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 24 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Christopher Haase Audi R8 LMS 119 Audi 5.2 L V10 25 GTD 44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally John Potter Porsche 911 GT America 119 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GTD 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly Dion von Moltke Nelson Canache, Jr. Audi R8 LMS 119 Audi 5.2 L V10 27 GTD 27 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey Andrew Davis Porsche 911 GT America 119 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTD 007 TRG-AMR James Davison Al Carter Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 118 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 29 GTD 555 AIM Autosport Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 118 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 30 GTD 35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke Spencer Pumpelly Audi R8 LMS 118 Audi 5.2 L V10 31 GTD 18 Mühlner Motorsports America Mark Thomas Chris Green Porsche 911 GT America 117 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32 GTD 46 Fall-Line Motorsports Charles Espenlaub Charlie Putnam Audi R8 LMS 117 Audi 5.2 L V10 33DNF P 2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek HPD ARX-03b 92 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 34DNF P 1 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel HPD ARX-03b 86 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 35DNF P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Riley MkXXVI 46 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 36DNF GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Jeff Westphal Alessandro Balzan Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 44 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 37DNF P 70 SpeedSource Sylvain Tremblay Tom Long Mazda Prototype 23 Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4(Diesel) 38DNS P 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Andy Meyrick Katherine Legge DeltaWing DWC13 – Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4 39DNS P 31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran Boris Said Coyote Corvette DP – Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8OFFICIAL RACE REPORT + Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Continental Michelin Falken Tire

References

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