The 2014 Lone Star Le Mans was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) held at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on September 20, 2014. The race served as the twelfth of thirteen scheduled rounds of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship.
Background
Preview
International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship schedule in October 2013. It was the first year the event was held as part of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship. The 2014 Lone Star Le Mans was the twelfth of thirteen scheduled sports car races of 2014 by IMSA, and it was the ninth round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. The race was held at the twenty-turn Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on September 20, 2014.
Before the race, João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 285 points, 16 points clear of Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor in second. With 255 points, PC was led by Jon Bennett and Colin Braun with a forty point advantage over Renger van der Zande. In GTLM, the Drivers' Championship was led by Antonio García with 270 points, 6 points clear of Kuno Wittmer and Jonathan Bomarito. Dane Cameron led the GTD Drivers' Championship with 244 points, ahead of Bill Sweedler and Townsend Bell on countback. Chevrolet, Porsche, and Ferrari were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Action Express Racing, CORE Autosport, Corvette Racing, and Turner Motorsport were their respective Teams' Championships.
Entry list Fifty-two cars were officially entered for the Lone Star Le Mans, with most of the entries being in the Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) classes. Action Express Racing (AER), Marsh Racing, VisitFlorida Racing (VFR) and Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR) entered one Chevrolet Corvette DP. Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) and Michael Shank Racing (MSR) entered one Ford-powered Riley MkXXVI. Speedsource had two Lola B12/80 while Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) entered one HPD ARX-03b car and OAK Racing entered one Ligier JS P2 chassis with Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 engine. The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of eleven Oreca FLM09 cars: two from BAR1 Motorsports, Starworks Motorsport and RSR Racing. CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, and 8Star Motorsports entered one car each. GTLM was represented by eleven entries from five different brands. Porsche North America entered three 911 RSRs. In the list of GTD entrants, twenty GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers.
Practice There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the races on Saturday, both on Friday. The first one-hour session ran on Friday morning while the second one-hour session ran on Friday afternoon.
Qualifying Friday afternoon's 80-minute four-group qualifying session gave 15-minute sessions to all categories. Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM, PC, and Prototype had three separate identically timed sessions. Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order. IMSA would arranged the grid to put all Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM, and GTD cars.
Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona). +ClassTeamDriverTime1P42 OAK Racing Alex Brundle1:57.809_12P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor1:58.643 +0.83423P01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Memo Rojas1:58.928 +1.119934P5 Action Express Racing Christian Fittipaldi1:59.072 +1.26345P2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek1:59.074 +1.26556P90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Richard Westbrook1:59.498 +1.68967P60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri2:00.042 +2.23378PC25 8Star Motorsports Sean Rayhall2:00.528 +2.71989P31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran2:00.972 +3.163910PC54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun2:01.085 +3.2761011PC09 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira2:01.260 +3.4511112PC7 Starworks Motorsport John Martin2:01.321 +3.5121213PC8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande2:01.734 +3.9251314PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette2:01.982 +4.1731415PC87 BAR1 Motorsports Martin Plowman2:02.596 +4.7871516P07 Speedsource Tristan Nunez2:02.960 +5.1511617GTLM910 CORE Autosport Patrick Pilet2:03.302 +5.4935018GTLM93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito2:03.539 +5.7301719GTLM911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy2:03.649 +5.8401820P70 Speedsource Sylvain Tremblay2:03.719 +5.9101921GTLM912 Porsche North America Patrick Long2:03.900 +6.0912022GTLM91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens2:04.003 +6.1942123GTLM56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards2:04.253 +6.4442224PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Stephen Simpson2:04.380 +6.5712325GTLM55 BMW Team RLL Andy Priaulx2:04.495 +6.6862426PC88 BAR1 Motorsports Johnny Mowlem2:04.726 +6.9172527GTLM3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen2:04.847 +7.0382628GTLM17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler2:04.936 +7.1272729GTLM4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin2:05.093 +7.2842830GTLM62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer2:05.348 +7.5392931GTD007 TRG-AMR North America James Davison2:08.502 +10.6933032GTD33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen2:08.814 +11.0053133GTD300 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron2:08.826 +11.0173234GTD71 Park Place Motorsports Mike Skeen2:08.984 +11.1753335GTD30 NGT Motorsport Kuba Giermaziak2:09.007 +11.1983436GTD81 GB Autosport Damien Faulkner2:09.040 +11.2313537GTD44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally2:09.113 +11.3043638GTD58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen2:09.130 +11.3213739GTD27 Dempsey Racing Andrew Davis2:09.291 +11.4823840GTD45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly2:09.337 +11.5283941GTD73 Park Place Motorsports Norbert Siedler2:09.504 +11.6954042GTD23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher2:09.537 +11.7284143GTD35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Dion von Moltke2:09.664 +11.8554244GTD48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase2:09.772 +11.9634345GTD555 AIM Autosport Townsend Bell2:09.914 +12.1054446GTD22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen2:10.140 +12.3315147GTD63 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Balzan2:10.184 +12.3754548GTD18 Mühlner Motorsports America Khaled Al Qubaisi2:13.725 +15.9164649PC08 RSR RacingNo Time Established4750PC38 Performance Tech David OstellaNo Time Established4851GTD19 Mühlner Motorsports AmericaNo Time Established4952GTD46 Fall-Line MotorsportsDid not participate52Sources:
The No. 910 CORE Autosport Porsche initially qualified on pole position for the GTLM class. However, the car was missing a camera pod. By IMSA rules, the entry was moved to the rear of the GTLM field on the starting grid. The No. 38 Performance Tech entry had its fastest lap deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
Race Race results Class winners are denoted in bold and . P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).
ClassTeamDriversChassisTireTime/RetiredEngine1P01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo RojasRiley MkXXVI772:45:54.946Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V62P42 OAK Racing Gustavo Yacamán Alex BrundleLigier JS P277 +2.336Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V63P5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian FittipaldiChevrolet Corvette DP77 +11.016Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V84P2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van OverbeekHPD ARX-03b77 +35.811Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V65P60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo NegriRiley MkXXVI77 +48.448Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V66P90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante Richard WestbrookChevrolet Corvette DP77 +1:08.558Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V87P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor Ricky TaylorChevrolet Corvette DP77 +1:39.993Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V88PC25 8Star Motorsports Luis Díaz Sean RayhallOreca FLM0976 +1 lapChevrolet 6.2 L V89PC54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin BraunOreca FLM0976 +1 lapChevrolet 6.2 L V810P31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran Boris SaidChevrolet Corvette DP76 +1 lapChevrolet LS9 5.5 L V811PC8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis Renger van der ZandeOreca FLM0976 +1 lapChevrolet 6.2 L V812GTLM93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito Kuno WittmerSRT Viper GTS-R76 +1 lapSRT 8.0 L V1013GTLM91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Dominik FarnbacherSRT Viper GTS-R76 +1 lapSRT 8.0 L V1014GTLM912 Porsche North America Patrick Long Michael ChristensenPorsche 911 RSR76 +1 lapPorsche 4.0 L Flat-615GTLM62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella Pierre KafferFerrari 458 Italia GT275 +2 LapsFerrari 4.5 L V816GTLM910 CORE Autosport Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick PiletPorsche 911 RSR75 +2 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-617GTLM55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Andy PriaulxBMW Z4 GTE75 +2 LapsBMW 4.4 L V818PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette Frankie MontecalvoOreca FLM0975 +2 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V819GTLM56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Dirk MüllerBMW Z4 GTE75 +2 LapsBMW 4.4 L V820GTLM17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler Bryan SellersPorsche 911 RSR75 +2 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-621GTLM3 Corvette Racing Antonio García Jan MagnussenChevrolet Corvette C7.R75 +2 LapsChevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V822GTLM4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy MilnerChevrolet Corvette C7.R75 +2 LapsChevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V823PC08 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Jack HawksworthOreca FLM0975 +2 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V824PC87 BAR1 Motorsports Marc Drumwright Martin PlowmanOreca FLM0974 +3 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V825PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Chris Miller Stephen SimpsonOreca FLM0974 +3 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V826PC88 BAR1 Motorsports Johnny Mowlem Tom PapadopoulosOreca FLM0974 +3 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V827P07 Speedsource Joel Miller Tristan NunezMazda Prototype73 +4 LapsMazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel)28GTD33 Riley Motorsports Ben Keating Jeroen BleekemolenSRT Viper GT3-R73 +4 LapsSRT 8.0 L V1029GTD44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally John PotterPorsche 911 GT America72 +5 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-630GTD300 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron Markus PalttalaAudi R8 LMS ultra72 +5 LapsAudi 5.2 L V1031GTD58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen Madison SnowPorsche 911 GT America72 +5 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-632GTD22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen Cooper MacNeilPorsche 911 GT America72 +5 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-633GTD48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase Bryce MillerAudi R8 LMS ultra72 +5 LapsAudi 5.2 L V1034GTD45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Nelson Canache Jr. Spencer PumpellyAudi R8 LMS ultra72 +5 LapsAudi 5.2 L V1035GTD555 AIM Autosport Townsend Bell Bill SweedlerFerrari 458 Italia GT372 +5 LapsFerrari 4.5L V836GTD81 GB Autosport Ben Barker Damien FaulknerPorsche 911 GT America72 +5 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-637GTD73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey Norbert SiedlerPorsche 911 GT America72 +5 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-638GTD63 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Balzan Jeff WestphalFerrari 458 Italia GT372 +5 LapsFerrari 4.5L V839GTD30 NGT Motorsport Kuba Giermaziak Henrique CisnerosPorsche 911 GT America71 +6 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-640GTD35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Dion von Moltke Spencer Pumpelly Seth NeimanAudi R8 LMS ultra70 +7 LapsAudi 5.2 L V1041GTD27 Dempsey Racing Andrew Davis Patrick DempseyPorsche 911 GT America70 +7 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-642 DNFPC7 Starworks Motorsport John Martin Martin Fuentes Alex PopowOreca FLM0963Did Not FinishChevrolet 6.2 L V843GTD19 Mühlner Motorsports America Mark Klenin Alec UdellPorsche 911 GT America69 +8 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-644GTD18 Mühlner Motorsports America Khaled Al Qubaisi Larry PegramPorsche 911 GT America67 +10 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-645 DNFGTLM911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Jörg BergmeisterPorsche 911 RSR66Did Not FinishPorsche 4.0 L Flat-646 DNFGTD71 Park Place Motorsports Mike Skeen Mike VessPorsche 911 GT America62Did Not FinishPorsche 4.0L Flat-647 DNFGTD23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher Ian JamesPorsche 911 GT America58Did Not FinishPorsche 4.0L Flat-648