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 Track map of Road Atlanta

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

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Preview

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Road Atlanta, where the race was held.

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

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Qualifying results

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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
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  • 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

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Race result

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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
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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
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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

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References

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  1. ^ Road Atlanta Petit Le Mans. http://www.roadatlanta.com/petit-le-mans-road-atlanta
  2. ^ a b IMSA Official Race Report. http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/TUDOR%20Championship%20Road%20Atlanta%20Race%20Official.pdf Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c Dagys, John (20 September 2013). "2014 USCC Schedule Released". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Road_Atlanta-2014-10-04.html". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  6. ^ "2014 Petit Le Mans". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
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