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10 Hours to Glory at Petit 10 hours michelinalley.com to glory at Petit News From the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship - Petit Le Mans 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship - Petit the News From Who is taking the trophies? CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWDOWNS AT PETIT LE MANS 2 GT LE MANS he ultimate race clock strikes 12 at the 11th and Then, after a disastrous start to the season, the fabled Risi final race of the 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Competizione Ferrari, now with Giancarlo Fisichella and Pierre Championship as the GTLM manufacturers, teams Kaffer, turned in an impressive win at Road America and and drivers fight for wins and season long titles here backed it up with a dramatic last lap pass to win at VIR. at the 10 Hours of Petit Le Mans. It was at VIR that the driver championship hopes of Lietz and TThe big factory teams from BMW Team RLL, Corvette Magnussen took a devastating hit in practice when both spun Racing, Dodge Viper SRT, Porsche North America and premier on fluid on the track. independents; Risi Competizione Ferrari and Falken Porsche, Lietz fractured his left arm causing him to miss both VIR all began the season with high expectations. and Circuit of The Americas (COTA). Magnussen suffered a The world’s premier manufacturers put their brands, concussion and sat out the VIR race, dropping out of his share engineering and investments into developing technology of the championship lead. and showcasing their performance to an enthusiastic target Despite a dominant early performance by Porsche, with a audience in the fierce GTLM competition. third car added to bolster its manufacturer championship bid, Where the car manufacturers roam with top teams, engineers, it was Wittmer and Bomarito leading a Dodge Viper SRT 1-2 at drivers and support staffs, TUDOR Championship race wins COTA to further scramble the points. and titles are expected, if not demanded and, unlike pre-school Arriving at Road Atlanta for the final clicks of the clock, soccer teams, not everyone gets ice cream. Bomarito and Wittmer, a pair of drivers who entered the season That explains in part why the GTLM season has been a wild still seeking their first major GT class win, lead the driver roller coaster ride as four different teams have scored multiple championship by seven points over Garcia with their Dodge wins with the championships still in hot dispute here at Road Viper SRT teammates Marc Goossens and Dominik Farnbacher Atlanta. another ten points back. The shiny new Porsche North America factory squad opened In the GTLM Manufacturer war, Porsche and Dodge Viper the season with victories at the Rolex 24 at Daytona (Nick SRT are tied at 308 points while Chevrolet and BMW are also Tandy, Richard Lietz) and the Twelve Hours of Sebring (Patrick tied at 300 markers and still well within striking distance. Long, Michael Christensen). A possible spoiler is BMW Team RLL which has been quick, Next came a powerful run as the factory #3 Corvette C7.R of clean, consistent, well prepared, well driven and wholly Corvette Racing and 2013 GT Champions Jan Magnussen and unrewarded in 2014. The team has six podium finishes. Antonio Garcia rolled off four consecutive victories to surge to Actually, one GTLM championship has already been the top of the standings. decided. With 10 victories in the first 10 races and 29 of 30 Act III saw the emergence of Jonathan Bomarito and Kuno podium positions, Michelin has already claimed the GTLM Wittmer as they took their first big GT win aboard the #93 Tire Manufacturer title in the only class offering open tire Dodge Viper SRT at Indianapolis. competition. 3 GT DAYTONA he competition is equally close in the GT Daytona (GTD) class featuring combinations of Pro and Amateur drivers. TDane Cameron driving the Turner Motorsport BMW broke a five way tie for the driver championship lead with a podium finish at COTA. Cameron now carries a slim four point lead over Porsche’s Leh Keen and Cooper MacNeil of Alex Job Racing. Townsend Bell and Bill Sweedler in the AIM Autosport Ferrari lurk just an additional three points back. The GTD Team Championships are also wide open as Turner Motorsport mirrors the four point edge over Alex Job Racing and the seven point gap to AIM Autosport. There is a different story in the GTD Manufacturer fight with Porsche carrying a one point lead over BMW with Ferrari just one point further back. With 56 cars entered, a number of teams adding third drivers, the chess moves matching Pro and Am drivers and the dynamics of a 10 Hour race, the excitement will continue all the way to the final ticks of the 2014 TUDOR Championship clock. 4 journey that began and followed that with a victory at Road victory at Circuit of The Americas, they in early January will America to retake the upper hand in find themselves on the far edge of the conclude here on the Prototype championship fight. They championship cage match. Saturday evening, arrive here with a sweet 22 point lead in Rounding out the top five after leaving some team the team and driver championship over delivering a first victory for Nissan Aowners, drivers and sponsors very rivals Ricky and Jordan Taylor of Wayne with a stellar performance by drivers happy and others anxious for the start Taylor Racing. Gustavo Yacaman and Olivier Pla at the of the 2015 TUDOR United SportsCar The Taylors took the race win in Canadian stop is the OAK Racing team. Championship. Detroit and have been podium regulars Meanwhile, the TUDOR But first there are the rather significant for much of the season. Championship Prototype Manufacturer matters of the race victory at Petit Le Currently standing third are the sees a classic Chevrolet vs. Ford battle Mans and determining the 2014 TUDOR popular visitflorida.com Racing as the bowtie brigade led by Action Champions for drivers, teams and squad and drivers Michael Valiente Express, Wayne Taylor Racing and manufacturers to resolve. and Richard Westbrook who are poised visitflorida.com holds a 14 point Based in Mooresville, NC, Bob just one additional point back. All three lead over Ford. Johnson’s Action Express Corvette DP teams are Chevrolet powered. Four of the five manufacturers have team with drivers Christian Fittipaldi Debuting their new Ford EcoBoost scored Prototype wins in 2014 including and Joao Barbosa blasted out of the gate power for 2014, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Chevrolet (5), Ford (3), Honda (1) and in January with an impressive victory at ageless Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas Nissan (1). In addition, the Mazda the Rolex 24 at Daytona. remain a considerable force with SkyActiv diesel team continues to Led by technical director Gary Nelson, back-to-back victories at Sebring and develop and build momentum in its first the AXmen scored again at Indianapolis Long Beach. But, despite their recent year of Prototype competition. 5 hey are already making room on the trophy shelves at CORE autosport in Rock Hill, SC as team owner Jon Bennett and co-driver Colin Braun have locked up their Tfirst driver title on the strength of seven podium finishes, including four PC class wins. Racing identical single specification Oreca prototypes, the well matched competition in PC class puts a heavy premium on consistency, driver performance and race strategies. Teams match their Amateur driver with a top Pro and work diligently to improve the pace and consistency on the amateur side as the Pros tend be quite evenly matched. CORE has claimed the PC class Team Championship in each of the past three seasons and will look to secure a fourth here at Petit Le Mans. They hold a narrow 11 point edge on the fast closing 8Star Motorsports team with drivers Luis Diaz and Sean Rayhall who have taken the PC wins in the last two races. Drivers Renger van der Zande and Mirco Shultis of Starworks Motorsport have also delivered a pair of wins to place them third in the Team championship with a shot to catch the 8Star squad for second place. Currently fourth in the Driver and Team standings with a podium at Watkins Glen and four fourth place finishes are drivers Gunnar Jeannette and Frankie Montecalvo of PR1/ Mathiesen Motorsports. RSR Racing stands fifth with a win at Indianapolis for Chris Cumming and Jack Hawksworth and a pair of second place finishes for Bruno Junqueira and Duncan Ende. 6 FAST FACTS Watch us now Go Dads go! Apparently the old saying that having a child slows a racing driver does not apply to the GTLM class. Two of the three on FOX main protagonists for the GTLM driver’s title; Dodge Viper Don’t miss the season finale for the TUDOR United SRT’s Kuno Wittmer and Corvette’s Antonio Garcia both SportsCar Championship as the series heads to Road Atlanta became dads during the 2014 season. The third contender, for Petit Le Mans. Catch live flag to flag coverage across Wittmer’s co-driver Jonathan Bomarito, is IMSA.com and FOX Sports 2 and a two hour highlight show of reportedly happy being an “uncle”. FOX the following day. On the GTLM Manufacturer side, Dodge Viper SRT and Porsche are October 3 currently tied in points. Porsche’s Nick Tandy also has a newborn, Qualifying: 4:20 p.m. (EDT) IMSA.com (Live) but Viper may have the edge as October 4 Marc Goossens has new twins. 11:00 a.m. (EDT) IMSA.com (Live) Perhaps IMSA can add 3:00 p.m. (EDT) FOX Sports 2 (Live) a 2015 class for racing October 5 strollers? Check local guide – highlights on FOX 2015 Schedule Jan.
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