The 2014 Grand Prix of Kansas was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) held on the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas on June 7, 2014. The event served as the sixth 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 Grand Prix of Kansas was the sixth of thirteen scheduled sports car races of 2014 by IMSA, and it was the third round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. The event was held at the nineteen-turn Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas on June 7, 2014. The event was run in conjunction with the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites in a two-segment race format.
Before the race, Jon Bennett and Colin Braun led the Prototype Challenge Drivers' Championship with 97 points, 3 points clear of Renger van der Zande in second, and Martin Fuentes with 80 points. CORE Autosport were their respective Teams' Championships.
Entry list Twenty-nine cars were officially entered for the Grand Prix of Kansas, with the bulk of entries in the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites series. The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of ten Oreca FLM09 cars: two from Starworks Motorsport and RSR Racing. BAR1 Motorsports, CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, and 8Star Motorsports entered one car each. With the absence of the Prototype (P), Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM), and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories from the field, only one racing class was represented in Kansas.
Practice There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday: all on Friday.The first session was on Friday afternoon lasted 80 minutes while the second session on Friday afternoon lasted one-hour. The third session on Final evening lasted 45 minutes
Qualifying Friday evening's 50-minute two-group qualifying session gave 15-minute sessions to all categories. Cars in Cooper Tires Prototype Lites were sent out first before those grouped in PC had one separate identically timed session. Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order.
Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . PC stands for Prototype Challenge. +ClassTeamTime1PC08 RSR Racing1:11.839_12PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports1:11.878 +0.03923PC25 8Star Motorsports1:11.989 +0.15034PC09 RSR Racing1:12.541 +0.70245PC54 CORE Autosport1:12.597 +0.75856PC38 Performance Tech1:12.766 +0.92767PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSports1:12.862 +1.02378PC8 Starworks Motorsport1:12.958 +1.11989PC7 Starworks Motorsport1:13.592 +1.753910PC88 BAR1 Motorsports1:13.737 +1.8981011L127Performance Tech Motorsport1:16.183+4.3441112L161Comprent Motor Sports1:16.308 +4.4691213L116Performance Tech Motorsport1:16.393 +4.5541314L19Performance Tech Motorsport1:16.482 +4.6431415L112ONE Motorsports1:16.582 +4.7431516L139Performance Tech Motorsport1:16.607 +4.7681617L144Ferrari of Houston Race Team1:16.643 +4.8041718L110JDC Motorsports1:16.737 +4.8981819L177ONE Motorsports1:17.001 +5.1621920L148Star Motorsports1:17.109 +5.2702021L128Star Motorsports1:17.366 +5.5272122L134Performance Tech Motorsport1:17.396 +5.5572223L1658Star Motorsports1:17.995 +6.1562324L142Eurosport Racing1:18.766 +6.9272425L1125Performance Tech Motorsport1:21.696 +9.8572526L222BAR1 MotorsportsNo Time Established2627L128Yount MotorsportsNo Time Established2728L162ONE MotorsportsNo Time Established2829L129Extreme Speed MotorsportsNo Time Established29Sources:
Race
Race results Class winners are denoted in bold and . PC stands for Prototype Challenge. ClassTeamDriversChassisTireEngine1PC54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin BraunOreca FLM0966Chevrolet 6.2 L V82PC8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis Renger van der ZandeOreca FLM0966Chevrolet 6.2 L V83PC25 8Star Motorsports Luis Díaz Sean RayhallOreca FLM0966Chevrolet 6.2 L V84PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette Frankie MontecalvoOreca FLM0966Chevrolet 6.2 L V85PC08 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Alex TaglianiOreca FLM0966Chevrolet 6.2 L V86PC09 RSR Racing Duncan Ende Bruno JunqueiraOreca FLM0966Chevrolet 6.2 L V87PC7 Starworks Motorsport Martin Fuentes Ryan DalzielOreca FLM0966Chevrolet 6.2 L V88PC88 BAR1 Motorsports Doug BielefeldOreca FLM0966Chevrolet 6.2 L V89PC38 Performance Tech David OstellaOreca FLM0966Chevrolet 6.2 L V810PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Chris Miller Stephen SimpsonOreca FLM0965Chevrolet 6.2 L V8Sources:+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Continental
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