The 2014 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 10, 2014. The event served as the tenth 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 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase was the tenth of thirteen scheduled sports car races of 2014 by IMSA, and it was the seventh round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. The event was held at the fourteen-turn Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 10, 2014.
Before the race, João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 249 points, 2 points clear of Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor in second, and Richard Westbrook and Michael Valiante with 238 points. With 200 points, PC was led by Jon Bennett and Colin Braun with a forty four-point advantage over Martin Fuentes. In GTLM, the Drivers' Championship was led by Antonio García and Jan Magnussen with 219 points; the duo held a thirteen point gap over Kuno Wittmer and Jonathan Bomarito. Bill Sweedler and Townsend Bell led the GTD Drivers' Championship with 192 points, 9 points ahead of Leh Keen and Cooper MacNeil. Chevrolet and Ferrari were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Action Express Racing, CORE Autosport, Corvette Racing, and AIM Autosport were their respective Teams' Championships.
Entry list Fifty-one cars were officially entered for the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase, with the bulk of entries in the Prototype (P) 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 while Starworks Motorsport entered one Honda-powered Riley MkXXVI. Speedsource had two Lola B12/80 while Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) entered two HPD ARX-03b cars and OAK Racing entered one Morgan LMP2 chassis with Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 engine. The DeltaWing car was reinstated to the championship after missing the previous round. 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. GTLM was represented by ten entries from five different brands. In the list of GTD entrants, eighteen GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers.
Practice There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday and two on Saturday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning while the third on Saturday afternoon lasted an hour.
Qualifying Saturday 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). +ClassTeamDriverTime1P1 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ryan Dalziel1:55.166_12P90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Richard Westbrook1:55.487 +0.321503P5 Action Express Racing Christian Fittipaldi1:55.961 +0.79524P42 OAK Racing Olivier Pla1:56.019 +0.85335P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor1:56.175 +1.00946P2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek1:56.319 +1.15357P01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Memo Rojas1:56.395 +1.22968P60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri1:56.676 +1.51079P31 Marsh Racing Burt Frisselle1:57.581 +2.415810P0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Andy Meyrick1:57.754 +2.588911P78 Starworks Motorsport James Hinchcliffe1:58.013 +2.8471012PC09 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira1:59.411 +4.2451113PC08 RSR Racing Jack Hawksworth1:59.493 +4.3271214PC25 8Star Motorsports Luis Díaz1:59.931 +4.7651315PC8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande2:00.087 +4.9211416PC38 Performance Tech David Ostella2:00.144 +4.9781517PC54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun2:00.273 +5.1071618PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette2:00.395 +5.2291719PC7 Starworks Motorsport John Martin2:01.024 +5.8581820PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Stephen Simpson2:01.077 +5.9111921P07 Speedsource Tristan Nunez2:01.614 +6.4482022P70 Speedsource Tom Long2:02.169 +7.0032123GTLM56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards2:03.747 +8.5812224GTLM93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito2:03.813 +8.6472325GTLM91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens2:03.930 +8.7642426GTLM55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen2:03.964 +8.7982527GTLM912 Porsche North America Patrick Long2:04.550 +9.3842628GTLM4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin2:04.650 +9.4842729GTLM911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy2:04.685 +9.5192830GTLM3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen2:04.738 +9.5722931GTLM62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella2:05.149 +9.9833032GTLM17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler2:06.527 +11.3613133GTD007 TRG-AMR North America James Davison2:09.079 +13.9133234GTD94 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron2:09.293 +14.1473335GTD33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen2:09.345 +14.1793436GTD23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher2:09.354 +14.1883537GTD22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen2:09.434 +14.2683638GTD73 Park Place Motorsports Kévin Estre2:09.471 +14.3053739GTD58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen2:09.555 +14.3893840GTD44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally2:09.753 +14.5873941GTD555 AIM Autosport Townsend Bell2:09.968 +14.8024042GTD48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase2:10.495 +15.3294143GTD63 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Balzan2:10.673 +15.5074244GTD45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly2:10.722 +15.5564345GTD27 Dempsey Racing Andrew Davis2:10.886 +15.7204446GTD18 Mühlner Motorsports America Alex Davison2:11.444 +16.2784547GTD81 GB Autosport Damien Faulkner2:11.759 +16.5934648GTD19 Mühlner Motorsports America Christian Szymczak2:12.460 +17.2944749GTD35 Flying Lizard MotorsportsNoneNo Time Established4850GTD46 Fall-Line MotorsportsNoneNo Time Established4951GTD71 Park Place MotorsportsNoneNo Time Established5152PC88 BAR1 MotorsportsNoneNo Time Established52Sources:
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/RetiredEngine1P5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian FittipaldiChevrolet Corvette DP612:46:52.622Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V82P60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo NegriRiley MkXXVI61 +2.240Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V63P1 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Ryan DalzielHPD ARX-03b61 +2.650Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V64P90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante Richard WestbrookChevrolet Corvette DP61 +4.770Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V85P31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran Burt FrisselleChevrolet Corvette DP61 +12.540Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V86PC8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis Renger van der ZandeOreca FLM0961 +19.796Chevrolet 6.2 L V87PC25 8Star Motorsports Luis Díaz Sean RayhallOreca FLM0961 +20.211Chevrolet 6.2 L V88P0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Katherine Legge Andy MeyrickDeltaWing DWC1361 +23.838Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo9P01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo RojasRiley MkXXVI61 +24.441Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V610P2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van OverbeekHPD ARX-03b61 +24.746Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V611PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Chris Miller Stephen SimpsonOreca FLM0961 +26.034Chevrolet 6.2 L V812PC08 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Jack HawksworthOreca FLM0961 +26.583Chevrolet 6.2 L V813GTLM62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella Pierre KafferFerrari 458 Italia GT261 +51.424Ferrari 4.5 L V814PC7 Starworks Motorsport John Martin Martin Fuentes Alex PopowOreca FLM0961 +51.905Chevrolet 6.2 L V815GTLM56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Dirk MüllerBMW Z4 GTE61 +53.012BMW 4.4 L V816GTLM93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer Marc GoossensSRT Viper GTS-R61 +53.087SRT 8.0 L V1017PC38 Performance Tech David Ostella James FrenchOreca FLM0961 +53.224Chevrolet 6.2 L V818P07 Speedsource Joel Miller Tristan NunezMazda Prototype61 +53.894Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel)19GTLM91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher Jonathan BomaritoSRT Viper GTS-R61 +54.534SRT 8.0 L V1020GTLM912 Porsche North America Patrick Long Michael ChristensenPorsche 911 RSR61 +57.904Porsche 4.0 L Flat-621GTLM3 Corvette Racing Antonio García Jan MagnussenChevrolet Corvette C7.R61 +57.991Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V822GTLM4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy MilnerChevrolet Corvette C7.R61 +59.854Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V823GTLM55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Andy PriaulxBMW Z4 GTE61 +1:00.369BMW 4.4 L V824GTLM17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler Bryan SellersPorsche 911 RSR61 +1:02.409Porsche 4.0 L Flat-625GTLM911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Richard LietzPorsche 911 RSR61 +1:09.409Porsche 4.0 L Flat-626GTD94 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron Markus PalttalaBMW Z4 GT359 +2 LapsBMW 4.4 L V827GTD22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen Cooper MacNeilPorsche 911 GT America59 +2 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-628GTD58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen Madison SnowPorsche 911 GT America59 +2 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-629GTD33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben KeatingSRT Viper GT3-R59 +2 LapsSRT 8.0 L V1030GTD555 AIM Autosport Townsend Bell Bill SweedlerFerrari 458 Italia GT359 +2 LapsFerrari 4.5L V831GTD23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher Ian JamesPorsche 911 GT America59 +2 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-632GTD45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Nelson Canache Jr. Spencer PumpellyAudi R8 LMS ultra59 +2 LapsAudi 5.2 L V1033GTD35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Dion von Moltke Andrew PalmerAudi R8 LMS ultra59 +2 LapsAudi 5.2 L V1034GTD46 Fall-Line Motorsports Charles Espenlaub Charles Putman Marino FranchittiAudi R8 LMS ultra59 +2 LapsAudi 5.2 L V1035GTD73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey Kévin EstrePorsche 911 GT America59 +2 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-636GTD48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase Bryce MillerAudi R8 LMS ultra58 +3 LapsAudi 5.2 L V1037GTD81 GB Autosport Ben Barker Damien FaulknerPorsche 911 GT America57 +4 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-638 DNFPC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette Frankie MontecalvoOreca FLM0955Did Not FinishChevrolet 6.2 L V839PC54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin BraunOreca FLM0953 +8 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V840GTD27 Dempsey Racing Andrew Davis Patrick DempseyPorsche 911 GT America50 +11 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-641 DNFP10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor Jordan TaylorChevrolet Corvette DP47Did Not FinishChevrolet LS9 5.5 L V842 DNFP42 OAK Racing Olivier Pla Gustavo YacamánMorgan LMP244Did Not FinishNissan VK45DE 4.5 L V843GTD44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally John PotterPorsche 911 GT America44 +17 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-644GTD19 Mühlner Motorsports America Mark Klenin Christian SzymczakPorsche 911 GT America43 +18 LapsPorsche 4.0L Flat-645 DNFGTD63 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Balzan Jeff WestphalFerrari 458 Italia GT318Did Not FinishFerrari 4.5L V846 DNFGTD18 Mühlner Motorsports America David Calvert-Jones Alex DavisonPorsche 911 GT America13Did Not FinishPorsche 4.0L Flat-647 DNFP78 Starworks Motorsport Scott Mayer James HinchcliffeRiley MkXXVI2Did Not FinishHonda HR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V648