2014 Brickyard Grand Prix

The 2014 Brickyard Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) held on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on July 25, 2014. The event served as the ninth of thirteen scheduled rounds of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship schedule in October 2013.^[1] It was the first year the event was held as part of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship. The 2014 Brickyard Grand Prix was the ninth of thirteen scheduled sports car races of 2014 by IMSA, and it was the sixth round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.^[1] The event was held at the fourteen-turn 2.439 mi (3.925 km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on July 25, 2014.^[1]

Before the race, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 218 points, 5 points clear of João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi in second, and Gustavo Yacamán with 208 points.^[2] With 169 points, PC was led by Jon Bennett and Colin Braun with a seventeen-point advantage over Renger van der Zande.^[2] In GTLM, the Drivers' Championship was led by Antonio García and Jan Magnussen with 190 points; the duo held a nineteen point gap over Bill Auberlen and Andy Priaulx.^[2] Bill Sweedler and Townsend Bell led the GTD Drivers' Championship with 164 points, 3 points ahead of Andy Lally and John Potter.^[2] Chevrolet and Ferrari were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Wayne Taylor Racing, CORE Autosport, Corvette Racing, and AIM Autosport were their respective Teams' Championships.^[2]

Forty-nine cars were officially entered for the Brickyard Grand Prix, with the bulk of entries in the Prototype (P) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) classes.^[3] 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 two HPD ARX-03b cars and OAK Racing entered one Morgan LMP2 chassis with Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 engine.^[4] The DeltaWing car withdrew from the event due to damage.^[3] 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.^[5] GTLM was represented by ten entries from five different brands.^[3] In the list of GTD entrants, eighteen GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers.^[3]

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Friday, both on Thursday. The first session on Thursday morning lasted 90 minutes while the second on Thursday afternoon lasted an hour.^[6]

Thursday 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.^[6]

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).

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	1	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ryan Dalziel	1:17.603	_	1‡
2	P	2	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek	1:17.879	+0.276	2
3	P	42	OAK Racing	Gustavo Yacamán	1:17.908	+0.305	3
4	P	5	Action Express Racing	Christian Fittipaldi	1:18.102	+0.499	4
5	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Richard Westbrook	1:18.188	+0.585	5
6	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Pruett	1:18.436	+0.833	6
7	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Jordan Taylor	1:18.592	+0.989	7
8	P	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian	Oswaldo Negri Jr.	1:19.555	+1.952	8
9	P	31	Marsh Racing	Eric Curran	1:19.714	+2.111	9
10	PC	54	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	1:19.849	+2.246	10‡
11	PC	09	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira	1:20.076	+2.473	11
12	PC	25	8Star Motorsports	Luis Díaz	1:20.111	+2.508	12
13	PC	38	Performance Tech	David Ostella	1:20.208	+2.605	13
14	PC	88	BAR1 Motorsports	Martin Plowman	1:20.259	+2.656	14
15	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Gunnar Jeannette	1:20.417	+2.814	15
16	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Renger van der Zande	1:20.582	+2.951	16
17	PC	08	RSR Racing	Jack Hawksworth	1:20.582	+2.979	17
18	PC	7	Starworks Motorsport	John Martin	1:20.665	+3.052	18
19	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Stephen Simpson	1:21.176	+3.573	19
20	P	07	Speedsource	Tristan Nunez	1:21.384	+3.781	20
21	P	70	Speedsource	Sylvain Tremblay	1:22.057	+4.454	21
22	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella	1:22.378	+4.775	22‡
23	GTLM	56	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards	1:22.442	+4.839	23
24	GTLM	93	SRT Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito	1:22.491	+4.888	24
25	GTLM	91	SRT Motorsports	Marc Goossens	1:22.503	+4.900	25
26	GTLM	55	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen	1:22.563	+4.960	26
27	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García	1:22.593	+4.990	27
28	GTLM	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers	1:22.730	+5.127	28
29	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Michael Christensen	1:22.938	+5.335	29
30	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Nick Tandy	1:23.101	+5.498	30
31	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner	1:23.237	+5.634	31
32	GTD	94	Turner Motorsport	Dane Cameron	1:26.058	+8.455	32‡
33	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:26.220	+8.546	33
34	GTD	555	AIM Autosport	Townsend Bell	1:26.220	+8.617	34
35	GTD	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly	1:26.246	+8.643	35
36	GTD	23	Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing	Mario Farnbacher	1:26.271	+8.668	36
37	GTD	007	TRG-AMR North America	James Davison	1:26.336	+8.733	37
38	GTD	58	Snow Racing	Jan Heylen	1:26.340	+8.737	38
39	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Christopher Haase	1:26.519	+8.916	39
40	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Alessandro Balzan	1:26.742	+9.139	40
41	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	Leh Keen	1:26.767	+9.164	41
42	GTD	81	GB Autosport	Damien Faulkner	1:26.813	+9.260	42
43	GTD	46	Fall-Line Motorsports	Charles Espenlaub	1:27.010	+9.407	43
44	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally	1:27.106	+9.503	44
45	GTD	27	Dempsey Racing	Andrew Davis	1:27.224	+9.621	45
46	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Mike Skeen	1:27.319	+9.716	46
47	GTD	35	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Dion von Moltke	1:27.406	+9.803	47
48	GTD	19	Mühlner Motorsports America	Mark Kvamme	1:27.830	+10.227	48
49	GTD	18	Mühlner Motorsports America	None	No Time Established		49
Sources:[7][8]

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Chevrolet Corvette DP C 108‡ Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 2 P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Sage Karam Riley MkXXVI C 108 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 3 P 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Chevrolet Corvette DP C 108 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 4 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Corvette DP C 108 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 5 P 1 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel HPD ARX-03b C 108 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 6 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri Riley MkXXVI C 107 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 7 P 2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek HPD ARX-03b C 107 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 8 P 42 OAK Racing Ho-Pin Tung Gustavo Yacamán Morgan LMP2 C 107 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 9 PC 08 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Jack Hawksworth Oreca FLM09 C 107‡ Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 10 PC 09 RSR Racing Duncan Ende Bruno Junqueira Oreca FLM09 C 107 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 PC 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 C 107 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 12 PC 38 Performance Tech David Ostella James French Oreca FLM09 C 107 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 13 P 07 Speedsource Joel Miller Tristan Nunez Mazda Prototype C 106 Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 14 GTLM 93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer SRT Viper GTS-R M 105‡ SRT 8.0 L V10 15 p 70 Speedsource Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay Mazda Prototype C 105 Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 16 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella Pierre Kaffer Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 105 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 17 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Patrick Long Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR M 105 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 105 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 19 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 105 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 20 GTLM 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Andy Priaulx BMW Z4 GTE M 105 BMW 4.4 L V8 21 GTLM 56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE M 105 BMW 4.4 L V8 22 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette Frankie Montecalvo Oreca FLM09 C 105 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 23 PC 25 8Star Motorsports Luis Díaz Sean Rayhall Oreca FLM09 C 104 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 24 GTLM 91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher SRT Viper GTS-R M 103 SRT 8.0 L V10 25 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Balzan Jeff Westphal Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 102‡ Ferrari 4.5L V8 26 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase Bryce Miller Audi R8 LMS ultra C 101 Audi 5.2 L V10 27 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating SRT Viper GT3-R C 101 SRT 8.0 L V10 28 GTLM 17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers Porsche 911 RSR F 101 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 GTD 555 AIM Autosport Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 101 Ferrari 4.5L V8 30 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen Cooper MacNeil Porsche 911 GT America C 101 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 31 GTD 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher Ian James Porsche 911 GT America C 101 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 32 GTD 007 TRG-AMR North America Al Carter James Davison Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 101 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 33 GTD 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Nelson Canache Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Audi R8 LMS ultra C 101 Audi 5.2 L V10 34 GTD 27 Dempsey Racing Andrew Davis Patrick Dempsey Porsche 911 GT America C 101 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 35 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey Mike Skeen Porsche 911 GT America 101 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 36 GTD 58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen Madison Snow Porsche 911 GT America C 101 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 37 GTD 44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally John Potter Porsche 911 GT America C 101 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 38 GTD 35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Dion von Moltke Seth Neiman Spencer Pumpelly Audi R8 LMS ultra C 98 Audi 5.2 L V10 39 GTD 46 Fall-Line Motorsports Charles Espenlaub Charles Putman Audi R8 LMS ultra C 98 Audi 5.2 L V10 40 GTD 94 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron Paul Dalla Lana BMW Z4 GT3 C 96 BMW 4.4 L V8 41 PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Oreca FLM09 C 93 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 42 DNF PC 7 Starworks Motorsport John Martin Martin Fuentes Oreca FLM09 C 91 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 43 GTD 81 GB Autosport Bob Faieta Damien Faulkner Porsche 911 GT America C 85 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 44 DNF GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR M 65 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 45 DNF PC 88 BAR1 Motorsports Doug Bielefeld Martin Plowman Oreca FLM09 C 34 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 46 DNF PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande Oreca FLM09 C 21 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 47 DNF GTD 19 Mühlner Motorsports America Mark Kvamme Randy Pobst Porsche 911 GT America C 19 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 48 DNF P 31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran Burt Frisselle Chevrolet Corvette DP C 13 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 49 DNS GTD 18 Mühlner Motorsports America Mark Kvamme Randy Pobst Porsche 911 GT America C -- Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 Sources:[9][10]

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