2014 Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase

Third round of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship season February 2025 thumb|right|250px|Long Beach Street Circuit The 2014 Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase at Long Beach was a sports car race held on the Long Beach Street Circuit in California, United States, on 11–12 April 2014 as part of the Long Beach Grand Prix event weekend. The race was the third round of the inaugural Tudor United SportsCar Championship season and held exclusively for the Prototype and GT Le Mans categories, the first such event in the history of the series to not feature all four classes. Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas followed their 2014 12 Hours of Sebring victory with a win at Long Beach, and giving Chip Ganassi Racing their second victory in the history of the sports car event. Wayne Taylor Racing and Action Express Racing's Chevrolet Corvette DPs completed the race podium. Jan Magnussen and Antonio García earned Corvette Racing their first GTLM category win of the season, as well as the first win for the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R. Background Preview International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship schedule in September 2013.Dagys John 20 September 2013 2014 USCC Schedule Released https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/2014-uscc-schedule-released/ 25 February 2024 sportscar365.com It was the first year that the race was part of the series calendar, and the ninth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2006 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series respectively. The race was the third of 2014's thirteen scheduled IMSA automobile endurance races, the shortest of the season in terms of distance, and it was the first round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. The race was held at the eleven-turn 1.968 mi km on Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California on April 12, 2014. left|thumb|The Long Beach Street Circuit (pictured in 2009), where the race was held. Entry list A total of 21 cars took part in the event split across 2 classes.Dagys John March 20, 2014 23 Entries for Long Beach https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/23-entries-for-long-beach/ July 11, 2023 sportscar365.com In P, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates and Action Express Racing scaled down to one car. Starworks Motorsport, Fifty Plus Racing, and DeltaWing Racing Cars skipped the event.Pruett Marshall March 20, 2014 IMSA: DeltaWing to miss Long Beach race, returns at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca https://racer.com/2014/03/20/imsa-deltawing-to-miss-long-beach-race-returns-at-mazda-raceway-laguna-seca/ July 11, 2023 racer.com Muscle Milk Pickett Racing missed the event in order to focus on testing its Oreca 03 before the team closed.March 25, 2014 IMSA: Pickett Racing to skip Long Beach and Laguna Seca rounds https://racer.com/2014/03/25/imsa-pickett-racing-to-skip-long-beach-and-laguna-seca-rounds/ July 11, 2023 racer.comApril 17, 2014 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Shuts Down P2 Programme https://www.dailysportscar.com/2014/04/17/muscle-milk-pickett-racing-shuts-down-p2-program.html July 11, 2023 dailysportscar.comMay 16, 2014 IMSA: Muscle Milk Pickett Racing closes its doors https://racer.com/2014/05/16/imsa-muscle-milk-pickett-racing-closes-its-doors/ July 11, 2023 racer.com In GTLM, Krohn Racing were absent. Dane Cameron replaced Matteo Malucelli who got suspended for dangerous driving at Sebring, in the Risi Competizione entry.Dagys John March 26, 2014 Malucelli, Kearby Suspended for Sebring Accidents https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/malucelli-kearby-suspended-for-sebring-accidents/ July 11, 2023 sportscar365.comApril 7, 2014 Dane Cameron to join Risi Competizione for Long Beach event https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/dane-cameron-to-join-risi-competizione-for-long-beach-event/448702/ July 11, 2023 motorsport.com Practice There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, one on Friday morning and one on Friday afternoon. The first session lasted two hours on Friday morning while the second session on Friday afternoon lasted 30 minutes.IMSA-14-536240-Long-Beach-Guide_v2.pdf https://spotterguides.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IMSA-14-536240-Long-Beach-Guide_v2.pdf July 11, 2023 spottersguide.com Practice 1 The first practice session at 7:40 am PT on Friday and ended with Scott Pruett topping the charts for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, with a lap time of 1:16.441.Dagys John April 11, 2014 Pruett Leads DP Sweep in Opening Practice at Long Beach https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/pruett-quickest-in-opening-practice-at-long-beach/ July 11, 2023 sportscar365.com Pos. PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriverTimeGap Gap in seconds1P01Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesScott Pruett1:16.441_2P60Michael Shank Racing with Curb/AgajanianOswaldo Negri1:16.681 +0.2403P5Action Express RacingJoão Barbosa1:16.688 +0.247Source:April 13, 2014 ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/Uploads/USCC/2014/LONGBEACH/Long-Beach-Practice-1.pdf July 11, 2023 dailysportscar.com Final Practice The second and final practice session took place at 5:05 pm PT on Friday and ended with Christian Fittipaldi topping the charts for Action Express Racing, with a lap time of 1:16.081.Dagys John April 11, 2014 Fittipaldi Tops Final Practice at Long Beach https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/fittipaldi-tops-final-practice-at-long-beach/ July 11, 2023 sportscar365.com Pos. PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriverTimeGap Gap in seconds1P5Action Express RacingChristian Fittipaldi1:16.081_2P01Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesScott Pruett1:16.135 +0.0543P10Wayne Taylor RacingJordan Taylor1:16.475 +0.394Source:April 13, 2014 ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/Uploads/USCC/2014/LONGBEACH/Long-Beach-Practice-2.pdf July 11, 2023 dailysportscar.com Qualifying thumb|Scott Pruett (pictured in 2009) took the overall pole position for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. Pruett in the No. 01 CGR Riley DP took his first pole position of the season with a lap of 1 minute, 15.325 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Negri whose best lap in the No. 60 MSR car was 0.041 seconds slower.Dagys John 11 April 2014 Pruett Leads Ford Sweep in Long Beach Qualifying https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/pruett-leads-ford-sweep-in-long-beach-qualifying/ 7 January 2024 sportscar365.com Christian Fittipaldi qualified the No. 5 AER Corvette DP in third.12 April 2014 Scott Pruett snags pole at Long Beach https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/scott-pruett-snags-pole-at-long-beach/448930/ 7 January 2024 motorsport.com Olivier Pla's No. 42 OAK Racing Morgan was the highest placed of all the LMP2 entrants in fourth position. The No. 10 Corvette DP of Ricky Taylor started from fifth place. In GTLM, Magnussen took his pole position of the season with a lap of 1 minute and 17.939 seconds.12 April 2014 Long Beach: First pole position for Chevrolet Corvette C7.R https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/long-beach-first-pole-position-for-chevrolet-corvette-c7-r/448945/ 7 January 2024 motorsport.com He was joined by Bill Auberlen's No. 55 BMW Z4 on the grid's front row with his best lap being 0.152 seconds slower, and Dirk Müller drove the No. 56 BMW to third place.Dagys John 11 April 2014 Magnussen, Corvette Take GTLM Pole at Long Beach https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/corvette-takes-gtlm-pole-at-long-beach/ 7 January 2024 sportscar365.com Milner qualified the No. 4 Corvette in fourth position. The two Porsches were fifth and sixth (the No. 911 car driven by Tandy in front of the No. 912 vehicle of Christensen). Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . Pos. PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriverTimeGap Gap in secondsGrid Final grid position1P01USA Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesUSA Scott Pruett1:15.325_12P60USA Michael Shank Racing with Curb/AgajanianBRA Oswaldo Negri Jr.1:15.366 +0.04123P5USA Action Express RacingBRA Christian Fittipaldi1:15.571 +0.24634P42FRA OAK RacingFRA Olivier Pla1:15.668 +0.34345P10USA Wayne Taylor RacingUSA Ricky Taylor1:15.743 +0.41856P90USA Spirit of Daytona RacingCAN Michael Valiante1:15.952 +0.62767P2USA Extreme Speed MotorsportsUSA Johannes van Overbeek1:17.129 +1.80478P1USA Extreme Speed MotorsportsGBR Ryan Dalziel1:17.833 +2.50889GTLM3USA Corvette RacingDEN Jan Magnussen1:17.939+2.614910GTLM55USA BMW Team RLLUSA Bill Auberlen1:18.091 +2.7661011GTLM56USA BMW Team RLLDEU Dirk Müller1:18.246 +2.9211112GTLM4USA Corvette RacingUSA Tommy Milner1:18.489 +3.1641213P31USA Marsh RacingUSA Boris Said1:18.549 +3.2241614GTLM911USA Porsche North AmericaGBR Nick Tandy1:18.574 +3.2491715GTLM912USA Porsche North AmericaDEN Michael Christensen1:18.675 +3.3501316GTLM62USA Risi CompetizioneITA Giancarlo Fisichella1:19.037 +3.7121417GTLM91USA SRT MotorsportsDEU Dominik Farnbacher1:19.223 +3.8981518GTLM17USA Team Falken TireUSA Bryan Sellers1:19.270 +3.9451819GTLM93USA SRT MotorsportsUSA Jonathan Bomarito1:19.980 +4.6551920P07USA SpeedsourceUSA Tristan Nunez1:25.331 +10.0062021P70USA SpeedsourceNoneNo Time Established21Sources:Long_Beach-2014-04-12.html https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/qualifying/Long_Beach-2014-04-12.html July 11, 2023 racingsportscars.comApril 13, 2014 ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/Uploads/USCC/2014/LONGBEACH/Long-Beach-Qualifying.pdf July 11, 2023 dailysportscar.com Race Race result Class winners are indicated with bold. +Final race classificationPos PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriversChassisTireLaps Laps completedTime/Retired Engine 1 P 01 USA Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates USA Scott PruettMEX Memo Rojas Riley MkXXVI Continental 771:40:46.184 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 P 10 USA Wayne Taylor Racing USA Ricky TaylorUSA Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Corvette DP Continental 77 +0.759 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 3 P 5 USA Action Express Racing PRT João BarbosaBRA Christian Fittipaldi Chevrolet Corvette DP Continental 77 +4.251 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 4 P 42 FRA OAK Racing FRA Olivier PlaCOL Gustavo Yacamán Morgan LMP2 Continental 77 +29.247 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 5 P 90 USA Spirit of Daytona Racing CAN Michael ValianteGBR Richard Westbrook Chevrolet Corvette DP Continental 77 +1:19.445 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 6 DNF P 1 USA Extreme Speed Motorsports USA Scott SharpGBR Ryan Dalziel HPD ARX-03b Continental 76 Did Not Finish Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 7 P 2 USA Extreme Speed Motorsports USA Ed BrownUSA Johannes van Overbeek HPD ARX-03b Continental 76 +1 lap Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 8 GTLM 3 USA Corvette Racing DEN Jan MagnussenESP Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Michelin 75 +2 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 9 GTLM 56 USA BMW Team RLL USA John EdwardsDEU Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE Michelin 75 +2 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 10 GTLM 4 USA Corvette Racing USA Tommy MilnerGBR Oliver Gavin Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Michelin 75 +2 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 11 GTLM 911 USA Porsche North America GBR Nick TandyAUT Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR Michelin 75 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 GTLM 912 USA Porsche North America USA Patrick LongDEN Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR Michelin 75 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GTLM 55 USA BMW Team RLL USA Bill AuberlenGBR Andy Priaulx BMW Z4 GTE Michelin 75 +2 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 14 GTLM 91 USA SRT Motorsports DEU Dominik FarnbacherBEL Marc GoossensUSA Jonathan Bomarito SRT Viper GTS-R Michelin 75 +2 Laps SRT 8.0 L V10 15 GTLM 17 USA Team Falken Tire USA Bryan SellersDEU Wolf Henzler Porsche 911 RSR Falken 74 +3 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 GTLM 62 USA Risi Competizione ITA Giancarlo FisichellaUSA Dane Cameron Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 73 +4 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 17 P 07 USA Speedsource USA Tristan NunezUSA Joel Miller Mazda Prototype Continental 71 +6 Laps Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4(Diesel) 18 DNF GTLM 93 USA SRT Motorsports USA Jonathan BomaritoCAN Kuno WittmerBEL Marc Goossens SRT Viper GTS-R Michelin 56 Did Not Finish SRT 8.0 L V10 19 DNF P 60 USA Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian USA John PewBRA Oswaldo Negri Riley MkXXVI Continental 39 Did Not Finish Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 20 DNF P 31 USA Marsh Racing USA Eric CurranUSA Boris Said Chevrolet Corvette DP Continental 22 Did Not Finish Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 21 DNF P 70 USA Speedsource CAN Sylvain TremblayUSA Tom Long Mazda Prototype Continental 3 Did Not Finish Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4(Diesel)Source:April 13, 2014 ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/Uploads/USCC/2014/LONGBEACH/Long-Beach-Race-Result.pdf July 11, 2023 dailysportscar.com2014 TEQUILA PATRON SPORTS CAR SHOWCASE https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2014_Tequila_Patron_Sports_Car_Showcase/TU/ July 11, 2023 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