2014 Kansas Grand Prix

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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.

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Kansas Speedway, where the race was held. Kansas Speedway Aerial.jpg
Kansas Speedway, where the race was held.

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 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. [1] The event was held at the nineteen-turn 2.370 mi (3.814 km) Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas on June 7, 2014. [1] The event was run in conjunction with the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites in a two-segment race format. [2] [1]

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. [3] CORE Autosport were their respective Teams' Championships. [3]

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. [4] 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] [4] 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. [1]

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 [5]

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. [5]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . PC stands for Prototype Challenge.

Pos.ClassNo.TeamTimeGapGrid
1PC08 Flag of the United States.svg RSR Racing 1:11.839_1
2PC52 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 1:11.878+0.0392
3PC25 Flag of the United States.svg 8Star Motorsports 1:11.989+0.1503
4PC09 Flag of the United States.svg RSR Racing 1:12.541+0.7024
5PC54 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport 1:12.597+0.7585
6PC38 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech1:12.766+0.9276
7PC85 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports 1:12.862+1.0237
8PC8 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport 1:12.958+1.1198
9PC7 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport 1:13.592+1.7539
10PC88 Flag of the United States.svg BAR1 Motorsports1:13.737+1.89810
11L127Performance Tech Motorsport1:16.183+4.34411
12L161Comprent Motor Sports1:16.308+4.46912
13L116Performance Tech Motorsport1:16.393+4.55413
14L19Performance Tech Motorsport1:16.482+4.64314
15L112ONE Motorsports1:16.582+4.74315
16L139Performance Tech Motorsport1:16.607+4.76816
17L144Ferrari of Houston Race Team1:16.643+4.80417
18L110JDC Motorsports1:16.737+4.89818
19L177ONE Motorsports1:17.001+5.16219
20L148Star Motorsports1:17.109+5.27020
21L128Star Motorsports1:17.366+5.52721
22L134Performance Tech Motorsport1:17.396+5.55722
23L1658Star Motorsports1:17.995+6.15623
24L142Eurosport Racing1:18.766+6.92724
25L1125Performance Tech Motorsport1:21.696+9.85725
26L222BAR1 MotorsportsNo Time Established26
27L128Yount MotorsportsNo Time Established27
28L162ONE MotorsportsNo Time Established28
29L129 Extreme Speed Motorsports No Time Established29
Sources: [6] [7] [8] [9]

Race

Race results

Class winners are denoted in bold and . PC stands for Prototype Challenge.

PosClassNo.TeamDriversChassisTireLaps
Engine
1PC54 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun
Oreca FLM09 C 66
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
2PC8 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Mirco Schultis
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
Oreca FLM09 C 66
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
3PC25 Flag of the United States.svg 8Star Motorsports Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Díaz
Flag of the United States.svg Sean Rayhall
Oreca FLM09 C 66
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
4PC52 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar Jeannette
Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Montecalvo
Oreca FLM09 C 66
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
5PC08 Flag of the United States.svg RSR Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Cumming
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani
Oreca FLM09 C 66
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
6PC09 Flag of the United States.svg RSR Racing Flag of the United States.svg Duncan Ende
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira
Oreca FLM09 C 66
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
7PC7 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport Flag of Mexico.svg Martin Fuentes
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel
Oreca FLM09 C 66
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
8PC88 Flag of the United States.svg BAR1 Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Doug Bielefeld Oreca FLM09 C 66
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
9PC38 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Ostella Oreca FLM09 C 66
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
10PC85 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports Flag of the United States.svg Chris Miller
Flag of South Africa.svg Stephen Simpson
Oreca FLM09 C 65
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
Sources: [10] [11] [12]
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