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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡. PC stands for Prototype Challenge.
Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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1 | PC | 08 | RSR Racing | 1:11.839 | _ | 1‡ |
2 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | 1:11.878 | +0.039 | 2 |
3 | PC | 25 | 8Star Motorsports | 1:11.989 | +0.150 | 3 |
4 | PC | 09 | RSR Racing | 1:12.541 | +0.702 | 4 |
5 | PC | 54 | CORE Autosport | 1:12.597 | +0.758 | 5 |
6 | PC | 38 | Performance Tech | 1:12.766 | +0.927 | 6 |
7 | PC | 85 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | 1:12.862 | +1.023 | 7 |
8 | PC | 8 | Starworks Motorsport | 1:12.958 | +1.119 | 8 |
9 | PC | 7 | Starworks Motorsport | 1:13.592 | +1.753 | 9 |
10 | PC | 88 | BAR1 Motorsports | 1:13.737 | +1.898 | 10 |
11 | L1 | 27 | Performance Tech Motorsport | 1:16.183 | +4.344 | 11‡ |
12 | L1 | 61 | Comprent Motor Sports | 1:16.308 | +4.469 | 12 |
13 | L1 | 16 | Performance Tech Motorsport | 1:16.393 | +4.554 | 13 |
14 | L1 | 9 | Performance Tech Motorsport | 1:16.482 | +4.643 | 14 |
15 | L1 | 12 | ONE Motorsports | 1:16.582 | +4.743 | 15 |
16 | L1 | 39 | Performance Tech Motorsport | 1:16.607 | +4.768 | 16 |
17 | L1 | 44 | Ferrari of Houston Race Team | 1:16.643 | +4.804 | 17 |
18 | L1 | 10 | JDC Motorsports | 1:16.737 | +4.898 | 18 |
19 | L1 | 77 | ONE Motorsports | 1:17.001 | +5.162 | 19 |
20 | L1 | 4 | 8Star Motorsports | 1:17.109 | +5.270 | 20 |
21 | L1 | 2 | 8Star Motorsports | 1:17.366 | +5.527 | 21 |
22 | L1 | 34 | Performance Tech Motorsport | 1:17.396 | +5.557 | 22 |
23 | L1 | 65 | 8Star Motorsports | 1:17.995 | +6.156 | 23 |
24 | L1 | 42 | Eurosport Racing | 1:18.766 | +6.927 | 24 |
25 | L1 | 125 | Performance Tech Motorsport | 1:21.696 | +9.857 | 25 |
26 | L2 | 22 | BAR1 Motorsports | No Time Established | 26‡ | |
27 | L1 | 28 | Yount Motorsports | No Time Established | 27 | |
28 | L1 | 62 | ONE Motorsports | No Time Established | 28 | |
29 | L1 | 29 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | No Time Established | 29 | |
Sources: [6] [7] [8] [9] |
Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. PC stands for Prototype Challenge.
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