2014 Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase
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.
Entries
A total of 21 cars took part in the event split across 2 classes.[1] 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.[2] Muscle Milk Pickett Racing missed the event in order to focus on testing its Oreca 03 before the team closed.[3][4][5] In GTLM, Krohn Racing were absent. Dane Cameron replaced Matteo Malucelli who got suspended for dangerous driving at Sebring, in the Risi Competizione entry.[6][7]
Practice
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.[8][9]
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 01 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Scott Pruett | 1:16.441 | _ |
| 2 | P | 60 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian | Oswaldo Negri | 1:16.681 | +0.240 |
| 3 | P | 5 | Action Express Racing | João Barbosa | 1:16.688 | +0.247 |
| Source:[10] | ||||||
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.[11][9]
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 5 | Action Express Racing | Christian Fittipaldi | 1:16.081 | _ |
| 2 | P | 01 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Scott Pruett | 1:16.135 | +0.054 |
| 3 | P | 10 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Jordan Taylor | 1:16.475 | +0.394 |
| Source:[12] | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Time | Gap | Grid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 01 |  Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates |
1:15.325 | _ | 1‡ | |
| 2 | P | 60 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian |
1:15.366 | +0.041 | 2 | |
| 3 | P | 5 | Action Express Racing |
1:15.571 | +0.246 | 3 | |
| 4 | P | 42 |  OAK Racing |
1:15.668 | +0.343 | 4 | |
| 5 | P | 10 | Wayne Taylor Racing |
1:15.743 | +0.418 | 5 | |
| 6 | P | 90 | Spirit of Daytona Racing |
1:15.952 | +0.627 | 6 | |
| 7 | P | 2 | Extreme Speed Motorsports |
1:17.129 | +1.804 | 7 | |
| 8 | P | 1 | Extreme Speed Motorsports |
1:17.833 | +2.508 | 8 | |
| 9 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing |
1:17.939 | +2.614 | 9‡ | |
| 10 | GTLM | 55 | BMW Team RLL |
1:18.091 | +2.766 | 10 | |
| 11 | GTLM | 56 | BMW Team RLL |
1:18.246 | +2.921 | 11 | |
| 12 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing |
1:18.489 | +3.164 | 12 | |
| 13 | P | 31 | Marsh Racing |
1:18.549 | +3.224 | 16 | |
| 14 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche North America |
1:18.574 | +3.249 | 17 | |
| 15 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche North America |
1:18.675 | +3.350 | 13 | |
| 16 | GTLM | 62 | Risi Competizione |
1:19.037 | +3.712 | 14 | |
| 17 | GTLM | 91 | SRT Motorsports |
1:19.223 | +3.898 | 15 | |
| 18 | GTLM | 17 | Team Falken Tire |
1:19.270 | +3.945 | 18 | |
| 19 | GTLM | 93 | SRT Motorsports |
1:19.980 | +4.655 | 19 | |
| 20 | P | 07 | Speedsource |
1:25.331 | +10.006 | 20 | |
| 21 | P | 70 | Speedsource |
No Time Established | 21 | ||
| Sources:[13][14] | |||||||
Race
Race result
Class winners are indicated with bold.
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References
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