2014 United SportsCar Championship season
The United SportsCar Championship 2014 is the first season of the newly formed United SportsCar Championship which emerges from the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the Rolex SportsCar Series.
The season begins with the 24- hour race at Daytona on the 25th - 26th January 2014 and ends on October 4, 2014, the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
- 2.1 USCC
- 2.2 NAEC
- 2.3 Results
- 3.1 USCC 3.1.1 P- class
- 3.1.2 PC - class
- 3.1.3 GTLM class
- 3.1.4 GTD class
- 3.2.1 P- class
- 3.2.2 PC - class
- 3.2.3 GTLM class
- 3.2.4 GTD class
Participants
The IMSA has confirmed the following participants in the USCC:
Changes to drivers and teams
Former Grand-Am participants
- Chip Ganassi Racing: The team will change from BMW to Ford engines.
- Wayne Taylor Racing: Ricky Taylor replaced after one year at Spirit of Daytona Racing back to his father's team. The longtime regular driver Max Angelelli moves back to the position of the pilot for the long- distance races. In addition, Wayne Taylor starts as the fourth driver in Daytona.
- Spirit of Daytona Racing: Ricky Taylor returns to Wayne Taylor Racing. As a substitute Michael Valiante returns, which as early as 2012 some inserts denied.
- Marsh Racing: Rise of the team of the GT class in the prototype class.
- Starworks Motorsports: The team is expanding its program to two cars in the Prototype Challenge class. In the P- class team alternates Sebring Honda engines.
- The Racers Group: After the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 at the season finale of the Rolex Sports Car Series debut in 2013, the team will contest the full 2014 season with two cars.
- AIM Autosport: The team withdraws due to budget problems.
- Team Sahlen: Originally, the team had announced the renewed participation with two Riley - BMW, but withdrew later.
- Bob Stallings Racing: The team planned to start only in the NAEC race, but had to withdraw completely after an accident in Daytona.
- Speed Source: change from the GX class to the P class as the Mazda factory team.
- 8 Star Motorsports: After a test deployment at the Petit Le Mans in 2013, the team will compete in 2014 in the PC class.
- Scuderia Corsa: The team expanded to two full-time cars, a third vehicle starts at Daytona.
- Turner Motorsport: After several years with the BMW M3 the team to BME Z4 GT3 replaced.
- Actin Express Racing: The team is the second vehicle only in the NAEC race.
- Michael Shank Racing: Instead of two prototypes Riley - Ford will only be used.
- Park Place Motor Sports: The team expanded to two cars. Since Patrick Long racing for Porsche North America, replaced Jim Norman of Napleton Racing to Park Place Motorsport.
Former ALMS participants
- Extreme Speed Motorsports: After the departure of Guy Cosmo during the 2013 season Ryan Dalziel fills the seat in the car with starting number 01 in the prototype class.
- CORE Autosport: Once the team began a Porsche 997 GT3 RSR in the third race of the season in 2013, CORE Autosport will operate the new Porsche works team in the GTLM class with two Porsche 991 GT3 RSR.
- Corvette Racing: The Corvette factory team switches from the Corvette C6.R on the Corvette C7.R in GTLM class
- Pickett Racing: After the LMP1 vehicles are prohibited in the USCC, the team will use an ORECA 03 LMP2 car in the P class.
- Aston Martin Racing: The AMR factory team set 2013 car at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2014 and denies the 24 - hour race at Daytona.
- Alex Job Racing: Leh Keen returns in 2014 back to the team where he was 2012 champion in the GTC class of the ALMS, as Jeroen Bleekemolen changes to the SRT - working team in the GTD class. Bill Sweedler and Townsend Bell switch to Level 5 Motorsports.
- NGT Motorsport: After the death of Sean Edwards replaced him Giermaziak Cuba as a full time pilot.
- Flying Lizard Motorsports: After many years of Porsche GT cars, the team goes to Audi.
- Paul Miller Racing: The team will change from Porsche to Audi.
- Level 5 Motorsports: After several years in the LMP2 class, the team goes into the GTD class. After the 24 -hour Renenn of Daytona, the team withdrew from the championship.
- RSR Racing: The team expanded to two cars.
- BMW Team RLL: Andy Priaulx replaced Maxime Martin and John Edwards is a full-time pilot, because Joey Hand only moves in endurance races.
- Dempsey Racing: The team expanded to two cars in collaboration with Konrad Motorsport.
New teams
- Riley Technologies: The SRT Viper GTS -R GT3 will be 2014 inserted by the factory team in the GTD class. Jeroen Bleekemolen replaced by Alex Job Racing to this team.
- GMG Racing: After the team was already in the smaller series, the Grand-Am at the start, GMG Racing will move up in 2014 with an Audi in the USCC GTD KLasse.
- SMP Racing: The team is a former ESM Ferrari Daytona in collaboration with Extreme Speed Motorsports one.
- OAK Racing: The French team will employ a Morgan Nissan in the P class. Gustavo Yacaman changes from Michael Shank Racing for this team.
- 'Spirit of Race: AF Corse team continues under this name two Ferrari in the GTD class at Daytona.
- GB Sports Author: newly founded team of GT- pilot Bob Faieta.
Race Calendar
USCC
Not all races will be posted for all classes, since the number of registered participants exceeds the capacity of individual tracks. In addition, the scheduling conflict was considered with the 24 hours of Le Mans for the factory teams of GTLM class. This leads to thirteen events with eleven (P, GTLM and GTD ) or ten ( PC) races in each class. In Laguna Seca separate races for prototypes and GT vehicles will take place, this will go over 2 hours each. On the street circuit in Long Beach and Detroit sprint races are held over 100 minutes. The PC class, will be available in Kansas and in Virginia along with the IMSA Prototype Lites series, a junior series for the USCC at the start. As in the IMSA Lites only one driver per vehicle is called, these two events will be completed in a format with two sprint races in which two drivers can thus be used in the PC class. All other races that are not intended as NAEC event (see below), will go to the famous racing length of 2:45 hours on the.
NAEC
The Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup ( NAEC ) is taken over by the Grand-Am in the USCC. The race in Indianapolis will no longer be part of this special classification, but in addition to the race in Daytona and Warkins Glen the events at Sebring and at the Road Atlanta will be integrated from the ALMS.
Results
Overall winners shown in bold.
Scores
USCC
P- class
Level after 2 of 11 races
PC class
Level after 2 of 12 races
GTLM class
Level after 2 of 11 races
GTD - class
Level after 2 of 11 races
NAEC
P- class
Level after 2 of 4 races
PC class
Level after 2 of 4 races
GTLM class
Level after 2 of 4 races
GTD - class
Level after 2 of 4 races