
The2014 Lone Star Le Mans was asports car race sanctioned by theInternational Motor Sports Association (IMSA) held atCircuit of the Americas inAustin, Texas, on September 20, 2014. The race served as the twelfth of thirteen scheduled rounds of the2014 United SportsCar Championship.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the2014 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 Lone Star Le Mans was the twelfth of thirteen scheduled sports car races of 2014 by IMSA, and it was the ninth round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[2] The race was held at the twenty-turn 3.426 mi (5.514 km)Circuit of the Americas inAustin, Texas, on September 20, 2014.[1]
Before the race,João Barbosa andChristian Fittipaldi led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 285 points, 16 points clear ofJordan Taylor andRicky Taylor in second.[3] With 255 points, PC was led byJon Bennett andColin Braun with a forty point advantage overRenger van der Zande.[3] In GTLM, the Drivers' Championship was led byAntonio García with 270 points, 6 points clear ofKuno Wittmer andJonathan Bomarito.[3]Dane Cameron led the GTD Drivers' Championship with 244 points, ahead of Bill Sweedler andTownsend Bell on countback.[3]Chevrolet,Porsche, andFerrari were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, whileAction Express Racing,CORE Autosport,Corvette Racing, andTurner Motorsport were their respective Teams' Championships.[3]
Fifty-two cars were officially entered for the Lone Star Le Mans, with most of the entries being in the Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) classes.[4]Action Express Racing (AER),Marsh Racing,VisitFlorida Racing (VFR) andWayne Taylor Racing (WTR) entered oneChevrolet Corvette DP.Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) andMichael Shank Racing (MSR) entered oneFord-poweredRiley MkXXVI. Speedsource had two Lola B12/80 whileExtreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) entered oneHPD ARX-03b car andOAK Racing entered oneLigier JS P2 chassis withHonda HR28TT 2.8 L TurboV6 engine.[5] ThePrototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of eleven Oreca FLM09 cars: two from BAR1 Motorsports,Starworks Motorsport andRSR Racing.CORE Autosport,JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech,PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, and8Star Motorsports entered one car each.[6] GTLM was represented by eleven entries from five different brands. Porsche North America entered three 911 RSRs.[7][4] In the list of GTD entrants, twenty GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers.[5]
There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the races on Saturday, both on Friday. The first one-hour session ran on Friday morning while the second one-hour session ran on Friday afternoon.[8]
Friday afternoon's 80-minute four-group qualifying session gave 15-minute sessions to all categories. Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM, PC, and Prototype had three separate identically timed sessions. Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order. IMSA would arranged the grid to put all Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM, and GTD cars.[8]
Pole positions in each class are indicated inbold and by ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 42 | 1:57.809 | _ | 1‡ | ||
| 2 | P | 10 | 1:58.643 | +0.834 | 2 | ||
| 3 | P | 01 | 1:58.928 | +1.1199 | 3 | ||
| 4 | P | 5 | 1:59.072 | +1.263 | 4 | ||
| 5 | P | 2 | 1:59.074 | +1.265 | 5 | ||
| 6 | P | 90 | 1:59.498 | +1.689 | 6 | ||
| 7 | P | 60 | 2:00.042 | +2.233 | 7 | ||
| 8 | PC | 25 | 2:00.528 | +2.719 | 8‡ | ||
| 9 | P | 31 | 2:00.972 | +3.163 | 9 | ||
| 10 | PC | 54 | 2:01.085 | +3.276 | 10 | ||
| 11 | PC | 09 | 2:01.260 | +3.451 | 11 | ||
| 12 | PC | 7 | 2:01.321 | +3.512 | 12 | ||
| 13 | PC | 8 | 2:01.734 | +3.925 | 13 | ||
| 14 | PC | 52 | 2:01.982 | +4.173 | 14 | ||
| 15 | PC | 87 | 2:02.596 | +4.787 | 15 | ||
| 16 | P | 07 | 2:02.960 | +5.151 | 16 | ||
| 17 | GTLM | 910 | 2:03.302 | +5.493 | 501 | ||
| 18 | GTLM | 93 | 2:03.539 | +5.730 | 17‡ | ||
| 19 | GTLM | 911 | 2:03.649 | +5.840 | 18 | ||
| 20 | P | 70 | 2:03.719 | +5.910 | 19 | ||
| 21 | GTLM | 912 | 2:03.900 | +6.091 | 20 | ||
| 22 | GTLM | 91 | 2:04.003 | +6.194 | 21 | ||
| 23 | GTLM | 56 | 2:04.253 | +6.444 | 22 | ||
| 24 | PC | 85 | 2:04.380 | +6.571 | 23 | ||
| 25 | GTLM | 55 | 2:04.495 | +6.686 | 24 | ||
| 26 | PC | 88 | 2:04.726 | +6.917 | 25 | ||
| 27 | GTLM | 3 | 2:04.847 | +7.038 | 26 | ||
| 28 | GTLM | 17 | 2:04.936 | +7.127 | 27 | ||
| 29 | GTLM | 4 | 2:05.093 | +7.284 | 28 | ||
| 30 | GTLM | 62 | 2:05.348 | +7.539 | 29 | ||
| 31 | GTD | 007 | 2:08.502 | +10.693 | 30‡ | ||
| 32 | GTD | 33 | 2:08.814 | +11.005 | 31 | ||
| 33 | GTD | 300 | 2:08.826 | +11.017 | 32 | ||
| 34 | GTD | 71 | 2:08.984 | +11.175 | 33 | ||
| 35 | GTD | 30 | 2:09.007 | +11.198 | 34 | ||
| 36 | GTD | 81 | 2:09.040 | +11.231 | 35 | ||
| 37 | GTD | 44 | 2:09.113 | +11.304 | 36 | ||
| 38 | GTD | 58 | 2:09.130 | +11.321 | 37 | ||
| 39 | GTD | 27 | 2:09.291 | +11.482 | 38 | ||
| 40 | GTD | 45 | 2:09.337 | +11.528 | 39 | ||
| 41 | GTD | 73 | 2:09.504 | +11.695 | 40 | ||
| 42 | GTD | 23 | 2:09.537 | +11.728 | 41 | ||
| 43 | GTD | 35 | 2:09.664 | +11.855 | 42 | ||
| 44 | GTD | 48 | 2:09.772 | +11.963 | 43 | ||
| 45 | GTD | 555 | 2:09.914 | +12.105 | 44 | ||
| 46 | GTD | 22 | 2:10.140 | +12.331 | 51 | ||
| 47 | GTD | 63 | 2:10.184 | +12.375 | 45 | ||
| 48 | GTD | 18 | 2:13.725 | +15.916 | 46 | ||
| 49 | PC | 08 | No Time Established | 47 | |||
| 50 | PC | 38 | No Time Established2 | 48 | |||
| 51 | GTD | 19 | No Time Established | 49 | |||
| 52 | GTD | 46 | Did not participate | 52 | |||
| Sources:[9][10] | |||||||
Class winners are denoted inbold and ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).
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