Tudor United Sportscar Championship Team Entries Released

"willkinton247" (willkinton247)
12/10/2013 at 10:12 • Filed to: TUSCC, IMSA, Racing, ALMS, Grand Am

Last Friday IMSA released the full entry list for the upcoming 2014 Inaugural Tudor United Sportscar Championship. It is looking like it will be a blast to watch. Needless to say, I am excited; you should be too. Yes, I know Rennsport released one of these on Saturday, but I was mostly done, so I figured I'd finish it. Here is the breakdown:

Prototype (P)

This class combines the Daytona Prototype class of Grand-Am and the P2 class of ALMS and the Deltawing, and is the highest level of technology and speed on the track, now that the P1 class has been eliminated. There will be 17 different race cars competing in this class. Interestingly, last years ALMS P1 Champion Pickett Racing has submitted an entry for this class, but has not announced what car they will be competing in . UPDATE: Pickett will be racing a Nissan-powered Oreca 03 LMP car. Mazda will be returning to prototype racing with two new factory-backed diesel P2 cars in this category. By my count it appears that there will be 5 6 confirmed P2 cars, 10 DPs (although 4 of those will be only participating in the North American Endurance Championship events), and 1 DeltaWing. Here's the full list:

DeltaWing Racing Cars - DeltaWing DWC13 - 1 Full Season Entry
Extreme Speed Motorsports - HPD ARX-03b/Honda - 2 Full Season Entries
Chip Ganassi Racing - Ford EcoBoost/Riley - 1 Full Season Entry, 1 NAEC Entry
Action Express Racing - Corvette DP - 1 Full Season Entry, 1 NAEC Entry
Pickett Racing - Nissan/Oreca 03- 1 Full Season Entry
SpeedSource - Mazda SKYACTIV-D Smart Diesel - 2 Full Season Entries
Wayne Taylor Racing - Corvette DP - 1 Full Season Entry
Marsh Racing - Corvette DP - 1 Full Season Entry
OAK Racing - Morgan/Nissan - 1 Full Season Entry
Highway To Help - Dinan/Riley - 1 NAEC Entry
Michael Shank Racing - Ford EcoBoost/Riley - 1 Full Season Entry
Spirit Of Daytona - Corvette DP - 1 Full Season Entry
GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing - Corvette DP - 1 NAEC Entry

Prototype Challenge (PC)

This class has remained intact from the ALMS class structure. This is a spec class with all competitors driving the same Oreca FLM09 with a sealed Chevy V8 engine on Continental tires. By my count there will be 12 entries competing in this class. Many of these teams competed last year in this class, and will be fielding two cars. Here is the team list:

Starworks Motorsport - ORECA FLM09 - 2 Full Season Entries
RSR Racing - ORECA FLM09 - 2 Full Season Entries
8Star Motorsports - ORECA FLM09 - 1 Full Season Entry
Performance Tech Motorsports - ORECA FLM09 - 1 Full Season Entry
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports - ORECA FLM09 - 1 Full Season Entry
CORE autosport - ORECA FLM09 - 1 Full Season Entry
BAR1 Motorsports - ORECA FLM09 - 2 Full Season Entries
Level 5 Motorsports - ORECA FLM09 - 2 Full Season Entries

GT Le Mans (GTLM)

This class is essentially the same as the former ALMS GT class, and contains the fastest and most advanced GT cars. Manufacturers define this class with cars meeting the ACO's GTE specification. Quite possibly the car people are most excited to see from this class will be Corvette Racing's new C7.R Corvette, which has yet to be shown in its full race livery, but has been confirmed for entry. The BMW and SRT factory teams will be returning from last year, with two entries each, as will Risi Competizione and Team Falken Tire. Porsche North America will be joining the mix as well. There will be two NAEC entries from Aston Martin Racing and Krohn Racing. Here is the full list.

Corvette Racing - Chevrolet Corvette C7.R - 2 Full Season Entries
Team Falken Tire - Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - 1 Full Season Entry
BMW Team RLL - BMW Z4 GTE - 2 Full Season Entries
Krohn Racing - Ferrari F458 Italia - 1 NAEC Entry
Risi Competizione - Ferrari F458 Italia - 1 Full Season Entry
SRT Motorsports - SRT Viper GTS-R - 2 Full Season Entries
Aston Martin Racing - Aston Martin Vantage V8 - 1 NAEC Entry
Porsche North America - Porsche 911 GT3 RSR -2 Full Season Entries

GT Daytona (GTD)

This class combines the former Grand-Am GT and GX classes with the former ALMS GT Challenge cars. Furthermore, cars meeting the FIA's Group GT3 specifications will be allowed entry into this class with some adjustments. This class is going to be huge, with 28 entries from 21 different teams. This will also be the most diverse class with seven different manufacturers represented, and one manufacturer TBA. There have been some interesting change ups that have happened in this class. Flying Lizard Racing and Paul Miller Racing, historically Porsche 911s teams, have made the swap to the Audi R8 LMS. Patrick Dempsey will be returning with two confirmed Porsche entries, and Turner Motorsport will return with a new Z4. There is also one team that is TBA, but has been registered for the full season. There will be two NAEC- only entrants, and SMP/ESM Racing will only be racing at Daytona. Here is the list:

TRG-AMR - Aston Martin V12 Vantage - 2 Full Season Entries
Muehlner Motorsports America - Porsche GT America - 2 Full Season Entries
GB Autosport - Porsche GT America - 1 Full Season Entry
Alex Job Racing - Porsche GT America - 1 Full Season Entry
Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing - Porsche GT America - 1 Full Season Entry
Dempsey Racing - Porsche GT America - 2 Full Season Entries
NGT Motorsport - Porsche GT America - 1 Full Season Entry
GMG Racing - Audi R8 LMS - 1 Full Season Entry
Riley Motorsports - SRT Viper GT3-R - 1 Full Season Entry
Flying Lizard Motorsports - Audi R8 LMS - 2 Full Season Entries
Magnus Racing - Porsche GT America - 1 Full Season Entry
Fall-Line Motorsports - Audi R8 LMS - 1 Full Season Entry
Paul Miller Racing - Audi R8 LMS - 1 Full Season Entry
Spirit of Race - Ferrari 458 Italia - 2 NAEC Entries
Snow Racing - Porsche GT America - 1 Full Season Entry
Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 Italia - 2 Full Season Entries
Park Place Motorsports - Porsche GT America - 1 Full Season Entry
SMP/ESM Racing Ferrari 458 Italia - Rolex 24 At Daytona Only
Turner Motorsport - BMW Z4 - 1 Full Season Entry
Level 5 Motorsports - Ferrari 458 Italia - 1 Full Season
TBA - TBA - 1 Full Season Entry

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DISCUSSION (42)

EL_ULY > willkinton247
12/10/2013 at 10:18

thanks for posting this :]

willkinton247 > EL_ULY
12/10/2013 at 10:19

You're welcome, I'm getting excited for this new season.

Carbyne > willkinton247
12/10/2013 at 10:20

This is going to be amazing for one year at least.

Cherry_man1 > willkinton247
12/10/2013 at 10:48

I am deeply troubled there are no BOSS 302S mustangs in this new series...

Kailand09 > willkinton247
12/10/2013 at 11:11

Thanks for the write up. Pretty interesting, that's a lot of cars. Sad about P1, but will be interesting to see the Daytona prototypes next to the P2 cars.

Either way, as I said in a previous post... That's a lot of traffic for the field.

ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR > Cherry_man1
12/10/2013 at 11:13

Right even if they were in the slowest class. Like show up at least.

ncasolowork2 > Carbyne
12/10/2013 at 11:29

I'm worried about the performance differences in the Prototype class, but the GTLM and GTD title fights will be epic.

ncasolowork2 > Kailand09
12/10/2013 at 11:30

There are a few tracks that will NOT host all of the classes.

JEM > willkinton247
12/10/2013 at 12:04

Do you know what's happening to the Continental Tire series?

In some ways, that was a lot more fun to watch than regular Grand-AM

willkinton247 > JEM
12/10/2013 at 12:13

Its still happening.

As of the 5th, there are 6 teams confirmed; I'll make a post outlining this as well.

JEM > willkinton247
12/10/2013 at 13:14

Yes!!! Excellent, thanks!

willkinton247 > JEM
12/10/2013 at 13:29

I'll try to write it by the end of the week!

willkinton247 > Kailand09
12/10/2013 at 13:40

What will be interesting about the DPs vs P2 cars is that the DPs should be faster in the straights, and the P2 cars will have better downforce and speed in the corners. This could definitely make for interesting racing. Also, there will be a couple of new-to-series chassis from Morgan/Nissan and Mazda as opposed to last year's ALMS P2 field of only HPD cars. Oreca is also in the process of developing a new closed canopy LMP2 car for 2015.

Also, as ncasolowork2 said, some tracks will not host all of the classes. I believe the race in Kansas will be only PC, IIRC.

willkinton247 > Cherry_man1
12/10/2013 at 13:43

Check out the Continental Sports Car Series! There should be some in there.

Cherry_man1 > willkinton247
12/10/2013 at 13:45

Oh so conti is still around? Ok I thought they also did away with that.

Stef Schrader > willkinton247
12/10/2013 at 13:48

Gonna be weird seeing Flying Lizard in an Audi, but...SQUEEEEEEE. Butt-ton of Porsches on there.

willkinton247 > Cherry_man1
12/10/2013 at 13:48

Yep! Keep an eye out for an article by the end of the week where I'll give an update. It'll be the official support series of TUSCC. The official test days for Daytona will be January 3-4th.

Stef Schrader > Kailand09
12/10/2013 at 13:49

Yeah, I hate to see P1 go, too. At a time when a ton of manufacturers are getting into it for WEC, TUSC ditches the class.

S. M. H!

Kailand09 > willkinton247
12/10/2013 at 13:49

Yeah that will help if not all are at some tracks.

I am excited to see some DP vs P2 battles, but watching the 2013 season shows that traffic becomes a problem. battles between P cars and GT cars have caused quite a few runoffs and nudges already.

I'm almost thinking the DP cars will be a bit faster overall, but not sure it should be fun to watch.

Cherry_man1 > willkinton247
12/10/2013 at 13:50

FUCK YES! Cause I am all Ford Factory supporter and in the ST Class I gotta root for Eversly the guy is a nut!

willkinton247 > Stef Schrader
12/10/2013 at 13:52

Stef, I'm glad to see that Audi is going to enjoy greater representation. I was pretty surprised by Flying Lizard as well.

Stef Schrader > willkinton247
12/10/2013 at 13:55

Me, too. Those R8 endurance cars are AWESOME.

willkinton247 > Kailand09
12/10/2013 at 13:55

Now that I think about it I think the DW will be the fastest in a straight line, P2s in the corner, and DPs should *ideally* be right in between. Honestly though, it'll be very hard to know until Daytona.

Kailand09 > Stef Schrader
12/10/2013 at 14:29

agreed, 2013 saw some good racing in P1 too.

willkinton247 > Cherry_man1
12/16/2013 at 11:57

I just posted my preview for the series. Check it out

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willkinton247 > JEM
12/16/2013 at 11:58

Just posted my preview for the series. Check it out here .

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SpeedCannon > willkinton247
12/16/2013 at 13:03

Anybody know whats the deal is with Stevenson? No more Camaro in GT(D)?

willkinton247 > SpeedCannon
12/16/2013 at 13:07

Unfortunately, they will not be showing up in GTD. The GX class was basically eliminated. But there is possibility they will be making a show in the Continental Series.

Just Cars for Joe Bryant > willkinton247
12/16/2013 at 13:25

Ok let me see if I got this right, there is no more P1 class but the Delta Wing is still in. If they did not restrict the Delta Wing in any way or if it doesn't have any problems, the Delta Wing is going to clean everybody's clock as that car could hang with most (not all but most) of the old P1 cars. I love it.

DeltawingGothamDeserves > willkinton247
12/16/2013 at 13:25

NOOOO NO APR?!!

quarterlifecrisis > willkinton247
12/16/2013 at 13:26

Going back over this, something that popped into my head is CGRwFS (Chip Ganassi yada yada). Wondering who he'll tap for the #02 car for the NAEC events. Montoya and Dario are out, Joey Hand is a BMW driver, so I don't think we'll see him in a Ford powered car. I'm sure TK, Dixie, Jamie MacMurray, Briscoe, and Kimball will come up...again. Hmmm...

willkinton247 > Just Cars for Joe Bryant
12/16/2013 at 13:31

Well, the DeltaWing was very fast in straights, but struggled to keep up with the other P1 cars in the corners. It'll do much better in this series.

Just Cars for Joe Bryant > willkinton247
12/16/2013 at 13:35

It will be very interesting, as much as I love the Delta Wing I will still miss the P1 cars.

willkinton247 > Just Cars for Joe Bryant
12/16/2013 at 13:38

True story. However, if you look at last year, there were only 2 teams in that category. For great LMP action there's always the WEC

SpeedCannon > willkinton247
12/16/2013 at 13:40

Yeah after I asked, I found a press release..... sad really... I'd like to see a class wherein the Camaro, M3, and Mustang, (Cuda in the not so distant future?) could all properly compete.

Just Cars for Joe Bryant > willkinton247
12/16/2013 at 13:40

True, but where can I find WEC coverage? Especially with Porsche entering the fray.

willkinton247 > SpeedCannon
12/16/2013 at 13:41

Well like I said, there's always the GS class of the Continental Series. That's what that class is defined by!

willkinton247 > Just Cars for Joe Bryant
12/16/2013 at 13:42

The WEC shows their races live online. Check out their website.

Just Cars for Joe Bryant > willkinton247
12/16/2013 at 13:46

Sweet, thanks.

JimEmery > willkinton247
12/26/2013 at 23:37

So, Dyson is out of sport car racing? Sad, that team was a stalwart of US endurance racing going back to the IMSA days.

willkinton247 > JimEmery
12/27/2013 at 00:47

Actually, they are considering a prototype effort for the second half of the season. That news just broke

JimEmery > willkinton247
12/28/2013 at 20:18

Good to know, I'll have to check their website.