Level 5 Motorsports

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United SportsCar Championship

Ferrari Challenge
Teams'
Championships		4
Drivers'
Championships		10

Level 5 Motorsports was an American

Koni Challenge Series with co-driver Ed Zabinski. Tucker also competed in the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge
.

Grand-Am

In 2008, the team made four starts in the Rolex Series including the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

In 2009, Level 5 Motorsports became a regular in the

Scott Tucker (racing driver) finished 31st in the Drivers Championship. Tucker also had a record-setting season in the Ferrari Challenge, winning 10 races.[citation needed] That year, Tucker also earned his first national title, winning the SCCA Touring 1 Class National Championship.[1]

In 2010, Level 5 Motorsports entered the

Scott Tucker and Christophe Bouchut entered one more Rolex Series race, finishing 11th overall in Miami.[3]

In 2011, the team started the year at the 24 Hours of Daytona where they competed with two BMW powered Riley Daytona Prototype. The #55 car finished 8th and the #95 car finished 11th.

American Le Mans Series

Oreca FLM09 at the 2010 12 Hours of Sebring
.

Level 5 Motorsports also competed in the full 2010 season of the

Scott Tucker, won the Drivers Championship.[5]

For 2011, Level 5 Motorsports only competed in select rounds of the

Scott Tucker and Christophe Bouchut won the LMP2 Drivers Championship.[7]

The 2012 season saw Level 5 Motorsports campaign two brand new

Scott Tucker and Christophe Bouchut also claimed the LMP2 Drivers championship.[9]

HPD ARX-03b #552 of Level 5 Motorsports at Virginia International Raceway during the 2013 Oak Tree Grand Prix.

In 2013, Level 5 Motorsports earned nine class wins out of 10 races with its two

Scott Tucker won his fourth American Le Mans Series
drivers' 'title.

United SportsCar Championship

Level 5 Motorsports won the

Scott Tucker, Townsend Bell, Bill Sweedler, Jeff Segal and Alessandro Pier Guidi, despite the car having initially been handed a penalty for late-race avoidable contact. IMSA reversed the call more than four hours after the race, declaring the No. 555 car the winners in GTD.[10] The win marked Ferrari's 10th in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the first since the Italian manufacturer's overall victory in 1998 with a Ferrari 333SP fielded by Doran-Moretti Racing. On February 26, Level 5 announced that it will withdraw from the series.[11]

24 Hours of Le Mans

In 2011, the Level 5 Motorsports team also competed in 5 of the 7 rounds of the

Scott Tucker, Christophe Bouchut and João Barbosa
completed 319 laps, finishing 3rd in LMP2 in their first attempt at the famed race.

The team also competed in

Scott Tucker, Christophe Bouchut and Luis Díaz
completed 240 laps but did not finish the race. This was the team's second appearance at Le Mans.

In 2013, the #33 Level 5 Motorsports HPD ARX-03b of

Scott Tucker, Ryan Briscoe and Marino Franchitti
completed 242 laps after battling engine-related issues. The car was not classified in the final results due to not reaching the minimum 70 percent distance requirement.

References

  1. ^ http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/scca-2009-runoffs-ends-in-style/P2/
  2. ^ 2010 24 Hours of Daytona Results Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine 2010
  3. ^ 2010 Miami Results Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine 2010
  4. ^ 2010 Team Championship 2010
  5. ^ 2010 Drivers Championship 2010
  6. ^ 2011 Team Championship Results 2011
  7. ^ 2011 Drivers Championship Results 2011
  8. ^ 2012 Team Championship Results 2012
  9. ^ 2012 Drivers Championship Results 2012
  10. ^ DiZinno, Tony. "Level 5 Wins GTD after Penalty Overturned".
  11. ^ Dagys, John (February 26, 2014). "SPORTSCARS: ROLEX 24 WINNERS LEVEL 5 WITHDRAWS FROM TUSC". Fox Sports. Retrieved February 26, 2014.

External links

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