Scott Tucker Wins Again in Canada

Last weekend saw Level 5 Motorsports competing at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario in the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix.  Once again, Scott Tucker took first place with co-driver Marino Franchitti in the LMP2 classification.

Franchitti clocked the fastest lap times in LMP2 for the race and managed to pull ahead in the final minutes of the race to finish 2nd overall and first in the LMP2 ahead of Extreme Speed drivers Scott Sharp/Guy Cosmo.  Level 5's second car, driven by Scott Tucker and Mike Conway finished third while Extreme Speed's Ed Brown/Johannes van Overbeek finished fourth.  It is notable that all the LMP2 cars finished ahead of the second place LMP1 car as well as all the LMPC competitors.

Mike Conway joined Tucker in the #552 car as a replacement for Ryan Briscoe.  Briscoe broke his wrist the week before when he crashed in the Honday Indy Toronto.  Briscoe hopes to return to Level 5 before the end of the ALMS season.

With five of the ten ALMS races completed, Level 5 holds onto their lead in the LMP2 classification and Franchitti and Tucker are ranked 1st and 2nd in the drivers' championship.

Franchitti was especially pleased with his victory, "This is one of my favorite circuits, and to win here after such a good race just makes it all the more special."

The next race is the Orion Energy Systems 245 which will be held at the Road America circuit (Elkhart Lake, WI) on August 9-11, 2013.

The 2013 American Le Mans Series continues next month with the Orion Energy Systems 245, August 9-11 at the four-mile Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. This will be a double-header weekend with the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, as the two North American endurance racing series continue preparations before merging into the United SportsCar Racing championship in 2014.

Check out this post-race report:

Learn More About Scott Tucker

Scott Tucker is a Kansas City businessman turned international motorsports champion.  He began his racing career in 2006 in the Ferrari Challenge Series.  He went on to compete in the Rolex Sports Car Series and now the American Le Mans Series.  He formed his own team, Level 5 Motorsports in 2008 and serves as the lead the driver. Level 5 has also sent a car to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the past four years. The team has won numerous victories in ALMS, including three team championships and three drivers' championships for Tucker in 2010-2013. They are currently on the way to successfully defending both championships in 2013.

Here are a few places where you can learn more about Scott & Level 5 Motorsports:

Level 5 Motorsports -- official website of Scott Tucker's racing team

Daytona Dream -- a documentary that follows Tucker & Level 5 as they prepare for and compete in the 2010 Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Scott Tucker IMSA Profile

Scott Tucker Honda Driver -- Level 5 drivers race in prototype Honda cars

Scott Tucker Racing News

In June 2013, Scott returned to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Motorsports.com did a series of articles about the team, showing what it takes to field a car at the legendary European race.  Here are links to some of the articles:

Scott Tucker & Level 5: Getting to Le Mans
Inside the Pits at Le Mans
Prepping the Car for Le Mans
Adjusting to Le Mans
Engineering a Winning Car
Inside Scrutineering
Le Mans: the Numbers
Fueling the Team
After the Race

And here are a few videos of the 24 Hours of Le Mans experience:

Practice Day 1

Level 5 Motorsports