The Dream team's Scott Tucker takes a look at the ModSpace American Le Mans Monterey
The very first race of the final quarter in the racing season was a brand new start for Level 5 Motorsports. The Scott Tucker-owned, Microsoft Office-sponsored team debuted its long-awaited HPD ARX-01g in the team's Sept. 17 return to American Le Mans Series competition. In the months prior to the ModSpace race, Tucker's and teammates Luis Diaz's and Christophe Bouchut's track appearances were sporadic, producing last-minute withdrawals in order to pursue the newest cost-capped LMP2 Honda in time for the world's best challengers in Intercontinental Le Mans Cup races at the conclusion of the year.
Without having the needed tires for the automobile soon enough caused Level 5 to withdraw from the Silverstone ILMC race that would occured just a week before the ModSpace race at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway. Not having plenty of competitors made the team withdraw from several ALMS races in July, including the Northeast Grand Prix in Lime Rock Park in Connecticut and the Grand Prix of Mosport in Ontario, Canada. In their first year in the LMP2 class, Level 5 Motorsports planned to continue moving on in the class, and races with no other LMP2 entries didn't seem worth the laps. With a brand new, state-of-the-art car in construction and tremendous ILMC end-of-season races developing ever nearer, they concentrated on preparing itself for international competition-the best levels of competition our society had to provide.
The team went in the summer months in great ranking, with Tucker and Bouchut leading in points and the overall team earning a variety of podium appearances in all 3 series in which it's entered. When the HPD ARX-01g begun its racing season at the Laguna Seca race, it fell strait into line with the rest of its group. The debut was great, providing on its manufacturer promise of increased speed and not enduring a single mechanical challenge or unplanned pit stop. The Level 5 team drove to a fourth-place overall finish with optimum points in the LMP2 category, another notable feat for the team's first season.
The win secured the drivers' championship for Tucker and Bouchut over time for the all-important Petit le Mans, this means Tucker is on track to be a four-time national driving champion. That his career itself is only Several years old speaks to his raw talent, determination and incredible development as a driver. That he also raced in just two races in addition to the ModSpace contest speaks to the fact that he's a little nuts-or just versatile, enduring and is able to win, considering he added dual wins in the extra races to the win at Laguna Seca.
With the ModSpace ALMS out of the way, the race season started winding down in time but winding up in energy as drivers continued preparing for the Petit Le Mans and the very last round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in China. With the year schedule back in line and a totally new ride to start, Level 5 Motorsports will aim to continue its momentum and end up as it started: on top.
Without having the needed tires for the automobile soon enough caused Level 5 to withdraw from the Silverstone ILMC race that would occured just a week before the ModSpace race at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway. Not having plenty of competitors made the team withdraw from several ALMS races in July, including the Northeast Grand Prix in Lime Rock Park in Connecticut and the Grand Prix of Mosport in Ontario, Canada. In their first year in the LMP2 class, Level 5 Motorsports planned to continue moving on in the class, and races with no other LMP2 entries didn't seem worth the laps. With a brand new, state-of-the-art car in construction and tremendous ILMC end-of-season races developing ever nearer, they concentrated on preparing itself for international competition-the best levels of competition our society had to provide.
The team went in the summer months in great ranking, with Tucker and Bouchut leading in points and the overall team earning a variety of podium appearances in all 3 series in which it's entered. When the HPD ARX-01g begun its racing season at the Laguna Seca race, it fell strait into line with the rest of its group. The debut was great, providing on its manufacturer promise of increased speed and not enduring a single mechanical challenge or unplanned pit stop. The Level 5 team drove to a fourth-place overall finish with optimum points in the LMP2 category, another notable feat for the team's first season.
The win secured the drivers' championship for Tucker and Bouchut over time for the all-important Petit le Mans, this means Tucker is on track to be a four-time national driving champion. That his career itself is only Several years old speaks to his raw talent, determination and incredible development as a driver. That he also raced in just two races in addition to the ModSpace contest speaks to the fact that he's a little nuts-or just versatile, enduring and is able to win, considering he added dual wins in the extra races to the win at Laguna Seca.
With the ModSpace ALMS out of the way, the race season started winding down in time but winding up in energy as drivers continued preparing for the Petit Le Mans and the very last round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in China. With the year schedule back in line and a totally new ride to start, Level 5 Motorsports will aim to continue its momentum and end up as it started: on top.
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