2014 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park - Porsche GT3 Challenge Cup Canada

This year’s Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin kicks off on the Victoria Day Speedfest Weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Drivers will collect championship points during Saturday and Sunday’s forty-five-minute heat races. Each event on the 2014 calendar is a doubleheader race weekend. The series then travels to Calabogie Motorsports Park in mid-June for rounds three and four. Next on the schedule is the series most high-profile weekend when teams compete at Toronto’s Exhibition Place as a support event for the Honda Toronto Indy. This is followed by a trip to Quebec for the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres. Championships are decided during the final two races of the season at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park’s Chevrolet Silverado 250 Weekend.

Drivers score points towards one of three classes. There is also a Masters division for drivers 45-years of age and older.

Platinum Cup – This category is for the 2014 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup models. The GT3 Cup Porsche is based on the 911 street version.
Gold Cup – Older (2010 - 2013) Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars compete in this division.
Silver Cup – This final group is for cars manufactured between 2005-1/2 -2009.

A 3.8-liter aluminum six-cylinder engine powers the current generation Porsche GT3 Cup. The motor produces 460-horsepower at 8,500-rpm and is fitted to a six-speed sequential transmission. Stopping the Porsche are aluminum six-piston calipers on the front – while the rear is equipped with four-piston calipers. The alloy rims on the front of the Porsche are 9.5J X 18 and use 24/64-18 Michelin tires. And, on the rear are 12J X 18 wheels with 30/68-18 tires. The GT3 Cup weighs just over 1,180-kg.

The final weekend of the 2014 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada took place at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park as a support event for the NASCAR Trucks Chevrolet Silverado 250. Drivers would compete in two forty-five-minute heat races around the ten turn 2.459-mile road circuit.

The first lap through Moss Corner for the penultimate race of the 2014 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada season. Leading the field of fifteen starters is the pole-sitter, Scott Hargrove, in the No. 69 OpenRoad Racing Porsche GT3 Cup. Behind Hargrove is the third-fastest qualifier, Spencer Pigot, driving the No. 21 Alegra Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup. Trailing the leaders are Chris Green, Etienne Borgeat and Jerimy Daniel.

Scott Hargrove’s debut in round one of the series was only supposed to be a one-off. For the remainder of the season, the No. 69 OpenRoad Racing Porsche GT3 Cup would be driven by Christian Chia. However, Chia stepped aside and Hargrove racked up ten podiums in as many starts - six were victories. He simply needed to start this year’s finale to claim the Platinum Cup but proceeded to win the last two contests of 2014.

The title chase for the Gold Cup came down to two drivers, Tim Sanderson and newcomer Jerimy Daniel. Entering the final weekend, the pair were separated by four points, with Sanderson leading the championship. In Saturday’s contest, Sanderson qualified second to Daniel. During the race, he passed Daniel and claimed the win. In the finale, Sanderson finished behind Daniel, but he clinched the title by two markers.

Finishing second in the 2014 Platinum Cup standings by twenty-two points, was last year’s runner-up, Chris Green. Green, driving the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup, entered the final weekend with two victories. For the season’s penultimate race, he qualified second and finished the race 0.710-seconds behind the winner, Scott Hargrove. On Sunday, Green started second but ended the year with a third-place finish.

Jerimy Daniel scored a pair of Gold Cup victories in his series debut. However, Daniel would spend the remainder of the season digging himself out the points hole created when he failed to finish both rounds at Calabogie Motorsports Park. He entered the finale trailing Tim Sanderson in the title hunt but beat him in Saturday’s contest. Unfortunately, Daniel finished second the next day and lost the crown by two markers.

Like Scott Hargrove, Silver Cup competitor Chuck Harris only needed to start the final weekend to claim the class championship. Again, like Hargrove, Harris won the last two rounds of the 2014 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and clinched the title. Driving the No. 50 Alegra Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup, he would end the season with nine class victories in ten starts.

Winning his second consecutive Platinum Masters Cup championship and finishing fourth in the overall standings was Marco Cirone. Cirone drove the No. 88 Mark Motors Racing Porsche GT3 Cup and often finished behind the front-runners – Scott Hargrove, Chris Green and Spencer Pigot. During the season, he finished fourth five-times and had a season-high second-place in round three at Toronto’s Exhibition Place.

FINISH	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR / SPONSOR	LAPS	RETIREMENTS
1	Platinum	Scott Hargrove	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / OpenRoad Racing	31	-
2	Platinum	Chris Green	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / Pfaff Motorsport	31	-
3	Platinum	Spencer Pigot	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / Alegra Motorsports	31	-
4	Platinum	Marco Cirone	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / Mark Motors Racing	31	-
5	Gold	Tim Sanderson	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / Alegra Motorsports	31	-
6	Gold	Jerimy Daniel	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / TRC	31	-
7	Platinum	Etienne Borgeat	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / GT Racing	31	-
8	Platinum	Carlos De Quesada	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / Alegra Motorsports	31	-
9	Gold	Ilker Starck	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / SCB Racing	30	-
10	Platinum	Andre Belzile	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / GT Racing	30	-
11	Gold	Shaun McKaigue	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / Fiorano Racing	30	-
12	Gold	Martin Harvey	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / Wingho Motorsport Racing	30	-
13	Silver	Chuck Harris	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / Alegra Motorsports	29	-
14	Silver	Keith Bass	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / Alegra Motorsports	28	-
15	Platinum	Perry Bortolotti	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / Mark Motors Racing	27	Did Not Finish

FINISH	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR / SPONSOR/font>	LAPS	RETIREMENTS
1	Platinum	Scott Hargrove	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / OpenRoad Racing	33	-
2	Platinum	Spencer Pigot	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / Alegra Motorsports	33	-
3	Platinum	Chris Green	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / Pfaff Motorsport	33	-
4	Platinum	Marco Cirone	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / Mark Motors Racing	33	-
5	Platinum	Etienne Borgeat	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / GT Racing	33	-
6	Platinum	Carlos De Quesada	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / Alegra Motorsports	33	-
7	Platinum	Perry Bortolotti	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / Mark Motors Racing	33	-
8	Platinum	Andre Belzile	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / GT Racing	32	-
9	Gold	Jerimy Daniel	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / TRC	32	-
10	Gold	Tim Sanderson	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / Alegra Motorsports	32	-
11	Gold	Ilker Starck	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / SCB Racing	32	-
12	Gold	Shaun McKaigue	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / Fiorano Racing	32	-
13	Silver	Chuck Harris	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / Alegra Motorsports	31	-
14	Silver	Keith Bass	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / Alegra Motorsports	30	-
-	Gold	Martin Harvey	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup / Wingho Motorsport Racing	-	Did Not Start

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