Scott Tucker and Level 5 Dominate the 24 hours of Le Mans

The Scott Tucker-owned Level 5 Motorsports team had undergone 24-hour races before, although the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup 24 Hours of Le Mans race brought the toughest competition from across the globe, utterly changing the face of endurance competitions when compared to what Level 5 was used to from the American Le Mans Series.

Level 5 made its 24 Hours of Le Mans debut very much like it had appeared up to that period in the season: amazingly well. Despite the challenge of new cars or races they’ve never before come across, the Level 5 team has made podium race after race in somewhat easy fashion.

Tucker, Christophe Bouchut and Joao Barbosa drove the No. 33 Microsoft-sponsored Lola Honda car in their new LMP2 group. A seamless race concluded with a third place finish and 10th place overall. So how does a new team that has never competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans remain cool facing the toughest competition in today’s world and manage to accomplish podium? It’s the trademark of Level 5 Motorsports-careful, skillful driving combined with steely determination and an unrelenting focus on a wining finish.

The team, managed by David Stone, was the only American prototype in the 56-car field. Earlier in the week, the Level 5 team sacrificed track time due to a fuel leak. In spite of minor gains on the track during qualifying before the race, the team begun dead last in the LMP2 lineup. The consistency Level 5 is recognized for delivering worked to its benefit-after competitors faced problems, the Lola Honda held strong and was cruising steadily at third place by a . m ., less than four laps behind the leader.

Not that Level 5 didn’t have its setbacks-but the tight teamwork and the drivers’ power to avoid any troubles from disrupting their internal focus made the teams 2 hiccups seem minor in the grand general scheme of things. Barbosa spun into the rock trap about midway in the race, and a few hours from the finish, the car obtained a realignment as well as rear deck change.

A day after its debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Level 5 Motorsports nabbed the checkered flag. The win was huge for the team as well as for Tucker-he had now made podium in all four of the major sports car endurance races around the world, and in front of 250,000 spectators to boot.

“Any time additions we face were not the fault of the car or the engine,” said Tucker. “This team worked hard, and we accomplished something great today.”

Tucker and his Level 5 team hit the road in hopes of ongoing their all but total domination of all three of its series. They would next face the Six Hours of Imola in the next round of the ILMC.

Level 5 Motorsports owner / driver Scott Tucker announced today (December 10) that his American Le Mans Series LMPC Championship-winning team will field two HPD chassis Scott Tucker