The Scott Tucker-owned Level 5 Motorsports team had underwent 24-hour races before, yet the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup 24 Hours of Le Mans race brought the stiffest competition from world wide, 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 introduction very much like it had appeared up to that time in the season: incredibly well. Besides having 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 effortless fashion.
Tucker, Christophe Bouchut and Joao Barbosa drove the No. 33 Microsoft-sponsored Lola Honda car within their new LMP2 category. A seamless race finished with a 3rd place finish and Tenth place overall. So how does a rather new team that has never competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans remain cool in the face of the most difficult competitors on this planet and find a way to pull off podium? It's the trademark of Level 5 Motorsports-careful, skillful driving blended with steely enthusiasm and an unrelenting concentrate on a wining finish.
The team, managed by David Stone, was the one American prototype in the 56-car field. Earlier in the week, the Level 5 team sacrificed track time as a result of fuel leak. Despite small gains on the track through qualifying prior to the race, the team begun dead last in the LMP2 lineup. The consistency Level 5 is renowned for delivering worked to its benefit-after competitors faced difficulties, the Lola Honda held strong and was cruising steadily at 3rd place by morning, less than four laps behind the leader.
Not that Level 5 didn't have their own setbacks-but the tight teamwork and the drivers' power to avoid any issues from interfering with their internal focus made the teams 2 problems seem small in the grand general scheme of things. Barbosa spun into the rock trap about midway in the race, and 3 hrs from the finish, the vehicle obtained a realignment as well as rear deck change.
A day following its debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Level 5 Motorsports nabbed the checkered flag. The win was enormous for the team as well as for Tucker-he had now made podium in all of the 4 of the big sports car endurance races on the planet, 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 together with his Level 5 team hit the road hoping continuing their all but total domination of all 3 of its series. They would next encounter the Six Hours of Imola in the next round of the ILMC.
Level 5 made its 24 Hours of Le Mans introduction very much like it had appeared up to that time in the season: incredibly well. Besides having 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 effortless fashion.
Tucker, Christophe Bouchut and Joao Barbosa drove the No. 33 Microsoft-sponsored Lola Honda car within their new LMP2 category. A seamless race finished with a 3rd place finish and Tenth place overall. So how does a rather new team that has never competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans remain cool in the face of the most difficult competitors on this planet and find a way to pull off podium? It's the trademark of Level 5 Motorsports-careful, skillful driving blended with steely enthusiasm and an unrelenting concentrate on a wining finish.
The team, managed by David Stone, was the one American prototype in the 56-car field. Earlier in the week, the Level 5 team sacrificed track time as a result of fuel leak. Despite small gains on the track through qualifying prior to the race, the team begun dead last in the LMP2 lineup. The consistency Level 5 is renowned for delivering worked to its benefit-after competitors faced difficulties, the Lola Honda held strong and was cruising steadily at 3rd place by morning, less than four laps behind the leader.
Not that Level 5 didn't have their own setbacks-but the tight teamwork and the drivers' power to avoid any issues from interfering with their internal focus made the teams 2 problems seem small in the grand general scheme of things. Barbosa spun into the rock trap about midway in the race, and 3 hrs from the finish, the vehicle obtained a realignment as well as rear deck change.
A day following its debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Level 5 Motorsports nabbed the checkered flag. The win was enormous for the team as well as for Tucker-he had now made podium in all of the 4 of the big sports car endurance races on the planet, 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 together with his Level 5 team hit the road hoping continuing their all but total domination of all 3 of its series. They would next encounter the Six Hours of Imola in the next round of the ILMC.
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Scott Tucker and Level 5 scored a commanding victory in the 2011 Petit Le Mans and secured the 2011 American Le Mans LMP2 Championship Scott Tucker
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