When ever private equity investor-turned motorsports climbing legend Scott Tucker placed his order for that latest Honda Performance Development/Wirth Research cost-capped prototype car, under "quantity," it said 2. Tucker reserved the earliest two chassis for his Level 5 Motorsports team to use as soon as they possibly can, which turned out to be last weekend in the HPD ARX-01g's debut appearance, at ModSpace American Le Mans in Monterey, Calif. The race had been just another triumph for the David Stone-managed, Microsoft Office-sponsored team of Tucker, Christophe Bouchut and Luis Diaz; the team has made a crucial pass through the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup series as well as the American Le Mans Series, making podium at a lot of races and winning at a number of others, together with Imola.
Naturally, not simply good luck brought a pair of expert people along with a beginner and made them win races. Every one of the drivers centers on another area and comes from a different background, nonetheless they all share a powerful desire for racing sports cars and a level of expertise and experience that lends itself to precise, managed, well balanced driving at max speed. They key to the team's joint achievements is selecting the right scenario for driver order and race strategy-part of which involves Tucker reserving a pair of the Honda chassis prototypes.
Tucker and Bouchut, who had been his driving coach at the moment, made a decision to join the Le Mans Prototype class after checking out the car last year. The kind of the automobile was appealing enough, but since the series could possibly have Class A and Class B people race together with each other at the championship, Tucker wanted in. Bouchut, essentially the most successful endurance drivers on this planet and an industry veteran, seemed to be assisting Tucker improve since his Grand-Am first appearance, and the two went into the LMPC program mutually full-time in 2010.
Yet another interesting aspect of the revolutionary prototype class was that a brand new IMSA rule granted gentleman motorists in LMPC or GTC class to drive 2 vehicles, with the scoring driver in the higher-placed entry. That allowance spawned Level 5 Motorsports' winning Nos. 55 and 95 cars, which carried the group in the next year to win the LMP championship, which bumped Level 5 into the LMP2 class, for which the HPD ARX-01g cars will take over starting last weekend.
The process involved with 2 cars worked for Level 5 Motorsports, with an extraordinarily qualified veteran in Christophe Bouchut and the other coming at the beginning of This year in Luis Diaz. Tucker, who has been a novice at Forty-four in 2006, got practice with the two-car tactic Level 5 uses, saving himself time and effort and improving the team's infrastructure all the while.
Tucker had mainly kept out of the spot light, although he quickly built a winning record after his racing introduction. But Le Mans had always been amongst his ambitions, and so when the time was right enough, he incorporated high-profile racing experienced to his inner circle and set about leaving the Level 5 mark on just about every ALMS and ILMC track he could.
In 2010, Bouchut got into his 17th Le Mans race; only 14 different drivers have ever completed the race more times. But Tucker had never appeared in Le Mans; tactic again played a vital part in achieving success within the race. Though Bouchut could easily take on the series' very best individuals, the full Level 5 team had to hold their own in order to succeed. Bouchut was slated as the head driver, with Tucker and Manu Rodriguez rounding out the group. The team's collective goal was to qualify at a solid pace and be competitive, a mind-set that has continued in the 2011 year. With seemingly a nonstop check-list in their minds-get the most effective car, qualify strong, stay competitive, always achieve the win-the Level 5 team arranges race day around it.
Naturally, not simply good luck brought a pair of expert people along with a beginner and made them win races. Every one of the drivers centers on another area and comes from a different background, nonetheless they all share a powerful desire for racing sports cars and a level of expertise and experience that lends itself to precise, managed, well balanced driving at max speed. They key to the team's joint achievements is selecting the right scenario for driver order and race strategy-part of which involves Tucker reserving a pair of the Honda chassis prototypes.
Tucker and Bouchut, who had been his driving coach at the moment, made a decision to join the Le Mans Prototype class after checking out the car last year. The kind of the automobile was appealing enough, but since the series could possibly have Class A and Class B people race together with each other at the championship, Tucker wanted in. Bouchut, essentially the most successful endurance drivers on this planet and an industry veteran, seemed to be assisting Tucker improve since his Grand-Am first appearance, and the two went into the LMPC program mutually full-time in 2010.
Yet another interesting aspect of the revolutionary prototype class was that a brand new IMSA rule granted gentleman motorists in LMPC or GTC class to drive 2 vehicles, with the scoring driver in the higher-placed entry. That allowance spawned Level 5 Motorsports' winning Nos. 55 and 95 cars, which carried the group in the next year to win the LMP championship, which bumped Level 5 into the LMP2 class, for which the HPD ARX-01g cars will take over starting last weekend.
The process involved with 2 cars worked for Level 5 Motorsports, with an extraordinarily qualified veteran in Christophe Bouchut and the other coming at the beginning of This year in Luis Diaz. Tucker, who has been a novice at Forty-four in 2006, got practice with the two-car tactic Level 5 uses, saving himself time and effort and improving the team's infrastructure all the while.
Tucker had mainly kept out of the spot light, although he quickly built a winning record after his racing introduction. But Le Mans had always been amongst his ambitions, and so when the time was right enough, he incorporated high-profile racing experienced to his inner circle and set about leaving the Level 5 mark on just about every ALMS and ILMC track he could.
In 2010, Bouchut got into his 17th Le Mans race; only 14 different drivers have ever completed the race more times. But Tucker had never appeared in Le Mans; tactic again played a vital part in achieving success within the race. Though Bouchut could easily take on the series' very best individuals, the full Level 5 team had to hold their own in order to succeed. Bouchut was slated as the head driver, with Tucker and Manu Rodriguez rounding out the group. The team's collective goal was to qualify at a solid pace and be competitive, a mind-set that has continued in the 2011 year. With seemingly a nonstop check-list in their minds-get the most effective car, qualify strong, stay competitive, always achieve the win-the Level 5 team arranges race day around it.
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