Scott Tucker Racing and Level 5 just take on twenty four Hours of Le Mans Confirmation entry for
Scott Tucker Racing and his Degree 5 Motorsports group arrived on Thursday for your 80th 24 Hours of Le Mans. Tucker and his profitable team will take around the 24-hour French endurance race. The confirmation was awarded through the Automobile Club de l’Ouest.
Tucker and his regular group driver, Christophe Bouchut will take out the No. 33 Honda Efficiency Development ARX-03b within the 24 hour endurance race. Certainly one of two Honda powered LMP2 entries for your race this year. Degree 5 will announce another driver at a later date.
Tucker of Leawood, KS who is known as a 5 times nationwide driving champion and Degree 5 attained their invitation to Le Mans owing to their triumph last year within the Petit Le Mans. They arrived in 6th spot in general finish within the American Le Mans Sequence final. Tucker, Bouchut and Joao Barbosa took 5 victories with back-to-back titles in ALMS.
“We’re very proud of our past accomplishments and championships,” mentioned Tucker. “Getting an invitation to Le Mans is a thing we have worked quite hard for and we’re honored and humbled in the very same time in receiving it. We’re likely to plan and operate particularly efficiently to represent USA within the best possible light around the world’s stage and are proud for getting one of the handful of American groups that competes inside the highest degree of sports car racing inside the globe.”
This will be Tucker’s third year at Le Mans where he will probably be facing strong competition in LMP2 classification. Degree 5 has two groups inside the 18 entries for that race. Tucker was the highest placed driver final year and finished around the podium. They made use of a Lola-Honda Coupe to get 3rd place last year; this year Level 5 could have a new HPD ARX-03b to the hottest, longest endurance race.
Scott Tucker“We’re pleased to become returning to Le Mans this year in what we imagine are going to be a aggressive package deal with the brand new HPD ARX-03b,” group manager David Stone mentioned. “With the time we’ve had with these cars from last year, especially the Petit Le Mans, and what we’ll have between now along with the Le Mans Check Day and race, will only add to our likelihood of being really competitive and reliable. I’m content to hear there is often a large field in LMP2 and it should be a good fight.”
They can be nonetheless working on the new HPD cars at Degree 5’s Madison, WI headquarters. They took delivery with the new ARX-03b chassis final week and expect on the list of new LMP2 cars to become prepared for your race at Sebring Worldwide Raceway in much less than a week.
Each of Degree 5’s new cost-capped LMP2 cars will compete inside the 60th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 17. That could open the ALMS season and also serve as the get started in the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship. The 80th yearly 24 Hours of Le Mans is scheduled for June 16-17, 2012.