AUSTIN, Texas (September 20, 2014) – OAK Racing took to the 3.427-mile circuit at Circuit of the Americas for the second-to-last round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. They finished second, after starting on the pole position. Joining Gustavo Yacaman in the No. 42 machine once again was British driver Alex Brundle.

The French team entered a Ligier JS P2 powered by Honda for the two hour and 45 minute race, which is the closed LM P2 prototype that Onroak Automotive unveiled this spring. Brundle is a veteran to the Ligier JS P2, as he has been a development driver for the new car, however this was Yacaman’s first outing.

“Today’s race was very exciting,” said Philippe Dumas, Team Principal. “The team had a fantastic drive from both Yacaman and Brundle. We put Gustavo (Yacaman) at the start of the race because of the pressure that brings, it is not so easy. Alex (Brundle) was brilliant the whole weekend, especially at the end of the race. P1 is always the goal, but it is a great achievement to have gotten the pole position and earned the fastest time during the race. It was a big weekend for Onroak Automotive and our Honda engine. To be honest, it was a bit tricky because they (No. 01 Ford Ecoboost/Riley) ran out of fuel half of a lap after the checkered flag. They played a game, they bet and they won. We have some work to do before Petit Le Mans, but we will continue to push. With just one race remaining, we want to win.”

Gustavo Yacaman started the race in the Onroak Automotive machine and stayed behind the wheel for the first hour and 40 minutes. On the first lap, he made contact with the No. 01 car of Memo Rojas and the No. 10 car of Ricky Taylor, but was able to maintain the first position.  One hour into the race, while Yacaman was still in the car, there was light rain on the circuit. Just ten minutes later, Yacaman was spun by the No. 90 Corvette DP, which dropped him to fifth. He battled back to third before coming in for his driver change.

“I am very happy with today’s result,” said Yacaman. “I am proud of Onroak Automotive engineering and OAK Racing for coming to Austin, their first time in America, with the new Ligier. It is great to have gotten pole position and lead some of the race. It was a shame to have gotten spun in the middle of the race after a restart, but we could only try to recover from there and we did so. Alex (Brundle) had an impressive drive into second place. I am very proud of both he and the team. Some races you win, some you don’t and this one was not our chance to win, but I am still happy with the result. I believe we have a very good package for Petit Le Mans, so we will push flat out because we want to win that race for sure.”

Alex Brundle took over for the remaining hour of the Lone Star Le Mans. With just six minutes to go, he was able to pass Barbosa in the No. 5 Corvette DP for the second position. Brundle also set the fastest lap time of the race at 1:59.337.

“I think we have to be really happy with how the weekend went,” said Brundle. “We have to remember that at the start of the weekend, we didn’t have any clue how this was going to go with the new car and engine. We put the car on pole and finished P2 with the pace to win. Despite getting turned around during the race, we still managed to get on the podium. It’s a bit disappointing to not win, but our finish was still not bad. Overall, I am happy with our performance and how it went. ”

The winners of today’s race were Pruett/Rojas in the No. 01 Ford Ecoboost/Riley.

The final race remaining for OAK Racing in the 2014 IMSA season is Petit Le Mans, which will take place at Road America from October 2-4.

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