Scott Tucker Going Back To Le Mans For 2012
Online, February 21, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Will Scott Tucker and the Level 5 Motorsports team have the endurance to finish in first place in 2012?
Scott Tucker and his awesome Level 5 Motorsports team will be going back to France this June to compete in the legendary Le Mans 24 hour endurance race.
Tucker is going to be trying to make improvements to last years impressive 3rd place finish in the LMP2 class at Le Mans in France. Scott Tucker and the team received an automatic invitation to go back as a result of winning 2011's Petit Le Mans that was held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga.
The 8 lap winning margin in the season ending Petite Le Mans race resulted in not only did Scott Tucker and the Level 5 Motorpsorts team secure the ALMS championship but also that they will have the capacity to test themselves against the best in the entire world at the 80th staging of the famous Le Mans 24 hour endurance race.
In the 2011 Le Mans 24 hour endurance race Scott Tucker's Level 5 Motorsports team used a Lola-Honda Coupe, this year expectations are going to be raised as the team have a new Honda Performance Development ARX-03b in the LMP2 class which has been recently tested in readiness for the ALMS LMP2 season opening Mobil 1 12 Hours Of Sebring race that takes place on March 17 at the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida.
Level 5 Motorsports has fielded successful entries in GT and Prototype classes in the American Le Mans Series, GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, Ferrari Challenge Series and the Sports Car Club of America since 2008.
The team has competed throughout North America and Europe, extensively in France and Spain. Team owner and driver Scott Tucker has earned five national championships and has more than 70 podium finishes and 60 victories in his driving career.
Level 5 is based in Madison, Wisconsin.