Level 5 Motorsports, which finished third overall in Grand-Am's Rolex 24 at Daytona last month, confirmed on Thursday that it will join the American Le Mans Series' Le Mans Prototype Challenge class for 2010.
Based in Madison, Wis., Level 5 will compete in the full nine-round championship with Oreca's FLM09 prototype.
Team owner Scott Tucker and former 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Christophe Bouchut will compete for the full season. The duo plans to participate in the ALMS's annual winter test Feb. 22-23 at Sebring International Raceway in Florida. Level 5 is the sixth team to purchase an Oreca-built LMPC racer. Other teams that have purchased LMPC cars for 2010 include Green Earth Team Gunnar, Intersport Racing, Genoa Racing, Primetime Race Group and P1 Motorsports/Mathiasen Motorsports.
"We are excited to be racing at Sebring this year in the new Le Mans Prototype Challenge class," said Level 5 team manager David Stone, who has an extensive history of competing in the International Motor Sports Association, which sanctions the American Le Mans Series. "The new LMPC class has certainly been intriguing since it was announced last year. The number of cars continues to increase each week, which should make for some great competition."
New for 2010, the LMPC class features ORECA cars with a minimum weight of 1,984 pounds and about 430 hp. The FLM09 features a full carbon-fiber chassis, carbon brakes and an Xtrac sequential gearbox with paddle-shift actuation. All LMPC cars will race on spec Michelin tires.
Tucker has spent time behind the wheel of an FLM09. He posted two second-place finishes at the Paul Ricard circuit in France during the Le Mans Winter Racing Series despite never having set foot in the car.
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