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United SportsCar Championship gets 13 Prototype entries for 2014

A total of 13 full-season entries have been received for the Prototype class of next year's inaugural United SportsCar Championship

The entry in the top category of the the 11-round series is split between six upgraded Daytona Prototypes, five LMP2s, the works DeltaWing and one team that has yet to specify which kind of car it will run.

There are a further four entries in the P class for the four-race North American Endurance Championship, which includes the season-opening Daytona 24 Hours on January 25-26.

The numbers are comparable to the entry for last year's Rolex-sponsored Grand-Am series, which has merged with the American Le Mans Series to create the USC for 2014.

The DP entry at Daytona in 2013 was 16 cars, while 14 were present at the season-closing Lime Rock round.

Scott Atherton, boss of the USC sanctioning body IMSA, said: "Our Prototype class showcases the merger of the ALMS and the Rolex series with a variety of terrific cars from both series, in addition to a few new entries."

Five-time Grand-Am champion team Chip Ganassi Racing returns with a solo Riley-Ford DP entered for all 11 rounds, as does 2012 Daytona winner Michael Shank Racing.

Ganassi will, as usual, field an extra car in the enduros that make up the NAEC.

Chevrolet is represented by Grand-Am stalwarts Wayne Taylor Racing, Action Express and Spirit of Daytona with Corvette-bodied DPs.

The GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing team, Grand-Am champion in 2007 and '09, has not made a full-season entry and will compete only in the four enduros at Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen and Indianapolis with its Corvette DP.

OAK LEADS LMP2 CONTENDERS

The French OAK Racing team has bolstered the P class with a solo LMP2 entry alongside the two-car entries from the Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD team and the SpeedSource squad with a pair of factory-backed turbodiesel Lola-Mazdas.

OAK will run one of its open-top Morgan-Nissan LMP2s before its Ligier-badged coupe comes on stream during the course of the season.

Pickett Racing, overall winner of the ALMS for the past two seasons, has been granted an entry for the full season in the P2 class but has yet to announce the car it will run.

8Star Motorsports has abandoned plans to mount an attack on the P class with one DP and one LMP2, although it is on the reserve list, and will concentrate on a two-car entry in the Prototype Challenge class alongside team boss Enzo Potolicchio's continued involvement in the World Endurance Championship.

Twelve cars will contest the PC category for the one-make ORECA-Chevrolet FLM09.

Chevrolet, SRT/Viper, BMW, Porsche and Ferrari are all represented on the 10-car full-season entry for the GT Le Mans category, formerly GT in the ALMS.

There are 28 cars registered for the GT Daytona division, formerly Grand-Am's GT class, including two for the NAEC and one for Daytona only.

The combined entry for Daytona next month is 68 cars, the largest field since 2007.

Prototype class:

#    Team                          Car
0    DeltaWing Racing Cars         DeltaWing DWC13
1    Extreme Speed Motorsports     HPD ARX-03b/Honda
01   Chip Ganassi Racing           Ford EcoBoost/Riley
02   Chip Ganassi Racing           Ford EcoBoost/Riley*
2    Extreme Speed Motorsports     HPD ARX-03b/Honda
5    Action Express Racing         Corvette DP
6    Pickett Racing                TBA
07   SpeedSource                   Mazda SKYACTIV-D Smart Diesel
9    Action Express Racing         Corvette DP*
10   Wayne Taylor Racing           Corvette DP
31   Marsh Racing                  Corvette DP
42   OAK Racing                    Morgan/Nissan
50   Highway To Help               Dinan/Riley*
60   Michael Shank Racing          Ford EcoBoost/Riley
70   SpeedSource                   Mazda SKYACTIV-D Smart Diesel
90   Spirit Of Daytona             Corvette DP
99   GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing  Corvette DP*
Reserves:
03   8Star Motorsports             Corvette DP
78   Starworks Motorsport          Riley DP
15   Project Libra                 Radical

Prototype challenge class:

7    Starworks Motorsport          ORECA FLM09
8    Starworks Motorsport          ORECA FLM09
08   RSR Racing                    ORECA FLM09
09   RSR Racing                    ORECA FLM09
25   8Star Motorsports             ORECA FLM09
38   Performance Tech Motorsports  ORECA FLM09
52   PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports     ORECA FLM09
54   CORE autosport                ORECA FLM09
87   BAR1 Motorsports              ORECA FLM09
88   BAR1 Motorsports              ORECA FLM09
551  Level 5 Motorsports           ORECA FLM09
552  Level 5 Motorsports           ORECA FLM09
Reserves:
12   Pickett Racing                ORECA FLM09
85   JDC/Miller                    ORECA FLM09

GT Le Mans class:

3    Corvette Racing               Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
4    Corvette Racing               Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
17   Team Falken Tire              Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
55   BMW Team RLL                  BMW Z4 GTE
56   BMW Team RLL                  BMW Z4 GTE
57   Krohn Racing                  Ferrari F458 Italia*
62   Risi Competizione             Ferrari F458 Italia
91   SRT Motorsports               SRT Viper GTS-R
93   SRT Motorsports               SRT Viper GTS-R
97   Aston Martin Racing           Aston Martin Vatage V8*
911  Porsche North America         Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
912  Porsche North America         Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

GT Daytona class:

007  TRG-AMR                       Aston Martin V12 Vantage
009  TRG-AMR                       Aston Martin V12 Vantage
18   Muehlner Motorsports America  Porsche GT America
19   Muehlner Motorsports America  Porsche GT America
20   GB Autosport                  Porsche GT America
22   Alex Job Racing               Porsche GT America
23   Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing  Porsche GT America
27   Dempsey Racing                Porsche GT America
28   Dempsey Racing                Porsche GT America
30   NGT Motorsport                Porsche GT America
32   GMG Racing                    Audi R8 LMS
33   Riley Motorsports             SRT Viper GT3-R
35   Flying Lizard Motorsports     Audi R8 LMS
44   Magnus Racing                 Porsche GT America
45   Flying Lizard Motorsports     Audi R8 LMS
46   Fall-Line Motorsports         Audi R8 LMS
48   Paul Miller Racing            Audi R8 LMS
49   Spirit of Race                Ferrari 458 Italia*
51   Spirit of Race                Ferrari 458 Italia*
58   Snow Racing                   Porsche GT America
63   Scuderia Corsa                Ferrari 458 Italia
64   Scuderia Corsa                Ferrari 458 Italia
71   Park Place Motorsports        Porsche GT America
72   SMP/ESM Racing                Ferrari 458 Italia**
73   Park Place Motorsports        Porsche GT America
94   Turner Motorsport             BMW Z4
555  Level 5 Motorsports           Ferrari 458 Italia
TBA  TBA                           TBA
Reserves:
29   Konrad Racing                 Porsche GT America
556  Level 5 Motorsports           Ferrari 458 Italia
65   Scuderia Corsa                Ferrari 458 Italia
75   SMP                           Ferrari 458 Italia

* NAEC rounds only
* Daytona only

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