2014 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic

The race was the fifth of thirteen scheduled rounds of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship, and was held for Prototype and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship schedule in September 2013.

[1] The race was held at the fourteen-turn 2.350 mi (3.782 km) Belle Isle Park on May 31, 2014.

With the absence of the Prototype Challenge and Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) categories from the field, only two racing classes were represented in Belle Isle.

[4] GTD was represented by 20 entries from manufactures such as Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Porsche, and SRT.

Kuba Giermaziak set the third-fastest time in class in NGT Motorsport's No.

Cars in GTD were sent out first and, after a five-minute interval, Prototype vehicles drove onto the track.

Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order.

IMSA arranged the grid to put the Prototypes ahead of all GTD cars.

[6] Westbrook for Spirit of Daytona took the first pole position of his career,[11] on his final lap with a time of 1 minute, 25.011 seconds.

He was joined on the grid's front row by Dalziel who had pole position for ESM until Westbrook's lap.

73 PPM Porsche to third, ahead of Dane Cameron's fourth-placed Turner BMW and James Davison's fifth-placed TRG Aston Martin.

[2] The final results of GTD meant Sweedler and Bell increased their advantage to 1 point as fifth-placed Keen and MacNeil moved from fourth to second.

Lally and Potter dropped from second to third with 107 points, ahead of James and Farnbacher on countback.

[2] AIM Autorsport kept their advantage in the GTD Teams' Championship with eight races left in the season.