International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship schedule in October 2013.
The 2014 Oak Tree Grand Prix was the eleventh of thirteen scheduled sports car races of 2014 by IMSA, and it was the eighth round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.
[3] With 245 points, GTLM was led by Antonio García and Jan Magnussen with an eight-point advantage over Kuno Wittmer and Jonathan Bomarito.
[3] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Bill Sweedler and Townsend Bell with 220 points; the duo held a three-point gap over Leh Keen and Cooper MacNeil.
Cars in Cooper Tires Prototype Lites were sent out first before those grouped in PC had one separate identically timed 15 minute session.
Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order.