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American auto racing team

CORE Autosport Founded 2010 Folded 2022 Team principal(s) Morgan Brady Jon Bennett Former series WeatherTech SportsCar Championship American Le Mans Series IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Cooper Tires Prototype Lites 2010 Teams' Championships 7 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022) Drivers' Championships 6 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2022)

**CORE Autosport** was an American [auto racing](/source/Auto_racing) team founded by [Jon Bennett](/source/Jon_Bennett_(racing_driver)) in 2010 and based out of [Rock Hill, South Carolina](/source/Rock_Hill%2C_South_Carolina). After claiming the IMSA Lites Championship in 2010, the team, led by team manager, Morgan Brady, made the move to competing in the American Le Mans Series. The team competed in the [WeatherTech SportsCar Championship](/source/WeatherTech_SportsCar_Championship) fielding the Nos. 911 and 912 [Porsche 911 RSR](/source/Porsche_911_GT3#991_RSR_(2017–2019)) as **[Porsche](/source/Porsche) GT Team** in GT Le Mans under a works contract.

## American Le Mans Series

CORE autosport at the [2012 Petit Le Mans](/source/2012_Petit_Le_Mans).

In 2011, the team began its competition in the [American Le Mans Series](/source/American_Le_Mans_Series) with a two-car [LMP Challenge](/source/Le_Mans_Prototype_Challenge) category effort with team owner Jon Bennett and Frankie Montecalvo driving the #05 and [Ricardo González](/source/Ricardo_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(racing_driver)) and Gunnar Jeannette driving the #06 [Oreca FLM09](/source/Oreca_FLM09). Despite stiff competition, the #06 car managed two class and the team's consistent performance would prove successful. In their rookie season, the Core autosport team won the Team Championship by one point with drivers González and [Gunnar Jeannette](/source/Gunnar_Jeannette) first in the Drivers' Championship.[1][2]

For the 2012 season, the team would, once again, field two [Oreca FLM09](/source/Oreca_FLM09) in the [LMPC](/source/Le_Mans_Prototype_Challenge) category. This year the #05 car was driven by [Jon Bennett](/source/Jon_Bennett_(racing_driver)) and [Colin Braun](/source/Colin_Braun) and the #06 car driven by [Alex Popow](/source/Alex_Popow) and [Ryan Dalziel](/source/Ryan_Dalziel). 2012 would become a dominant year for the Core autosport Team. Claiming 8 class victories of the 10 race season, including victories at the [12 Hours of Sebring](/source/12_Hours_of_Sebring) and [Petit Le Mans](/source/Petit_Le_Mans), the team would win their second Team Championship and finish 1st and 2nd in the LMPC Drivers' Championship.[3][4]

The 2013 season was a transition season for the CORE autosport team. [Jon Bennett](/source/Jon_Bennett_(racing_driver)) and [Colin Braun](/source/Colin_Braun) would once again team up to run in LMPC Class, but would be joined by a [Porsche 911 GT3-RSR](/source/Porsche_911_GT3-RSR) driven by [Tom Kimber-Smith](/source/Tom_Kimber-Smith) and [Porsche](/source/Porsche) factory driver [Patrick Long](/source/Patrick_Long) in the GT class that debut at [Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca](/source/Mazda_Raceway_Laguna_Seca), the third round of the season. The #05 LMPC car finished the season with a victory at Long Beach and another at [Canadian Tire Motorsports Park](/source/Canadian_Tire_Motorsports_Park). The team finished 3 points ahead of Bar1 Motorsports and claimed the Teams' Championship.[5] [Jon Bennett](/source/Jon_Bennett_(racing_driver)) finished 3rd in the Drivers' Championship.[6]

## WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

For 2014, CORE autosport partnered with [Porsche](/source/Porsche) Motorsport North America to run two factory-supported [Porsche 911](/source/Porsche_911) RSRs in the [United SportsCar Championship](/source/United_SportsCar_Championship) under the Porsche North America name.[7] Full season pilots [Patrick Long](/source/Patrick_Long) and new Porsche factory driver [Michael Christensen](/source/Michael_Christensen_(racing_driver)) would team with [Patrick Pilet](/source/Patrick_Pilet) while [Nick Tandy](/source/Nick_Tandy) and [Richard Lietz](/source/Richard_Lietz) would be joined by [Joerg Bergmeister](/source/Joerg_Bergmeister) for the season opening [24 Hours of Daytona](/source/24_Hours_of_Daytona).[8]

CORE won the season-opening [2014 24 Hours of Daytona](/source/2014_24_Hours_of_Daytona) in both the Prototype Challenge class with [Colin Braun](/source/Colin_Braun), [Jon Bennett](/source/Jon_Bennett_(racing_driver)), Mark Wilkins and James Gue, while the factory-run No. 911 Porsche of [Nick Tandy](/source/Nick_Tandy), [Richard Lietz](/source/Richard_Lietz) and [Patrick Pilet](/source/Patrick_Pilet) picked up top class honors in GT Le Mans.[9] The team went on to win the Prototype Challenge Driver, Team and Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup Championships. CORE's success with Porsche North America in 2014 helped Porsche earn the 2014 GTLM Manufacturers' Championship. The No. 912 entry driven by Patrick Long and Michael Christensen also won the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup in the GTLM team category.[10]

CORE again claimed the Prototype Challenge Team and Driver Championships in [2015](/source/2015_United_SportsCar_Championship) with Jon Bennett and Colin Braun, making it five-straight Prototype Challenge team titles.[11] Porsche North America's No. 911 entry, with drivers Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy and Richard Lietz, earned the GTLM Team Championship, thanks in stunning part to the No. 911's historic overall victory at the season-ending Petit Le Mans.[11][12] Porsche once again collected GTLM Manufacturer Championship honors, while Pilet earned the GTLM Drivers' Championship (because co-driver Nick Tandy missed two rounds to participate in the World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans, he did not share the title).[11][13]

The team for the [2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship](/source/2019_WeatherTech_SportsCar_Championship) would run a [Onroak Nissan DPi](/source/Onroak_Nissan_DPi). The DPIs were purchased from the defunct [Extreme Speed Motorsports](/source/Extreme_Speed_Motorsports) team.[14][15] The 2019 retirement of CORE owner Jon Bennett would end the program.[16]

Bennett announced the closure of the team in November 2022.[17]

## Racing record

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class Pos. 2018 Porsche GT Team 93 Porsche 911 RSR Earl Bamber Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy LMGTE Pro 334 27th 10th 94 Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Sven Müller 92 DNF DNF 2019 Porsche GT Team 93 Porsche 911 RSR Earl Bamber Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy LMGTE Pro 342 22nd 3rd 94 Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller Dennis Olsen 339 27th 7th

### Complete American Le Mans Series results

([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (results in **bold** indicate pole position)

Year Entrant Class Car Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Drivers Pts. Drivers Pos. Team Pts. Team Pos. 2011 CORE Autosport LMPC Oreca FLM09 SEB LBH LIM MOS MOH ELK BAL LAG ATL Jon Bennett Frankie Montecalvo 005 2 4 5 2 6 3 3 4 5† 130 2nd 167 1st Ryan Dalziel 2 5† 44 10th Andy Wallace 4 15 17th Ricardo González Gunnar Jeannette 006 3 1 2 1 4 5 4 2 3 156 1st Rudy Junco, Jr. 3 2 3 92 6th 2012 CORE Autosport PC Oreca FLM09 SEB LBH MOS LIM MOS MOH ELK BAL VIR ATL Jon Bennett Colin Braun 05 3 3 1 1 2 6 2 Ret 1 4 150 2nd 206 1st Eric Lux 3 0 NC Ricardo González 4 14 25th Alex Popow 06 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 185 1st E. J. Viso 1 24 17th Burt Frisselle 1 0 NC Ryan Dalziel 1 3 2 1 1 64 7th Tom Kimber-Smith 3 1 3 68 6th Jon Bennett 2 150 2nd Mark Wilkins 1 0 NC 2013 CORE Autosport PC Oreca FLM09 SEB LBH MOS LIM MOS ELK BAL AUS VIR ATL Jon Bennett 05 5 1 2 2 1 4 2 3 2 3 150 2nd 148 1st Colin Braun 5 1 2 2 1 4 2 112 5th Mark Wilkins 5 3 12 20th Tom Kimber-Smith 3 2 3 36 15th

### Complete United SportsCar Championship results

([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (results in **bold** indicate pole position)

Year Entrant Class Car Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Drivers Pts. Drivers Pos. Team Pts. Team Pos. 2014 CORE Autosport PC Oreca FLM09 DAY SEB LAG KAN WGL IND ELK VIR AUS ATL Jon Bennett Colin Braun 54 1 1 7 1 1 3 8 3 2 2 321 1st 321 1st James Gué 1 1 1 2 141 13th Mark Wilkins 1 36 27th GTLM Porsche 911 RSR DAY SEB LBH LAG WGL MOS IND ELK VIR AUS ATL Frédéric Makowiecki 910 5 27 31st 27 12th Patrick Pilet 5 140 16th Porsche North America Nick Tandy 911 1 9 4 9 5 5 10 10 10 11 5 279 11th 279 9th Richard Lietz 1 9 4 9 5 5 10 10 189 15th Patrick Pilet 1 9 5 5 189 15th Michael Christensen 10 303 6th Jörg Bergmeister 11 5 107 18th Michael Christensen Patrick Long 912 9 1 5 8 8 9 3 5 8 3 2 303 6th 303 4th Jörg Bergmeister 9 1 107 18th Patrick Pilet 8 189 15th Earl Bamber 2 33 29th 2015 CORE Autosport PC Oreca FLM09 DAY SEB LAG BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK AUS ATL Jon Bennett Colin Braun 54 2 2 2 4 4 1 4 3 1 4 318 1st 318 1st James Gué 2 2 4 95 15th Mark Wilkins 2 33 25th Anthony Lazzaro 4 20 32nd Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR DAY SEB LBH LAG WGL MOS ELK VIR AUS ATL Patrick Pilet 911 5 5 4 3 6 1 1 1 3 1 315 1st 315 1st Nick Tandy 5 5 6 1 1 1 3 1 255 9th Michael Christensen 5 3 56 17th Marc Lieb 5 27 24th Earl Bamber 5 6 225 10th Richard Lietz 5 1 87 14th Frédéric Makowiecki 4 103 12th Jörg Bergmeister 912 7 7 8 5 2 7 2 2 5 8 276 6th 276 6th Earl Bamber 7 7 2 7 2 2 5 8 225 10th Frédéric Makowiecki 7 7 8 103 12th Michael Christensen 7 5 56 17th Nick Tandy 7 2 255 9th Richard Lietz 8 87 14th

### Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (results in **bold** indicate pole position)

Year Entrant Class Car Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Drivers Pts. Drivers Pos. Team Pts. Team Pos. 2016 CORE Autosport PC Oreca FLM09 DAY SEB LBH LGA BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK AUS ATL Jon Bennett Colin Braun 54 8† 1 7 3 2 6 1 8 2 245 7th 245 7th Mark Wilkins 8† 1† 6† 3 29th Martin Plowman 8† 1 31st Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR AUS ATL Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy 911 8 10 1 8 9 8 6 7 6 2 10 313 4th 285 4th Kévin Estre 8 10 46 23rd Richard Lietz 10 22 29th Earl Bamber Frédéric Makowiecki 912 3 3 7 3 10 6 8 4 3 1 5 285 8th 285 8th Michael Christensen 3 3 5 103 13th 2017 CORE Autosport GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R DAY SEB LBH AUS BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Jon Bennett Colin Braun 54 22 16 14 14 8 13 14 17 7 8 4 5 231 18th 231 14th Niclas Jönsson 22 16 13 5 68 39th Patrick Long 22 90 20th Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR DAY SEB LBH AUS WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner 911 2 7 6 4 7 7 1 8 8 3 6 295 5th 295 5th Frédéric Makowiecki 2 7 57 19th Nick Tandy 6 25 25th Laurens Vanthoor 912 6 8 3 8 6 6 2 2 7 7 5 287 6th 287 6th Kévin Estre 6 8 3 78 14th Richard Lietz 6 8 48 21st Wolf Henzler 8 23 27th Gianmaria Bruni 6 6 2 2 7 7 5 186 10th Earl Bamber 5 26 24th 2018 CORE Autosport P Oreca 07 DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Jon Bennett Colin Braun 54 3 4 10 13 12 2 1 1 2 7 274 2nd 274 2nd Romain Dumas 3 4 2 7 114 20th Loïc Duval 3 30 47th Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy 911 8 1 6 6 3 4 5 5 8 8 1 299 7th 295 5th Frédéric Makowiecki 8 1 1 93 10th Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor 912 6 3 7 1 4 6 3 4 5 2 6 299 7th 295 5th Gianmaria Bruni 6 3 93 10th Mathieu Jaminet 6 25 21st 2019 CORE Autosport DPi Ligier Nissan DPi DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Jon Bennett Colin Braun 54 4 5 11 11 7 11 7 10 7 8 230 10th 230 9th Romain Dumas 4 5 11 8 97 16th Loïc Duval 4 28 31st Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy 911 5 1 5 3 1 3 4 7 1 8 6 317 2nd 317 2nd Frédéric Makowiecki 5 1 6 86 15th Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor 912 3 5 1 1 6 1 2 3 2 7 5 330 1st 330 1st Mathieu Jaminet 3 5 5 82 19th 2020 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR-19 DAY1 DAY2 SEB1 ELK VIR ATL1 MOH CLT ATL2 LGA SEB2 Frédéric Makowiecki Nick Tandy 911 3 3 6 4 3 4 5 1 3 1 297 5th 297 5th Matt Campbell 3 1 65 11th Earl Bamber 1 289 6th Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor 912 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 5 1 2 289 6th 289 6th Mathieu Jaminet 2 5 58 12th Neel Jani 2 32 14th 2021 CORE Autosport LMP3 Ligier JS P320 DAY SEB MOH WGL1 WGL2 ELK ATL Jon Bennett Colin Braun 54 5 1 4 2 3 1 7 1990 2nd 1990 2nd George Kurtz 5 1 2 7 968 11th Matt McMurry 5 0 - 2022 CORE Autosport LMP3 Ligier JS P320 DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS ELK ATL Jon Bennett Colin Braun 54 3 5 1 2 1 3 5 2002 1st 2002 1st George Kurtz 3 5 2 5 921 17th Niclas Jönsson 3 0 -

### Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend))

#### GRC Lites

Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Lites Points 2016 CORE Autosport Lites Ford Fiesta 54 Jon Bennett PHO1 PHO2 DAL DAY1 9 DAY2 12 MCAS1 MCAS2 C DC 9 AC 12 SEA 7 18th 51 Colin Braun LA1 DSQ LA2 3 10th 154 56 PHO1 PHO2 DAL DAY1 3 DAY2 10 MCAS1 MCAS2 C DC 12 AC 3 SEA Scott Anderson PHO1 PHO2 DAL DAY1 DAY2 MCAS1 MCAS2 C DC AC SEA 11 LA1 12 LA2 2 16th 55 2017 CORE Autosport Lites Ford Fiesta 54 Jon Bennett MEM 7 LOU 5 THO1 8 THO2 8 OTT1 DNS OTT2 9 INDY AC1 9 AC2 9 SEA1 SEA2 LA 10th 281 56 Colin Braun MEM 4 LOU 4 THO1 4 THO2 2 OTT1 2 OTT2 8 INDY AC1 DNS AC2 4 SEA1 SEA2 LA 8th 405

## WeatherTech SportsCar Championship wins

# Season Date Classes Track / Race No. Winning drivers Chassis Engine 1 2018 July 8 Prototype Mosport 54 Jon Bennett / Colin Braun Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 2 August 5 Prototype Road America 54 Jon Bennett / Colin Braun Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [2011 ALMS Team Championship Results](http://www.alms.com/standings/team?year%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=2011/) 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [2011 ALMS Drivers Championship Results](http://www.alms.com/standings/drivers?year%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=2011/) 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [2012 ALMS Team Championship Results](http://www.alms.com/standings/team?year%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=2012/) 2012

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [2013 ALMS Teams' Championship Results](http://www.alms.com/standings/team?year%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=2013/) 2013

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## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [CORE Autosport](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:CORE_Autosport).

- [Core autosport official website](http://coreautosport.com/)

- [American Le Mans Series official website](http://www.alms.com/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120724132013/http://www.alms.com/) 2012-07-24 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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