By Jim Tobin
It takes outstanding focus, dedication, natural talent and big time spent in the practice ring for an athlete to master their sport to the point of being on the list of top competitors anywhere. It does take twice that formula for an athlete to get to mastery of two various playing positions inside that sport. So what exactly has it taken for Level 5 Motorsports owner and driver Scott Tucker to arive at outstanding status in 4 sports car racing series-all at the same time? Only Scott Tucker knows that.
Not only has Tucker kept an improbable schedule of races in the American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am series, Ferrari Challenge series and the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup series, but he's in fact succeeded in every of them. Plus most of his victories came on the same weekends as other wins, since Tucker was often double, triple or quadruple-scheduled.
Not only has Tucker kept an improbable schedule of races in the American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am series, Ferrari Challenge series and the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup series, but he's in fact succeeded in every of them. Plus most of his victories came on the same weekends as other wins, since Tucker was often double, triple or quadruple-scheduled.
Tucker's newest podium finish was with an all new automobile, last weekend at the American Le Mans Series Monterey at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway. The Microsoft Office-sponsored car was the product of a partnership among Honda Performance Development and Wirth Research. The HPD ARX-01g aided the team reach its maximum all round finish of the season, at 4th. The vehicle was cutting edge for the team and for Tucker, but being in the very same LMP2 group, it wasn't the severest vehicle discrepancy Tucker had ever faced.
Tucker assisted drive Level 5 Motorsports to a win at the 12 Hours of Sebring, a laborious endurance race in Florida at the Sebring International Raceway. That exact same weekend, he was also schedule to drive in the Porsche GT3 Cup. He drove, and he won-his 2nd win of the weekend in as many races.
These feats would be a little less superb if the automobiles were anything alike. Every time a driver competes in a race, he keeps significant g-forces, tremendously warm temperatures, hours of intense focus and effort, and constant critical thought. In endurance racing especially, to have these conditions and come out on top seems a superhuman feat-but to leave the podium finish and do it all over again, only to wind up on another podium-seems downright out of the question.
"I lose five to seven pounds every race," Tucker states. In order to manage his overstocked race schedule, he must maintain serious willpower in his physical regimen as well as his nutritional. To condition for less intensive schedules, he has woken up at 4:30 a.m. to do sixty minutes of cardio workouts before performing other training. His current 2011 schedule is a lot more challenging.
"Driving a Porsche and a prototype couldn't be anything more different," Tucker said while at Sebring. "I'v
Tucker assisted drive Level 5 Motorsports to a win at the 12 Hours of Sebring, a laborious endurance race in Florida at the Sebring International Raceway. That exact same weekend, he was also schedule to drive in the Porsche GT3 Cup. He drove, and he won-his 2nd win of the weekend in as many races.
These feats would be a little less superb if the automobiles were anything alike. Every time a driver competes in a race, he keeps significant g-forces, tremendously warm temperatures, hours of intense focus and effort, and constant critical thought. In endurance racing especially, to have these conditions and come out on top seems a superhuman feat-but to leave the podium finish and do it all over again, only to wind up on another podium-seems downright out of the question.
"I lose five to seven pounds every race," Tucker states. In order to manage his overstocked race schedule, he must maintain serious willpower in his physical regimen as well as his nutritional. To condition for less intensive schedules, he has woken up at 4:30 a.m. to do sixty minutes of cardio workouts before performing other training. His current 2011 schedule is a lot more challenging.
"Driving a Porsche and a prototype couldn't be anything more different," Tucker said while at Sebring. "I'v
These feats would be a little less superb if the automobiles were anything alike. Every time a driver competes in a race, he keeps significant g-forces, tremendously warm temperatures, hours of intense focus and effort, and constant critical thought. In endurance racing especially, to have these conditions and come out on top seems a superhuman feat-but to leave the podium finish and do it all over again, only to wind up on another podium-seems downright out of the question.
"I lose five to seven pounds every race," Tucker states. In order to manage his overstocked race schedule, he must maintain serious willpower in his physical regimen as well as his nutritional. To condition for less intensive schedules, he has woken up at 4:30 a.m. to do sixty minutes of cardio workouts before performing other training. His current 2011 schedule is a lot more challenging.
"Driving a Porsche and a prototype couldn't be anything more different," Tucker said while at Sebring. "I've done it in the past, and I've kind of gotten used to it, but it's still a pretty difficult thing to do."
The vehicles involve different driving styles, Tucker explained. His success in all 4 series has validated his overall flexibility and endurance as a driver, as well as his profound dedication to win. But first and foremost, it demonstrates the love for the sport. Having entered the industry as a rookie in 2006 at the age of Forty-four, Tucker didn't have a lot of time to waste. He has regularly entered every race he can and treated each one as if it were his last chance for a championship. His success not only as a somewhat new driver but also as a multi-car driver is proof that in sports, anything is realistic.
"I lose five to seven pounds every race," Tucker states. In order to manage his overstocked race schedule, he must maintain serious willpower in his physical regimen as well as his nutritional. To condition for less intensive schedules, he has woken up at 4:30 a.m. to do sixty minutes of cardio workouts before performing other training. His current 2011 schedule is a lot more challenging.
"Driving a Porsche and a prototype couldn't be anything more different," Tucker said while at Sebring. "I've done it in the past, and I've kind of gotten used to it, but it's still a pretty difficult thing to do."
The vehicles involve different driving styles, Tucker explained. His success in all 4 series has validated his overall flexibility and endurance as a driver, as well as his profound dedication to win. But first and foremost, it demonstrates the love for the sport. Having entered the industry as a rookie in 2006 at the age of Forty-four, Tucker didn't have a lot of time to waste. He has regularly entered every race he can and treated each one as if it were his last chance for a championship. His success not only as a somewhat new driver but also as a multi-car driver is proof that in sports, anything is realistic.