OAK Racing Unveils New LMP2 Chassis; Conquest to Sell and Race It in the U.S.

OAK Racing unveiled its 2012 LMP2 chassis, and Conquest Racing confirmed it will campaign one in the ALMS.

Cost-capped P2 cars like the OAK-Pescarolo offer great racing for less investment than the premier P1 and GT classes, where factory support can drive costs beyond what private teams can afford. James Fish/The Epoch Times

OAK Racing, and its newly-named constructor department Onroak Automotive, have unveiled a new LMP2 chassis designed for privateer teams in the World Endurance Challenge, American Le Mans Series, and European Le Mans Series.

The new chassis will be available in North America through OAK’s new partner, Conquest Endurance, and offshoot of IndyCar team Conquest Racing.

“The 2012 OAK-Pescarolo LMP2 and the creation of Onroak Automotive are the results of our large-scale interest in the class, demonstrated as early as 2008 with the creation of the initial LMP2 using the LMP1 Pescarolo chassis,” said OAK Racing’s Jacques Nicolet on the team OAK racing website.

“The 2012-spec car benefits from the experience we have acquired since, both as a constructor and a racing team. We believe we have achieved the best balance in terms of performance, integration of the new safety regulations and respect for the low-cost spirit requested by the ACO.”

The new chassis conforms to all 2012 ACO and FIA regulations (Automobile Club de l‘Ouest and Federation Internationale de l’Automobile—the two major international sanctioning bodies) for the cost-capped LMP2 class. The new design will accept a variety of popular P2 racing engines: Judd, Nissan, HPD and Roush-Ford engines can all be accommodated.