Level 5 Motorsports was an American auto racing team founded in 2006 with illegally procured funds by racing driver, money lender and later convicted racketeer Scott Tucker, currently serving a sentence of 16 years and 8 months in federal prison. Level 5 Motorsports competed in the United SportsCar Championship and Ferrari Challenge, having won multiple American Le Mans Series championships and endurance races including the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans. Level 5 Motorsports began with Tucker competing in the Sports Car Club of America and Ferrari Challenge Series. In 2007, while continuing with SCCA and Ferrari Challenge, Tucker entered several events in the Rolex Sports Car Series and Koni Challenge Series with co-driver Ed Zabinski. Tucker also competed in the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge.
Level 5 Motorsports Oreca FLM09 at the 2010 12 Hours of Sebring.
HPD ARX-03b #552 of Level 5 Motorsports at Virginia International Raceway during the 2013 Oak Tree Grand Prix.
Scott Tucker (businessman)
Scott Tucker is an American convicted racketeer, loan shark, fraudster, and money launderer who used his illegal funds to finance – and drive for – his own sports car endurance racing team.
Tucker in 2010
Scott Tucker in a Ferrari Crawford GT
Tucker with co-drivers Richard Westbrook, Ryan Hunter-Reay, and Lucas Luhr at Daytona