2013 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach

The 2013 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was an auto race held on the Long Beach Street Circuit in Long Beach, California on April 20 and 21, 2013. The seventh running of the Long Beach event for the American Le Mans Series, this was the second round of the 2013 season. The race weekend was shared with the IndyCar Series, which ran the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Germans Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr of Muscle Milk Pickett Racing won the race for the third year in succession. The PC category was led by Colin Braun and Jon Bennett of CORE Autosport, while Scott Sharp and Guy Cosmo's Extreme Speed Motorsports entry was victorious in the P2 class. The BMW Team RLL squad scored a one-two victory, led by Bill Auberlen and Maxime Martin; Henrique Cisneros Jr. and Sean Edwards won the GTC class for NGT Motorsports. == Background == === Preview === American Le Mans Series (ALMS) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2013 American Le Mans Series schedule in October 2012. It was the seventh consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was the second of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series. The race was held at the eleven-turn 1.968 mi (3.167 km) Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California on April 21, 2013. == Qualifying == === Qualifying result === Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. == Race == === Race result === Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC). == References ==