2013 American Le Mans Monterey

February 2025 thumb|right|230px|Track map of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca The 2013 American Le Mans Series Monterey was an auto racing event held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, near Monterey, California on May 9–11, 2013. The four-hour race was the third round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series season. Germans Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr defended their 2012 Monterey win with overall victory for Muscle Milk Pickett Racing, while Luhr became the winningest driver in American Le Mans Series history. http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/alms-muscle-milk-breaks-through-at-monterey/ ALMS: Muscle Milk Breaks Through At Monterey Speed Channel SpeedTV.com Dagys John 11 May 2013 18 May 2013 14 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130614133309/http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/alms-muscle-milk-breaks-through-at-monterey dead Scott Tucker and Marino Franchitti took P2 honors for Level 5 Motorsports, while Mike Gausch and Luis Díaz won the PC category. Corvette Racing's Jan Magnussen and Antonio García led GT and Henrique Cisneros, Jr. and Nick Tandy won in GTC. Background Preview left|thumb|Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, where the race was held. 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 2012.18 October 2012 American Le Mans releases 2013 schedule https://www.autoweek.com/racing/more-racing/a1972296/american-le-mans-releases-2013-schedule/ 8 November 2024 Autoweek It was the fifteenth consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 American Le Mans Monterey was the third of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series. The event was held at the eleven-turn 2.238 mi km on Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey County, California on May 11, 2013.October 26, 2012 ALMS Confirms 2013 Mazda Raceway Date Change http://www.alms.com/articles/alms-confirms-2013-mazda-raceway-date-change dead https://archive.today/20130117034256/http://www.alms.com/articles/alms-confirms-2013-mazda-raceway-date-change January 17, 2013 9 November 2024 American Le Mans Series The event was shortened from 6 hours to 4 hours. Before the race, Nick Heidfeld and Neel Jani led the P1 Drivers' Championship with 40 points, ahead of Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr on countback with 40 points.Official 2013 AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES PRESENTED BY TEQUILA PATRÓN CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS http://www.dailysportscar.com/Uploads/ALMS/2013/ATLANTA/ALMS_Standings.pdf 9 November 2024 International Motor Sports Association With 92 points, Ryan Briscoe and Scott Tucker led the P2 Drivers' Championship over Marino Franchitti by 3 points. In PC, Mike Guasch led the Drivers' Championship with 40 points, ahead of Colin Braun. Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner led the GT Drivers' Championship with 34 points, ahead of Bill Auberlen and Maxime Martin on countback. With 37 points, Henrique Cisneros and Sean Edwards led the GTC Drivers' Championship, ahead of Nelson Canache Jr. and Spencer Pumpelly. Qualifying Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.11 May 2013 Unofficial Qualifying Report http://www.alms.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/Mazda%20Raceway%20Unofficial%20Qualifying.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131203130849/http://www.alms.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/Mazda%20Raceway%20Unofficial%20Qualifying.pdf 3 December 2013 18 May 2013 International Motor Sports Association PDF Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 P1 #12 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani 1:13.429 1 2 P1 #16 Dyson Racing Team Guy Smith 1:13.806 2 3 P1 #6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf 1:13.954 3 4 P2 #551 Level 5 Motorsports Marino Franchitti 1:16.642 4 5 P2 #552 Level 5 Motorsports Ryan Briscoe 1:17.002 5 6 PC #05 CORE Autosport Colin Braun 1:18.382 6 7 P2 #02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek 1:18.591 7 8 PC #81 DragonSpeed Mishumotors Renger van der Zande 1:18.685 8 9 P2 #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Guy Cosmo 1:18.880 9 10 PC #9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira 1:19.076 10 11 PC #51 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Luis Díaz 1:19.302 11 12 PC #8 BAR1 Motorsports Kyle Marcelli 1:19.436 12 13 PC #18 Performance Tech Motorsports Tristan Nunez 1:19.757 13 14 PC #7 BAR1 Motorsports Rusty Mitchell 1:19.762 14 15 P1 #0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Katherine Legge 1:22.078 341 1 16 GT #62 Risi Competizione Matteo Malucelli 1:22.732 15 17 GT #17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers 1:22.908 16 18 GT #4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 1:22.924 17 19 GT #55 BMW Team RLL Maxime Martin 1:22.990 18 20 GT #3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:23.042 19 21 GT #23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari Townsend Bell 1:23.217 20 22 GT #56 BMW Team RLL Dirk Müller 1:23.406 21 23 GT #91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens 1:23.615 22 24 GT #48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller 1:23.743 23 25 GT #93 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer 1:24.031 24 26 GTC #22 Alex Job Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:27.296 25 27 GTC #30 NGT Motorsports Nick Tandy 1:27.407 26 28 GTC #27 Dempsey Del Piero Racing Andy Lally 1:27.495 27 29 GTC #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly 1:27.628 28 30 GTC #11 JDX Racing Jan Heylen 1:28.272 29 31 GTC #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Dion von Moltke 1:28.424 30 32 GTC #10 Dempsey Del Piero Racing Andrew Davis 1:28.741 31 33 GTC #66 TRG Ben Keating 1:29.545 351 1 34 GTC #99 Competition Motorsports Cort Wagner 1:29.604 32 35 GTC #68 TRG Andrew Novich 1:30.151 33 – GT #06 CORE Autosport Patrick Long No Time2 2 36 1 1 - The #0 DeltaWing and #66 Porsche were moved to the back of the grid for not using their elected driver during qualifying. http://www.alms.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/Mazda%20Raceway%20Official%20Grid.pdf Official Grid International Motor Sports Association PDF 11 May 2013 18 May 2013 2 2 - The #06 Porsche had its qualifying times disallowed after the car failed post-qualifying technical inspection. Race Race result Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).11 May 2013 Provisional Race Report https://www.dailysportscar.com/Uploads/ALMS/2013/LAGUNA/Laguna_Race.pdf 18 May 2013 International Motor Sports Association PDF2013 American Le Mans Monterey https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2013_American_Le_Mans_Monterrey/LM/ 9 November 2024 Racing-Reference NASCAR Digital Media, LLC Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 P1 6 USA Muscle Milk Pickett Racing DEU Klaus GrafDEU Lucas Luhr HPD ARX-03a Michelin 150 Honda 3.4 L V8 2 P1 12 SUI Rebellion Racing DEU Nick HeidfeldSUI Neel Jani Lola B12/60 Michelin 150 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 3 P2 551 USA Level 5 Motorsports USA Scott TuckerGBR Marino Franchitti HPD ARX-03b Michelin 146 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 4 P2 552 USA Level 5 Motorsports USA Scott TuckerAUS Ryan Briscoe HPD ARX-03b Michelin 146 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 5 PC 52 USA PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports MEX Luis DíazUSA Mike Guasch Oreca FLM09 Continental 145 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 6 PC 05 USA CORE Autosport USA Jon BennettUSA Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 Continental 145 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 7 PC 18 USA Performance Tech Motorsports USA Tristan NunezUSA Charlie Shears Oreca FLM09 Continental 144 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 8 PC 8 USA BAR1 Motorsports CAN Kyle MarcelliCAN Chris Cumming Oreca FLM09 Continental 144 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 GT 3 USA Corvette Racing DEN Jan MagnussenESP Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 142 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 10 GT 17 USA Team Falken Tire USA Bryan SellersDEU Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Falken 1423 3 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GT 56 USA BMW Team RLL USA John EdwardsDEU Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE Michelin 142 BMW 4.4 L V8 12 GT 23 USA Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari USA Townsend BellUSA Bill Sweedler Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Yokohama 142 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 13 GT 91 USA SRT Motorsports BEL Marc GoossensDEU Dominik Farnbacher SRT Viper GTS-R Michelin 142 SRT 8.0 L V10 14 PC 81 USA DragonSpeed Mishumotors DEU Mirco SchultisNED Renger van der Zande Oreca FLM09 Continental 142 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 15 GT 48 USA Paul Miller Racing USA Bryce MillerDEU Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 142 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 P2 01 USA Extreme Speed Motorsports USA Scott SharpUSA Guy Cosmo HPD ARX-03b Michelin 142 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 17 PC 7 USA BAR1 Motorsports USA Tomy DrissiUSA Rusty Mitchell Oreca FLM09 Continental 141 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 18 GT 06 USA CORE Autosport USA Patrick LongGBR Tom Kimber-Smith Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 140 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 GT 62 USA Risi Competizione MON Olivier BerettaITA Matteo Malucelli Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 139 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 20 GTC 30 USA NGT Motorsport USA Henrique CisnerosGBR Nick Tandy Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 GTC 27 USA Dempsey Del Piero Racing USA Patrick DempseyUSA Andy Lally Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 GTC 22 USA Alex Job Racing USA Cooper MacNeilNED Jeroen Bleekemolen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 23 GTC 66 USA TRG USA Ben KeatingIRL Damien Faulkner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 24 GTC 11 USA JDX Racing USA Mike HedlundBEL Jan Heylen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 GTC 10 USA Dempsey Del Piero Racing USA Michael AvenattiUSA Andrew Davis Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GT 4 USA Corvette Racing GBR Oliver GavinUSA Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 136 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 27 GTC 68 USA TRG USA Andrew NovichUSA Craig Stanton Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 135 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTC 45 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Spencer PumpellyUSA Seth NeimanVEN Nelson Canache, Jr. Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 134 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 PC 9 USA RSR Racing BRA Bruno JunqueiraUSA Duncan Ende Oreca FLM09 Continental 132 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 30 GTC 44 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports DEU Pierre EhretRSA Dion von Moltke Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 129 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 31 GTC 99 USA Competition Motorsports USA Cort WagnerUSA Ted Ballou Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 122 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32DNF P1 0 USA DeltaWing Racing Cars GBR Katherine LeggeGBR Andy Meyrick DeltaWing LM12 Bridgestone 104 Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4 33DNF GT 55 USA BMW Team RLL USA Bill AuberlenBEL Maxime Martin BMW Z4 GTE Michelin 85 BMW 4.4 L V8 34DNF P2 02 USA Extreme Speed Motorsports USA Ed BrownUSA Johannes van Overbeek HPD ARX-03b Michelin 64 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 35DNF P1 16 USA Dyson Racing Team USA Chris DysonGBR Guy Smith Lola B12/60 Michelin 21 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Butanol) 36DNF GT 93 USA SRT Motorsports CAN Kuno WittmerUSA Jonathan Bomarito SRT Viper GTS-R Michelin 12 SRT 8.0 L V10 3 3 - The #17 Porsche failed post-race technical inspection, forfeiting all championship points but still maintaining its finishing position in the race. References 2013 American Le Mans Series American Le Mans Series at Long Beach Northeast Grand Prix Monterey American Le Mans Monterey American Le Mans Monterey Category:Monterey Sports Car Championships