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 road course 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
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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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[2]
Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying result
[edit]Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[3]
| Pos | Class | Team | Driver | Lap Time | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P1 | #12 Rebellion Racing | Neel Jani | 1:12.600 | 1 |
| 2 | P1 | #16 Dyson Racing | Guy Smith | 1:13.282 | 2 |
| 3 | P1 | #6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | Lucas Luhr | 1:14.004 | 3 |
| 4 | P2 | #551 Level 5 Motorsports | Ryan Briscoe | 1:16.014 | 4 |
| 5 | PC | #9 RSR Racing | Bruno Junqueira | 1:16.167 | 5 |
| 6 | PC | #05 CORE Autosport | Colin Braun | 1:16.222 | 6 |
| 7 | PC | #52 PR1/Mathiesen Motorsports | Luis Díaz | 1:16.630 | 7 |
| 8 | PC | #8 BAR1 Motorsports | Kyle Marcelli | 1:16.654 | 8 |
| 9 | PC | #18 Performance Tech Motorsports | Tristan Nunez | 1:16.834 | 9 |
| 10 | PC | #7 BAR1 Motorsports | Rusty Mitchell | 1:17.176 | 10 |
| 11 | P2 | #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports | Scott Sharp | 1:17.390 | 11 |
| 12 | P2 | #02 Extreme Speed Motorsports | Johannes van Overbeek | 1:17.432 | 12 |
| 13 | GT | #91 SRT Motorsports | Dominik Farnbacher | 1:18.845 | 13 |
| 14 | GT | #17 Team Falken Tire | Bryan Sellers | 1:18.967 | 14 |
| 15 | GT | #93 SRT Motorsports | Jonathan Bomarito | 1:18.984 | 15 |
| 16 | GT | #3 Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen | 1:19.047 | 16 |
| 17 | GT | #55 BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen | 1:19.063 | 17 |
| 18 | GT | #4 Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner | 1:19.083 | 18 |
| 19 | GT | #62 Risi Competizione | Olivier Beretta | 1:19.184 | 19 |
| 20 | GT | #56 BMW Team RLL | Joey Hand | 1:19.258 | 20 |
| 21 | GT | #23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari | Townsend Bell | 1:19.533 | 21 |
| 22 | P2 | #552 Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker | 1:19.711 | 22 |
| 23 | GTC | #22 Alex Job Racing | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 1:22.850 | 23 |
| 24 | GTC | #30 NGT Motorsports | Sean Edwards | 1:22.971 | 24 |
| 25 | GTC | #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Spencer Pumpelly | 1:23.014 | 25 |
| 26 | GTC | #66 TRG | Damien Faulkner | 1:23.355 | 26 |
| 27 | GTC | #11 JDX Racing | Jan Heylen | 1:23.701 | 27 |
| 28 | GTC | #68 TRG | Craig Stanton | 1:23.745 | 28 |
| 29 | GTC | #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Dion von Moltke | 1:24.239 | 29 |
| 30 | GTC | #10 Dempsey Del Piero Racing | Bob Faieta | 1:24.583 | 30 |
| 31 | GTC | #27 Dempsey Del Piero Racing | Joe Foster | 1:25.091 | 31 |
| 32 | GT | #48 Paul Miller Racing | Marco Holzer | 1:27.491 | 32 |
| 33 | GTC | #99 Competition Motorsports | David Calvert-Jones | No Time | 33 |
Race
[edit]Race result
[edit]Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "American Le Mans releases 2013 schedule". Autoweek. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (October 18, 2012). "ALMS: 2013 Schedule Released". speedtv.com. Speed Channel, Inc. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Provisional Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ "ALMS: Long Beach, Entry List". DailySportsCar. April 16, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ "Provisional Race Report" (PDF). Dailysportscar.com. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "2013 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 21, 2024.