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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.^[1] 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

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.^[2] 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 (3.602 km) Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey County, California on May 11, 2013.^[3] The event was shortened from 6 hours to 4 hours.^[3]

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.^[4] With 92 points, Ryan Briscoe and Scott Tucker led the P2 Drivers' Championship over Marino Franchitti by 3 points.^[4] In PC, Mike Guasch led the Drivers' Championship with 40 points, ahead of Colin Braun.^[4] Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner led the GT Drivers' Championship with 34 points, ahead of Bill Auberlen and Maxime Martin on countback.^[4] With 37 points, Henrique Cisneros and Sean Edwards led the GTC Drivers' Championship, ahead of Nelson Canache Jr. and Spencer Pumpelly.^[4]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[5]

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
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
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	36

^1 - The #0 DeltaWing and #66 Porsche were moved to the back of the grid for not using their elected driver during qualifying.^[6]
^2 - The #06 Porsche had its qualifying times disallowed after the car failed post-qualifying technical inspection.^[6]

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).^[7]^[8]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps
1	P1	6	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr	HPD ARX-03a	M	150
1	P1	6	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr	Honda 3.4 L V8	M	150
2	P1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nick Heidfeld Neel Jani	Lola B12/60	M	150
2	P1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nick Heidfeld Neel Jani	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8	M	150
3	P2	551	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Marino Franchitti	HPD ARX-03b	M	146
3	P2	551	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Marino Franchitti	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6	M	146
4	P2	552	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Ryan Briscoe	HPD ARX-03b	M	146
4	P2	552	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Ryan Briscoe	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6	M	146
5	PC	52	PR1/Mathiesen Motorsports	Luis Díaz Mike Guasch	Oreca FLM09	C	145
5	PC	52	PR1/Mathiesen Motorsports	Luis Díaz Mike Guasch	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	145
6	PC	05	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Oreca FLM09	C	145
6	PC	05	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	145
7	PC	18	Performance Tech Motorsports	Tristan Nunez Charlie Shears	Oreca FLM09	C	144
7	PC	18	Performance Tech Motorsports	Tristan Nunez Charlie Shears	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	144
8	PC	8	BAR1 Motorsports	Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming	Oreca FLM09	C	144
8	PC	8	BAR1 Motorsports	Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	144
9	GT	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	142
9	GT	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	M	142
10	GT	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	F	142³
10	GT	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	F	142³
11	GT	56	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Dirk Müller	BMW Z4 GTE	M	142
11	GT	56	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Dirk Müller	BMW 4.4 L V8	M	142
12	GT	23	Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari	Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Y	142
12	GT	23	Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari	Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	Y	142
13	GT	91	SRT Motorsports	Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher	SRT Viper GTS-R	M	142
13	GT	91	SRT Motorsports	Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher	SRT 8.0 L V10	M	142
14	PC	81	DragonSpeed Mishumotors	Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande	Oreca FLM09	C	142
14	PC	81	DragonSpeed Mishumotors	Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	142
15	GT	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryce Miller Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	142
15	GT	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryce Miller Marco Holzer	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	142
16	P2	01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Guy Cosmo	HPD ARX-03b	M	142
16	P2	01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Guy Cosmo	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6	M	142
17	PC	7	BAR1 Motorsports	Tomy Drissi Rusty Mitchell	Oreca FLM09	C	141
17	PC	7	BAR1 Motorsports	Tomy Drissi Rusty Mitchell	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	141
18	GT	06	CORE Autosport	Patrick Long Tom Kimber-Smith	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	140
18	GT	06	CORE Autosport	Patrick Long Tom Kimber-Smith	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	140
19	GT	62	Risi Competizione	Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	139
19	GT	62	Risi Competizione	Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	M	139
20	GTC	30	NGT Motorsport	Henrique Cisneros Nick Tandy	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	137
20	GTC	30	NGT Motorsport	Henrique Cisneros Nick Tandy	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Y	137
21	GTC	27	Dempsey Del Piero Racing	Patrick Dempsey Andy Lally	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	137
21	GTC	27	Dempsey Del Piero Racing	Patrick Dempsey Andy Lally	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Y	137
22	GTC	22	Alex Job Racing	Cooper MacNeil Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	137
22	GTC	22	Alex Job Racing	Cooper MacNeil Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Y	137
23	GTC	66	TRG	Ben Keating Damien Faulkner	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	137
23	GTC	66	TRG	Ben Keating Damien Faulkner	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Y	137
24	GTC	11	JDX Racing	Mike Hedlund Jan Heylen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	137
24	GTC	11	JDX Racing	Mike Hedlund Jan Heylen	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Y	137
25	GTC	10	Dempsey Del Piero Racing	Michael Avenatti Andrew Davis	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	137
25	GTC	10	Dempsey Del Piero Racing	Michael Avenatti Andrew Davis	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Y	137
26	GT	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	136
26	GT	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	M	136
27	GTC	68	TRG	Andrew Novich Craig Stanton	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	135
27	GTC	68	TRG	Andrew Novich Craig Stanton	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Y	135
28	GTC	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly Seth Neiman Nelson Canache, Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	134
28	GTC	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly Seth Neiman Nelson Canache, Jr.	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Y	134
29	PC	9	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira Duncan Ende	Oreca FLM09	C	132
29	PC	9	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira Duncan Ende	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	132
30	GTC	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Pierre Ehret Dion von Moltke	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	129
30	GTC	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Pierre Ehret Dion von Moltke	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Y	129
31	GTC	99	Competition Motorsports	Cort Wagner Ted Ballou	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	122
31	GTC	99	Competition Motorsports	Cort Wagner Ted Ballou	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Y	122
32 DNF	P1	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars	Katherine Legge Andy Meyrick	DeltaWing LM12	B	104
32 DNF	P1	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars	Katherine Legge Andy Meyrick	Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4	B	104
33 DNF	GT	55	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Maxime Martin	BMW Z4 GTE	M	85
33 DNF	GT	55	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Maxime Martin	BMW 4.4 L V8	M	85
34 DNF	P2	02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek	HPD ARX-03b	M	64
34 DNF	P2	02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6	M	64
35 DNF	P1	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Lola B12/60	M	21
35 DNF	P1	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Butanol)	M	21
36 DNF	GT	93	SRT Motorsports	Kuno Wittmer Jonathan Bomarito	SRT Viper GTS-R	M	12
36 DNF	GT	93	SRT Motorsports	Kuno Wittmer Jonathan Bomarito	SRT 8.0 L V10	M	12

^3 - The #17 Porsche failed post-race technical inspection, forfeiting all championship points but still maintaining its finishing position in the race.^[7]

References

^ Dagys, John (11 May 2013). "ALMS: Muscle Milk Breaks Through At Monterey". SpeedTV.com. Speed Channel. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
^ "American Le Mans releases 2013 schedule". Autoweek. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b "ALMS Confirms 2013 Mazda Raceway Date Change". American Le Mans Series. October 26, 2012. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Official 2013 AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES PRESENTED BY TEQUILA PATRÓN CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
^ "Unofficial Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 11 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Official Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
^ "2013 American Le Mans Monterey". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

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[Luhr-1] Dagys, John (11 May 2013). "ALMS: Muscle Milk Breaks Through At Monterey". SpeedTV.com. Speed Channel. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[:0-2] "American Le Mans releases 2013 schedule". Autoweek. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2024.

[:1-3] "ALMS Confirms 2013 Mazda Raceway Date Change". American Le Mans Series. October 26, 2012. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

[Point_Standings-4] "Official 2013 AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES PRESENTED BY TEQUILA PATRÓN CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

[Qualifying-5] "Unofficial Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 11 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[Grid-6] "Official Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[Race-7] "Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[8] "2013 American Le Mans Monterey". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

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