The 2013 American Le Mans Series was the fifteenth and final season of the International Motor Sports Association GT Championship being labeled as the American Le Mans Series, before merging up with the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2014.
As the IMSA and Grand-Am merger was announced on September 5, 2012, between NASCAR Holdings (Grand-Am's owner) and Panoz Motorsports, the 2013 season was the transition season as both series were now held under the NASCAR Holdings banner. As such, this is the 43rd season of the series dating back to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship.[ 1]
It began on March 16 with the 61st running of the 12 Hours of Sebring and ended with the 16th running of the Petit Le Mans on October 19. At the seventh round in Baltimore, Muscle Milk Pickett Racing successfully defended their 2012 Prototype One championship.
The calendar was announced October 18, 2012.[ 2] Circuit of the Americas near Austin , Texas , was previously announced in June 2012,[ 3] Rolex Sports Car Series at Road America was announced on September 28, 2012.[ 4] Mid-Ohio , a joint weekend with the IndyCar Series , was not renewed. The event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was initially scheduled on May 18. However, with this date conflicting with the 24 Hours Nürburgring , the series opted to move the event up one week to May 11. The event was also shortened from 6 hours to 4 hours.[ 5]
Rnd
Race
Length
Circuit
Location
Date
1
61st Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring
12 Hours
Sebring International Raceway
Sebring, Florida
March 16
2
American Le Mans Series at Long Beach
2 Hours
Long Beach Street Circuit
Long Beach, California
April 20
3
American Le Mans Monterey
4 Hours
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Monterey, California
May 11
4
American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix
2 Hours 45 Minutes
Lime Rock Park
Lakeville, Connecticut
July 6
5
Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix
2 Hours 45 Minutes
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Bowmanville, Ontario
July 21
6
Orion Energy Systems 245 [ 6] 2 Hours 45 Minutes
Road America
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
August 11
7
Grand Prix of Baltimore
2 Hours
Baltimore street circuit
Baltimore, Maryland
August 31
8
International Sports Car Weekend
2 Hours 45 Minutes
Circuit of the Americas
Austin, Texas
September 21
9
Oak Tree Grand Prix [ 7] 2 Hours 45 Minutes
Virginia International Raceway
Alton, Virginia
October 5
10
Petit Le Mans
1,000 mi (1,600 km) or 10 Hours
Road Atlanta
Braselton, Georgia
October 19
Entry List
Entrant/Team
Car
Engine
Tyre
No
Drivers
Rounds
P1
DeltaWing Racing Cars
DeltaWing
Élan (Mazda ) 1.9 L Turbo I4
B 0
Andy Meyrick
1, 3–6, 8–10
Olivier Pla
1
Katherine Legge
3–6, 8–10
Audi Sport Team Joest
Audi R18 e-tron quattro
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6Diesel )
M 1
Marcel Fässler
1
Benoît Tréluyer
1
Oliver Jarvis
1
2
Lucas di Grassi
1
Tom Kristensen
1
Allan McNish
1
Muscle Milk Pickett Racing
HPD ARX-03c
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
M 6
Klaus Graf
All
Lucas Luhr
All
Romain Dumas
1, 10
Rebellion Racing
Lola B12/60
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
M 12
Nick Heidfeld
1–3, 10
Neel Jani
1–3, 10
Nicolas Prost
1, 10
13
Mathias Beche
1
Congfu Cheng
1
Andrea Belicchi
1
Dyson Racing Team
Lola B12/60
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4Isobutanol )
M 16
Guy Smith
1–4, 7, 9
Chris Dyson
1–4, 7, 10
Butch Leitzinger
1
5–6, 8, 10
5–6, 8, 10
Johnny Mowlem
9
P2
Greaves Motorsport
Zytek Z11SN
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
D 41
Tom Kimber-Smith
1
1
Eric Lux
1
Extreme Speed Motorsports
HPD ARX-03b
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
M 01
Scott Sharp
All
Guy Cosmo
1–6
David Brabham
1, 10
Anthony Lazzaro
7–10
02
All
Johannes van Overbeek
All
Anthony Lazzaro
1
Rob Bell
10
Level 5 Motorsports
HPD ARX-03b
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
M 551
Scott Tucker
All
Ryan Briscoe
1–2, 4, 7–10
Marino Franchitti
1, 3, 5, 10
Simon Pagenaud
6
552
Scott Tucker
1–8
Ryan Hunter-Reay
1
Simon Pagenaud
1
Marino Franchitti
2, 4, 6–9
Ryan Briscoe
3
Mike Conway
5
Ricardo González
6
Guy Cosmo
7–10
Stefan Johansson
9
Jonny Kane
10
Peter Dumbreck
10
PC
Starworks Motorsport
Oreca FLM09
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
C 5
Ryan Dalziel
8
John Pew
8
Oreca FLM09
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
C 7
Rusty Mitchell
All
Tomy Drissi
1–5, 7–8, 10
1
James French
6, 9–10
8
Kyle Marcelli
All
All
Stefan Johansson
1, 10
RSR Racing
Oreca FLM09
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
C 9
Bruno Junqueira
1–8, 10
Duncan Ende
1–6, 10
Alex Popow
1, 7
David Heinemeier Hansson
8
Gustavo Menezes
10
Oreca FLM09
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
C 18
Tristan Nunez
All
1–3, 5–8, 10
David Heinemeier Hansson
1
4, 9
8 Star Motorsports
Oreca FLM09
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
C 25
Oswaldo Negri Jr.
10
Sean Rayhall
10
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports
Oreca FLM09
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
C 52
All
David Cheng
1, 4–6, 10
David Ostella
1
Luis Díaz
2–3
Dane Cameron
5, 7–10
DragonSpeed
Oreca FLM09
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
C 81
1, 3–6, 8–9
1
Pierre Kaffer
1
Renger van der Zande
3–6, 8–9
CORE Autosport
Oreca FLM09
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
C 05
Jon Bennett
All
Colin Braun
1–7
Mark Wilkins
1, 10
Tom Kimber-Smith
8–10
GT
Corvette Racing
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
M 3
Antonio García
All
Jan Magnussen
All
Jordan Taylor
1, 10
4
Oliver Gavin
All
Tommy Milner
All
Richard Westbrook
1, 10
Team Falken Tire
Porsche 997 GT3 -RSR
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
F 17
Wolf Henzler
All
Bryan Sellers
All
Nick Tandy
1, 10
AJR /Boardwalk Ferrari
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
Y 23
Townsend Bell
1–9
1–4, 7–10
Leh Keen
1, 5–6, 10
Johnny Mowlem
10
Paul Miller Racing
Porsche 997 GT3 -RSR
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
M 48
Bryce Miller
All
Marco Holzer
All
Richard Lietz
1
Emmanuel Collard
10
BMW Team RLL
BMW Z4 GTE
BMW 4.4 L V8
M 55
Bill Auberlen
1–9
Maxime Martin
1–7, 9–10
Jörg Müller
1, 10
Joey Hand
8
Uwe Alzen
10
56
Dirk Müller
All
Joey Hand
1–2, 5, 7, 9
John Edwards
1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10
Bill Auberlen
10
Risi Competizione
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
M 62
Olivier Beretta
1–4, 6–10
1–4, 6–10
Gianmaria Bruni
1
10
SRT Motorsports
SRT Viper GTS-R
SRT 8.0 L V10
M 91
Dominik Farnbacher
All
Marc Goossens
All
Ryan Dalziel
1, 10
93
Kuno Wittmer
All
Jonathan Bomarito
All
Tommy Kendall
1, 10
Aston Martin Racing
Aston Martin Vantage GTE
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
M 97
Darren Turner
1
Stefan Mücke
1
Bruno Senna
1
007
Paul Dalla Lana
1
Billy Johnson
1
Pedro Lamy
1
CORE Autosport
Porsche 997 GT3 -RSR
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
M 06
Patrick Long
3–10
Tom Kimber-Smith
3–7
Colin Braun
8–10
Michael Christensen
10
GTC
Dempsey Racing /Del Piero
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Y 10
Michael Avenatti
1–3
1–2
1, 3
Darren Law
10
10
10
27
Patrick Dempsey
All
1–2, 10
Andy Lally
1, 3–10
JDX Racing
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Y 11
All
Jan Heylen
All
Jon Fogarty
1, 10
Alex Job Racing
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Y 22
Cooper MacNeil
All
Jeroen Bleekemolen
All
Dion von Moltke
1
Sebastiaan Bleekemolen
10
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Y 30
1–9
Sean Edwards
1–2, 5–9
1
Nick Tandy
3
Nicolas Armindo
4
31
Kuba Giermaziak
1, 9
1
Mario Farnbacher
1
9
Nicolas Armindo
10
Christina Nielsen
10
10
Flying Lizard Motorsports
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Y 44
1, 3
1, 10
Alexandre Imperatori
1
Dion von Moltke
2–10
2
Seth Neiman
4–10
45
Nelson Canache Jr.
All
Spencer Pumpelly
All
1
Seth Neiman
3
Madison Snow
10
TRG
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Y 66
Ben Keating
All
Damien Faulkner
All
Craig Stanton
1, 10
67
7
Norbert Siedler
7
68
1, 7
Kévin Estre
1, 7
1
Bret Curtis
2
Craig Stanton
3–4
3
David Ostella
4
Alex Popow
5
Ryan Dalziel
5
6
Madison Snow
6
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Y 99
1–2
Sascha Maassen
1
Lawson Aschenbach
1
2–3
3
On September 17, 2012, it was announced that the DeltaWing prototype had been cleared for entry into the ALMS for 2013.[ 8]
On October 26, 2012, Porsche announced that it would cease development of the 911 GT3-RSR (Type 997), which had competed in the series since 2005, to focus its efforts on developing its next generation 911 GT3-RSR (Type 991) race car set to debut in 2014. As a result, the development partnership with Flying Lizard Motorsports was discontinued. Porsche will, however, continue to provide support for customer teams continuing to compete with the 911 GT3-RSR (Type 997).[ 9]
On November 15, 2012, Flying Lizard Motorsports announced that they would transition to competing in the GT Challenge category. On that date they confirmed a full-season campaign for their #44 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup entry to be piloted by team principal Seth Neiman and 2-time 24 Hours of Daytona GT class champion Spencer Pumpelly .[ 10]
On December 2, 2012, BMW announced that they would stop racing with the M3 GT2 in favour of the BMW Z4 GTE model.[ 11]
On December 5, 2012, Rebellion Racing announced that they would contest the full season with a single Lola B12/60 Toyota P1 Prototype. The team will also enter a second car for at least the 12 Hours of Sebring .[ 12]
On December 6, 2012, CORE Autosport confirmed their return to the PC category with drivers Colin Braun and Jon Bennett piloting their No. 05 entry. Braun and Bennett will be joined by Mark Wilkins for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans . The driver lineup for the team's second entry (No. 06) is still pending.[ 13]
On December 19, 2012 Paul Miller Racing announced that Porsche works driver, Marco Holzer , would join Bryce Miller in competing for the GT championship in the team's 911 GT3-RSR (Type 997). The team also announced the switch to Michelin tires, having previously competed on Dunlop tires.[ 14]
On January 18, 2013, Risi Competizione announced their return to the GT class. They will field one Ferrari 458 Italia , with drivers yet to be announced.[ 15]
On January 22, 2013, CORE Autosport announced that it would field a Porsche 997 GT3 -RSR in GT, in addition to their PC effort. Patrick Long and Tom Kimber-Smith will drive it.[ 16]
Extreme Speed Motorsports will switch to P2 fielding two HPD ARX-03b prototypes, retaining drivers Scott Sharp and Johannes van Overbeek in the No. 01 and Ed Brown and Guy Cosmo in the No. 02.[ 17] Results and standings
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Points were awarded to the top ten cars and drivers which complete at least 70% of their class winner's distance. Teams with multiple entries only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race. Drivers were required to drive a minimum of 45 minutes to earn points, except for the Long Beach event which required only 30 minutes. Drivers are required to complete a particular amount of the minimum number of laps in order to earn points. The number of laps vary depending on the course size.
Points System[ 18]
Race Distance
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Less than four hours
20
16
13
10
8
6
4
3
2
1
Between four and eight hours
22
18
15
12
10
8
6
5
4
3
More than eight hours
24
20
17
14
12
10
8
7
6
5
Teams with full season entries are awarded points in the team championships. Teams which participated in a partial season or on a race-by-race basis are not included in these championships.
[ 19]
[ 19]
1: Car was scored in 1st place in the race results, but was subsequently penalized for a late-race avoidable contact incident, resulting in the team being awarded points and winnings as the 3rd-place finisher. The points and earnings for the 2nd and 3rd place cars were elevated to 1st and 2nd, respectively. All teams utilize the Oreca FLM09 chassis with Chevrolet LS3 engine.[ 19]
Pos
Team
SEB
LBH
LGA
LRP
MOS
RAM
BGP
AUS
VIR
PLM
Total
1
CORE Autosport
12
20
18
16
20
10
16
0
16
20
148
2
20
10
12
10
13
16
0
20
20
24
145
3
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports
24
16
22
6
10
13
13
16
8
14
142
4
17
8
15
13
6
8
20
13
10
0
110
5
RSR Racing
14
13
8
20
8
20
0
8
12
103
6
8
0
8
16
6
10
6
54
[ 19]
All teams utilize variations of the Porsche 997 GT3 Cup.
[ 19]
Driver championships
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Drivers who participated in races but failed to score points over the course of the season are not listed.
[ 19]
[ 19]
Drivers in the PC category are allowed to drive for more than one car during an event. If a driver is in each car for a minimum of two hours each, he is allowed to score the points from whichever car he chooses.[ 19]
[ 19]
[ 19]
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