2013 Petit Le Mans
The 16th Annual Petit Le Mans presented by Mazda was the 2013 edition of the Petit Le Mans automotive endurance race, held on October 16–19, 2013, at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia, United States. The 1,000 miles (1,600 km) race was the final Round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series season, as well as the final event of the American Le Mans Series as a whole before the series is reborn as the United SportsCar Championship in 2014. Rebellion Racing's Nick Heidfeld, Nicolas Prost, and Neel Jani won the team's second consecutive Petit Le Mans, a full six laps ahead of the P2 class winning Level 5 Motorsports Honda, who secured a championship for Scott Tucker with the victory. The BAR1 Motorsports won the Prototype Challenge category, their third straight victory of the season. Team Falken Tire Porsche held the GT class lead by less than a second at the finish, while Flying Lizard Motorsports won the GT Challenge category by a margin of six seconds.
Qualifying
[edit]The Rebellion Racing LMP1 car qualified on the pole.[1]
Qualifying results
[edit]Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P1 | 12 |  Rebellion Racing | Neel Jani | 1:09.254 | — | 1‡ |
| 2 | P1 | 6 |  Muscle Milk Pickett Racing |  Lucas Luhr | 1:10.397 | +1.143 | 2 |
| 3 | P2 | 01 | Extreme Speed Motorsports |  David Brabham | 1:12.668 | +3.414 | 3‡ |
| 4 | P2 | 551 | Level 5 Motorsports | Ryan Briscoe | 1:12.792 | +3.538 | 4 |
| 5 | P2 | 552 | Level 5 Motorsports | Guy Cosmo | 1:13.637 | +4.383 | 5 |
| 6 | P2 | 02 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Johannes van Overbeek | 1:13.929 | +4.675 | 6 |
| 7 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Dane Cameron | 1:14.955 | +5.701 | 7‡ |
| 8 | P1 | 16 | Dyson Racing Team | Chris Dyson | 1:14.978 | +5.724 | 331 |
| 9 | PC | 9 | RSR Racing |  Bruno Junqueira | 1:15.143 | +5.889 | 342 |
| 10 | PC | 05 | CORE Autosport |  Tom Kimber-Smith | 1:15.215 | +5.961 | 8 |
| 11 | PC | 8 | BAR1 Motorsports |  Kyle Marcelli | 1:15.367 | +6.113 | 9 |
| 12 | PC | 25 | 8 Star Motorsports | Sean Rayhall | 1:15.399 | +6.145 | 10 |
| 13 | PC | 18 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Tristan Nunez | 1:15.604 | +6.350 | 11 |
| 14 | PC | 7 | BAR1 Motorsports | Rusty Mitchell | 1:16.001 | +6.747 | 12 |
| 15 | P1 | 0 | DeltaWing Racing Cars | Andy Meyrick | 1:16.206 | +6.952 | 13 |
| 16 | GT | 62 | Risi Competizione |  Matteo Malucelli | 1:18.861 | +9.607 | 14‡ |
| 17 | GT | 93 | SRT Motorsports | Jonathan Bomarito | 1:18.888 | +9.634 | 15 |
| 18 | GT | 91 | SRT Motorsports | Dominik Farnbacher | 1:19.017 | +9.763 | 16 |
| 19 | GT | 3 | Corvette Racing |  Antonio García | 1:19.128 | +9.874 | 17 |
| 20 | GT | 56 | BMW Team RLL | John Edwards | 1:19.228 | +9.974 | 18 |
| 21 | GT | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Dominik Farnbacher | 1:19.386 | +10.132 | 19 |
| 22 | GT | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin | 1:19.440 | +10.186 | 20 |
| 23 | GT | 06 | CORE Autosport | Patrick Long | 1:19.947 | +10.693 | 21 |
| 24 | GT | 55 | BMW Team RLL | Uwe Alzen | 1:19.954 | +10.700 | 22 |
| 25 | GT | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Bryce Miller | 1:20.497 | +11.243 | 23 |
| 26 | GT | 23 | Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari | Leh Keen | 1:20.506 | +11.252 | 24 |
| 27 | GTC | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Spencer Pumpelly | 1:24.118 | +14.864 | 25‡ |
| 28 | GTC | 22 | Alex Job Racing |  Jeroen Bleekemolen | 1:24.433 | +15.179 | 26 |
| 29 | GTC | 27 | Dempsey Racing/Del Piero | Andy Lally | 1:24.480 | +15.226 | 27 |
| 30 | GTC | 11 | JDX Racing |  Jan Heylen | 1:24.923 | +15.669 | 28 |
| 31 | GTC | 66 | TRG |  Damien Faulkner | 1:24.926 | +15.672 | 29 |
| 32 | GTC | 31 | NGT Motorsport |  Nicolas Armindo | 1:25.237 | +15.983 | 30 |
| 33 | GTC | 10 | Dempsey Racing/Del Piero | Charles Espenlaub | 1:25.368 | +16.114 | 31 |
| 34 | GTC | 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman | 1:28.039 | +18.785 | 32 |
| Sources:[2][3] | |||||||
- ^1 - The No. 16 Dyson Racing entry was moved to the back of the grid for changing tires between qualifying and the race.[3]
- ^2 - The No. 9 RSR Racing entry was moved to the back of the grid after the car failed post-qualifying technical inspection.[3]
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]- ^ Smith, Steven Cole (November 11, 2013). "Now It's Over". Autoweek: 76–77.
- ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "StartGrid" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "ALMS: Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta, Entry List". DailySportsCar. October 15, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "2013 Petit Le Mans". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 21, 2024.