2013 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach

The Long Beach street circuit

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.

## Qualifying

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### Qualifying result

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos  | Class  | Team  | Driver  | Lap Time  | Grid

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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

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### Race result

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Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).[2][3]

Pos  | Class  | No  | Team  | Drivers  | Chassis  | Tire  | Laps

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1  | P1  | 6  |  Muscle Milk Pickett Racing |  Klaus Graf
Lucas Luhr | HPD ARX-03a | M | 80
Honda 3.4 L V8
2  | P1  | 12  |  Rebellion Racing |  Nick Heidfeld
Neel Jani | Lola B12/60 | M | 80
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
3  | PC  | 05  |  CORE Autosport  |  Jon Bennett
Colin Braun | Oreca FLM09 | C | 79
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
4  | PC  | 52  |  PR1/Mathiesen Motorsports  |  Luis Díaz
Mike Guasch  | Oreca FLM09 | C | 79
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
5  | PC  | 9  |  RSR Racing |  Bruno Junqueira
Duncan Ende  | Oreca FLM09 | C | 79
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
6  | P2  | 01  |  Extreme Speed Motorsports |  Scott Sharp
Guy Cosmo  | HPD ARX-03b | M | 79
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
7  | GT  | 55  |  BMW Team RLL |  Bill Auberlen
Maxime Martin | BMW Z4 GTE | M | 78
BMW 4.4 L V8
8  | P2  | 02  |  Extreme Speed Motorsports |  Ed Brown
Johannes van Overbeek | HPD ARX-03b | M | 78
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
9  | GT  | 56  |  BMW Team RLL |  Joey Hand
Dirk Müller | BMW Z4 GTE | M | 78
BMW 4.4 L V8
10  | GT  | 91  |  SRT Motorsports |  Marc Goossens
Dominik Farnbacher | SRT Viper GTS-R  | M | 78
SRT 8.0 L V10
11  | GT  | 4  |  Corvette Racing |  Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 78
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
12  | GT  | 3  |  Corvette Racing |  Jan Magnussen
Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 78
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
13  | GT  | 48  |  Paul Miller Racing  |  Bryce Miller
Marco Holzer | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  | M | 78
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14  | GT  | 23  |  Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari |  Townsend Bell
Bill Sweedler  | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Y | 77
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
15  | GT  | 93  |  SRT Motorsports |  Kuno Wittmer
Jonathan Bomarito | SRT Viper GTS-R  | M | 77
SRT 8.0 L V10
16  | GT  | 62  |  Risi Competizione |  Olivier Beretta
Matteo Malucelli  | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 77
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17  | PC  | 7  |  BAR1 Motorsports  |  Tomy Drissi
Rusty Mitchell | Oreca FLM09 | C | 77
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
18  | PC  | 18  |  Performance Tech Motorsports  |  Tristan Nunez
Charlie Shears  | Oreca FLM09 | C | 76
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
19  | GT  | 17  |  Team Falken Tire |  Bryan Sellers
Wolf Henzler | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  | F | 76
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20  | GTC  | 30  |  NGT Motorsport  |  Henrique Cisneros
Sean Edwards | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 75
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21  | GTC  | 45  |  Flying Lizard Motorsports |  Spencer Pumpelly
Nelson Canache, Jr.  | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 75
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22  | GTC  | 44  |  Flying Lizard Motorsports |  David Wong
Dion von Moltke
Spencer Pumpelly | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 75
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23  | GTC  | 22  |  Alex Job Racing |  Cooper MacNeil
Jeroen Bleekemolen | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 75
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24  | GTC  | 68  |  TRG |  Bret Curtis
Craig Stanton | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 75
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25  | PC  | 8  |  BAR1 Motorsports  |  Kyle Marcelli
Chris Cumming  | Oreca FLM09 | C | 75
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
26  | GTC  | 27  |  Dempsey Del Piero Racing |  Patrick Dempsey
Joe Foster  | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 73
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27  | GTC  | 66  |  TRG |  Ben Keating
Damien Faulkner | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 73
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28  | P2  | 551  |  Level 5 Motorsports |  Scott Tucker
Ryan Briscoe | HPD ARX-03b | M | 66
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
29  | GTC  | 11  |  JDX Racing  |  Mike Hedlund
Jan Heylen | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 62
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30  | P2  | 552  |  Level 5 Motorsports |  Scott Tucker
Marino Franchitti | HPD ARX-03b | M | 57
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
DNF  | P1  | 16  |  Dyson Racing Team |  Chris Dyson
Guy Smith | Lola B12/60 | M | 17
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Butanol)
DNF  | GTC  | 99  |  Competition Motorsports  |  David Calvert-Jones
Ted Ballou  | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 6
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF  | GTC  | 10  |  Dempsey Del Piero Racing |  Michael Avenatti
Bob Faieta  | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 5
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

## References

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1. ^ "Provisional Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
2. ^ "2013 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
3. ^ "ALMS: Long Beach, Entry List". DailySportsCar. April 16, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

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