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2013 American Le Mans Series VIR 240

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The 2013 American Le Mans Series VIR 240 was a sports car race held at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia on October 5, 2013. The race was the ninth round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series.

Background

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Preview

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Virginia International Raceway, where the race was held.

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 second consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 American Le Mans Series VIR 240 was the ninth of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series. The race was held at the seventeen-turn 3.270 mi (5.263 km) Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia on October 5, 2013.[2]


Qualifying

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Qualifying results

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Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P1 16 United States Dyson Racing Team United Kingdom Guy Smith 1:35.965 1‡
2 P1 6 United States Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Germany Klaus Graf 1:36.169 +0.204 2
3 P2 551 United States Level 5 Motorsports Australia Ryan Briscoe 1:39.796 +3.831 3‡
4 P2 552 United States Level 5 Motorsports United Kingdom Marino Franchitti 1:40.307 +4.342 4
5 P2 02 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Johannes van Overbeek 1:40.743 +4.778 5
6 PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Dane Cameron 1:41.854 +5.889 6‡
7 PC 05 United States CORE Autosport United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith 1:42.105 +6.140 7
8 PC 8 United States BAR1 Motorsports Canada Kyle Marcelli 1:42.419 +6.454 8
9 P2 01 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Scott Sharp 1:42.497 +6.532 9
10 PC 18 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Tristan Nunez 1:42.574 +6.609 10
11 PC 81 Germany DragonSpeed Netherlands Renger van der Zande 1:42.869 +6.904 11
12 PC 7 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Rusty Mitchell 1:43.406 +7.441 12
13 P1 0 United States DeltaWing Racing Cars United Kingdom Katherine Legge 1:43.724 +7.759 13
14 GT 55 United States BMW Team RLL Belgium Maxime Martin 1:45.978 +10.013 14‡
15 GT 62 United States Risi Competizione Italy Matteo Malucelli 1:46.113 +10.148 151
16 GT 56 United States BMW Team RLL Germany Dirk Müller 1:46.174 +10.209 16
17 GT 48 United States Paul Miller Racing Germany Marco Holzer 1:46.211 +10.246 17
18 GT 93 United States SRT Motorsports Canada Kuno Wittmer 1:46.528 +10.563 18
19 GT 91 United States SRT Motorsports Germany Dominik Farnbacher 1:46.568 +10.603 19
20 GT 06 United States CORE Autosport United States Patrick Long 1:46.673 +10.708 20
21 GT 3 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen 1:46.923 +10.958 21
22 GT 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Tommy Milner 1:47.038 +11.073 22
23 GT 17 United States Team Falken Tire Germany Wolf Henzler 1:47.730 +11.765 23
24 GT 23 United States Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari United States Townsend Bell 1:47.761 +11.796 24
25 GTC 66 United States TRG Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner 1:52.213 +16.248 25‡
26 GTC 22 United States Alex Job Racing Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:52.610 +16.645 26
27 GTC 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Spencer Pumpelly 1:52.621 +16.656 27
28 GTC 30 United States NGT Motorsport United Kingdom Sean Edwards 1:52.927 +16.962 28
29 GTC 31 United States NGT Motorsport Poland Kuba Giermaziak 1:53.286 +17.321 29
30 GTC 11 United States JDX Racing Belgium Jan Heylen 1:53.425 +17.460 30
31 GTC 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports South Africa Dion von Moltke 1:53.507 +17.542 31
32 GTC 27 United States Dempsey Racing/Del Piero United States Andy Lally 1:53.571 +17.606 32
Sources:[3][4]
  • 1 The No. 62 Risi Competizione entry had its fastest lap deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.

Race

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Race results

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

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P1 6 United States Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Germany Klaus Graf
Germany Lucas Luhr
HPD ARX-03c M 84 2:46:11.675‡
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
2 P1 16 United States Dyson Racing Team United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
United Kingdom Guy Smith
Lola B12/60 M 84 +22.846
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4

(Isobutanol)

3 P2 551 United States Level 5 Motorsports United States Scott Tucker
Australia Ryan Briscoe
HPD ARX-03b M 83 +1 lap‡
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
4 P2 01 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Anthony Lazzaro
United States Scott Sharp
HPD ARX-03b M 83 +1 lap
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
5 P2 552 United States Level 5 Motorsports United States Guy Cosmo
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
Sweden Stefan Johansson
HPD ARX-03b M 83 +1 lap
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
6 PC 8 United States BAR1 Motorsports Canada Kyle Marcelli
Canada Chris Cumming
Oreca FLM09 C 81 +3 Laps‡
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
7 PC 05 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith
Oreca FLM09 C 81 +3 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
8 PC 7 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States James French
United States Rusty Mitchell
Oreca FLM09 C 81 +3 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
9 GT 62 United States Risi Competizione Monaco Olivier Beretta
Italy Matteo Malucell
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 80 +4 Laps‡
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
10 GT 06 United States CORE Autosport United States Colin Braun
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 79 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11 GT 3 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Spain Antonio García
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 79 +5 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
12 GT 56 United States BMW Team RLL Germany Dirk Müller
United States John Edwards
BMW Z4 GTE M 79 +5 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
13 GT 55 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
Belgium Maxime Martin
BMW Z4 GTE M 79 +5 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
14 GT 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 79 +5 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
15 GT 91 United States SRT Motorsports Belgium Marc Goossens
Germany Dominik Farnbacher
SRT Viper GTS-R M 79 +5 Laps
SRT 8.0 L V10
16 GT 17 United States Team Falken Tire United States Bryan Sellers
Germany Wolf Henzler
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR F 79 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
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DNF

GT 93 United States SRT Motorsports Canada Kuno Wittmer
United States Jonathan Bomarito
SRT Viper GTS-R M 77 Loose Hood
SRT 8.0 L V10
18 GTC 66 United States TRG United States Ben Keating
Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 75 +9 Laps‡
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19 GTC 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 75 +9 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20 GTC 30 United States NGT Motorsport United States Henrique Cisneros
United Kingdom Sean Edwards
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 75 +9 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21 GTC 11 United States JDX Racing United States Mike Hedlund
Belgium Jan Heylen
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 75 +9 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GTC 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Seth Neiman
South Africa Dion von Moltke
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 75 +9 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 GTC 27 United States Dempsey Racing/Del Piero United States Patrick Dempsey
United States Andy Lally
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 75 +9 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GTC 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Spencer Pumpelly
Venezuela Nelson Canache Jr.
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 73 +11 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 PC 18 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Ryan Booth
United States Tristan Nunez
Oreca FLM09 C 73 +11 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
26 PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Dane Cameron
United States Mike Guasch
Oreca FLM09 C 69 +15 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
27 PC 81 Germany DragonSpeed Germany Mirco Schultis
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Oreca FLM09 C 67 +17 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
28 GT 23 United States Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari United States Townsend Bell
United States Bill Sweedler
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Y 67 +17 Laps
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
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DNF

GT 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryce Miller
Germany Marco Holzer
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 50 Crash
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30

DNF

GTC 31 United States NGT Motorsport United States Eduardo Cisneros
Poland Kuba Giermaziak
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 47 Crash
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
31

DNF

P1 0 United States DeltaWing Racing Cars United Kingdom Katherine Legge
United Kingdom Andy Meyrick
DeltaWing DWC13 B 40 Alternator Belt
Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L Turbo I4
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DNF

P2 02 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Ed Brown
United States Johannes van Overbeek
HPD ARX-03b M 31 Fire
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
Sources:[5][6]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
B Bridgestone
C Continental
F Falken Tire
M Michelin
Y Yokohama

References

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  1. ^ "American Le Mans releases 2013 schedule". Autoweek. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  2. ^ Dagys, John (October 18, 2012). "ALMS: 2013 Schedule Released". speedtv.com. Speed Channel, Inc. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Unofficial Qualifying Report" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Provisional Grid" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Provisional Race Report" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  6. ^ "2013 Oak Tree Grand Prix". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
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