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. 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. 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 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey County, California on May 11, 2013. The event was shortened from 6 hours to 4 hours.

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

Qualifying

Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

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 34 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 35 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 Time 36

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

Race

Race result Class winners in bold. 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 Engine 1 P1 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr HPD ARX-03a 150 Honda 3.4 L V8 2 P1 12 Rebellion Racing Nick Heidfeld Neel Jani Lola B12/60 150 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 3 P2 551 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Marino Franchitti HPD ARX-03b 146 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 4 P2 552 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Ryan Briscoe HPD ARX-03b 146 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 5 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Luis Díaz Mike Guasch Oreca FLM09 145 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 6 PC 05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 145 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 7 PC 18 Performance Tech Motorsports Tristan Nunez Charlie Shears Oreca FLM09 144 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 8 PC 8 BAR1 Motorsports Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming Oreca FLM09 144 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 142 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 10 GT 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 142 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GT 56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE 142 BMW 4.4 L V8 12 GT 23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 142 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 13 GT 91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher SRT Viper GTS-R 142 SRT 8.0 L V10 14 PC 81 DragonSpeed Mishumotors Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande Oreca FLM09 142 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 15 GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 142 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 P2 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Guy Cosmo HPD ARX-03b 142 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 17 PC 7 BAR1 Motorsports Tomy Drissi Rusty Mitchell Oreca FLM09 141 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 18 GT 06 CORE Autosport Patrick Long Tom Kimber-Smith Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 140 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 GT 62 Risi Competizione Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucelli Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 139 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 20 GTC 30 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros Nick Tandy Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 GTC 27 Dempsey Del Piero Racing Patrick Dempsey Andy Lally Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Jeroen Bleekemolen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 23 GTC 66 TRG Ben Keating Damien Faulkner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 24 GTC 11 JDX Racing Mike Hedlund Jan Heylen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 GTC 10 Dempsey Del Piero Racing Michael Avenatti Andrew Davis Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 136 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 27 GTC 68 TRG Andrew Novich Craig Stanton Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 135 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTC 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly Seth Neiman Nelson Canache, Jr. Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 134 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 PC 9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Duncan Ende Oreca FLM09 132 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 30 GTC 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Pierre Ehret Dion von Moltke Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 129 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 31 GTC 99 Competition Motorsports Cort Wagner Ted Ballou Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 122 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32DNF P1 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Katherine Legge Andy Meyrick DeltaWing LM12 104 Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4 33DNF GT 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Maxime Martin BMW Z4 GTE 85 BMW 4.4 L V8 34DNF P2 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek HPD ARX-03b 64 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 35DNF P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Guy Smith Lola B12/60 21 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Butanol) 36DNF GT 93 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer Jonathan Bomarito SRT Viper GTS-R 12 SRT 8.0 L V10

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

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