2013 Baltimore Sports Car Challenge

Track map of Baltimore Street Circuit (2012–2013)

The 2013 Baltimore Sports Car Challenge was a sports car race held at Baltimore street circuit in Baltimore, Maryland on August 31, 2013. The race was the seventh round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series.

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. ^[1] It was the third consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 Baltimore Sports Car Challenge was the seventh of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series. It was held at the twelve-turn 2.04 mi (3.28 km) Baltimore Street Circuit Baltimore, Maryland on August 31, 2013. ^[2]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

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

Pos.	Class	No.	Entry	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P1	6	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Klaus Graf	1:25.290	—	1
2	P1	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson	1:26.750	+1.460	2
3	P2	551	Level 5 Motorsports	Ryan Briscoe	1:27.170	+1.880	3‡
4	P2	02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek	1:27.669	+2.379	4
5	P2	01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp	1:27.818	+2.528	5
6	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Dane Cameron	1:28.235	+2.945	6‡
7	P2	552	Level 5 Motorsports	Marino Franchitti	1:28.335	+3.045	7
8	PC	8	BAR1 Motorsports	Kyle Marcelli	1:28.518	+3.228	8
9	PC	05	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	1:28.716	+3.426	9
10	PC	9	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira	1:29.081	+3.791	10
11	GT	55	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen	1:29.560	+4.270	11‡
12	GT	56	BMW Team RLL	Joey Hand	1:29.795	+4.505	12
13	GT	4	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner	1:30.007	+4.717	13
14	GT	06	CORE Autosport	Patrick Long	1:30.104	+4.814	14
15	GT	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	1:30.132	+4.842	15
16	GT	17	Team Falken Tire	Wolf Henzler	1:30.238	+4.948	16
17	GT	91	SRT Motorsports	Marc Goossens	1:30.599	+5.309	17
18	GT	62	Risi Competizione	Olivier Beretta	1:30.900	+5.610	18
19	GT	48	Paul Miller Racing	Marco Holzer	1:31.352	+6.062	19
20	GT	93	SRT Motorsports	Kuno Wittmer	1:31.358	+6.068	20
21	GT	23	Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari	Townsend Bell	1:31.494	+6.204	21
22	PC	18	Performance Tech Motorsports	Tristan Nunez	1:32.234	+6.944	22
23	GTC	22	Alex Job Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:34.322	+9.032	23‡
24	GTC	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly	1:34.515	+9.225	24
25	GTC	30	NGT Motorsport	Sean Edwards	1:34.602	+9.312	25
26	GTC	66	TRG	Damien Faulkner	1:34.781	+9.491	26
27	PC	7	BAR1 Motorsports	Rusty Mitchell	1:34.905	+9.615	27 1
28	GTC	68	TRG	Kévin Estre	1:34.949	+9.659	28
29	GTC	11	JDX Racing	Jan Heylen	1:35.371	+10.081	29
30	GTC	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Dion von Moltke	1:35.496	+10.206	30
31	GTC	27	Dempsey Racing/Del Piero	Andy Lally	1:35.501	+10.211	31
32	GTC	67	TRG	Did Not Participate			32
Source: [3]

• ¹ The No. 7 BAR1 Motorsports entry had its fastest lap deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.

Race

Race results

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 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr HPD ARX-03c M 41 1:31:38.287‡ Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 2 P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Guy Smith Lola B12/60 M 41 +3.867 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Isobutanol) 3 P2 552 Level 5 Motorsports Guy Cosmo Marino Franchitti Scott Tucker HPD ARX-03b M 41 +31.160‡ Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 4 P2 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Anthony Lazzaro Scott Sharp HPD ARX-03b M 41 +40.383 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 5 GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 41 +41.530‡ Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 6 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 41 +41.987 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 7 GT 56 BMW Team RLL Joey Hand Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE M 41 +42.911 BMW 4.4 L V8 8 GT 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Maxime Martin BMW Z4 GTE M 41 +56.627 BMW 4.4 L V8 9 GT 91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher SRT Viper GTS-R M 41 +1:01.527 SRT 8.0 L V10 10 PC 18 Performance Tech Motorsports Tristan Nunez Charlie Shears Oreca FLM09 C 41 +1:07.281‡ Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 GT 93 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer Jonathan Bomarito SRT Viper GTS-R M 41 +1:09.580 SRT 8.0 L V10 12 PC 05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 C 40 +1 lap Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 13 GTC 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 39 +2 Laps‡ Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Jeroen Bleekemolen Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 39 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 15 GTC 11 JDX Racing Mike Hedlund Jan Heylen Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 39 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 GTC 27 Dempsey Racing/Del Piero Patrick Dempsey Andy Lally Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Y 39 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 17 GTC 30 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros Sean Edwards Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 39 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 GTC 67 TRG Marc Bunting Norbert Siedler Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 39 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 DNF PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Dane Cameron Mike Guasch Oreca FLM09 C 38 Suspension Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 20 GT 23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Y 38 +3 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 21 GTC 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly Nelson Canache Jr. Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 36 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 DNF PC 9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Alex Popow Oreca FLM09 C 27 Radiator Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 23 DNF GTC 68 TRG Al Carter Kévin Estre Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 26 Did Not Finish Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 24 DNF P2 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek HPD ARX-03b M 15 Electrical Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 25 DNF GTC 66 TRG Ben Keating Damien Faulkner Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 14 Did Not Finish Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 DNF PC 8 BAR1 Motorsports Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming Oreca FLM09 C 3 Crash Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 27 DNF P2 551 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Ryan Briscoe HPD ARX-03b M 0 Crash Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 28 DNF GT 06 CORE Autosport Patrick Long Tom Kimber-Smith Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 0 Crash Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 DNF GT 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Porsche 911 GT3-RSR F 0 Crash Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 DNF GT 62 Risi Competizione Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucelli Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 0 Crash Ferrari 4.5 L V8 31 DNF GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Marco Holzer Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 0 Crash Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Sources: [4] [5]

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer C Continental F Falken Tire M Michelin Y Yokohama

References

1. "American Le Mans releases 2013 schedule". Autoweek. October 18, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
2. Dagys, John (October 18, 2012). "ALMS: 2013 Schedule Released". speedtv.com. Speed Channel, Inc. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
3. "Unofficial Qualifying Report" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
4. "Provisional Race Report" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. August 31, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
5. "2013 Grand Prix of Baltimore Presented by SRT". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 19, 2024.

External links

• 2013 Baltimore Sports Car Challenge Race Broadcast (American Le Mans Series YouTube Channel)

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