The 2013 International Sports Car Weekend was a sports car race held at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on September 21, 2013. The race was the eighth round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series.
The 2013 International Sports Car Weekend was a sports car race held at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on September 21, 2013. The race was the eighth round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series.
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 first year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 International Sports Car Weekend was the eighth of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series. [2] The race was held at the twenty-turn 3.426 mi (5.514 km) Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on September 21, 2013. [1] The event was run alongside the FIA World Endurance Championship event as a double-header. [2]
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 |  Lucas Luhr | 2:07.851 | — | 1‡ |
| 2 | P1 | 16 | Dyson Racing Team | Chris McMurry | 2:12.837 | +4.986 | 2 |
| 3 | P1 | 0 | DeltaWing Racing Cars |  Andy Meyrick | 2:15.845 | +7.994 | 3 |
| 4 | P2 | 552 | Level 5 Motorsports | Marino Franchitti | 2:10.573 | +2.722 | 4‡ |
| 5 | P2 | 01 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Anthony Lazzaro | 2:11.869 | +4.018 | 28 1 |
| 6 | P2 | 02 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Johannes van Overbeek | 2:12.100 | +4.219 | 29 1 |
| 7 | P2 | 551 | Level 5 Motorsports | No Time Established | 5 | ||
| 8 | PC | 81 | DragonSpeed |  Renger van der Zande | 2:17.865 | +10.014 | 6‡ |
| 9 | PC | 5 | Starworks Motorsport | Ryan Dalziel | 2:18.929 | +11.078 | 30 1 |
| 10 | PC | 8 | BAR1 Motorsports |  Kyle Marcelli | 2:19.782 | +11.931 | 7 |
| 11 | PC | 9 | RSR Racing |  Bruno Junqueira | 2:20.018 | +12.167 | 31 1 |
| 12 | PC | 05 | CORE Autosport | Tom Kimber-Smith | 2:20.340 | +12.489 | 8 |
| 13 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Dane Cameron | 2:20.722 | +12.871 | 32 1 |
| 14 | PC | 18 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Tristan Nunez | 2:20.935 | +13.084 | 9 |
| 15 | PC | 7 | BAR1 Motorsports | Rusty Mitchell | 2:22.438 | +14.587 | 10 |
| 16 | GT | 55 | BMW Team RLL | Joey Hand | 2:17.178 | +9.327 | 11‡ |
| 17 | GT | 3 | Corvette Racing |  Antonio García | 2:17.442 | +9.591 | 12 |
| 18 | GT | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin | 2:17.594 | +9.743 | 13 |
| 19 | GT | 56 | BMW Team RLL | John Edwards | 2:18.002 | +10.151 | 14 |
| 20 | GT | 06 | CORE Autosport | Patrick Long | 2:19.167 | +11.316 | 15 |
| 21 | GT | 93 | SRT Motorsports | Jonathan Bomarito | 2:19.246 | +11.395 | 16 |
| 22 | GT | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Bryce Miller | 2:19.462 | +11.611 | 17 |
| 23 | GT | 62 | Risi Competizione |  Matteo Malucelli | 2:19.834 | +11.983 | 33 1 |
| 24 | GT | 91 | SRT Motorsports |  Marc Goossens | 2:20.088 | +12.237 | 18 |
| 25 | GT | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Bryan Sellers | 2:21.134 | +13.283 | 19 |
| 26 | GT | 23 | Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari | Townsend Bell | 2:21.704 | +13.853 | 20 |
| 27 | GTC | 66 | TRG |  Damien Faulkner | 2:27.816 | +19.965 | 21‡ |
| 28 | GTC | 30 | NGT Motorsport | Sean Edwards | 2:27.880 | +20.029 | 22 |
| 29 | GTC | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 2:27.920 | +20.069 | 23 |
| 30 | GTC | 27 | Dempsey Racing/Del Piero | Andy Lally | 2:28.533 | +20.682 | 24 |
| 31 | GTC | 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports |  Dion von Moltke | 2:28.618 | +20.767 | 25 |
| 32 | GTC | 11 | JDX Racing | Jan Heylen | 2:28.692 | +20.841 | 26 |
| 33 | GTC | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Spencer Pumpelly | 2:29.353 | +21.502 | 27 |
| Sources: [3] [4] | |||||||
Notes:
Class winners in bold and ‡. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).
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