2013 Orion Energy Systems 245

Track map of Road America

The 2013 Orion Energy Systems 245 was a sports car race held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 11, 2013. The race was the sixth round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series.

Background

Preview

Road America, 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 twelfth consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 Orion Energy Systems 245 was the sixth of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series. ^[2] It was held at the fourteen-turn 4.048 mi (6.515 km) Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 11, 2013. ^[1] The event was run alongside the Rolex Sports Car Series event as a double-header. ^[2]

Before the race, Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr led the P1 Drivers' Championship with 102 points, 44 ahead of Nick Heidfeld and Neel Jani. ^[3] With 92 points, Marino Franchitti led the P2 Drivers' Championship over Scott Tucker by 3 points. ^[3] In PC, Colin Braun led the Drivers' Championship with 86 points, ahead of Mike Guasch. ^[3] Dirk Müller led the GT Drivers' Championship with 70 points, 5 points ahead of Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner. ^[3] With 77 points, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Cooper MacNeil led the GTC Drivers' Championship, ahead of Nelson Canache Jr. and Spencer Pumpelly. ^[3]

Entry list

No.	Entrant	Car	Driver 1	Driver 2
P1
0	DeltaWing Racing Cars	DeltaWing LM12	Katherine Legge	Andy Meyrick
6	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	HPD ARX-03c	Klaus Graf	Lucas Luhr
16	Dyson Racing Team	Lola B12/60	Tony Burgess	Chris McMurry
P2
01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	HPD ARX-03b	Scott Sharp	Guy Cosmo
02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	HPD ARX-03b	Ed Brown	Johannes van Overbeek
551	Level 5 Motorsports	HPD ARX-03b	Scott Tucker	Simon Pagenaud
552	Level 5 Motorsports	HPD ARX-03b	Scott Tucker	Marino Franchitti
PC
7	BAR1 Motorsports	Oreca FLM09	Rusty Mitchell	James French
8	BAR1 Motorsports	Oreca FLM09	Kyle Marcelli	Chris Cumming
9	RSR Racing	Oreca FLM09	Bruno Junqueira	Duncan Ende
18	Performance Tech Motorsports	Oreca FLM09	Tristan Nunez	Charlie Shears
52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Oreca FLM09	David Cheng	Mike Guasch
81	DragonSpeed	Oreca FLM09	Mirco Schultis	Renger van der Zande
05	CORE Autosport	Oreca FLM09	Jon Bennett	Colin Braun
GT
3	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Jan Magnussen	Antonio García
4	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Oliver Gavin	Tommy Milner
17	Team Falken Tire	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Bryan Sellers	Wolf Henzler
23	Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Townsend Bell	Leh Keen
48	Paul Miller Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Bryce Miller	Marco Holzer
55	BMW Team RLL	BMW Z4 GTE	Bill Auberlen	Maxime Martin
56	BMW Team RLL	BMW Z4 GTE	Dirk Müller	John Edwards
62	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Olivier Beretta	Matteo Malucelli
91	SRT Motorsports	SRT Viper GTS-R	Marc Goossens	Dominik Farnbacher
93	SRT Motorsports	SRT Viper GTS-R	Kuno Wittmer	Jonathan Bomarito
06	CORE Autosport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Patrick Long	Tom Kimber-Smith
GTC
11	JDX Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Mike Hedlund	Jan Heylen
22	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Cooper MacNeil	Jeroen Bleekemolen
27	Dempsey Racing/Del Piero	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Patrick Dempsey	Andy Lally
30	NGT Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Henrique Cisneros	Sean Edwards
44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Seth Neiman	Dion von Moltke
45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Spencer Pumpelly	Nelson Canache Jr.
66	TRG	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Ben Keating	Damien Faulkner
68	TRG	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Jeff Courtney	Madison Snow
Source: [4]

Qualifying

A 65-minute qualifying session divided into four 15-minute sessions was held in the morning of August 10. ^[5] The rules required each team to nominate one qualifying driver, with the quickest laps determining each class' starting order. ^[6]

Luhr's 1:51.460 lap secured Muscle Milk's third pole position. ^[7] The lap time was more than two-seconds faster than McMurry's No. 16 Dyson Lola and Legge in the DeltaWing rounded out the P1 field. ^{[7] [8]} Level 5 earned the P2 pole position with a time of 1:54.806 set by Franchitti. Cosmo's No. 01 ESM car and Simon Pagenaud's Level 5 entry were second and third in class. ^{[9] [7]}

Colin Braun took his fifth pole position of the season in PC with a lap of 1 minute, 57.630 seconds. He was joined by Bruno Junqueira's RSR Racing car on the grid's front row with his best lap being 0.082 second slower. ^[7] Bomarito's 2:03.410 lap secured him his second consecutive pole position of the season in GT. García qualified the No. 3. Corvette second. Keen in the No. 23 AJR Ferrari set the third fastest time, but would start at the back of the field after his car failed the post-qualifying technical inspection. As a result, Oliver Gavin would start in third position. ^[7] Pumpelly reset the GTC lap record with a time of 2:11.931, putting the No. 45 Flying Lizard on pole. ^[10] Edwards qualified the NGT car second and Heylen's No. 11 JDX Porsche was third in class. ^[7]

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	Lucas Luhr	1:51.460	—	1‡
2	P1	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris McMurry	1:53.580	+2.120	2
3	P2	552	Level 5 Motorsports	Marino Franchitti	1:54.806	+3.346	3‡
4	P1	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars	Katherine Legge	1:55.362	+3.902	4
5	P2	01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Guy Cosmo	1:55.622	+4.162	5
6	P2	551	Level 5 Motorsports	Simon Pagenaud	1:55.793	+4.333	6
7	P2	02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek	1:56.085	+4.625	7
8	PC	05	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	1:57.630	+6.170	8‡
9	PC	9	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira	1:57.712	+6.252	9
10	PC	18	Performance Tech Motorsports	Tristan Nunez	1:57.885	+6.425	10
11	PC	81	DragonSpeed	Renger van der Zande	1:57.912	+6.452	11
12	PC	8	BAR1 Motorsports	Kyle Marcelli	1:58.399	+6.939	12
13	PC	7	BAR1 Motorsports	Rusty Mitchell	2:00.352	+8.892	13
14	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Mike Guasch	2:00.478	+9.018	14
15	GT	93	SRT Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito	2:03.410	+11.950	15‡
16	GT	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García	2:04.212	+12.752	16
17	GT	23	Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari	Leh Keen	2:04.269	+12.809	33 1
18	GT	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	2:04.277	+12.817	17
19	GT	48	Paul Miller Racing	Marco Holzer	2:04.347	+12.887	18
20	GT	91	SRT Motorsports	Dominik Farnbacher	2:04.427	+12.967	19
21	GT	55	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen	2:04.609	+13.149	20
22	GT	06	CORE Autosport	Patrick Long	2:04.619	+13.159	21
23	GT	56	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards	2:04.630	+13.170	22
24	GT	62	Risi Competizione	Matteo Malucelli	2:04.911	+13.451	23
25	GT	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers	2:06.088	+14.628	24
26	GTC	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly	2:11.931	+20.471	25‡
27	GTC	30	NGT Motorsport	Sean Edwards	2:12.386	+20.926	26
28	GTC	11	JDX Racing	Jan Heylen	2:12.403	+20.943	27
29	GTC	66	TRG	Damien Faulkner	2:12.489	+21.029	28
30	GTC	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Dion von Moltke	2:12.844	+21.384	29
31	GTC	22	Alex Job Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen	2:12.989	+21.529	30
32	GTC	27	Dempsey Racing/Del Piero	Andy Lally	2:13.047	+21.587	31
33	GTC	68	TRG	Jeff Courtney	2:15.073	+23.613	32
Sources: [11] [12]

• ^1 - The No. 23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari was moved to the back of the grid after the car failed post-qualifying technical inspection. ^[13]

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 67 2:46:40.847‡ Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 2 P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Tony Burgess Chris McMurry Lola B12/60 M 67 +0.306 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Isobutanol) 3 PC 9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Duncan Ende Oreca FLM09 C 67 +19.788‡ Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 4 PC 8 BAR1 Motorsports Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming Oreca FLM09 C 67 +29.809 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 5 P1 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Katherine Legge Andy Meyrick DeltaWing LM12 B 67 +30.258 Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L Turbo I4 6 P2 551 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Simon Pagenaud HPD ARX-03b M 67 +32.650‡ Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 7 P2 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Guy Cosmo HPD ARX-03b M 67 +34.882 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 8 P2 552 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Marino Franchitti HPD ARX-03b M 67 +35.726 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 9 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports David Cheng Mike Guasch Oreca FLM09 C 67 +37.601 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 10 PC 05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 C 67 +38.467 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 PC 18 Performance Tech Motorsports Tristan Nunez Charlie Shears Oreca FLM09 C 67 +39.728 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 12 PC 81 DragonSpeed Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande Oreca FLM09 C 66 +1 lap Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 13 PC 7 BAR1 Motorsports Rusty Mitchell James French Oreca FLM09 C 66 +1 lap Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 14 GT 91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher SRT Viper GTS-R M 65 +2 Laps‡ SRT 8.0 L V10 15 GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 65 +2 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 16 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 65 +2 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 17 GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Marco Holzer Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 65 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 GT 06 CORE Autosport Patrick Long Tom Kimber-Smith Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 65 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 GT 93 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer Jonathan Bomarito SRT Viper GTS-R M 65 +2 Laps SRT 8.0 L V10 20 GT 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Maxime Martin BMW Z4 GTE M 65 +2 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 21 GT 56 BMW Team RLL Dirk Müller John Edwards BMW Z4 GTE M 65 +2 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 22 GT 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Porsche 911 GT3-RSR F 65 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 23 GT 62 Risi Competizione Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucelli Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 65 +2 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 24 GTC 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly Nelson Canache Jr. Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 62 +5 Laps‡ Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Jeroen Bleekemolen Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 62 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GTC 30 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros Sean Edwards Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 62 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 GTC 27 Dempsey Racing/Del Piero Patrick Dempsey Andy Lally Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 62 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTC 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 62 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 GTC 68 TRG Jeff Courtney Madison Snow Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 62 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 GTC 11 JDX Racing Mike Hedlund Jan Heylen Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 58 +9 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 31 DNF P2 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek HPD ARX-03b M 29 Engine Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 32 DNF GT 23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari Townsend Bell Leh Keen Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Y 14 Header Ferrari 4.5 L V8 33 DNF GTC 66 TRG Ben Keating Damien Faulkner Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 4 Spun Off Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Sources: [14] [15]

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

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External links

• 2013 Orion Energy Systems 245 Race Broadcast (American Le Mans Series YouTube Channel)

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