2013 Rolex Sports Car Series

2013 Rolex Sports Car Series

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The 2013 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the fourteenth and final season of the Grand American Road Racing Association's premier series, before merging up with the American Le Mans Series in 2014. It began on January 26, with the 51st running of the 24 Hours of Daytona. ^[1]

As the NASCAR Holdings acquisition of Panoz Motor Sports, and IMSA, had already taken place, this season is technically one of two series that formed the 43rd season of the IMSA GT Championship that dates to 1971.

Schedule

The schedule was released on September 28, 2012 and featured the addition of three new circuits for the series; Circuit of the Americas, Kansas Speedway, and Road Atlanta. Also, the August 10 event at Road America was a combined weekend with the American Le Mans Series, showcasing the organizations' recent merger. Previous races at Homestead-Miami Speedway, New Jersey Motorsports Park, Watkins Glen Short Course and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve did not return.

Rnd	Date	Race	Duration	Circuit	Location
1	January 26–27	Rolex 24 At Daytona	24 hours	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida
2	March 2	Grand-Am of The Americas presented by GAINSCO and TOTAL	2 hours 45 minutes	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas
3	April 6	Porsche 250	2 hours	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama
4	April 20	Visual Studio Ultimate Grand Prix of Atlanta	2 hours 45 minutes	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia
5	June 1	Chevrolet Grand-Am Detroit 200	2 hours	The Raceway on Belle Isle	Detroit, Michigan
6	June 15	Diamond Cellar Classic	2 hours 45 minutes	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
7	June 30	Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen	6 hours	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York
8	July 26	Brickyard Grand Prix	3 hours	Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course)	Speedway, Indiana
9	August 10	VisitFlorida.com Sports Car 250	2 hours 45 minutes	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10	August 17	SFP Grand Prix	2 hours 45 minutes	Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, Kansas
11	September 8	Continental Tire Sports Car Festival	2 hours 45 minutes	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California
12	September 28	Championship Weekend presented by BMW	2 hours 45 minutes	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut

News

• Lotus announced that they are developing a new Evora for the 2013 Rolex season. ^[2]
• The series introduced a new alternative fueled "GX" class for the 2013 season. ^[3] The vehicles also utilized new technologies not otherwise used in the series. Mazda announced that it would offer its SkyActiv-D diesel engine to teams for this new class. 2013 also marked the first season since 2004 to feature three classes.
• In September 2012, Grand Am tested Kansas Speedway in hopes of adding it to the 2013 schedule. The tests proved successful. ^[4]

Results

Overall winners in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	DP Winning Team	GT Winning Team	GX Winning Team	Report
		DP Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	GX Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#01 Chip Ganassi Racing	#24 Audi Sport customer racing/AJR	#16 Napleton Racing	Report
		Charlie Kimball Juan Pablo Montoya Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	Filipe Albuquerque Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Mortara Dion von Moltke	Nelson Canache David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman
2	Austin	#99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	#94 Turner Motorsport	#38 BGB Motorsports	Report
		Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana	Jim Norman Jeff Mosing Spencer Pumpelly
3	Barber	#10 Wayne Taylor Racing	#57 Stevenson Motorsports	#38 BGB Motorsports	Report
		Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor	John Edwards Robin Liddell	Jim Norman Spencer Pumpelly
4	Road Atlanta	#01 Chip Ganassi Racing	#57 Stevenson Motorsports	#00 Speedsource	Report
		Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	John Edwards Robin Liddell	Andrew Carbonell Joel Miller
5	Detroit	#10 Wayne Taylor Racing	#57 Stevenson Motorsports	#00 Speedsource	Report
		Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor	John Edwards Robin Liddell	Joel Miller Tristan Nunez
6	Mid-Ohio	#5 Action Express Racing	#94 Turner Motorsport	#70 Speedsource	Report
		João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana	Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay
7	Watkins Glen	#5 Action Express Racing	#57 Stevenson Motorsports	#00 Speedsource	Report
		João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	John Edwards Robin Liddell	Joel Miller Tristan Nunez Yojiro Terada
8	Indianapolis	#2 Starworks Motorsport	#61 R.Ferri/AIM Motorsport Racing with Ferrari	#70 Speedsource	Report
		Ryan Dalziel Alex Popow	Jeff Segal Max Papis	Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay
9	Road America	#8 Starworks Motorsport	#94 Turner Motorsport	#00 Speedsource	Report
		Brendon Hartley Scott Mayer	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana	Joel Miller Tristan Nunez
10	Kansas	#10 Wayne Taylor Racing	#63 Scuderia Corsa	#00 Speedsource	Report
		Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor	Alessandro Balzan Leh Keen	Joel Miller Tristan Nunez
11	Laguna Seca	#10 Wayne Taylor Racing	#44 Magnus Racing	#70 Speedsource	Report
		Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor	Andy Lally John Potter	Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay
12	Lime Rock	#10 Wayne Taylor Racing	#31 Marsh Racing	#70 Speedsource	Report
		Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor	Lawson Aschenbach Eric Curran Boris Said	Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay

Championship standings

Championship points are awarded based on finishing positions as shown below. The exception is at the 24 Hours of Daytona, where a minimum of 15th place points are awarded so as not to excessively penalize a low finish when there are generally more entrants. ^[5]

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Race	35	32	30	28	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Daytona Prototypes

Drivers (Top 20)

Pos Driver R24 TXS BIR ATL BEL LEX S6H IMS ELK KAN LGA LIM Points 1 Max Angelelli 2 10 1 6 1 6 10 15 7 1 1 1 339 Jordan Taylor 2 10 1 6 1 6 10 15 7 1 1 1 339 2 Scott Pruett 1 3 4 1 12† 11 7 2 4 2 2 3 326 Memo Rojas 1 3 4 1 12† 11 7 2 4 2 2 3 326 3 Jon Fogarty 7 1 2 3 6 5 14 3 8 8 4 12 312 Alex Gurney 7 1 2 3 6 5 14 3 8 8 4 12 312 4 Christian Fittipaldi 8 5 11 12 2 1 1 14 2 4 7 14 308 5 Ryan Dalziel 6 2 6 2 3 3 8 1 14 11 13 7 308 Alex Popow 6 2 6 2 3 3 8 1 14 11 13 7 308 6 João Barbosa 4 14 9 12 2 1 1 14 2 4 7 14 306 7 Richard Westbrook 5 11 3 5 5 9 9 6 13 12 8 9 279 Ricky Taylor 5 11 3 5 5 9 9 6 13 12 8 9 279 8 Brian Frisselle 8 5 11 8 11 7 5 16 3 5 11 8 276 9 Burt Frisselle 4 14 9 8 11 7 5 16 3 5 11 8 274 10 Dane Cameron 9 8 7 13 4 8 12 12 10 7 9 4 269 Wayne Nonnamaker 9 8 7 13 4 8 12 12 10 7 9 4 269 11 Gustavo Yacamán 13 7 5 4 7 13† 6 10 6 14 6 2 265 12 Brendon Hartley 14 13 12 10 8 10 3 4 1 6 16 252 13 Stéphane Sarrazin 10 4 10 9 10 2 8 12 9 12 10 249 14 John Pew EX 16 8 7 13† 4 4 7 5 3 10 6 244 15 Michael Valiante 13 8 7 13† 2 2 8 12 9 12 10 233 16 Will Nonnamaker 15 15 13 11 9 12 13 13 11 10 14 11 225 Joe Nonnamaker 15 15 13 11 9 12 13 13 11 10 14 11 225 17 Oswaldo Negri EX 16 4 4 7 5 3 10 6 197 18 Sébastien Bourdais 6 8 11 9 13 5 5 160 19 Scott Mayer 14 13† 12† 10 8† 10 3 4† 1 6† 16 139 20 Enzo Potolicchio 10 4 10† 2† 2† 8† 12 9 12 10 130

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Notes

• Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Chassis

Pos Chassis R24 TXS BIR ATL BEL LEX S6H IMS ELK KAN LGA LIM Points 1 Riley 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 393 2 Coyote 4 4 3 5 2 1 1 6 2 4 5 5 351 3 Dallara 2 9 1 6 1 6 10 5 7 1 1 1 350 4 Lola 6 25

Engine

Pos Engine R24 TXS BIR ATL BEL LEX S6H IMS ELK KAN LGA LIM Points 1 Chevrolet 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 404 2 BMW 1 3 4 1 4 8 7 1 1 2 2 3 367 3 Ford 6 2 5 2 3 3 3 5 5 3 6 2 341

Grand Touring

Drivers (Top 20)

Pos Driver R24 TXS BIR ATL BEL LEX S6H IMS ELK KAN LGA LIM Points 1 Alessandro Balzan 4 11 2 3 2 6 5 5 6 1 3 2 341 2 Andy Lally 5 2 6 5 4 2 3 3 5 8 1 13 331 John Potter 5 2 6 5 4 2 3 3 5 8 1 13 331 3 John Edwards 23 15 1 1 1 10 1 2 8 4 5 4 330 Robin Liddell 23 15 1 1 1 10 1 2 8 4 5 4 330 4 Anthony Lazzaro 3 5 9 8 7 3 2 4 7 3 4 11 317 Emil Assentato 3 5 9 8 7 3 2 4 7 3 4 11 317 5 Patrick Long 16 4 8 2 6 4 8 11 2 2 9 9 303 Patrick Lindsey 16 4 8 2 6 4 8 11 2 2 9 9 303 6 Jeff Segal 21 10 4 6 3 8 11 1 4 6 13 7 293 7 Paul Dalla Lana 18 1 5 7 10 1 4 12 1 7 12 14† 282 8 Leh Keen 13 3 10 4 2 5 6 1 3 2 277 9 Eric Curran 32 13 3 11 5 7 7 10 12 10 8 1 277 10 Boris Said 18 13 3 11 5 7 7 10 12 10 8 242 11 Bill Auberlen 18 1 5 10 1 4 1 7 12 14† 239 12 Michael Marsal DNS 8 12† 12† 8 5 13 3 9 2 5 200 13 Max Papis 21 10 4 6 3 8 11 1 198 14 Jeff Westphal 2 3 2 6 5 3 175 15 Billy Johnson 18 7 5 4 12 9 2 167 16 Dion von Moltke 1 9 7 9 11 9 145 17 Andrew Davis 13 3 10 4 9 16† 7 143 18 Johannes van Overbeek 9 7 6 14† 3 101 19 Al Carter 15 14 8 7 12 99 20 Bryan Sellers 13 8 5 7 91

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Notes

• Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Engine

Pos Engine R24 TXS BIR ATL BEL LEX S6H IMS ELK KAN LGA LIM Points 1 Ferrari 3 5 2 3 2 3 2 1 4 1 3 2 372 2 Porsche 5 2 6 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 1 8 357 3 Chevrolet 23 13 1 1 1 7 1 2 8 4 5 1 334 4 BMW 18 1 5 7 8 1 4 12 1 7 2 5 320 5 Audi 1 16 9 8 5 7 12 164 6 Aston Martin 10 10 42 7 Mazda 17 14 8 Dodge 33 0

GX Class

Drivers

Pos Driver R24 TXS BIR ATL BEL LEX S6H IMS ELK KAN LGA LIM Points 1 Jim Norman 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 393 2 Joel Miller 6 3 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 4 3 380 3 Sylvain Tremblay 4 2 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 1 1 380 Tom Long 4 2 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 1 1 380 4 Tristan Nunez 6 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 4 3 345 5 Spencer Pumpelly 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 326 6 Jeff Mosing 3 1 3 95 7 Andrew Carbonell 5 1 3 91 8 David Donohue 1 2 67 9 Shane Lewis 1 35 Nelson Canache 1 35 10 James Clay 2 32 Seth Thomas 2 32 Darryl O'Young 2 32 Daniel Rogers 2 32 Karl Thomson 2 32 11 Scott Dollahite 3 4† 30 12 Lee Davis 3 30 Ryan Eversley 3 30 Eric Foss 3 30 John Tecce 3 30 13 Derek Whitis 5 26 14 Tristan Vautier 6 25

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Notes

• Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Engine

Pos Engine R24 TXS BIR ATL BEL LEX S6H IMS ELK KAN LGA LIM Points 1 Mazda 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 407 2 Porsche 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 393 3 Lotus 3 4 58

References

1. "51st Rolex 24 At Daytona Scheduled for January 26–27, 2013". Daytona International Speedway. March 16, 2012.
2. "2013 Lotus Evora GRC Racing". odong2.Com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
3. "GRAND AM Announces Plans For New Rolex Series Class". Grand Am.com. May 31, 2012.
4. "Kansas Speedway road circuit passes opening test". Grand Am.com. September 12, 2012.
5. "Championship Points Structure". Grand-Am.com. Retrieved June 2, 2013.