2013 SportsCar Grand Prix
The 2013 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was an auto racing event held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from July 19–21, 2013 The race was the fifth round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series season. Muscle Milk Pickett Racing, with drivers Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr, extended their streak of season victories to four by earning a win with a four lap gap over second place and P2 class winners Level 5 Motorsports. CORE Autosport led the PC category, while Corvette Racing scored their third victory of the season in the GT class. Alex Job Racing won the GTC category, two weeks after badly damaging their car at the previous event in Lime Rock.[1][2][3]
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.[4] It was the fifteenth consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was the fifth of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series.[5] The race was held at the ten-turn 2.459 mi (3.957 km) Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on July 21, 2013.[5]
Qualifying
In qualifying for the PC category, a crash by Mike Gausch forced the session to be stopped. Due to not completing a minimum of ten minutes, the qualifying results for PC were nullified and the grid order was set by championship points. As a result of PC cars requiring a separate grid order, the final race grid was altered so that cars in the same category were grouped together, even if outqualified by a car from another class.[6]
Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | Team | Driver | Lap Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P1 | #6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | Lucas Luhr | 1:05.871 | — | 1 |
| 2 | P2 | #552 Level 5 Motorsports | Mike Conway | 1:08.785 | +2.914 | 4 |
| 3 | P2 | #551 Level 5 Motorsports | Marino Franchitti | 1:09.031 | +3.160 | 5 |
| 4 | P1 | #16 Dyson Racing Team | Tony Burgess | 1:09.564 | +3.693 | 2 |
| 5 | P2 | #02 Extreme Speed Motorsports | Johannes van Overbeek | 1:09.740 | +3.869 | 6 |
| 6 | PC | #05 CORE Autosport | Colin Braun | 1:10.303 | +4.432 | 8 |
| 7 | P1 | #0 DeltaWing Racing Cars | Andy Meyrick | 1:10.531 | +4.660 | 3 |
| 8 | PC | #81 8 Star Mushimotors | Renger van der Zande | 1:10.706 | +4.835 | 13 |
| 9 | P2 | #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports | Scott Sharp | 1:10.850 | +4.979 | 7 |
| 10 | PC | #9 RSR Racing | Bruno Junqueira | 1:10.984 | +5.113 | 9 |
| 11 | PC | #18 Performance Tech Motorsports | Tristan Nunez | 1:11.280 | +5.409 | 10 |
| 12 | PC | #8 BAR1 Motorsports | Kyle Marcelli | 1:11.420 | +5.549 | 11 |
| 13 | PC | #7 BAR1 Motorsports | Rusty Mitchell | 1:12.186 | +6.315 | 12 |
| 14 | PC | #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Mike Gausch | 1:12.715 | +6.844 | 311 |
| 15 | GT | #93 SRT Motorsports | Jonathan Bomarito | 1:15.462 | +9.591 | 14 |
| 16 | GT | #3 Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen | 1:15.601 | +9.730 | 322 |
| 17 | GT | #91 SRT Motorsports | Marc Goossens | 1:15.635 | +9.764 | 15 |
| 18 | GT | #56 BMW Team RLL | Dirk Müller | 1:15.672 | +9.801 | 16 |
| 19 | GT | #55 BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen | 1:15.726 | +9.855 | 17 |
| 20 | GT | #4 Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner | 1:16.083 | +10.212 | 18 |
| 21 | GT | #06 CORE Autosport | Patrick Long | 1:16.407 | +10.536 | 19 |
| 22 | GT | #48 Paul Miller Racing | Marco Holzer | 1:16.730 | +10.859 | 20 |
| 23 | GT | #17 Team Falken Tire | Wolf Henzler | 1:16.976 | +11.105 | 21 |
| 24 | GT | #23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari | Townsend Bell | 1:17.039 | +11.168 | 22 |
| 25 | GTC | #22 Alex Job Racing | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 1:21.310 | +15.439 | 23 |
| 26 | GTC | #30 NGT Motorsports | Sean Edwards | 1:21.540 | +15.669 | 24 |
| 27 | GTC | #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Spencer Pumpelly | 1:21.924 | +16.053 | 25 |
| 28 | GTC | #27 Dempsey Del Piero Racing | Andy Lally | 1:21.930 | +16.059 | 26 |
| 29 | GTC | #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Dion von Moltke | 1:22.022 | +16.151 | 27 |
| 30 | GTC | #66 TRG | Damien Faulkner | 1:22.182 | +16.311 | 28 |
| 31 | GTC | #68 TRG | Ryan Dalziel | 1:22.581 | +16.710 | 29 |
| 32 | GTC | #11 JDX Racing | Jan Heylen | 1:22.885 | +17.014 | 30 |
| Sources:[7][6] | ||||||
- ^ – The #52 PR1 Mathiesen Motorsports and the #3 Corvette Racing entries were moved to the back of the grid for changing a tire between qualifying and the race.[6]
Race
Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).[8]
References
- ^ Pryson, Mike (July 21, 2013). "Luhr, Graf dominate P1 field to win ALMS race in Canada for Muscle Milk". Autoweek. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ Nesbitt, Wally (July 21, 2013). "Muscle Milk Masters of Mosport". Inside Track Motorsport News. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ McNulty, Dean (July 21, 2013). "Pickett Racing team runs laps around the competition at Mosport". Toronto Sun. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "American Le Mans releases 2013 schedule". Autoweek. October 18, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (October 18, 2012). "ALMS: 2013 Schedule Released". speedtv.com. Speed Channel, Inc. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Official Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. July 21, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ^ "Unofficial Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. July 20, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ^ "Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. July 21, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
- ^ "Official Race Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. July 27, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.