2013 American Le Mans Series VIR 240

The 2013 American Le Mans Series VIR 240 was a sports car race held at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia on October 5, 2013. The race was the ninth round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series.

Track map of VIR

Background

Preview

Virginia International Raceway, 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 second consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 American Le Mans Series VIR 240 was the ninth of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series. The race was held at the seventeen-turn 3.270 mi (5.263 km) Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia on October 5, 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	16	Dyson Racing Team	Guy Smith	1:35.965	—	1‡
2	P1	6	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Klaus Graf	1:36.169	+0.204	2
3	P2	551	Level 5 Motorsports	Ryan Briscoe	1:39.796	+3.831	3‡
4	P2	552	Level 5 Motorsports	Marino Franchitti	1:40.307	+4.342	4
5	P2	02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek	1:40.743	+4.778	5
6	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Dane Cameron	1:41.854	+5.889	6‡
7	PC	05	CORE Autosport	Tom Kimber-Smith	1:42.105	+6.140	7
8	PC	8	BAR1 Motorsports	Kyle Marcelli	1:42.419	+6.454	8
9	P2	01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp	1:42.497	+6.532	9
10	PC	18	Performance Tech Motorsports	Tristan Nunez	1:42.574	+6.609	10
11	PC	81	DragonSpeed	Renger van der Zande	1:42.869	+6.904	11
12	PC	7	BAR1 Motorsports	Rusty Mitchell	1:43.406	+7.441	12
13	P1	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars	Katherine Legge	1:43.724	+7.759	13
14	GT	55	BMW Team RLL	Maxime Martin	1:45.978	+10.013	14‡
15	GT	62	Risi Competizione	Matteo Malucelli	1:46.113	+10.148	151
16	GT	56	BMW Team RLL	Dirk Müller	1:46.174	+10.209	16
17	GT	48	Paul Miller Racing	Marco Holzer	1:46.211	+10.246	17
18	GT	93	SRT Motorsports	Kuno Wittmer	1:46.528	+10.563	18
19	GT	91	SRT Motorsports	Dominik Farnbacher	1:46.568	+10.603	19
20	GT	06	CORE Autosport	Patrick Long	1:46.673	+10.708	20
21	GT	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	1:46.923	+10.958	21
22	GT	4	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner	1:47.038	+11.073	22
23	GT	17	Team Falken Tire	Wolf Henzler	1:47.730	+11.765	23
24	GT	23	Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari	Townsend Bell	1:47.761	+11.796	24
25	GTC	66	TRG	Damien Faulkner	1:52.213	+16.248	25‡
26	GTC	22	Alex Job Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:52.610	+16.645	26
27	GTC	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly	1:52.621	+16.656	27
28	GTC	30	NGT Motorsport	Sean Edwards	1:52.927	+16.962	28
29	GTC	31	NGT Motorsport	Kuba Giermaziak	1:53.286	+17.321	29
30	GTC	11	JDX Racing	Jan Heylen	1:53.425	+17.460	30
31	GTC	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Dion von Moltke	1:53.507	+17.542	31
32	GTC	27	Dempsey Racing/Del Piero	Andy Lally	1:53.571	+17.606	32
Sources:[3][4]

• ¹ The No. 62 Risi Competizione 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 84 2:46:11.675‡ Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 2 P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Johnny Mowlem Guy Smith Lola B12/60 M 84 +22.846 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Isobutanol) 3 P2 551 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Ryan Briscoe HPD ARX-03b M 83 +1 lap‡ Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 4 P2 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Anthony Lazzaro Scott Sharp HPD ARX-03b M 83 +1 lap Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 5 P2 552 Level 5 Motorsports Guy Cosmo Marino Franchitti Stefan Johansson HPD ARX-03b M 83 +1 lap Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 6 PC 8 BAR1 Motorsports Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming Oreca FLM09 C 81 +3 Laps‡ Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 7 PC 05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Tom Kimber-Smith Oreca FLM09 C 81 +3 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 8 PC 7 BAR1 Motorsports James French Rusty Mitchell Oreca FLM09 C 81 +3 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 GT 62 Risi Competizione Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucell Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 80 +4 Laps‡ Ferrari 4.5 L V8 10 GT 06 CORE Autosport Colin Braun Patrick Long Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 79 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 79 +5 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 12 GT 56 BMW Team RLL Dirk Müller John Edwards BMW Z4 GTE M 79 +5 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 13 GT 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Maxime Martin BMW Z4 GTE M 79 +5 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 14 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 79 +5 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 15 GT 91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher SRT Viper GTS-R M 79 +5 Laps SRT 8.0 L V10 16 GT 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Porsche 911 GT3-RSR F 79 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 17 DNF GT 93 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer Jonathan Bomarito SRT Viper GTS-R M 77 Loose Hood SRT 8.0 L V10 18 GTC 66 TRG Ben Keating Damien Faulkner Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 75 +9 Laps‡ Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Jeroen Bleekemolen Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 75 +9 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 20 GTC 30 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros Sean Edwards Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 75 +9 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 GTC 11 JDX Racing Mike Hedlund Jan Heylen Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 75 +9 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 GTC 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 75 +9 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 23 GTC 27 Dempsey Racing/Del Piero Patrick Dempsey Andy Lally Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 75 +9 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 24 GTC 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly Nelson Canache Jr. Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 73 +11 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 PC 18 Performance Tech Motorsports Ryan Booth Tristan Nunez Oreca FLM09 C 73 +11 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 26 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Dane Cameron Mike Guasch Oreca FLM09 C 69 +15 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 27 PC 81 DragonSpeed Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande Oreca FLM09 C 67 +17 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 28 GT 23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Y 67 +17 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 29 DNF GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Marco Holzer Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 50 Crash Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 DNF GTC 31 NGT Motorsport Eduardo Cisneros Kuba Giermaziak Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Y 47 Crash Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 31 DNF P1 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Katherine Legge Andy Meyrick DeltaWing DWC13 B 40 Alternator Belt Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L Turbo I4 32 DNF P2 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek HPD ARX-03b M 31 Fire Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 Sources:[5][6]

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