2013 VLN Series

The 2013 VLN Series was the 36th season of the VLN.

2013 VLN Series

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The drivers championship was won by Dirk Groneck and Tim Groneck, driving a Renault Clio for Groneck Motorsport.^[1]

The fourth race was marred by the death of 55-year-old German driver Wolfgang Dess, who raced under the nom de course "Wolf Silvester". While in contention for victory in the CUP1 class, he was seen to lose control of his No. 350 Opel Astra OPC before the car came to a rest at Schwalbenschwanz. Marshals found him motionless in the driver's seat. Numerous attempts were made to resuscitate him at the trackside and on the way to the circuit's medical centre, but he was later pronounced dead by the chief medical officer. It is suspected that Dess suffered a heart attack while racing.^[2][3]

Calendar

Rnd.	Race	Length	Circuit	Date
1	60. ADAC Westfalenfahrt	4 hours	Nürburgring Nordschleife	March 23
2	38. DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen	4 hours		April 13
3	55. ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup	4 hours		April 27
4	44. Adenauer ADAC Simfy Trophy	4 hours[a]		June 22
5	53. ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen	4 hours		July 20
6	Opel 6 Stunden ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen	6 hours		August 24
7	36. RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen	4 hours[b]		September 14
8	45. ADAC Barbarossapreis	4 hours		September 28
9	ROWE DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen	4 hours		October 12
10	38. DMV Münsterlandpokal	4 hours		October 26

Race Results

Results indicate overall winners only.

Rnd	Circuit	Pole Position	Winners
1	Nürburgring Nordschleife	Event cancelled due to snow[7]
2		No. 30 MSC Adenau e.V. im ADAC	No. 19 Team Schubert
		Klaus Abbelen Sabine Schmitz Patrick Huisman	Dirk Müller Jörg Müller Augusto Farfus
3		No. 2 H&R Spezialfedern	No. 5 Phoenix Racing
		Uwe Alzen Philipp Wlazik Alexandros Margaritis	Marcel Fässler Frank Stippler
4		No. 45 Timbuli Racing	No. 15 Phoenix Racing
		Norbert Siedler Marco Seefried Marc Basseng	Frank Stippler Ferdinand Stuck Johannes Stuck
5		No. 2 H&R Spezialfedern	No. 30 MSC Adenau e.V. im ADAC
		Uwe Alzen Philipp Wlazik Alexandros Margaritis	Klaus Abbelen Patrick Huisman Patrick Pilet
6		No. 37 G-Drive Racing by Phoenix	No. 7 Rowe Racing
		Frank Stippler Marc Basseng Roman Rusinov	Jan Seyffarth Nico Bastian Lance David Arnold
7		No. 2 H&R Spezialfedern	No. 145 Manthey Racing
		Uwe Alzen Philipp Wlazik Niclas Kentenich	Jochen Krumbach Jörg Bergmeister Lucas Luhr
8		No. 2 H&R Spezialfedern	No. 25 Team Marc VDS
		Uwe Alzen Philipp Wlazik Niclas Kentenich	Maxime Martin Nicky Catsburg
9		No. 23 Dörr Motorsport	No. 44 Twin Busch Motorsport
		Rudi Adams Arno Klasen	Dennis Busch Marc Busch
10		No. 37 Phoenix Racing	No. 37 Phoenix Racing
		Marc Basseng Laurens Vanthoor Christian Mamerow	Marc Basseng Laurens Vanthoor Christian Mamerow
Sources:[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]

Footnotes

1. The race was stopped after 2 hours 38 minutes due to the death of "Wolf Silvester".^[4]
2. The race was stopped after 3 hours 50 minutes due to safety reasons, after heavy rain hit the circuit.^[5][6]