The 2013 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was an auto race held on the Long Beach Street Circuit in Long Beach, California on April 20 and 21, 2013. The seventh running of the Long Beach event for the American Le Mans Series, this was the second round of the 2013 season. The race weekend was shared with the IndyCar Series, which ran the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Germans Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr of Muscle Milk Pickett Racing won the race for the third year in succession. The PC category was led by Colin Braun and Jon Bennett of CORE Autosport, while Scott Sharp and Guy Cosmo's Extreme Speed Motorsports entry was victorious in the P2 class. The BMW Team RLL squad scored a one-two victory, led by Bill Auberlen and Maxime Martin; Henrique Cisneros Jr. and Sean Edwards won the GTC class for NGT Motorsports.

Background

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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. It was the seventh consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was the second of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series. The race was held at the eleven-turn Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California on April 21, 2013.

Qualifying

Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 P1 #12 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani 1:12.600 1 2 P1 #16 Dyson Racing Guy Smith 1:13.282 2 3 P1 #6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Lucas Luhr 1:14.004 3 4 P2 #551 Level 5 Motorsports Ryan Briscoe 1:16.014 4 5 PC #9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira 1:16.167 5 6 PC #05 CORE Autosport Colin Braun 1:16.222 6 7 PC #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Luis Díaz 1:16.630 7 8 PC #8 BAR1 Motorsports Kyle Marcelli 1:16.654 8 9 PC #18 Performance Tech Motorsports Tristan Nunez 1:16.834 9 10 PC #7 BAR1 Motorsports Rusty Mitchell 1:17.176 10 11 P2 #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp 1:17.390 11 12 P2 #02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek 1:17.432 12 13 GT #91 SRT Motorsports Dominik Farnbacher 1:18.845 13 14 GT #17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers 1:18.967 14 15 GT #93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito 1:18.984 15 16 GT #3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen 1:19.047 16 17 GT #55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen 1:19.063 17 18 GT #4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner 1:19.083 18 19 GT #62 Risi Competizione Olivier Beretta 1:19.184 19 20 GT #56 BMW Team RLL Joey Hand 1:19.258 20 21 GT #23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari Townsend Bell 1:19.533 21 22 P2 #552 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker 1:19.711 22 23 GTC #22 Alex Job Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:22.850 23 24 GTC #30 NGT Motorsports Sean Edwards 1:22.971 24 25 GTC #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly 1:23.014 25 26 GTC #66 TRG Damien Faulkner 1:23.355 26 27 GTC #11 JDX Racing Jan Heylen 1:23.701 27 28 GTC #68 TRG Craig Stanton 1:23.745 28 29 GTC #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Dion von Moltke 1:24.239 29 30 GTC #10 Dempsey Del Piero Racing Bob Faieta 1:24.583 30 31 GTC #27 Dempsey Del Piero Racing Joe Foster 1:25.091 31 32 GT #48 Paul Miller Racing Marco Holzer 1:27.491 32 33 GTC #99 Competition Motorsports David Calvert-Jones No Time 33

Race

Race result Class winners in bold. 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 Engine 1 P1 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr HPD ARX-03a 80 Honda 3.4 L V8 2 P1 12 Rebellion Racing Nick Heidfeld Neel Jani Lola B12/60 80 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 3 PC 05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 79 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 4 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Luis Díaz Mike Guasch Oreca FLM09 79 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 5 PC 9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Duncan Ende Oreca FLM09 79 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 6 P2 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Guy Cosmo HPD ARX-03b 79 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 7 GT 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Maxime Martin BMW Z4 GTE 78 BMW 4.4 L V8 8 P2 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek HPD ARX-03b 78 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 9 GT 56 BMW Team RLL Joey Hand Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE 78 BMW 4.4 L V8 10 GT 91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher SRT Viper GTS-R 78 SRT 8.0 L V10 11 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 78 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 12 GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 78 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 13 GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 78 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 GT 23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 77 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 15 GT 93 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer Jonathan Bomarito SRT Viper GTS-R 77 SRT 8.0 L V10 16 GT 62 Risi Competizione Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucelli Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 77 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 17 PC 7 BAR1 Motorsports Tomy Drissi Rusty Mitchell Oreca FLM09 77 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 18 PC 18 Performance Tech Motorsports Tristan Nunez Charlie Shears Oreca FLM09 76 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 19 GT 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 76 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 20 GTC 30 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros Sean Edwards Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 75 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 GTC 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly Nelson Canache Jr. Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 75 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 GTC 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports David Wong Dion von Moltke Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 75 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 23 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Jeroen Bleekemolen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 75 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 24 GTC 68 TRG Bret Curtis Craig Stanton Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 75 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 PC 8 BAR1 Motorsports Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming Oreca FLM09 75 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 26 GTC 27 Dempsey Del Piero Racing Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 73 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 GTC 66 TRG Ben Keating Damien Faulkner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 73 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 P2 551 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Ryan Briscoe HPD ARX-03b 66 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 29 GTC 11 JDX Racing Mike Hedlund Jan Heylen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 62 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 P2 552 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Marino Franchitti HPD ARX-03b 57 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 DNF P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Guy Smith Lola B12/60 17 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Butanol) DNF GTC 99 Competition Motorsports David Calvert-Jones Ted Ballou Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 6 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DNF GTC 10 Dempsey Del Piero Racing Michael Avenatti Bob Faieta Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 5 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6Sources:

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