The 16th Annual Petit Le Mans presented by Mazda was the 2013 edition of the Petit Le Mans automotive endurance race, held on October 16–19, 2013, at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia, United States. The race was the final Round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series season, as well as the final event of the American Le Mans Series as a whole before the series is reborn as the United SportsCar Championship in 2014. Rebellion Racing's Nick Heidfeld, Nicolas Prost, and Neel Jani won the team's second consecutive Petit Le Mans, a full six laps ahead of the P2 class winning Level 5 Motorsports Honda, who secured a championship for Scott Tucker with the victory. The BAR1 Motorsports won the Prototype Challenge category, their third straight victory of the season. Team Falken Tire Porsche held the GT class lead by less than a second at the finish, while Flying Lizard Motorsports won the GT Challenge category by a margin of six seconds.

Qualifying The Rebellion Racing LMP1 car qualified on the pole.

Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with . +ClassEntryDriverTime1P112 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani1:09.254—12P16 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Lucas Luhr1:10.397 +1.14323P201 Extreme Speed Motorsports David Brabham1:12.668+3.41434P2551 Level 5 Motorsports Ryan Briscoe1:12.792 +3.53845P2552 Level 5 Motorsports Guy Cosmo1:13.637 +4.38356P202 Extreme Speed Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek1:13.929 +4.67567PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Dane Cameron1:14.955+5.70178P116 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson1:14.978 +5.724339PC9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira1:15.143 +5.8893410PC05 CORE Autosport Tom Kimber-Smith1:15.215 +5.961811PC8 BAR1 Motorsports Kyle Marcelli1:15.367 +6.113912PC25 8 Star Motorsports Sean Rayhall1:15.399 +6.1451013PC18 Performance Tech Motorsports Tristan Nunez1:15.604 +6.3501114PC7 BAR1 Motorsports Rusty Mitchell1:16.001 +6.7471215P10 DeltaWing Racing Cars Andy Meyrick1:16.206 +6.9521316GT62 Risi Competizione Matteo Malucelli1:18.861+9.6071417GT93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito1:18.888 +9.6341518GT91 SRT Motorsports Dominik Farnbacher1:19.017 +9.7631619GT3 Corvette Racing Antonio García1:19.128 +9.8741720GT56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards1:19.228 +9.9741821GT17 Team Falken Tire Dominik Farnbacher1:19.386 +10.1321922GT4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin1:19.440 +10.1862023GT06 CORE Autosport Patrick Long1:19.947 +10.6932124GT55 BMW Team RLL Uwe Alzen1:19.954 +10.7002225GT48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller1:20.497 +11.2432326GT23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari Leh Keen1:20.506 +11.2522427GTC45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly1:24.118+14.8642528GTC22 Alex Job Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen1:24.433 +15.1792629GTC27 Dempsey Racing/Del Piero Andy Lally1:24.480 +15.2262730GTC11 JDX Racing Jan Heylen1:24.923 +15.6692831GTC66 TRG Damien Faulkner1:24.926 +15.6722932GTC31 NGT Motorsport Nicolas Armindo1:25.237 +15.9833033GTC10 Dempsey Racing/Del Piero Charles Espenlaub1:25.368 +16.1143134GTC44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman1:28.039 +18.78532Sources:

- The No. 16 Dyson Racing entry was moved to the back of the grid for changing tires between qualifying and the race. - The No. 9 RSR Racing entry was moved to the back of the grid after the car failed post-qualifying technical inspection.

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 12 Rebellion Racing Nick Heidfeld Neel Jani Nicolas Prost Lola B12/60 394 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 2 P2 551 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Ryan Briscoe Marino Franchitti HPD ARX-03b 388 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 3 P2 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Anthony Lazzaro David Brabham HPD ARX-03b 388 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 4 P2 552 Level 5 Motorsports Guy Cosmo Jonny Kane Peter Dumbreck HPD ARX-03b 387 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 5 PC 8 BAR1 Motorsports Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming Stefan Johansson Oreca FLM09 380 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 6 PC 25 8 Star Motorsports Sean Rayhall Oswaldo Negri Oreca FLM09 380 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 7 PC 05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Tom Kimber-Smith Mark Wilkins Oreca FLM09 377 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 8 GT 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Nick Tandy Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 375 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 9 GT 56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Bill Auberlen Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE 375 BMW 4.4 L V8 10 GT 62 Risi Competizione Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucelli Robin Liddell Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 375 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 11 P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Chris McMurry Tony Burgess Lola B12/60 374 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Butanol) 12 GT 55 BMW Team RLL Maxime Martin Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen BMW Z4 GTE 374 BMW 4.4 L V8 13 GT 93 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer Jonathan Bomarito Tommy Kendall SRT Viper GTS-R 373 SRT 8.0 L V10 14 GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 373 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 15 GT 91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher Ryan Dalziel SRT Viper GTS-R 372 SRT 8.0 L V10 16 GT 06 CORE Autosport Patrick Long Colin Braun Michael Christensen Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 372 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 17 P2 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Rob Bell HPD ARX-03b 369 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 18 GT 23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari Johnny Mowlem Bill Sweedler Leh Keen Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 369 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 19 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Richard Westbrook Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 369 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 20 PC 7 BAR1 Motorsports Tomy Drissi Rusty Mitchell James French Oreca FLM09 365 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 21 PC 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Dane Cameron Mike Guasch David Cheng Oreca FLM09 359 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 22 GTC 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly Madison Snow Nelson Canache, Jr. Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 357 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 23 GTC 27 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey Andy Lally Joe Foster Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 357 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 24 GTC 11 JDX Racing Mike Hedlund Jon Fogarty Jan Heylen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 357 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Jeroen Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 356 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GTC 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Brett Sandberg Dion von Moltke Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 344 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 GTC 66 TRG Ben Keating Craig Stanton Damien Faulkner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 339 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTC 31 NGT Motorsport Angel Benitez, Jr. Christina Nielsen Nicolas Armindo Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 339 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 PC 9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Duncan Ende Gustavo Menezes Oreca FLM09 295 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 30DNF GTC 10 Dempsey Racing Charlie Putman Charles Espenlaub Darren Law Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 277 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 31DNF P1 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Katherine Legge Andy Meyrick DeltaWing DWC13 209 Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4 32DNF P1 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr Romain Dumas HPD ARX-03a 200 Honda 3.4 L V8 33DNF PC 18 Performance Tech Motorsports Tristan Nunez Charlie Shears Oreca FLM09 121 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 34DNF GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Marco Holzer Emmanuel Collard Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 76 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6Sources:

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