American Le Mans Series Austin 2013

Event: International Sports Car Weekend Circuit of the Americas		Date: 21.9.2013
Track: Circuit of the Americas, Austin (United States), 5.472 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Austin
American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón (round 8)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	15:45
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	35000

Entered:	34
Practiced:	34
Qualified:	34
Started:	33
Finished:	28

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	3	3
Le Mans Prototype 2	4	4
Le Mans Prototype Challenge	8	8
Le Mans Grand Touring	11	11
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge	8	7

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
2 official test sessions held for a total of 510 minutes on 17-19/9
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 20/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 20/9

Winners:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03c	Luhr / Graf
Le Mans Prototype 2:	551	HPD ARX-03b	Tucker / Briscoe
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	8	Oreca FLM 09	Cumming / Marcelli
Le Mans Grand Touring:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	Magnussen / Garcia
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	66	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Keating / Faulkner
Leaders:
laps 1-83:	6	HPD ARX-03c
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03c	Klaus Graf (D)	1:53.7210	173.2169 km/h	lap 76
Le Mans Prototype 2:	552	HPD ARX-03b	Marino Franchitti (GB)	1:57.4320	167.7435 km/h	lap 78
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	52	Oreca FLM 09	Dane Cameron (USA)	1:59.7350	164.5168 km/h	lap 77
Le Mans Grand Touring:	93	SRT Viper GTS-R	Jonathan Bomarito (USA)	2:05.0530	157.5194 km/h	lap 57
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	44	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Dion von Moltke (USA)	2:13.4990	147.5543 km/h	lap 54
Pole Positions:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03c	Lucas Luhr (D)	2:07.8510	154.0722 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	552	HPD ARX-03b	Marino Franchitti (GB)	2:10.5730	150.8615 km/h
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	81	Oreca FLM 09	Renger van der Zande (NL)	2:17.8650	142.8824 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring:	55	BMW Z4 GTE	Joey Hand (USA)	2:17.1780	143.5969 km/h
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	66	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Damien Faulkner (IRL)	2:27.8160	133.2633 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Oreca (8), HPD (5), Chevrolet (2), SRT (2), BMW (2), Ferrari (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (10), Porsche (10), HPD (5), Viper (2), BMW (2), Ferrari (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca FLM 09 (8), Porsche 997 GT3 Cup (7), HPD ARX-03 (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (36), D (7), GB (7), CDN (4), B (2), DK (2), NL (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (51%), rear-engined (30%), front-engined (19%)
Average engine size:	5035 cc (with regard to 22% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5478 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (59), Tony Burgess (58), Mike Guasch (55)
Youngest known drivers:	Dane Cameron (25), Colin Braun (25), Sean Edwards (27)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge

Official Race Programme:

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