Laguna Seca 4 Hours 2013 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: American Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón		Date: 11.5.2013
Track: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
Laguna Seca 4 Hours
American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón (round 3)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	15:30
Grid:	2-2-2
Distance:	4 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	36
Practiced:	36
Qualified:	36
Started:	36
Finished:	30

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	4	4
Le Mans Prototype 2	4	4
Le Mans Prototype Challenge	7	7
Le Mans Grand Touring	11	11
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge	10	10

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

Race notes:
7 full-course cations: laps 2-5 (no.45 off course), laps 20-25 (no.44 off course), laps 55-62 (no.62 off course), laps 84-89 (no.06 off course), laps 103-109 (no.45 off course), laps 113-117 (no.7 off course), laps 145-148 (no.0 blocking pit lane)

Pre-race sessions:
1 official test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 9/5
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 10/5
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 10/5
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03a	Graf / Luhr
Le Mans Prototype 2:	551	HPD ARX-03b	Tucker / Franchitti
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	52	Oreca FLM 09	Guasch / Diaz
Le Mans Grand Touring:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	Magnussen / Garcia
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	30	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Cisneros / Tandy
Leaders:
laps 1-22:	12	Lola B12/60
laps 23-26:	552	HPD ARX-03b
laps 27-82:	12	Lola B12/60
laps 83-115:	6	HPD ARX-03a
laps 116-118:	12	Lola B12/60
laps 119-124:	6	HPD ARX-03a
laps 125-126:	12	Lola B12/60
laps 127-150:	6	HPD ARX-03a
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	12	Lola B12/60 Toyota	Heidfeld / Jani	1:13.9480		lap 67
Le Mans Prototype 2:	551	HPD ARX-03b	Tucker / Franchitti	1:18.4580		lap 122
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	05	Oreca FLM 09	Bennett / Braun	1:20.3190		lap 118
Le Mans Grand Touring:	55	BMW Z4 GTE	Auberlen / Martin	1:23.8760		lap 67
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	30	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Cisneros / Tandy	1:28.5320		lap 113
Pole Positions:
Overall:	12	Lola B12/60 Toyota	Neel Jani (CH)	1:13.4290	176.5804 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	551	HPD ARX-03b	Marino Franchitti (GB)	1:16.6420	169.1791 km/h
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	05	Oreca FLM 09	Colin Braun (USA)	1:18.3820	165.4229 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring:	62	Ferrari 458 Italia	Matteo Malucelli (I)	1:22.7320	156.7244 km/h
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	22	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Jeroen Bleekemolen (NL)	1:27.2960	148.5312 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (13), Oreca (7), HPD (5), Lola (2), Chevrolet (2), BMW (2), Ferrari (2), SRT (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (13), Chevrolet (9), HPD (5), BMW (2), Ferrari (2), Viper (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup (10), Oreca FLM 09 (7), HPD ARX-03 (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (39), D (9), GB (7), B (3), CDN (3), NL (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (47%), rear-engined (36%), front-engined (17%)
Average engine size:	4907 cc (with regard to 22% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5338 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (59), Pierre Ehret (57), Craig Stanton (53)
Youngest known drivers:	Colin Braun (25), Maxime Martin (27), Renger van der Zande (27)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge

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