2013 Northeast Grand Prix


The 2013 American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix was an auto racing event held at Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Connecticut, on July 5–6, 2013, and was the fourth round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series season. Muscle Milk Pickett Racing and their drivers Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf earned their third consecutive victory of the season after Dyson Racing fell back. Level 5 Motorsports' Scott Tucker and Ryan Briscoe overcame an incident with Extreme Speed Motorsports in the P2 category to take the victory, but were later penalized championship points for the maneuver. RSR Racing earned their first victory in the PC class in 2013. BMW's John Edwards and Dirk Müller won the GT category, while Flying Lizard Motorsports scored their first win in the GTC category.

Background

Preview

American Le Mans Series 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 tenth consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix was the fifth of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series. The race was held at the seven-turn Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 6, 2013.
Before the race, Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr led the P1 Drivers' Championship with 62 points, 4 ahead of Nick Heidfeld and Neel Jani. With 59 points, Scott Tucker led the P2 Drivers' Championship over Marino Franchitti by 3 points. In PC, Mike Guasch led the Drivers' Championship with 62 points, ahead of Colin Braun. Dirk Müller led the GT Drivers' Championship with 42 points, 3 points ahead of Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner. With 59 points, Henrique Cisneros led the GTC Drivers' Championship, ahead of Jeroen Bleekemolen and Cooper MacNeil.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
PosClassTeamDriverLap TimeGrid
1P1#6 Muscle Milk Pickett RacingLucas Luhr0:44.3961
2P1#16 Dyson Racing TeamChris Dyson0:45.2432
3P2#551 Level 5 MotorsportsRyan Briscoe0:46.1913
4P2#552 Level 5 MotorsportsMarino Franchitti0:46.4284
5P2#02 Extreme Speed MotorsportsJohannes van Overbeek0:46.7295
6P2#01 Extreme Speed MotorsportsScott Sharp0:46.8706
7PC#05 CORE AutosportColin Braun0:48.0787
8PC#9 RSR RacingBruno Junqueira0:48.1888
9PC#8 BAR1 MotorsportsKyle Marcelli0:48.4039
10PC#81 8 Star MushimotorsRenger van der Zande0:48.42210
11PC#18 Performance Tech MotorsportsTristan Nunez0:48.56411
12P1#0 DeltaWing Racing CarsAndy Meyrick0:48.93112
13PC#52 PR1 Mathiasen MotorsportsMike Guasch0:49.22213
14PC#7 BAR1 MotorsportsRusty Mitchell0:50.04414
15GT#56 BMW Team RLLJohn Edwards0:50.99615
16GT#55 BMW Team RLLMaxime Martin0:51.15716
17GT#4 Corvette RacingOliver Gavin0:51.49017
18GT#62 Risi CompetizioneOlivier Beretta0:51.49918
19GT#3 Corvette RacingAntonio García0:51.53719
20GT#06 CORE AutosportPatrick Long0:51.73220
21GT#23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk FerrariTownsend Bell0:51.81221
22GT#91 SRT MotorsportsDominik Farnbacher0:51.91622
23GT#93 SRT MotorsportsKuno Wittmer0:52.18523
24GT#17 Team Falken TireBryan Sellers0:52.19933
25GT#48 Paul Miller RacingBryce Miller0:52.25424
26GTC#45 Flying Lizard MotorsportsSpencer Pumpelly0:55.15525
27GTC#22 Alex Job RacingJeroen Bleekemolen0:55.31726
28GTC#66 TRGDamien Faulkner0:55.41427
29GTC#27 Dempsey Del Piero RacingAndy Lally0:55.50028
30GTC#11 JDX RacingJan Heylen0:55.60429
31GTC#30 NGT MotorsportNicolas Armindo0:55.67730
32GTC#44 Flying Lizard MotorsportsDion von Moltke0:55.74431
33GTC#68 TRGCraig Stanton0:55.99232

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified.
PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
PosClassNoTeamDriversEngineTireLaps
1P16