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14th season of the racing series organized by Grand-Am
The 2013 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the fourteenth and final season of the Grand American Road Racing Association 's premier series, before merging up with the American Le Mans Series in 2014. It began on January 26, with the 51st running of the 24 Hours of Daytona .[ 1]
As the NASCAR Holdings acquisition of Panoz Motor Sports, and IMSA, had already taken place, this season is technically one of two series that formed the 43rd season of the IMSA GT Championship that dates to 1971.
Schedule
The schedule was released on September 28, 2012 and features the addition of three new circuits for the series; Circuit of the Americas , Kansas Speedway , and Road Atlanta . Also, the August 10 event at Road America will be a combined weekend with the American Le Mans Series , showcasing the organizations' recent merger. Previous races at Homestead-Miami Speedway , New Jersey Motorsports Park , Watkins Glen Short Course and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve do not return.
Rnd
Date
Race
Duration
Circuit
Location
1
January 26–27
Rolex 24 At Daytona
24 hours
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida
2
March 2
Grand-Am of The Americas presented by GAINSCO and TOTAL
2 hours 45 minutes
Circuit of the Americas
Austin, Texas
3
April 6
Porsche 250
2 hours
Barber Motorsports Park
Birmingham, Alabama
4
April 20
Visual Studio Ultimate Grand Prix of Atlanta
2 hours 45 minutes
Road Atlanta
Braselton, Georgia
5
June 1
Chevrolet Grand-Am Detroit 200
2 hours
The Raceway on Belle Isle
Detroit , Michigan
6
June 15
Diamond Cellar Classic
2 hours 45 minutes
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, Ohio
7
June 30
Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen
6 hours
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen, New York
8
July 26
Brickyard Grand Prix
3 hours
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course)
Speedway, Indiana
9
August 10
VisitFlorida.com Sports Car 250
2 hours 45 minutes
Road America
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10
August 17
SFP Grand Prix
2 hours 45 minutes
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kansas
11
September 8
Continental Tire Sports Car Festival
2 hours 45 minutes
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Monterey, California
12
September 28
Championship Weekend presented by BMW
2 hours 45 minutes
Lime Rock Park
Lakeville, Connecticut
News
Lotus announced that they are developing a new Evora for the 2013 Rolex season.[ 2]
The series introduced a new alternative fueled "GX" class for the 2013 season.[ 3] The vehicles also utilized new technologies not otherwise used in the series. Mazda announced that it would offer its SkyActiv-D diesel engine to teams for this new class. 2013 also marked the first season since 2004 to feature three classes.
In September 2012, Grand Am tested Kansas Speedway in hopes of adding it to the 2013 schedule. The tests proved successful.[ 4]
Results
Overall winners in bold .
Championship standings
Championship points are awarded based on finishing positions as shown below. The exception is at the 24 Hours of Daytona, where a minimum of 15th place points are awarded so as not to excessively penalize a low finish when there are generally more entrants.[ 5]
Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Race
35
32
30
28
26
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Daytona Prototypes
Drivers (Top 20)
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap
Notes
Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.
Chassis
Engine
Grand Touring
Drivers (Top 20)
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap
Notes
Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.
Engine
GX Class
Drivers
Notes
Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.
Engine
References