2013 Rolex Sports Car Series Explained

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 featured 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 was 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 did 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.

Rnd	Circuit	DP Winning Team	GT Winning Team	GX Winning Team	Report
Rnd	Circuit	DP Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	GX Winning Drivers	Report
1	Daytona	#01 Chip Ganassi Racing	#24 Audi Sport customer racing/AJR	#16 Napleton Racing	Report
1	Daytona	Charlie Kimball Juan Pablo Montoya Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	Filipe Albuquerque Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Mortara Dion von Moltke	Nelson Canache David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman	Report
2	Austin	#99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	#94 Turner Motorsport	#38 BGB Motorsports	Report
2	Austin	Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana	Jim Norman Jeff Mosing Spencer Pumpelly	Report
3	Barber	#10 Wayne Taylor Racing	#57 Stevenson Motorsports	#38 BGB Motorsports	Report
3	Barber	Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor	John Edwards Robin Liddell	Jim Norman Spencer Pumpelly	Report
4	Road Atlanta	#01 Chip Ganassi Racing	#57 Stevenson Motorsports	#00 Speedsource	Report
4	Road Atlanta	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	John Edwards Robin Liddell	Andrew Carbonell Joel Miller	Report
5	Detroit	#10 Wayne Taylor Racing	#57 Stevenson Motorsports	#00 Speedsource	Report
5	Detroit	Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor	John Edwards Robin Liddell	Joel Miller Tristan Nunez	Report
6	Mid-Ohio	#5 Action Express Racing	#94 Turner Motorsport	#70 Speedsource	Report
6	Mid-Ohio	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana	Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay	Report
7	Watkins Glen	#5 Action Express Racing	#57 Stevenson Motorsports	#00 Speedsource	Report
7	Watkins Glen	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	John Edwards Robin Liddell	Joel Miller Tristan Nunez Yojiro Terada	Report
8	Indianapolis	#2 Starworks Motorsport	#61 R.Ferri/AIM Motorsport Racing with Ferrari	#70 Speedsource	Report
8	Indianapolis	Ryan Dalziel Alex Popow	Jeff Segal Max Papis	Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay	Report
9	Road America	#8 Starworks Motorsport	#94 Turner Motorsport	#00 Speedsource	Report
9	Road America	Brendon Hartley Scott Mayer	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana	Joel Miller Tristan Nunez	Report
10	Kansas	#10 Wayne Taylor Racing	#63 Scuderia Corsa	#00 Speedsource	Report
10	Kansas	Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor	Alessandro Balzan Leh Keen	Joel Miller Tristan Nunez	Report
11	Laguna Seca	#10 Wayne Taylor Racing	#44 Magnus Racing	#70 Speedsource	Report
11	Laguna Seca	Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor	Andy Lally John Potter	Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay	Report
12	Lime Rock	#10 Wayne Taylor Racing	#31 Marsh Racing	#70 Speedsource	Report
12	Lime Rock	Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor	Lawson Aschenbach Eric Curran Boris Said	Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay	Report

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]

Daytona Prototypes

Drivers (Top 20)

Pos	Driver	R24	TXS	BIR	ATL	BEL	LEX	S6H	IMS	ELK	KAN	LGA	LIM	Points
1	Max Angelelli	2	10	1	6	1	6	10	15	7	1	1	1	339
1	Jordan Taylor	2	10	1	6	1	6	10	15	7	1	1	1	339
2	Scott Pruett	1	3	4	1	12†	11	7	2	4	2	2	3	326
2	Memo Rojas	1	3	4	1	12†	11	7	2	4	2	2	3	326
3	Jon Fogarty	7	1	2	3	6	5	14	3	8	8	4	12	312
3	Alex Gurney	7	1	2	3	6	5	14	3	8	8	4	12	312
4	Christian Fittipaldi	8	5	11	12	2	1	1	14	2	4	7	14	308
5	Ryan Dalziel	6	2	6	2	3	3	8	1	14	11	13	7	308
5	Alex Popow	6	2	6	2	3	3	8	1	14	11	13	7	308
6	João Barbosa	4	14	9	12	2	1	1	14	2	4	7	14	306
7	Richard Westbrook	5	11	3	5	5	9	9	6	13	12	8	9	279
7	Ricky Taylor	5	11	3	5	5	9	9	6	13	12	8	9	279
8	Brian Frisselle	8	5	11	8	11	7	5	16	3	5	11	8	276
9	Burt Frisselle	4	14	9	8	11	7	5	16	3	5	11	8	274
10	Dane Cameron	9	8	7	13	4	8	12	12	10	7	9	4	269
10	Wayne Nonnamaker	9	8	7	13	4	8	12	12	10	7	9	4	269
11	Gustavo Yacamán	13	7	5	4	7	13†	6	10	6	14	6	2	265
12	Brendon Hartley	14	13	12	10	8	10	3	4	1	6	16		252
13	Stéphane Sarrazin	10	4	10	9	10		2	8	12	9	12	10	249
14	John Pew	EX	16	8	7	13†	4	4	7	5	3	10	6	244
15	Michael Valiante	13		8	7	13†	2	2	8	12	9	12	10	233
16	Will Nonnamaker	15	15	13	11	9	12	13	13	11	10	14	11	225
16	Joe Nonnamaker	15	15	13	11	9	12	13	13	11	10	14	11	225
17	Oswaldo Negri	EX	16				4	4	7	5	3	10	6	197
18	Sébastien Bourdais	6						8	11	9	13	5	5	160
19	Scott Mayer	14	13†	12†	10	8†	10	3	4†	1	6†	16		139
20	Enzo Potolicchio	10	4	10†			2†	2†	8†	12	9	12	10	130	21	Justin Wilson	EX	6	6	14	6	2	124
22	Antônio Pizzonia		7	5	4	7	13†							102
28	Antonio García	5						9						48
30	Colin Braun	17	9											38
30	Jon Bennett	17	9											38
31	Juan Pablo Montoya	1												35
31	Charlie Kimball	1												35
32	Anthony Massari	16	12											35
32	Emmanuel Anassis	16	12											35
34	Ryan Hunter-Reay	2												32
35	Mike Rockenfeller	4												28
36	Oliver Gavin	5												26
38	Allan McNish	6												25
40	Darren Law	7												24
40	Memo Gidley	7												24
41	Felipe Nasr	8												23
41	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	8												23
38	Simon Pagenaud	9												22
39	Anthony Davidson	10												21
39	Nicolas Minassian	10												21
40	A. J. Allmendinger	EX							10					21
–	Marcos Ambrose	EX												0	-->

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Notes

Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Chassis

Pos	Chassis	R24	TXS	BIR	ATL	BEL	LEX	S6H	IMS	ELK	KAN	LGA	LIM	Points
1	Riley	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	393
2	Coyote	4	4	3	5	2	1	1	6	2	4	5	5	351
3	Dallara	2	9	1	6	1	6	10	5	7	1	1	1	350
4	Lola		6											25

Engine

Pos	Engine	R24	TXS	BIR	ATL	BEL	LEX	S6H	IMS	ELK	KAN	LGA	LIM	Points
1	Chevrolet	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	404
2	BMW	1	3	4	1	4	8	7	1	1	2	2	3	367
3	Ford	6	2	5	2	3	3	3	5	5	3	6	2	341

Grand Touring

Drivers (Top 20)

Pos	Driver	R24	TXS	BIR	ATL	BEL	LEX	S6H	IMS	ELK	KAN	LGA	LIM	Points
1	Alessandro Balzan	4	11	2	3	2	6	5	5	6	1	3	2	341
2	Andy Lally	5	2	6	5	4	2	3	3	5	8	1	13	331
2	John Potter	5	2	6	5	4	2	3	3	5	8	1	13	331
3	John Edwards	23	15	1	1	1	10	1	2	8	4	5	4	330
3	Robin Liddell	23	15	1	1	1	10	1	2	8	4	5	4	330
4	Anthony Lazzaro	3	5	9	8	7	3	2	4	7	3	4	11	317
4	Emil Assentato	3	5	9	8	7	3	2	4	7	3	4	11	317
5	Patrick Long	16	4	8	2	6	4	8	11	2	2	9	9	303
5	Patrick Lindsey	16	4	8	2	6	4	8	11	2	2	9	9	303
6	Jeff Segal	21	10	4	6	3	8	11	1	4	6	13	7	293
7	Paul Dalla Lana	18	1	5	7	10	1	4	12	1	7	12	14†	282
8	Leh Keen	13	3	10	4			2	5	6	1	3	2	277
9	Eric Curran	32	13	3	11	5	7	7	10	12	10	8	1	277
10	Boris Said	18	13	3	11	5	7	7	10	12	10	8		242
11	Bill Auberlen	18	1	5		10	1	4		1	7	12	14†	239
12	Michael Marsal	DNS	8	12†	12†	8	5	13		3	9	2	5	200
13	Max Papis	21	10	4	6	3	8	11	1					198
14	Jeff Westphal			2	3	2	6	5					3	175
15	Billy Johnson	18			7		5	4	12		9	2		167
16	Dion von Moltke	1	9	7		9	11	9						145
17	Andrew Davis	13	3	10	4		9	16†	7					143
18	Johannes van Overbeek	9	7					6				14†	3	101
19	Al Carter	15						14	8			7	12	99
20	Bryan Sellers	13						8			5	7		91
21	Richard Lietz	5						3					8	79
22	Jason Hart	16	12		10				9					78
23	Edoardo Mortara	1						9	14					74
23	Filipe Albuquerque	1						9	14					74
24	Mike Hedlund	9	7					6				14†		71
26	Madison Snow	11					9	16†	7					66
27	Eliseo Salazar	22	14					15	15					65
27	Eduardo Costabal	22	14					15	15					65
28	Gunter Schaldach	DNS	8	12†	12†	8		13						64
29	Mike Skeen	14	6	11										62
-->

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Notes

Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Engine

Pos	Engine	R24	TXS	BIR	ATL	BEL	LEX	S6H	IMS	ELK	KAN	LGA	LIM	Points
1	Ferrari	3	5	2	3	2	3	2	1	4	1	3	2	372
2	Porsche	5	2	6	2	4	2	3	3	2	2	1	8	357
3	Chevrolet	23	13	1	1	1	7	1	2	8	4	5	1	334
4	BMW	18	1	5	7	8	1	4	12	1	7	2	5	320
5	Audi	1	16					9	8		5	7	12	164
6	Aston Martin											10	10	42
7	Mazda	17												14
8	Dodge	33												0

GX Class

Drivers

Pos	Driver	R24	TXS	BIR	ATL	BEL	LEX	S6H	IMS	ELK	KAN	LGA	LIM	Points
1	Jim Norman	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	393
2	Joel Miller	6	3	2	1	1	3	1	3	1	1	4	3	380
3	Sylvain Tremblay	4	2	3	3	3	1	3	1	3	3	1	1	380
3	Tom Long	4	2	3	3	3	1	3	1	3	3	1	1	380
4	Tristan Nunez	6	3	2		1	3	1	3	1	1	4	3	345
5	Spencer Pumpelly		1	1		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	326
6	Jeff Mosing	3	1									3		95
7	Andrew Carbonell	5			1			3						91
8	David Donohue	1			2									67
9	Shane Lewis	1												35
9	Nelson Canache	1												35
10	James Clay	2												32
	Seth Thomas	2												32
	Darryl O'Young	2												32
	Daniel Rogers	2												32
	Karl Thomson	2												32
11	Scott Dollahite											3	4†	30
12	Lee Davis	3												30
	Ryan Eversley	3												30
	Eric Foss	3												30
	John Tecce	3												30
13	Derek Whitis	5												26
14	Tristan Vautier	6												25

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Notes

Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Engine

Pos	Engine	R24	TXS	BIR	ATL	BEL	LEX	S6H	IMS	ELK	KAN	LGA	LIM	Points
1	Mazda	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	407
2	Porsche	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	393
3	Lotus											3	4	58

Notes and References

Web site: 51st Rolex 24 At Daytona Scheduled for January 26–27, 2013. Daytona International Speedway. March 16, 2012.
Web site: 2013 Lotus Evora GRC Racing. odong2.Com. 22 January 2013.
Web site: GRAND AM Announces Plans For New Rolex Series Class. Grand Am.com. May 31, 2012.
Web site: Kansas Speedway road circuit passes opening test. Grand Am.com. September 12, 2012.
Web site: Championship Points Structure. Grand-Am.com. 2 June 2013.