The 2013 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was an

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event held at

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from July 19–21, 2013 The race was the fifth round of the

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. Muscle Milk Pickett Racing, with drivers

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and

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, extended their streak of season victories to four by earning a win with a four lap gap over second place and P2 class winners

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. CORE Autosport led the PC category, while

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scored their third victory of the season in the GT class.

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won the GTC category, two weeks after badly damaging their car at the previous event in Lime Rock.

Background

Preview

American Le Mans Series (ALMS) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the

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schedule in October 2012. It was the fifteenth consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was the fifth of ten scheduled sports car races of

. The race was held at the ten-turn

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on July 21, 2013. Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03a Winner 2013 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

Qualifying

In qualifying for the PC category, a crash by Mike Gausch forced the session to be stopped. Due to not completing a minimum of ten minutes, the qualifying results for PC were nullified and the grid order was set by championship points. As a result of PC cars requiring a separate grid order, the final race grid was altered so that cars in the same category were grouped together, even if outqualified by a car from another class.

Qualifying result

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winners in each class are marked in bold. * – The #52 PR1 Mathiesen Motorsports and the #3 Corvette Racing entries were moved to the back of the grid for changing a tire between qualifying and the race.

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).

References

External links

2013 SportsCar Grand Prix Race Broadcast (American Le Mans Series YouTube Channel)
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