# 2013 Orion Energy Systems 245

The 2013 Orion Energy Systems 245 was a sports car race held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 11, 2013. The race was the sixth round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series.

## Background
### Preview

American Le Mans Series (ALMS) 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 twelfth consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 Orion Energy Systems 245 was the sixth of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series. It was held at the fourteen-turn 4.048 mi (6.515 km) Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 11, 2013. The event was run alongside the Rolex Sports Car Series event as a double-header.
Before the race, Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr led the P1 Drivers' Championship with 102 points, 44 ahead of Nick Heidfeld and Neel Jani. With 92 points, Marino Franchitti led the P2 Drivers' Championship over Scott Tucker by 3 points. In PC, Colin Braun led the Drivers' Championship with 86 points, ahead of Mike Guasch. Dirk Müller led the GT Drivers' Championship with 70 points, 5 points ahead of Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner. With 77 points, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Cooper MacNeil led the GTC Drivers' Championship, ahead of Nelson Canache Jr. and Spencer Pumpelly.

### Entry list

| No. | Entrant | Car | Driver 1 | Driver 2 |
| P1 |||||
| 0 | DeltaWing Racing Cars | DeltaWing LM12 | Katherine Legge | Andy Meyrick |
| 6 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | HPD ARX-03c | Klaus Graf | Lucas Luhr |
| 16 | Dyson Racing Team | Lola B12/60 | Tony Burgess | Chris McMurry |
| P2 |||||
| 01 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | HPD ARX-03b | Scott Sharp | Guy Cosmo |
| 02 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | HPD ARX-03b | Ed Brown | Johannes van Overbeek |
| 551 | Level 5 Motorsports | HPD ARX-03b | Scott Tucker | Simon Pagenaud |
| 552 | Level 5 Motorsports | HPD ARX-03b | Scott Tucker | Marino Franchitti |
| PC |||||
| 7 | BAR1 Motorsports | Oreca FLM09 | Rusty Mitchell | James French |
| 8 | BAR1 Motorsports | Oreca FLM09 | Kyle Marcelli | Chris Cumming |
| 9 | RSR Racing | Oreca FLM09 | Bruno Junqueira | Duncan Ende |
| 18 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Oreca FLM09 | Tristan Nunez | Charlie Shears |
| 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Oreca FLM09 | David Cheng | Mike Guasch |
| 81 | DragonSpeed | Oreca FLM09 | Mirco Schultis | Renger van der Zande |
| 05 | CORE Autosport | Oreca FLM09 | Jon Bennett | Colin Braun |
| GT |||||
| 3 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Jan Magnussen | Antonio García |
| 4 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Oliver Gavin | Tommy Milner |
| 17 | Team Falken Tire | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Bryan Sellers | Wolf Henzler |
| 23 | Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Townsend Bell | Leh Keen |
| 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Bryce Miller | Marco Holzer |
| 55 | BMW Team RLL | BMW Z4 GTE | Bill Auberlen | Maxime Martin |
| 56 | BMW Team RLL | BMW Z4 GTE | Dirk Müller | John Edwards |
| 62 | Risi Competizione | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Olivier Beretta | Matteo Malucelli |
| 91 | SRT Motorsports | SRT Viper GTS-R | Marc Goossens | Dominik Farnbacher |
| 93 | SRT Motorsports | SRT Viper GTS-R | Kuno Wittmer | Jonathan Bomarito |
| 06 | CORE Autosport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Patrick Long | Tom Kimber-Smith |
| GTC |||||
| 11 | JDX Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Mike Hedlund | Jan Heylen |
| 22 | Alex Job Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Cooper MacNeil | Jeroen Bleekemolen |
| 27 | Dempsey Racing/Del Piero | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Patrick Dempsey | Andy Lally |
| 30 | NGT Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Henrique Cisneros | Sean Edwards |
| 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Seth Neiman | Dion von Moltke |
| 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Spencer Pumpelly | Nelson Canache Jr. |
| 66 | TRG | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Ben Keating | Damien Faulkner |
| 68 | TRG | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Jeff Courtney | Madison Snow |
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## Qualifying

A 65-minute qualifying session divided into four 15-minute sessions was held in the morning of August 10. The rules required each team to nominate one qualifying driver, with the quickest laps determining each class' starting order.
Luhr's 1:51.460 lap secured Muscle Milk's third pole position. The lap time was more than two-seconds faster than McMurry's No. 16 Dyson Lola and Legge in the DeltaWing rounded out the P1 field. Level 5 earned the P2 pole position with a time of 1:54.806 set by Franchitti. Cosmo's No. 01 ESM car and Simon Pagenaud's Level 5 entry were second and third in class.
Colin Braun took his fifth pole position of the season in PC with a lap of 1 minute, 57.630 seconds. He was joined by Bruno Junqueira's RSR Racing car on the grid's front row with his best lap being 0.082 second slower. Bomarito's 2:03.410 lap secured him his second consecutive pole position of the season in GT. García qualified the No. 3. Corvette second. Keen in the No. 23 AJR Ferrari set the third fastest time, but would start at the back of the field after his car failed the post-qualifying technical inspection. As a result, Oliver Gavin would start in third position. Pumpelly reset the GTC lap record with a time of 2:11.931, putting the No. 45 Flying Lizard on pole. Edwards qualified the NGT car second and Heylen's No. 11 JDX Porsche was third in class.

### Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | P1 | 6 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | Lucas Luhr | 1:51.460 | — | 1‡ |
| 2 | P1 | 16 | Dyson Racing Team | Chris McMurry | 1:53.580 | +2.120 | 2 |
| 3 | P2 | 552 | Level 5 Motorsports | Marino Franchitti | 1:54.806 | +3.346 | 3‡ |
| 4 | P1 | 0 | DeltaWing Racing Cars | Katherine Legge | 1:55.362 | +3.902 | 4 |
| 5 | P2 | 01 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Guy Cosmo | 1:55.622 | +4.162 | 5 |
| 6 | P2 | 551 | Level 5 Motorsports | Simon Pagenaud | 1:55.793 | +4.333 | 6 |
| 7 | P2 | 02 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Johannes van Overbeek | 1:56.085 | +4.625 | 7 |
| 8 | PC | 05 | CORE Autosport | Colin Braun | 1:57.630 | +6.170 | 8‡ |
| 9 | PC | 9 | RSR Racing | Bruno Junqueira | 1:57.712 | +6.252 | 9 |
| 10 | PC | 18 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Tristan Nunez | 1:57.885 | +6.425 | 10 |
| 11 | PC | 81 | DragonSpeed | Renger van der Zande | 1:57.912 | +6.452 | 11 |
| 12 | PC | 8 | BAR1 Motorsports | Kyle Marcelli | 1:58.399 | +6.939 | 12 |
| 13 | PC | 7 | BAR1 Motorsports | Rusty Mitchell | 2:00.352 | +8.892 | 13 |
| 14 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Mike Guasch | 2:00.478 | +9.018 | 14 |
| 15 | GT | 93 | SRT Motorsports | Jonathan Bomarito | 2:03.410 | +11.950 | 15‡ |
| 16 | GT | 3 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García | 2:04.212 | +12.752 | 16 |
| 17 | GT | 23 | Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari | Leh Keen | 2:04.269 | +12.809 | 33 |
| 18 | GT | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin | 2:04.277 | +12.817 | 17 |
| 19 | GT | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Marco Holzer | 2:04.347 | +12.887 | 18 |
| 20 | GT | 91 | SRT Motorsports | Dominik Farnbacher | 2:04.427 | +12.967 | 19 |
| 21 | GT | 55 | BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen | 2:04.609 | +13.149 | 20 |
| 22 | GT | 06 | CORE Autosport | Patrick Long | 2:04.619 | +13.159 | 21 |
| 23 | GT | 56 | BMW Team RLL | John Edwards | 2:04.630 | +13.170 | 22 |
| 24 | GT | 62 | Risi Competizione | Matteo Malucelli | 2:04.911 | +13.451 | 23 |
| 25 | GT | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Bryan Sellers | 2:06.088 | +14.628 | 24 |
| 26 | GTC | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Spencer Pumpelly | 2:11.931 | +20.471 | 25‡ |
| 27 | GTC | 30 | NGT Motorsport | Sean Edwards | 2:12.386 | +20.926 | 26 |
| 28 | GTC | 11 | JDX Racing | Jan Heylen | 2:12.403 | +20.943 | 27 |
| 29 | GTC | 66 | TRG | Damien Faulkner | 2:12.489 | +21.029 | 28 |
| 30 | GTC | 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Dion von Moltke | 2:12.844 | +21.384 | 29 |
| 31 | GTC | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 2:12.989 | +21.529 | 30 |
| 32 | GTC | 27 | Dempsey Racing/Del Piero | Andy Lally | 2:13.047 | +21.587 | 31 |
| 33 | GTC | 68 | TRG | Jeff Courtney | 2:15.073 | +23.613 | 32 |
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* ^1 - The No. 23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari was moved to the back of the grid after the car failed post-qualifying technical inspection.

## Race
### Race results

Class winners in bold and ‡. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tire | Laps | Time/Retired |
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Engine | Tire | Laps | Time/Retired |
| 1 | P1 | 6 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr | HPD ARX-03c | M | 67 | 2:46:40.847‡ |
| 1 | P1 | 6 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr | Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 | M | 67 | 2:46:40.847‡ |
| 2 | P1 | 16 | Dyson Racing Team | Tony Burgess Chris McMurry | Lola B12/60 | M | 67 | +0.306 |
| 2 | P1 | 16 | Dyson Racing Team | Tony Burgess Chris McMurry | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Isobutanol) | M | 67 | +0.306 |
| 3 | PC | 9 | RSR Racing | Bruno Junqueira Duncan Ende | Oreca FLM09 | C | 67 | +19.788‡ |
| 3 | PC | 9 | RSR Racing | Bruno Junqueira Duncan Ende | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | C | 67 | +19.788‡ |
| 4 | PC | 8 | BAR1 Motorsports | Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming | Oreca FLM09 | C | 67 | +29.809 |
| 4 | PC | 8 | BAR1 Motorsports | Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | C | 67 | +29.809 |
| 5 | P1 | 0 | DeltaWing Racing Cars | Katherine Legge Andy Meyrick | DeltaWing LM12 | B | 67 | +30.258 |
| 5 | P1 | 0 | DeltaWing Racing Cars | Katherine Legge Andy Meyrick | Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L Turbo I4 | B | 67 | +30.258 |
| 6 | P2 | 551 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Simon Pagenaud | HPD ARX-03b | M | 67 | +32.650‡ |
| 6 | P2 | 551 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Simon Pagenaud | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | M | 67 | +32.650‡ |
| 7 | P2 | 01 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Scott Sharp Guy Cosmo | HPD ARX-03b | M | 67 | +34.882 |
| 7 | P2 | 01 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Scott Sharp Guy Cosmo | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | M | 67 | +34.882 |
| 8 | P2 | 552 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Marino Franchitti | HPD ARX-03b | M | 67 | +35.726 |
| 8 | P2 | 552 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Marino Franchitti | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | M | 67 | +35.726 |
| 9 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | David Cheng Mike Guasch | Oreca FLM09 | C | 67 | +37.601 |
| 9 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | David Cheng Mike Guasch | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | C | 67 | +37.601 |
| 10 | PC | 05 | CORE Autosport | Jon Bennett Colin Braun | Oreca FLM09 | C | 67 | +38.467 |
| 10 | PC | 05 | CORE Autosport | Jon Bennett Colin Braun | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | C | 67 | +38.467 |
| 11 | PC | 18 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Tristan Nunez Charlie Shears | Oreca FLM09 | C | 67 | +39.728 |
| 11 | PC | 18 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Tristan Nunez Charlie Shears | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | C | 67 | +39.728 |
| 12 | PC | 81 | DragonSpeed | Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande | Oreca FLM09 | C | 66 | +1 lap |
| 12 | PC | 81 | DragonSpeed | Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | C | 66 | +1 lap |
| 13 | PC | 7 | BAR1 Motorsports | Rusty Mitchell James French | Oreca FLM09 | C | 66 | +1 lap |
| 13 | PC | 7 | BAR1 Motorsports | Rusty Mitchell James French | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | C | 66 | +1 lap |
| 14 | GT | 91 | SRT Motorsports | Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher | SRT Viper GTS-R | M | 65 | +2 Laps‡ |
| 14 | GT | 91 | SRT Motorsports | Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher | SRT 8.0 L V10 | M | 65 | +2 Laps‡ |
| 15 | GT | 3 | Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 15 | GT | 3 | Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen Antonio García | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 16 | GT | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 16 | GT | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 17 | GT | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Bryce Miller Marco Holzer | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 17 | GT | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Bryce Miller Marco Holzer | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 18 | GT | 06 | CORE Autosport | Patrick Long Tom Kimber-Smith | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 18 | GT | 06 | CORE Autosport | Patrick Long Tom Kimber-Smith | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 19 | GT | 93 | SRT Motorsports | Kuno Wittmer Jonathan Bomarito | SRT Viper GTS-R | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 19 | GT | 93 | SRT Motorsports | Kuno Wittmer Jonathan Bomarito | SRT 8.0 L V10 | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 20 | GT | 55 | BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen Maxime Martin | BMW Z4 GTE | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 20 | GT | 55 | BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen Maxime Martin | BMW 4.4 L V8 | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 21 | GT | 56 | BMW Team RLL | Dirk Müller John Edwards | BMW Z4 GTE | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 21 | GT | 56 | BMW Team RLL | Dirk Müller John Edwards | BMW 4.4 L V8 | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 22 | GT | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | F | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 22 | GT | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | F | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 23 | GT | 62 | Risi Competizione | Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucelli | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 23 | GT | 62 | Risi Competizione | Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucelli | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | M | 65 | +2 Laps |
| 24 | GTC | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Spencer Pumpelly Nelson Canache Jr. | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Y | 62 | +5 Laps‡ |
| 24 | GTC | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Spencer Pumpelly Nelson Canache Jr. | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 62 | +5 Laps‡ |
| 25 | GTC | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Cooper MacNeil Jeroen Bleekemolen | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Y | 62 | +5 Laps |
| 25 | GTC | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Cooper MacNeil Jeroen Bleekemolen | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 62 | +5 Laps |
| 26 | GTC | 30 | NGT Motorsport | Henrique Cisneros Sean Edwards | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Y | 62 | +5 Laps |
| 26 | GTC | 30 | NGT Motorsport | Henrique Cisneros Sean Edwards | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 62 | +5 Laps |
| 27 | GTC | 27 | Dempsey Racing/Del Piero | Patrick Dempsey Andy Lally | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Y | 62 | +5 Laps |
| 27 | GTC | 27 | Dempsey Racing/Del Piero | Patrick Dempsey Andy Lally | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 62 | +5 Laps |
| 28 | GTC | 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Y | 62 | +5 Laps |
| 28 | GTC | 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 62 | +5 Laps |
| 29 | GTC | 68 | TRG | Jeff Courtney Madison Snow | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Y | 62 | +5 Laps |
| 29 | GTC | 68 | TRG | Jeff Courtney Madison Snow | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 62 | +5 Laps |
| 30 | GTC | 11 | JDX Racing | Mike Hedlund Jan Heylen | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Y | 58 | +9 Laps |
| 30 | GTC | 11 | JDX Racing | Mike Hedlund Jan Heylen | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 58 | +9 Laps |
| 31 DNF | P2 | 02 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek | HPD ARX-03b | M | 29 | Engine |
| 31 DNF | P2 | 02 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | M | 29 | Engine |
| 32 DNF | GT | 23 | Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari | Townsend Bell Leh Keen | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Y | 14 | Header |
| 32 DNF | GT | 23 | Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari | Townsend Bell Leh Keen | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | Y | 14 | Header |
| 33 DNF | GTC | 66 | TRG | Ben Keating Damien Faulkner | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Y | 4 | Spun Off |
| 33 DNF | GTC | 66 | TRG | Ben Keating Damien Faulkner | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 4 | Spun Off |
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Tyre manufacturers :
| Key ||
| Symbol | Tyre manufacturer |
| B | Bridgestone |
| C | Continental |
| F | Falken Tire |
| M | Michelin |
| Y | Yokohama |