# 2013 Rolex Sports Car Series

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.
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.
* The series introduced a new alternative fueled "GX" class for the 2013 season. 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.

## 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.
| 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)

| 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 |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

##### 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 |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

##### 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 |
| 10 | Seth Thomas | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 32 |
| 10 | Darryl O'Young | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 32 |
| 10 | Daniel Rogers | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 32 |
| 10 | Karl Thomson | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 32 |
| 11 | Scott Dollahite | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 4† | 30 |
| 12 | Lee Davis | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 12 | Ryan Eversley | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 12 | Eric Foss | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 12 | John Tecce | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 13 | Derek Whitis | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 |
| 14 | Tristan Vautier | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

##### 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 |