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won the GT Challenge category by a margin of six seconds.

Qualifying

The

LMP1 car qualified on the pole.

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

{{Sportscar Race Report , Year_of_race = 2013 , Sportscar_Series = American Le Mans Series , Previous_race_in_season = Oak Tree Grand Prix , Next_race_in_season = ''None''

Motorsport in Georgia (U.S. state)