Lone Star Le Mans
FIA World Endurance Championship
VenueCircuit of the Americas
First race2013
First WEC race2013
Last race2020
Duration6 hours (for WEC)
2 hours 40 minutes (for IMSA)
Previous names6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas (2013-2017)
Most wins (driver)Germany Timo Bernhard (3)
New Zealand Brendon Hartley (3)
Most wins (team)Germany Porsche Team (2)
Most wins (manufacturer)Porsche (3)

The Lone Star Le Mans (previously known as 6 Hours of the Circuit of the Americas)[1] is an endurance race for Le Mans Prototypes and grand tourer-style cars held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Its first running was on 22 September 2013 as the fifth round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season.[2]

On 2 December 2019, the Austin round was revived for 2020, as a result of a conflict between the promoters at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace and the WEC, where the Austin round replaced the 6 Hours of São Paulo.[3]

On 9 June 2023, the schedule for the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship was announced, with Austin returning to the schedule on 1 September as the 6th race of the season.[4]

Results

FIA WEC races

Year Overall Winner(s) Entrant Car Distance/Duration Race Title Championship Report Ref
2013 United Kingdom Allan McNish
Denmark Tom Kristensen
France Loïc Duval 		Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro 6 hours 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas FIA World Endurance Championship Report [5]
2014 Switzerland Marcel Fässler
Germany André Lotterer
France Benoît Tréluyer 		Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro 6 hours 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas FIA World Endurance Championship Report [6]
2015 Australia Mark Webber
Germany Timo Bernhard
New Zealand Brendon Hartley 		Germany Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid 6 hours 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas FIA World Endurance Championship Report [7]
2016 Australia Mark Webber
Germany Timo Bernhard
New Zealand Brendon Hartley 		Germany Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid 6 hours 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas FIA World Endurance Championship Report [8]
2017 New Zealand Earl Bamber
Germany Timo Bernhard
New Zealand Brendon Hartley 		Germany Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid 6 hours 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas FIA World Endurance Championship Report [9]
2018-2019: Not held
2020 United States Gustavo Menezes
France Norman Nato
Brazil Bruno Senna 		Switzerland Rebellion Racing Rebellion R13 6 hours Lone Star Le Mans FIA World Endurance Championship Report [10]

Other races

Year Overall Winner(s) Entrant Car Distance/Duration Race Title Championship Report Ref
2013
(Grand-Am) 		United States Jon Fogarty
United States Alex Gurney 		United States GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Corvette DP 2 hours 45 minutes Grand-Am of The Americas presented by GAINSCO and TOTAL Rolex Sports Car Series Report [11]
2013
(ALMS) 		Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Klaus Graf 		United States Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03c 2 hours 45 minutes International Sports Car Weekend American Le Mans Series Report [12]
2014 United States Scott Pruett
Mexico Memo Rojas 		United States Chip Ganassi Racing Ford EcoBoost Riley DP 2 hours 45 minutes Lone Star Le Mans United SportsCar Championship Report [13]
2015 United States Scott Pruett
United States Joey Hand 		United States Chip Ganassi Racing Ford EcoBoost Riley DP 2 hours 40 minutes Lone Star Le Mans United SportsCar Championship Report [14]
2016 United States Jordan Taylor
United States Ricky Taylor 		United States Wayne Taylor Racing Dallara Corvette DP 2 hours 40 minutes Lone Star Le Mans IMSA SportsCar Championship Report [15]
2017 United States Jordan Taylor
United States Ricky Taylor 		United States Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R 2 hours 40 minutes Advance Auto Parts Sportscar Showdown IMSA SportsCar Championship Report [16]

6 Hours of the Americas

The 6 Hours of the Americas was an event organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) and would have been part of the inaugural season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge on March 6, 2016. On January 29 it was announced that the race would be cancelled with the official reason stated as a lack of entrants.[17]

References

  1. ^ Circuit of the Americas (2013-02-02). "CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS™ CONFIRMS WEC EVENT FOR 2013 LINE-UP". Endurance-Info.com.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "FIA WEC Unveils 2013 Provisional Calendar". FIA World Endurance Championship. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  3. ^ "São Paulo to be replaced by Austin, Texas". FIA World Endurance Championship. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  4. ^ "Cota, Interlagos return on 2024 WEC Schedule". SportsCar 365. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  5. ^ "Austin 6 Hours 2013". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Austin 6 Hours 2014". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Austin 6 Hours 2015". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  8. ^ "World Endurance Championship 2016 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
    "Austin 6 Hours 2016 (Race Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Austin 6 Hours 2017". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  10. ^ "World Endurance Championship 2020 Lone Star Le Mans Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
    "Austin 6 Hours 2020 (Race Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Grand-Am Austin 2013". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  12. ^ "American Le Mans Series Austin 2013". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  13. ^ "United SportsCar Championship Austin 2014". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  14. ^ "United SportsCar Championship Austin 2015". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  15. ^ "IMSA Championship Austin 2016". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  16. ^ "IMSA Championship Austin 2017". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  17. ^ "Intercontinental GT round at COTA to be cancelled". Motorsport.com. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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