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September 6 with a great lineup of official and unofficial series, a tribute to Bryan Clauson and a chance for iRacers of all license stripes to tackle the legendary Circuit de la Sarthe, aka Le Mans.

The official oval series include the Week 13 Street Stock Series with 30 lappers on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Legends track, and Lanier, Oxford Plains, South Boston and Thompson International Speedway. Meanwhile, the NASCAR series continue setting up shop in Virginia during Week 13 as the NASCAR iRacing Series (open and fixed) and the NASCAR iRacing Class B and C open racing at a busy Richmond International Raceway.

The official road side sees the Week 13 Global MX-5 running 20 lap races at Charlotte (road), Lime Rock, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Okayama (short and long) and Summit Point Raceway (full course and Jefferson reverse). In addition, the iRacing Gymkhana Challenge features the RUF RT12R on the infield road course at Charlotte while the Lotus 49 will be featured in the iRacing Nordschleife Tourist Hot Lap Competition.

Safety Ratings and iRatings are in effect in these official series, offering competitors the opportunity to boost their license ratings before promotions for Season 3 are finalized at week’s end. Likewise, rookies who have yet to complete the category-specific minimum participation requirements for graduation to a D license (two official races or four time trials in each category) can do so.

iRacing will remember Bryan Clauson with the 13th Week #Parked It Challenge for Sprint Cars at Lucas Oil Raceway. Like all the unofficial Week 13 series, the #Parked It Challenge is iRating- and Safety-Rating-free competition.

The unofficial series lineup also includes the Carburetor Cup featuring the Sprint Cup Chevrolet SS, Ford Fusion and Toyota Camry and Talladega, the Dallara Dash with the 2011-spec Dallara at Charlotte and the PickUp Cup with the original Chevrolet Silverado at Daytona ‘circa 2007.

And still there’s more . . .

For some decidedly mixed class action, iRacers have their choice of racing the Mustang FR500, the Jetta TDi and the Mazda Global MX-5 on the Nordschleife in the Industriefahrten Fun series or - for something very different - there’s the 13th Week Tube Frame Twister featuring the Aston Martin and Corvette GT1s, the Late Model, Radial SR8, Street Stock and Super Late Model at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Oulton Park, Zolder, Homestead (Road B), Imola, Monza and the Nurburgring GP Strecke. Open wheel devotees can also flock to Irwindale Speedway for the 13th Week iRacing Figure GR8 with the Formula Renault 2.0.

And finally, once the build and the track are released, you’ll have the chance to wheel your HPD ARX-01C, Ford GT, Audi R8, Aston Martin DBR9 and Corvette C6.R around the 13.6k/8.4 mile Circuit de la Sarthe in the 24 Minutes of Le Mans.