On April 20, 2013, the #16 Lola Mazda LMP1 car was retired thirty minutes into the ALMS Long Beach race after making contact with the wall in the turn 11 hairpin going onto the front straight.

“At this point, it is hard to pinpoint exactly what happened. We will look at the data, go over the car and evaluate what exactly took place,” said Chris Dyson. “We had just gone green after the first yellow of the race. I was in second place and running well when the car did not turn in and just pushed into the wall at the hairpin.”

Dyson Racing has been competitive in the eight races here since the ALMS joined the IndyCar weekend, taking home six class or overall podiums on the streets of Long Beach. Guy Smith qualified the #16 Dyson entry in second place and was looking forward to a classic Long Beach street fight. “We are in a good position with this car this year. We are in the fight,” noted Smith. “Last year was the first time we ran the larger front tires and it was a learning experience. This year we have a car that works the tires and once you have tire temperatures, then you are concentrating on fine tuning the car and improving the balance.”

“We were in a position to do very well this weekend,” Dyson said. “It is unfortunate but we will regroup and come back strongly at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The team will be testing before the next race. The season has just begun. There are eight races left in our ten-race season and there are a lot more races to be won.”