2013 TM Master Cup season

The 2013 TM Master Cup season saw Michael Sykes capture the championship in his final season as a driver.

Independent's Trophy
With the reduction in the number of full-time teams from 16 to 14, six Independent's Trophy teams start each race instead of four. This allowed for 27 entries to compete for the Trophy in 2013, up from 17 entrants in 2012.

110% Rule
Prior to the 2012 Round of Brazil, series organizers confirmed the addition of a 110% rule for qualifying. Under this new format, any car that fails to set a time within 110% of the pole speed will not be allowed to take part in the race unless an exception is granted. Exceptions will be in place to give leeway to teams who are easily fast enough to take part in the race, but are hampered by mechanical failures or crashes in qualifying.

Promoter's Option
The officials also confirmed that a Promoter's Option would be added. The Promoter's Option allows the promoter of the race to arbitrarily add a maximum of eight cars to the entry list for that particular race. The cars that are eligible for the Promoter's Option include third cars fielded by full-time teams, local teams, or Independent's Trophy teams (though, if an Independent uses a Promoter's Option entry, it will not count as one of their Independent's Trophy runs). This rule was added to allow local drivers into the race, in order to drum up local support, as well as popular part-time drivers, and teams that are not budgeted to run the Independent's Trophy schedule or missed the pre-season entry deadline. The Promoter's Option rule does not apply to Special Events.

Schedule

 * The blue boxes represent a road/street course race.

Promoter's Option Entries
The following cars only started races with the Promoter's Option in 2013 (excluding Independent's Trophy teams and third cars).

Special Event entrants
The following cars entered special events only. Some entries and races may be missing.

Points System
The TM Master Cup Series point system remains the same as last year's.


 * 5 bonus points goes to the race's polesitter
 * 5 bonus points goes to the driver who leads the most laps in the race.
 * Points are doubled at Special Events with the exception of Decatur. However, if Decatur is not the last race of the season (for whatever reason), expect it to be a double points race.