2012 Northeast Grand Prix

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The 2012 American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix was a multi-class sports car motor race held at Lime Rock Park on July 7, 2012. It was the fourth round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season.

Contents

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. [1] [2]

PosClassTeamDriverLap TimeGrid
1P1#16 Dyson Racing Team Guy Smith 0:44.0171
2P1#6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Lucas Luhr 0:44.1192
3P2#055 Level 5 Motorsports Christophe Bouchut 0:46.53929
4P1#20 Dyson Racing Team Eric Lux 0:46.5523
5P2#95 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker 0:47.007DNS
6P2#37 Conquest Endurance Martin Plowman 0:47.0724
7PC#8 Merchant Services RacingKyle Marcelli0:47.2495
8PC#9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira 0:47.4826
9P2#27 Dempsey Racing Joe Foster0:47.9927
10PC#52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Butch Leitzinger 0:48.0338
11PC#06 CORE Autosport Tom Kimber-Smith 0:48.1349
12PC#05 CORE Autosport Colin Braun 0:48.13710
13PC#25 Dempsey Racing Duncan Ende0:48.72611
14GT#55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen 0:50.92012
15GT#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Marco Holzer 0:51.29925
16GT#4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 0:51.29913
17GT#56 BMW Team RLL Joey Hand 0:51.33414
18GT#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long 0:51.48315
19GT#3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen 0:51.50516
20GT#01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp 0:51.52517
21GT#17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers 0:51.95718
22GT#48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller 0:52.25919
23GT#23 Lotus / Alex Job Racing Townsend Bell 0:52.45820
24GT#02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown0:54.50728
25GTC#22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen 0:55.19521
26GTC#66 TRG Spencer Pumpelly 0:55.39622
27GTC#34 Green Hornet Racing Damien Faulkner 0:55.41826
28GTC#32 GMG RacingJames Sofronas0:55.82523
29GTC#33 Green Hornet RacingPeter LeSaffre0:56.37924
30GTC#11 JDX RacingChris Cumming0:56.79027

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC). [3]

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
Engine
1P16 Flag of the United States.svg Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
HPD ARX-03a M 168
Honda 3.4 L V8
2P116 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Team Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith
Lola B12/60 D 168
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Isobutanol)
3P2055 Flag of the United States.svg Level 5 Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Scott Tucker
Flag of France.svg Christophe Bouchut
HPD ARX-03b D 168
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
4P237 Flag of the United States.svg Conquest Endurance Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Plowman
Flag of Denmark.svg David Heinemeier Hansson
Morgan LMP2 D 168
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5PC05 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun
Oreca FLM09 M 164
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
6PC06 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of Venezuela.svg Alex Popow
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Kimber-Smith
Oreca FLM09 M 164
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
7P227 Flag of the United States.svg Dempsey Racing Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Dempsey
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Foster
Lola B12/87 M 162
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
8PC25 Flag of the United States.svg Dempsey Racing Flag of France.svg Henri Richard
Flag of the United States.svg Duncan Ende
Oreca FLM09 M 162
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
9GT45 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 160
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
10GT3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 160
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
11GT4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 160
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
12GT01 Flag of the United States.svg Extreme Speed Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp
Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 160
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
13GT56 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GT2 D 159
BMW 4.0 L V8
14GT55 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller
Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
BMW M3 GT2 D 159
BMW 4.0 L V8
15GT17 Flag of the United States.svg Team Falken Tire Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Sellers
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR F 158
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16GT48 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Miller
Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR D 157
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17GT44 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Seth Neiman
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Holzer
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 157
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18GT23 Flag of the United States.svg Lotus / Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bill Sweedler
Flag of the United States.svg Townsend Bell
Lotus Evora GTE Y 156
Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6
19PC52 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasan Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Butch Leitzinger
Flag of the United States.svg Ken Dobson
Oreca FLM09 M 156
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
20P120 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Team Flag of the United States.svg Michael Marsal
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Lux
Lola B11/66 D 153
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Isobutanol)
21GTC22 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil
Flag of the United States.svg Leh Keen
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 151
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22GTC34 Flag of the United States.svg Green Hornet Racing Flag of the United States.svg Peter LeSaffre
Flag of Ireland.svg Damien Faulkner
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 151
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23GTC32 Flag of the United States.svg GMG Racing Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Welch
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 150
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24GTC11 Flag of the United States.svg JDX Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Cumming
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Valiante
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 150
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25GTC33 Flag of the United States.svg Green Hornet Racing Flag of the United States.svg Peter LeSaffre
Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Lazzaro
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 148
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26PC9 Flag of the United States.svg RSR Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira
Flag of the United States.svg Tomy Drissi
Oreca FLM09 M 146
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
27GTC66 Flag of the United States.svg TRG Flag of the United States.svg Mike Piera
Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 145
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28
DNF
GT02 Flag of the United States.svg Extreme Speed Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Ed Brown
Flag of the United States.svg Guy Cosmo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 153
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
29
DNF
PC8 Flag of the United States.svg Merchant Services Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Marcelli
Flag of the United States.svg Antonio Downs
Oreca FLM09 M 21
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
DNSP295 Flag of the United States.svg Level 5 Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Scott Tucker
Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Díaz
HPD ARX-03b D -
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6

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References

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