2012 Road Race Showcase

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Track map of Road America.

The 2012 Road America Road Race Showcase was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held at Road America in Wisconsin, United States on August 18, 2012. It was the seventh round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season and the 45th race in the combined history of sportscar races associated with the Road America 500. The race was held over a four-hour period, during which 101 laps of the 6.5-kilometer circuit were completed for a race distance of 658 kilometers.

A year after Muscle Milk Pickett Racing team had beaten the Dyson Racing Team by less than 0.2 seconds, Dyson Racing Team beat the Muscle Milk team by less than 0.1 seconds, giving Dyson Racing Team its first victory at Road America. Lucas Luhr in the Muscle Milke HPD ARX-03a overtook Guy Smith's Lola B12/60 at the final corner of the race only for Smith to win the drag race to the finish line. [1] It was Chris Dyson and Guy Smith's first victory at Road America. Dyson and Smith had overcome a rear of grid start after missing qualifying due to gearbox failure. Dyson Racing Team's second Lola-Mazda of Michael Marsal, Eric Lux and Tony Burgess finished in third place behind Luhr and Klaus Graf.

The season's first championship was decided in Prototype Challenge. When Alex Popow, Tom Kimber-Smith and Jon Bennett won the class in fifth position outright, CORE Autosport secured the teams championship in Prototype Challenge. Just ahead of them in fourth place were the P2 class winners, Conquest Endurance's Martin Plowman and David Heinemeier Hansson in their Morgan LMP2. It was their second class win, and the team's biggest victory to date. [1]

Thirteenth outright was the best of the GTs. BMW Team RLL took their second win of the year with Bill Auberlen and Jörg Müller joining their BMW M3-equipped teammates as winners in 2012. Second was Porsche team Flying Lizard Motorsports of Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long with Extreme Speed Motorsports Ferrari of Scott Sharp and Johannes van Overbeek.

GT Challenge was claimed when the Alex Job Racing Porsche of Cooper MacNeil and Leh Keen crossed the line in 25th position.

31 of the 35 entries were running at the race's conclusion.

Race result

Class winners are in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC). [2]

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
Engine
1P116 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 101
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Isobutanol)
2P16 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 101
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
3P120 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
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tony Burgess
Lola B11/66 D 101
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Isobutanol)
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 101
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5PC06 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of Venezuela.svg Alex Popow
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Kimber-Smith
Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett
Oreca FLM09 M 100
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
6PC05 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 100
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
7PC8 Flag of the United States.svg Merchant Services Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Marcelli
Flag of the United States.svg Chapman Ducote
Flag of the United States.svg James French
Oreca FLM09 M 100
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
8PC9 Flag of the United States.svg RSR Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira
Flag of Mexico.svg Roberto González
Oreca FLM09 M 100
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
9P227 Flag of the United States.svg Dempsey Racing Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Dempsey
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Foster
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Devlin
Lola B12/87 M 99
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
10PC25 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 99
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
11P2055 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 99
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
12P295 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 98
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
13GT55 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 97
BMW 4.0 L V8
14GT45 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 97
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15GT01 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 97
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
16GT4 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 97
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
17PC7 Flag of the United States.svg Merchant Services Racing Flag of the United States.svg Antonio Downs
Flag of the United States.svg Lucas Downs
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Downs
Oreca FLM09 M 97
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
18GT48 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 97
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19GT3 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 97
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
20GT23 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 97
Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6
21GT44 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 96
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22GT91 Flag of the United States.svg SRT Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kuno Wittmer
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
SRT Viper GTS-R M 96
Dodge 8.0 L V10
23
DNF
GT56 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Summerton
BMW M3 GT2 D 95
BMW 4.0 L V8
24GT02 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
Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Lazzaro
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 95
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
25GTC22 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 93
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26GTC11 Flag of the United States.svg JDX Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tim Pappas
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27GTC34 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 93
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28GTC24 Flag of the United States.svg Competition Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Bob Faieta
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Avenatti
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
29GTC32 Flag of the United States.svg GMG Racing Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Welch
Flag of the United States.svg René Villeneuve
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
30GTC33 Flag of the United States.svg Green Hornet Racing Flag of the Netherlands.svg Patrick Huisman
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Wong
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 91
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
31
DNF
GT17 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 75
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32GTC31 Flag of the United States.svg NGT Motorsport Flag of Venezuela.svg Angel Benitez, Sr.
Flag of Venezuela.svg Angel Benitez, Jr.
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 71
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
33GTC66 Flag of the United States.svg TRG Flag of Venezuela.svg Emilio Di Guida
Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 69
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34
DNF
GT93 Flag of the United States.svg SRT Motorsports Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Goossens
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Kendall
SRT Viper GTS-R M 45
Dodge 8.0 L V10
35
DNF
PC52 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasan Motorsports Flag of Mexico.svg Rudy Junco, Jr.
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marino Franchitti
Oreca FLM09 M 23
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8

References

  1. 1 2 "What a Finish... Again! Dyson Wins at Road America". American Le Mans Series. August 21, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  2. "Official Race Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. August 16, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.[ dead link ]
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