2012 Road Race Showcase

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.

Track map of Road America.

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

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

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 P1 16   Dyson Racing Team   Chris Dyson
  Guy Smith
Lola B12/60 D 101
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Isobutanol)
2 P1 6   Muscle Milk Pickett Racing   Lucas Luhr
  Klaus Graf
HPD ARX-03a M 101
Honda 3.4 L V8
3 P1 20   Dyson Racing Team   Michael Marsal
  Eric Lux
  Tony Burgess
Lola B11/66 D 101
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Isobutanol)
4 P2 37   Conquest Endurance   Martin Plowman
  David Heinemeier Hansson
Morgan LMP2 D 101
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5 PC 06   CORE Autosport   Alex Popow
  Tom Kimber-Smith
  Jon Bennett
Oreca FLM09 M 100
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
6 PC 05   CORE Autosport   Jon Bennett
  Colin Braun
Oreca FLM09 M 100
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
7 PC 8   Merchant Services Racing   Kyle Marcelli
  Chapman Ducote
  James French
Oreca FLM09 M 100
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
8 PC 9   RSR Racing   Bruno Junqueira
  Roberto González
Oreca FLM09 M 100
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
9 P2 27   Dempsey Racing   Patrick Dempsey
  Joe Foster
  Ben Devlin
Lola B12/87 M 99
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
10 PC 25   Dempsey Racing   Henri Richard
  Duncan Ende
Oreca FLM09 M 99
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
11 P2 055   Level 5 Motorsports   Scott Tucker
  Christophe Bouchut
HPD ARX-03b D 99
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
12 P2 95   Level 5 Motorsports   Scott Tucker
  Luis Díaz
HPD ARX-03b D 98
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
13 GT 55   BMW Team RLL   Jörg Müller
  Bill Auberlen
BMW M3 GT2 D 97
BMW 4.0 L V8
14 GT 45   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Jörg Bergmeister
  Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 97
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GT 01   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Scott Sharp
  Johannes van Overbeek
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 97
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
16 GT 4   Corvette Racing   Oliver Gavin
  Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 97
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
17 PC 7   Merchant Services Racing   Antonio Downs
  Lucas Downs
  Matt Downs
Oreca FLM09 M 97
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
18 GT 48   Paul Miller Racing   Bryce Miller
  Sascha Maassen
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR D 97
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19 GT 3   Corvette Racing   Jan Magnussen
  Antonio García
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 97
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
20 GT 23   Lotus / Alex Job Racing   Bill Sweedler
  Townsend Bell
Lotus Evora GTE Y 97
Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6
21 GT 44   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Seth Neiman
  Marco Holzer
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 96
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GT 91   SRT Motorsports   Kuno Wittmer
  Dominik Farnbacher
SRT Viper GTS-R M 96
Dodge 8.0 L V10
23
DNF
GT 56   BMW Team RLL   Joey Hand
  Jonathan Summerton
BMW M3 GT2 D 95
BMW 4.0 L V8
24 GT 02   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Ed Brown
  Guy Cosmo
  Anthony Lazzaro
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 95
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
25 GTC 22   Alex Job Racing   Cooper MacNeil
  Leh Keen
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GTC 11   JDX Racing   Tim Pappas
  Jeroen Bleekemolen
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 GTC 34   Green Hornet Racing   Peter LeSaffre
  Damien Faulkner
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 GTC 24   Competition Motorsports   Bob Faieta
  Michael Avenatti
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
29 GTC 32   GMG Racing   James Sofronas
  Alex Welch
  René Villeneuve
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
30 GTC 33   Green Hornet Racing   Patrick Huisman
  Brian Wong
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 91
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
31
DNF
GT 17   Team Falken Tire   Wolf Henzler
  Bryan Sellers
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR F 75
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32 GTC 31   NGT Motorsport   Angel Benitez, Sr.
  Angel Benitez, Jr.
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 71
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
33 GTC 66   TRG   Emilio Di Guida
  Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 69
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34
DNF
GT 93   SRT Motorsports   Marc Goossens
  Tommy Kendall
SRT Viper GTS-R M 45
Dodge 8.0 L V10
35
DNF
PC 52   PR1/Mathiasan Motorsports   Rudy Junco, Jr.
  Marino Franchitti
Oreca FLM09 M 23
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8

References

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  1. ^ a b "What a Finish... Again! Dyson Wins at Road America". American Le Mans Series. 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  2. ^ "Official Race Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2012-08-30.[dead link]


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