2012 Petit Le Mans

The 15th Annual Petit Le Mans was an endurance auto race held at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia on October 20, 2012. The race served as the final round of both the American Le Mans Series and European Le Mans Series seasons.[1]

The Track map of Road Atlanta

Nicolas Prost, Neel Jani, and Andrea Belicchi of Rebellion Racing won the event by a three lap margin after qualifying on pole position in only the team's second attempt at the race. Level 5 Motorsports's two cars finished in second and third overall and lead the P2 category, while TDS Racing led home the European Le Mans Series contingent with fourth place overall. CORE Autosport won the PC category by two laps over RSR Racing. In GT Extreme Speed Motorsports led the class for Ferrari over Corvette Racing, while IMSA Performance Matmut was the sole survivor in the GTE Am category. NGT Motorsport dominated the GTC class with five laps over TRG who held second and third place.

Race edit

Result edit

Rebellion Racing won the race overall and in P1
Level 5 Motorsports won the P2 class.
CORE Autosport won the LMPC class.
The GT class winners were Extreme Speed Motorsports.
The GTE-Am class for ELMS competitors was won by IMSA Performance.
NGT Motorsports took honors in the GTC class.

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
Engine
1P112 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani
Nicolas Prost
Andrea Belicchi
Lola B12/60M394
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
2P295 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker
Christophe Bouchut
Luis Díaz
HPD ARX-03bD391
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
3P2055 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker
Dario Franchitti
Marino Franchitti
HPD ARX-03bD390
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
4P246 Thiriet by TDS Racing Pierre Thiriet
Christophe Tinseau
Mathias Beche
Oreca 03D390
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
50 DeltaWing Nissan Gunnar Jeannette
Lucas Ordoñez
DeltaWingM388
Nissan 1.6 L Turbo I4
6PC06 CORE Autosport Alex Popow
Ryan Dalziel
Mark Wilkins
Oreca FLM09M385
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
7P235 OAK Racing Jacques Nicolet
Olivier Pla
Bertrand Baguette
Morgan LMP2D383
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8PC9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira
Tomy Drissi
Ricardo Vera
Oreca FLM09M383
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
9PC52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Rudy Junco, Jr.
Ken Dobson
Elton Julian
Oreca FLM09M382
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
10PC05 CORE Autosport Colin Braun
Jon Bennett
Ricardo González
Oreca FLM09M381
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
11PC8 Merchant Services Racing Kyle Marcelli
Matt Downs
Chapman Ducote
Oreca FLM09M376
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
12GT01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp
Johannes van Overbeek
Toni Vilander
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2M375
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
13GT3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen
Antonio García
Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C6.RM375
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
14GT55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen
Jörg Müller
Jonathan Summerton
BMW M3 GT2D374
BMW 4.0 L V8
15GT56 BMW Team RLL Dirk Müller
Uwe Alzen
Jonathan Summerton
BMW M3 GT2D373
BMW 4.0 L V8
16GT45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long
Jörg Bergmeister
Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRM373
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17GT17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers
Wolf Henzler
Martin Ragginger
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRF372
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18PC25 Dempsey Racing Duncan Ende
Henri Richard
Ryan Lewis
Oreca FLM09M372
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
19GT44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman
Marco Holzer
Nick Tandy
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRM369
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20GT91 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer
Dominik Farnbacher
Ryan Hunter-Reay
SRT Viper GTS-RM369
SRT 8.0 L V10
21GT02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown
Guy Cosmo
Anthony Lazzaro
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2M368
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22GT48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller
Sascha Maassen
Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRD367
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23GTE
Am
67 IMSA Performance Matmut Anthony Pons
Nicolas Armindo
Raymond Narac
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRM363
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24GT23 Lotus Alex Job Racing Townsend Bell
Bill Sweedler
Johnny Mowlem
Lotus Evora GTEY360
Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6
25GTC30 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros
Mario Farnbacher
Jakub Giermaziak
Porsche 997 GT3 CupY356
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26GTC66 TRG Emilio Di Guida
Spencer Pumpelly
Nelson Canache
Porsche 997 GT3 CupY351
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27GTC68 TRG Emmanuel Collard
Mike Hedlund
Manuel Gutierrez, Jr.
Porsche 997 GT3 CupY351
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28GTC11 JDX Racing Chris Cumming
Michael Valiante
Sean Johnston
Porsche 997 GT3 CupY351
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29
DNF
GTC22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen
Cooper MacNeil
Dion von Moltke
Porsche 997 GT3 CupY349
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30GT4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Richard Westbrook
Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C6.RM348
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
31P116 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson
Guy Smith
Steven Kane
Lola B12/60D338
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Hybrid Butanol)
32P21 Greaves Motorsport Alex Brundle
Alex Buncombe
Tom Kimber-Smith
Zytek Z11SND338
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
33P16 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf
Lucas Luhr
Romain Dumas
HPD ARX-03aM334
Honda 3.4 L V8
34
DNF
P2118 Murphy Prototypes Warren Hughes
Jody Firth
Brendon Hartley
Oreca 03D330
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
35
DNF
P120 Dyson Racing Team Tony Burgess
Chris McMurry
Mark Patterson
Lola B11/66D322
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Butanol)
36GTC31 NGT Motorsport Angel Benitez, Jr.
Mark Bullitt
Jeff Segal
Porsche 997 GT3 CupY318
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
37
DNF
GTC24 Competition Motorsports Andrew Davis
Michael Avenatti
David Calvert-Jones
Porsche 997 GT3 CupY267
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
38
DNF
GTE
Am
60 AF Corse Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci
Matt Griffin
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2M232
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
39
DNF
GT93 SRT Motorsports Tommy Kendall
Jonathan Bomarito
Marc Goossens
SRT Viper GTS-RM224
SRT 8.0 L V10
40
DNF
P227 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey
Joe Foster
Dane Cameron
Lola B12/87M220
Judd DB 3.6 L V8
41
DNF
GTC34 Green Hornet Racing Peter LeSaffre
Brian Wong
Damien Faulkner
Porsche 997 GT3 CupY40
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DSQ
1
P237 Conquest Endurance Martin Plowman
David Heinemeier Hansson
Eric Lux
Morgan LMP2D391
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
  • ^ – The #37 Conquest Morgan-Nissan was disqualified for exceeding the maximum number of hours a single driver could be in the car.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "ALMS, Petit Le Mans – Preview – Action Ahoy!". DailySportsCar. October 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 20 October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2012.


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