2012 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge

The 2012 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Ohio, United States on August 4, 2012. It was the sixth round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season and the 41st race in the combined history of sportscar races associated with the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge. The race was held over a two-hour-and-45-minute time period, during which 123 laps of the 3.6 kilometre circuit were completed for a race distance of 447 kilometres.

The race was won by the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing team. German drivers Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf driving a HPD ARX-03a Honda sports car won by over a lap from their season long P1 class rivals, the Dyson Racing Team run Lola B12/60 sports car. It was the fifth consecutive victory for Luhr and Graf.[1] It was Luhr third outright win at Mid-Ohio and Graf's second. The second Dyson Racing Team Lola-Mazda was in third place near the end of the race when the gearbox failed.[2]

Level 5 Motorsports took their fifth win of the season taking a seven second win in their HPD ARX-03b over their season long rivals, the Conquest Endurance team Morgan LMP2. It was Scott Tucker's fifth win of the season and Christophe Bouchut's fourth win.[1]

Fifth was the second Level 5 Motorsports HPD-Honda ahead of the Prototype Challenge class winners, the PR1/Mathiasan Motorsports pair of Rudy Junco and Marino Franchitti in their Oreca FLM09. It was the team's third victory in the Prototype Challenge class adding to wins at Road America and Road Atlanta in 2011.

Eleventh outright was the GT class winners, Corvette Racing pair of Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner in their Chevrolet Corvette. Gavin had to endure twenty minutes of pressure from Jörg Bergmeister in the Flying Lizard Motorsports. The margin of victory was just 0.2 seconds.[1]

The GT Challenge class winners, Tim Pappas and Jeroen Bleekemolen, claimed JDX Racing's first win of the year. It was Bleekemolen's second win after the year after winning in Monterey in May with TRG. TRG was second in class with new driver Al Carter and Spencer Pumpelly.

29 of the 32 entries were running at races conclusion.

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]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 P1 6 United States Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Klaus Graf
HPD ARX-03a M 123
Honda 3.4 L V8
2 P1 16 United States Dyson Racing Team United States Chris Dyson
United Kingdom Guy Smith
Lola B12/60 D 122
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Isobutanol)
3 P2 055 United States Level 5 Motorsports United States Scott Tucker
France Christophe Bouchut
HPD ARX-03b D 121
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
4 P2 37 United States Conquest Endurance United Kingdom Martin Plowman
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Morgan LMP2 D 121
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5 P2 95 United States Level 5 Motorsports United States Scott Tucker
Mexico Ricardo González
HPD ARX-03b D 120
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
6 PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiasan Motorsports Mexico Rudy Junco, Jr.
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
Oreca FLM09 M 118
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
7 PC 06 United States CORE Autosport Venezuela Alex Popow
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Oreca FLM09 M 118
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
8 PC 8 United States Merchant Services Racing Canada Kyle Marcelli
United States Antonio Downs
Oreca FLM09 M 116
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
9 P2 27 United States Dempsey Racing United States Patrick Dempsey
United States Joe Foster
United States Dane Cameron
Lola B12/87 M 116
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
10 PC 9 United States RSR Racing Brazil Bruno Junqueira
United States Tomy Drissi
Oreca FLM09 M 115
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
11 GT 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 115
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
12 GT 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 115
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13
DNF
P1 20 United States Dyson Racing Team United States Michael Marsal
United States Eric Lux
Lola B11/66 D 114
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Isobutanol)
14 GT 55 United States BMW Team RLL Germany Jörg Müller
United States Bill Auberlen
BMW M3 GT2 D 114
BMW 4.0 L V8
15 PC 25 United States Dempsey Racing France Henri Richard
United States Duncan Ende
Oreca FLM09 M 114
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
16 GT 17 United States Team Falken Tire Germany Wolf Henzler
United States Bryan Sellers
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR F 114
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 GT 56 United States BMW Team RLL United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GT2 D 114
BMW 4.0 L V8
18 GT 01 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Scott Sharp
United States Johannes van Overbeek
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 113
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19 GT 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Seth Neiman
Germany Marco Holzer
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 113
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20 GT 02 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Ed Brown
United States Guy Cosmo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 112
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
21 PC 05 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
Oreca FLM09 M 112
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
22 GT 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryce Miller
Germany Sascha Maassen
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR D 112
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 GT 91 United States SRT Motorsports Canada Kuno Wittmer
Germany Dominik Farnbacher
SRT Viper GTS-R M 111
Dodge 8.0 L V10
24
DNF
GT 23 United States Lotus / Alex Job Racing United States Bill Sweedler
United States Townsend Bell
Lotus Evora GTE Y 109
Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6
25 GT 93 United States SRT Motorsports Belgium Marc Goossens
United States Tommy Kendall
SRT Viper GTS-R M 109
Dodge 8.0 L V10
26 GTC 11 United States JDX Racing United States Tim Pappas
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 108
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 GTC 66 United States TRG United States Al Carter
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 107
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 GTC 33 United States Green Hornet Racing United States Bob Faieta
Netherlands Patrick Huisman
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 107
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29 GTC 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Leh Keen
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 107
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30 GTC 34 United States Green Hornet Racing United States Peter LeSaffre
Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 106
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
31 GT 3 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Spain Antonio García
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 105
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
32
DNF
PC 7 United States Merchant Services Racing Canada Tony Burgess
Australia James Kovacic
Oreca FLM09 M 88
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8

References

American Le Mans Series
Previous race:
Grand Prix of Mosport
2012 season Next race:
Road Race Showcase
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