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.
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. 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.
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.
PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
PosClassNoTeamDriversEngineTireLaps
1P116 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson
Guy Smith		Lola B12/60101
1P116 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson
Guy Smith		Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
101
2P16 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Lucas Luhr
Klaus Graf		HPD ARX-03a101
2P16 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Lucas Luhr
Klaus Graf		Honda 3.4 L V8101
3P120 Dyson Racing Team Michael Marsal
Eric Lux
Tony Burgess		Lola B11/66101
3P120 Dyson Racing Team Michael Marsal
Eric Lux
Tony Burgess		Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
101
4P237 Conquest Endurance Martin Plowman
David Heinemeier Hansson		Morgan LMP2101
4P237 Conquest Endurance Martin Plowman
David Heinemeier Hansson		Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8101
5PC06 CORE Autosport Alex Popow
Tom Kimber-Smith
Jon Bennett		Oreca FLM09100
5PC06 CORE Autosport Alex Popow
Tom Kimber-Smith
Jon Bennett		Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8100
6PC05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett
Colin Braun		Oreca FLM09100
6PC05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett
Colin Braun		Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8100
7PC8 Merchant Services Racing Kyle Marcelli
Chapman Ducote
James French		Oreca FLM09100
7PC8 Merchant Services Racing Kyle Marcelli
Chapman Ducote
James French		Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8100
8PC9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira
Roberto González		Oreca FLM09100
8PC9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira
Roberto González		Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8100
9P227 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey
Joe Foster
Ben Devlin		Lola B12/8799
9P227 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey
Joe Foster
Ben Devlin		Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V899
10PC25 Dempsey Racing Henri Richard
Duncan Ende		Oreca FLM0999
10PC25 Dempsey Racing Henri Richard
Duncan Ende		Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V899
11P2055 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker
Christophe Bouchut		HPD ARX-03b99
11P2055 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker
Christophe Bouchut		Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V699
12P295 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker
Luis Díaz		HPD ARX-03b98
12P295 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker
Luis Díaz		Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V698
13GT55 BMW Team RLL Jörg Müller
Bill Auberlen		BMW M3 GT297
13GT55 BMW Team RLL Jörg Müller
Bill Auberlen		BMW 4.0 L V897
14GT45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister
Patrick Long		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR97
14GT45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister
Patrick Long		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-697
15GT01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp
Johannes van Overbeek		Ferrari 458 Italia GT297
15GT01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp
Johannes van Overbeek		Ferrari 4.5 L V897
16GT4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R97
16GT4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner		Chevrolet 5.5 L V897
17PC7 Merchant Services Racing Antonio Downs
Lucas Downs
Matt Downs		Oreca FLM0997
17PC7 Merchant Services Racing Antonio Downs
Lucas Downs
Matt Downs		Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V897
18GT48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller
Sascha Maassen		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR97
18GT48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller
Sascha Maassen		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-697
19GT3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen
Antonio García		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R97
19GT3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen
Antonio García		Chevrolet 5.5 L V897
20GT23 Lotus / Alex Job Racing Bill Sweedler
Townsend Bell		Lotus Evora GTE97
20GT23 Lotus / Alex Job Racing Bill Sweedler
Townsend Bell		Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V697
21GT44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman
Marco Holzer		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR96
21GT44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman
Marco Holzer		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-696
22GT91 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer
Dominik Farnbacher		SRT Viper GTS-R96
22GT91 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer
Dominik Farnbacher		Dodge 8.0 L V1096
23
DNF		GT56 BMW Team RLL Joey Hand
Jonathan Summerton		BMW M3 GT295
23
DNF		GT56 BMW Team RLL Joey Hand
Jonathan Summerton		BMW 4.0 L V895
24GT02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown
Guy Cosmo
Anthony Lazzaro		Ferrari 458 Italia GT295
24GT02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown
Guy Cosmo
Anthony Lazzaro		Ferrari 4.5 L V895
25GTC22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil
Leh Keen		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup93
25GTC22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil
Leh Keen		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-693
26GTC11 JDX Racing Tim Pappas
Jeroen Bleekemolen		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup93
26GTC11 JDX Racing Tim Pappas
Jeroen Bleekemolen		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-693
27GTC34 Green Hornet Racing Peter LeSaffre
Damien Faulkner		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup93
27GTC34 Green Hornet Racing Peter LeSaffre
Damien Faulkner		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-693
28GTC24 Competition Motorsports Bob Faieta
Michael Avenatti		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup93
28GTC24 Competition Motorsports Bob Faieta
Michael Avenatti		Porsche 3.8 L Flat-693
29GTC32 GMG Racing James Sofronas
Alex Welch
René Villeneuve		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup93
29GTC32 GMG Racing James Sofronas
Alex Welch
René Villeneuve		Porsche 3.8 L Flat-693
30GTC33 Green Hornet Racing Patrick Huisman
Brian Wong		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup91
30GTC33 Green Hornet Racing Patrick Huisman
Brian Wong		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-691
31
DNF		GT17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler
Bryan Sellers		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR75
31
DNF		GT17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler
Bryan Sellers		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-675
32GTC31 NGT Motorsport Angel Benitez, Sr.
Angel Benitez, Jr.		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup71
32GTC31 NGT Motorsport Angel Benitez, Sr.
Angel Benitez, Jr.		Porsche 3.8 L Flat-671
33GTC66 TRG Emilio Di Guida
Spencer Pumpelly		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup69
33GTC66 TRG Emilio Di Guida
Spencer Pumpelly		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-669
34
DNF		GT93 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens
Tommy Kendall		SRT Viper GTS-R45
34
DNF		GT93 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens
Tommy Kendall		Dodge 8.0 L V1045
35
DNF		PC52 PR1/Mathiasan Motorsports Rudy Junco, Jr.
Marino Franchitti		Oreca FLM0923
35
DNF		PC52 PR1/Mathiasan Motorsports Rudy Junco, Jr.
Marino Franchitti		Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V823