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2012 Petit Le Mans

Sportscar endurance race in Georgia, US

The Track map of Road Atlanta

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.

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

Result

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).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis
DNF	30	31	32	33	34
DNF	35
DNF	36	37
DNF	38
DNF	39
DNF	40
DNF	41
DNF	DSQ

P1	12	SUI Rebellion Racing	SUI Neel Jani
FRA Nicolas Prost
ITA Andrea Belicchi	Lola B12/60		394
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
P2	95	USA Level 5 Motorsports	USA Scott Tucker
FRA Christophe Bouchut
MEX Luis Díaz	HPD ARX-03b		391
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
P2	055	USA Level 5 Motorsports	USA Scott Tucker
GBR Dario Franchitti
GBR Marino Franchitti	HPD ARX-03b		390
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
P2	46	FRA Thiriet by TDS Racing	FRA Pierre Thiriet
FRA Christophe Tinseau
SUI Mathias Beche	Oreca 03		390
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
	0	USA DeltaWing Nissan	USA Gunnar Jeannette
ESP Lucas Ordóñez	DeltaWing		388
Nissan 1.6 L Turbo I4
PC	06	USA CORE Autosport	VEN Alex Popow
GBR Ryan Dalziel
CAN Mark Wilkins	Oreca FLM09		385
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
P2	35	FRA OAK Racing	FRA Jacques Nicolet
FRA Olivier Pla
BEL Bertrand Baguette	Morgan LMP2		383
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
PC	9	USA RSR Racing	BRA Bruno Junqueira
USA Tomy Drissi
PRI Ricardo Vera	Oreca FLM09		383
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
PC	52	USA PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	MEX Rudy Junco, Jr.
USA Ken Dobson
ECU Elton Julian	Oreca FLM09		382
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
PC	05	USA CORE Autosport	USA Colin Braun
USA Jon Bennett
MEX Ricardo González	Oreca FLM09		381
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
PC	8	USA Merchant Services Racing	CAN Kyle Marcelli
USA Matt Downs
USA Chapman Ducote	Oreca FLM09		376
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
GT	01	USA Extreme Speed Motorsports	USA Scott Sharp
USA Johannes van Overbeek
FIN Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		375
Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8
GT	3	USA Corvette Racing	DEN Jan Magnussen
ESP Antonio García
USA Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		375
Chevrolet LS5.5R 5.5 L V8
GT	55	USA BMW Team RLL	USA Bill Auberlen
DEU Jörg Müller
USA Jonathan Summerton	BMW M3 GT2		374
BMW S65 4.0 L V8
GT	56	USA BMW Team RLL	DEU Dirk Müller
DEU Uwe Alzen
USA Jonathan Summerton	BMW M3 GT2		373
BMW S65 4.0 L V8
GT	45	USA Flying Lizard Motorsports	USA Patrick Long
DEU Jörg Bergmeister
FRA Patrick Pilet	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		373
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
GT	17	USA Team Falken Tire	USA Bryan Sellers
DEU Wolf Henzler
AUT Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		372
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
PC	25	USA Dempsey Racing	USA Duncan Ende
FRA Henri Richard
GBR Ryan Lewis	Oreca FLM09		372
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
GT	44	USA Flying Lizard Motorsports	USA Seth Neiman
DEU Marco Holzer
GBR Nick Tandy	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		369
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
GT	91	USA SRT Motorsports	CAN Kuno Wittmer
DEU Dominik Farnbacher
USA Ryan Hunter-Reay	SRT Viper GTS-R		369
SRT 8.0 L V10
GT	02	USA Extreme Speed Motorsports	USA Ed Brown
USA Guy Cosmo
USA Anthony Lazzaro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		368
Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8
GT	48	USA Paul Miller Racing	USA Bryce Miller
DEU Sascha Maassen
AUT Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		367
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
GTE
Am	67	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	FRA Anthony Pons
FRA Nicolas Armindo
FRA Raymond Narac	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		363
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
GT	23	USA Lotus Alex Job Racing	USA Townsend Bell
USA Bill Sweedler
GBR Johnny Mowlem	Lotus Evora GTE		360
Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6
GTC	30	USA NGT Motorsport	USA Henrique Cisneros
DEU Mario Farnbacher
POL Jakub Giermaziak	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		356
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
GTC	66	USA TRG	VEN Emilio Di Guida
USA Spencer Pumpelly
USA Nelson Canache	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		351
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
GTC	68	USA TRG	FRA Emmanuel Collard
USA Mike Hedlund
MEX Manuel Gutierrez, Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		351
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
GTC	11	USA JDX Racing	CAN Chris Cumming
CAN Michael Valiante
USA Sean Johnston	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		351
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
GTC	22	USA Alex Job Racing	USA Leh Keen
USA Cooper MacNeil
RSA Dion von Moltke	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		349
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
GT	4	USA Corvette Racing	GBR Oliver Gavin
GBR Richard Westbrook
USA Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		348
Chevrolet LS5.5R 5.5 L V8
P1	16	USA Dyson Racing Team	USA Chris Dyson
GBR Guy Smith
GBR Steven Kane	Lola B12/60		338
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Hybrid Butanol)
P2	1	GBR Greaves Motorsport	GBR Alex Brundle
GBR Alex Buncombe
GBR Tom Kimber-Smith	Zytek Z11SN		338
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
P1	6	USA Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	DEU Klaus Graf
DEU Lucas Luhr
FRA Romain Dumas	HPD ARX-03a		334
Honda AR6-LMV8 3.4 L V8
P2	118	IRL Murphy Prototypes	GBR Warren Hughes
GBR Jody Firth
NZL Brendon Hartley	Oreca 03		330
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
P1	20	USA Dyson Racing Team	CAN Tony Burgess
USA Chris McMurry
RSA Mark Patterson	Lola B11/66		322
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Butanol)
GTC	31	USA NGT Motorsport	VEN Angel Benitez, Jr.
USA Mark Bullitt
USA Jeff Segal	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		318
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
GTC	24	USA Competition Motorsports	USA Andrew Davis
USA Michael Avenatti
AUS David Calvert-Jones	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		267
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
GTE
Am	60	ITA AF Corse	ITA Piergiuseppe Perazzini
ITA Marco Cioci
IRL Matt Griffin	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		232
Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8
GT	93	USA SRT Motorsports	USA Tommy Kendall
USA Jonathan Bomarito
BEL Marc Goossens	SRT Viper GTS-R		224
SRT 8.0 L V10
P2	27	USA Dempsey Racing	USA Patrick Dempsey
USA Joe Foster
USA Dane Cameron	Lola B12/87		220
Judd DB 3.6 L V8
GTC	34	USA Green Hornet Racing	USA Peter LeSaffre
USA Brian Wong
IRL Damien Faulkner	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		40
Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
P2	37	USA Conquest Endurance	GBR Martin Plowman
DEN David Heinemeier Hansson
USA Eric Lux	Morgan LMP2		391
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.

References

(October 2012). "ALMS, Petit Le Mans – Preview – Action Ahoy!". DailySportsCar.
(October 20, 2012). "Provisional Race Report". [[International Motor Sports Association]].

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