2012 Petit Le Mans

The 15h 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
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).[1]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 P1 12 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani
Nicolas Prost
Andrea Belicchi		 Lola B12/60 M 394
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
2 P2 95 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker
Christophe Bouchut
Luis Díaz		 HPD ARX-03b 391
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
3 P2 055 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker
Dario Franchitti
Marino Franchitti		 HPD ARX-03b 390
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
4 P2 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing Pierre Thiriet
Christophe Tinseau
Mathias Beche		 Oreca 03 390
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5 0 DeltaWing Nissan Gunnar Jeannette
Lucas Ordoñez		 DeltaWing M 388
Nissan 1.6 L Turbo I4
6 PC 06 CORE Autosport Alex Popow
Ryan Dalziel
Mark Wilkins		 Oreca FLM09 M 385
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
7 P2 35 OAK Racing Jacques Nicolet
Olivier Pla
Bertrand Baguette		 Morgan LMP2 383
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8 PC 9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira
Tomy Drissi
Ricardo Vera		 Oreca FLM09 M 383
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
9 PC 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Rudy Junco, Jr.
Ken Dobson
Elton Julian		 Oreca FLM09 M 382
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
10 PC 05 CORE Autosport Colin Braun
Jon Bennett
Ricardo González		 Oreca FLM09 M 381
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
11 PC 8 Merchant Services Racing Kyle Marcelli
Matt Downs
Chapman Ducote		 Oreca FLM09 M 376
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
12 GT 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp
Johannes van Overbeek
Toni Vilander		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 375
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
13 GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen
Antonio García
Jordan Taylor		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 375
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
14 GT 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen
Jörg Müller
Jonathan Summerton		 BMW M3 GT2 374
BMW 4.0 L V8
15 GT 56 BMW Team RLL Dirk Müller
Uwe Alzen
Jonathan Summerton		 BMW M3 GT2 373
BMW 4.0 L V8
16 GT 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long
Jörg Bergmeister
Patrick Pilet		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 373
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 GT 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers
Wolf Henzler
Martin Ragginger		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR F 372
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18 PC 25 Dempsey Racing Duncan Ende
Henri Richard
Ryan Lewis		 Oreca FLM09 M 372
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
19 GT 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman
Marco Holzer
Nick Tandy		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 369
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20 GT 91 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer
Dominik Farnbacher
Ryan Hunter-Reay		 SRT Viper GTS-R M 369
SRT 8.0 L V10
21 GT 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown
Guy Cosmo
Anthony Lazzaro		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 368
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22 GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller
Sascha Maassen
Richard Lietz		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 367
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 GTE
Am		 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Anthony Pons
Nicolas Armindo
Raymond Narac		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 363
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GT 23 Lotus Alex Job Racing Townsend Bell
Bill Sweedler
Johnny Mowlem		 Lotus Evora GTE Y 360
Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6
25 GTC 30 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros
Mario Farnbacher
Jakub Giermaziak		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 356
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GTC 66 TRG Emilio Di Guida
Spencer Pumpelly
Nelson Canache		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 351
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 GTC 68 TRG Emmanuel Collard
Mike Hedlund
Manuel Gutierrez, Jr.		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 351
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 GTC 11 JDX Racing Chris Cumming
Michael Valiante
Sean Johnston		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 351
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29
DNF		 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen
Cooper MacNeil
Dion von Moltke		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 349
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Richard Westbrook
Tommy Milner		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 348
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
31 P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson
Guy Smith
Steven Kane		 Lola B12/60 338
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Hybrid Butanol)
32 P2 1 Greaves Motorsport Alex Brundle
Alex Buncombe
Tom Kimber-Smith		 Zytek Z11SN 338
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
33 P1 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf
Lucas Luhr
Romain Dumas		 HPD ARX-03a M 334
Honda 3.4 L V8
34
DNF		 P2 118 Murphy Prototypes Warren Hughes
Jody Firth
Brendon Hartley		 Oreca 03 330
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
35
DNF		 P1 20 Dyson Racing Team Tony Burgess
Chris McMurry
Mark Patterson		 Lola B11/66 322
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Butanol)
36 GTC 31 NGT Motorsport Angel Benitez, Jr.
Mark Bullitt
Jeff Segal		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 318
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
37
DNF		 GTC 24 Competition Motorsports Andrew Davis
Michael Avenatti
David Calvert-Jones		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 267
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
38
DNF		 GTE
Am		 60 AF Corse Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci
Matt Griffin		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 232
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
39
DNF		 GT 93 SRT Motorsports Tommy Kendall
Jonathan Bomarito
Marc Goossens		 SRT Viper GTS-R M 224
SRT 8.0 L V10
40
DNF		 P2 27 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey
Joe Foster
Dane Cameron		 Lola B12/87 M 220
Judd DB 3.6 L V8
41
DNF		 GTC 34 Green Hornet Racing Peter LeSaffre
Brian Wong
Damien Faulkner		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 40
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DSQ
1		 P2 37 Conquest Endurance Martin Plowman
David Heinemeier Hansson
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.[1]

References
  1. "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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