2012 American Le Mans Monterey Explained

The 2012 American Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón was held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on May 12, 2012. It was the third round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season.

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[1]

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	P1	6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Klaus Graf	1:13.573	1
2	P1	16 Dyson Racing Team	Guy Smith	1:15.358	2
3	P2	055 Level 5 Motorsports	Christophe Bouchut	1:15.846	3
4	P2	95 Level 5 Motorsports	Franck Montagny	1:15.935	4
5	P2	27 Dempsey Racing	Jonny Cocker	1:17.494	5
6	PC	9 RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira	1:17.867	6
7	PC	06 CORE Autosport	Tom Kimber-Smith	1:18.092	7
8	PC	5 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Memo Gidley	1:18.114	8
9	PC	52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Butch Leitzinger	1:18.396	9
10	PC	05 CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	1:18.423	10
11	PC	25 Dempsey Racing	Ryan Lewis	1:18.466	11
12	PC	8 Merchant Services Racing	Kyle Marcelli	1:18.500	12
13	PC	18 Performance Tech Motorsports	Ricardo Vera	1:18.725	13
14	P2	2 Project Libra	Andrew Prendeville	1:21.539	14
15	PC	7 Merchant Services Racing	Tony Burgess	1:21.645	15
16	GT	007 Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner	1:22.229	16
17	GT	4 Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner	1:22.661	17
18	GT	55 BMW Team RLL	Jörg Müller	1:22.905	18
19	GT	45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long	1:22.919	19
20	GT	3 Corvette Racing	Antonio García	1:22.919	20
21	GT	01 Extreme Speed Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek	1:22.923	21
22	GT	56 BMW Team RLL	Joey Hand	1:22.939	22
23	GT	02 Extreme Speed Motorsports	Guy Cosmo	1:22.942	23
24	GT	17 Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers	1:23.356	24
25	GT	48 Paul Miller Racing	Sascha Maassen	1:23.448	25
26	GT	23 Lotus / Alex Job Racing	Townsend Bell	1:24.473	26
27	GT	44 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman	1:26.787	27
28	GTC	34 Green Hornet Racing	Damien Faulkner	1:27.495	28
29	GTC	68 TRG	Nick Tandy	1:27.670	29
30	GTC	66 TRG	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:27.673	30
31	GTC	11 JDX Racing	Martin Ragginger	1:28.155	31
32	GTC	24 Competition Motorsports	Cort Wagner	1:28.618	32
33	GTC	22 Alex Job Racing	Anthony Lazzaro	1:28.641	33
34	GTC	32 GMG Racing	James Sofronas	1:29.298	34
35	P2	37 Conquest Endurance	No Time	35

Race

Race result

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

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps
1	P1	6	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr	HPD ARX-03a		242
1	P1	6	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr	Honda 3.4 L V8		242
2	P2	95	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Luis Díaz Franck Montagny	HPD ARX-03b		239
2	P2	95	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Luis Díaz Franck Montagny	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6		239
3	PC	05	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun Jon Bennett	Oreca FLM09		236
3	PC	05	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun Jon Bennett	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		236
4	PC	9	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira Tomy Drissi Roberto González	Oreca FLM09		236
4	PC	9	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira Tomy Drissi Roberto González	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		236
5	PC	06	CORE Autosport	Alex Popow Tom Kimber-Smith	Oreca FLM09		236
5	PC	06	CORE Autosport	Alex Popow Tom Kimber-Smith	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		236
6	PC	5	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Memo Gidley Michael Guasch Archie Hamilton	Oreca FLM09		236
6	PC	5	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Memo Gidley Michael Guasch Archie Hamilton	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		236
7 DNF	PC	8	Merchant Services Racing	Kyle Marcelli Lucas Downs Dean Stirling	Oreca FLM09		234
7 DNF	PC	8	Merchant Services Racing	Kyle Marcelli Lucas Downs Dean Stirling	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		234
8	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Butch Leitzinger Ken Dobson	Oreca FLM09		232
8	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Butch Leitzinger Ken Dobson	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		232
9	GT	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		232
9	GT	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8		232
10	GT	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		232
10	GT	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8		232
11	GT	55	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Jörg Müller	BMW M3 GT2		232
11	GT	55	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Jörg Müller	BMW 4.0 L V8		232
12	GT	56	BMW Team RLL	Dirk Müller Joey Hand	BMW M3 GT2		232
12	GT	56	BMW Team RLL	Dirk Müller Joey Hand	BMW 4.0 L V8		232
13	GT	01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		232
13	GT	01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		232
14	GT	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		232
14	GT	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Richard Lietz	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		232
15	GT	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		232
15	GT	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		232
16	PC	25	Dempsey Racing	Duncan Ende Henri Richard Ryan Lewis	Oreca FLM09		231
16	PC	25	Dempsey Racing	Duncan Ende Henri Richard Ryan Lewis	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		231
17	GT	007	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Adrián Fernández Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin Vantage GTE		230
17	GT	007	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Adrián Fernández Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		230
18	GT	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		230
18	GT	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman Marco Holzer	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		230
19	GT	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryce Miller Sascha Maassen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		229
19	GT	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryce Miller Sascha Maassen	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		229
20	P2	37	Conquest Endurance	Martin Plowman David Heinemeier Hansson Antônio Pizzonia	Morgan LMP2		227
20	P2	37	Conquest Endurance	Martin Plowman David Heinemeier Hansson Antônio Pizzonia	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		227
21 DNF	PC	18	Performance Tech Motorsports	Anthony Nicolosi Ricardo Vera	Oreca FLM09		225
21 DNF	PC	18	Performance Tech Motorsports	Anthony Nicolosi Ricardo Vera	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		225
22	GT	02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Guy Cosmo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		224
22	GT	02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Guy Cosmo	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		224
23	P1	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith Johnny Mowlem	Lola B12/60		222
23	P1	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith Johnny Mowlem	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Isobutanol)		222
24	GTC	66	TRG	Emilio Di Guida Jeroen Bleekemolen Bret Curtis	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		219
24	GTC	66	TRG	Emilio Di Guida Jeroen Bleekemolen Bret Curtis	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		219
25	GTC	32	GMG Racing	James Sofronas Alex Welch René Villeneuve	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		219
25	GTC	32	GMG Racing	James Sofronas Alex Welch René Villeneuve	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		219
26	GTC	24	Competition Motorsports	Bob Faieta Michael Avenatti Cort Wagner	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		219
26	GTC	24	Competition Motorsports	Bob Faieta Michael Avenatti Cort Wagner	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		219
27	GTC	22	Alex Job Racing	Anthony Lazzaro Cooper MacNeil	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		216
27	GTC	22	Alex Job Racing	Anthony Lazzaro Cooper MacNeil	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		216
28	GTC	34	Green Hornet Racing	Peter LeSaffre Damien Faulkner Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		211
28	GTC	34	Green Hornet Racing	Peter LeSaffre Damien Faulkner Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		211
29	P2	055	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut Franck Montagny	HPD ARX-03b		207
29	P2	055	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut Franck Montagny	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6		207
30	P2	27	Dempsey Racing	Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Jonny Cocker	Lola B12/87		202
30	P2	27	Dempsey Racing	Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Jonny Cocker	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8		202
31	P2	2	Project Libra	Andrew Prendeville Rusty Mitchell Duarte Félix da Costa	Radical SR10		185
31	P2	2	Project Libra	Andrew Prendeville Rusty Mitchell Duarte Félix da Costa	Ford (Roush-Yates) EcoBoost 3.2 L Turbo V6		185
32	GTC	68	TRG	Mike Hedlund Tracy Krohn Nick Tandy	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		178
32	GTC	68	TRG	Mike Hedlund Tracy Krohn Nick Tandy	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		178
33 DNF	GTC	11	JDX Racing	Chris Cumming Matthew Marsh Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		119
33 DNF	GTC	11	JDX Racing	Chris Cumming Matthew Marsh Martin Ragginger	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		119
34 DNF	PC	7	Merchant Services Racing	Chapman Ducote Tony Burgess Antonio Downs	Oreca FLM09		100
34 DNF	PC	7	Merchant Services Racing	Chapman Ducote Tony Burgess Antonio Downs	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		100
35 DNF	GT	23	Lotus Alex Job Racing	Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler	Lotus Evora GTE		67
35 DNF	GT	23	Lotus Alex Job Racing	Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler	Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6		67

Notes and References

Web site: 2012-05-11 . ALMS Laguna Seca Qualifying . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120614163626/http://www.alms.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/ALMS%20MRLS%20Qualifying.pdf . 14 June 2012 . . PDF.
Web site: 14 May 2012 . ALMS Laguna Seca Official Race . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120813023204/http://www.alms.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/ALMS%20MRLS%20Official%20Race.pdf . 13 August 2012 . . PDF.