2012 Petit Le Mans

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.^[1]

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

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

^ – The #37 Conquest Morgan-Nissan was disqualified for exceeding the maximum number of hours a single driver could be in the car.^[2]

References

^ "ALMS, Petit Le Mans – Preview – Action Ahoy!". DailySportsCar. October 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 20 October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2012.

American Le Mans Series
Previous race: American Le Mans Series VIR 240	2012 season	Next race: none

European Le Mans Series
Previous race: 6 Hours of Donington	2012 season	Next race: none

[1] "ALMS, Petit Le Mans – Preview – Action Ahoy!". DailySportsCar. October 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[Results-2] "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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