# 2012 Road Race Showcase

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Track map of [Road America](/source/Road_America).

The **2012 [Road America Road Race Showcase](/source/Road_America_500)** was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held at [Road America](/source/Road_America) in [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin), [United States](/source/United_States) on August 18, 2012. It was the seventh round of the [2012 American Le Mans Series season](/source/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](/source/Muscle_Milk_Motorsports) team had beaten the [Dyson Racing Team](/source/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](/source/Lucas_Luhr) in the Muscle Milke [HPD ARX-03a](/source/HPD_ARX-03a) overtook [Guy Smith](/source/Guy_Smith_(racing_driver))'s [Lola B12/60](/source/Lola_B12%2F60) at the final corner of the race only for Smith to win the drag race to the finish line.[1] 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](/source/Alex_Popow), [Tom Kimber-Smith](/source/Tom_Kimber-Smith) and [Jon Bennett](/source/Jon_Bennett_(racing_driver)) won the class in fifth position outright, [CORE Autosport](/source/CORE_Autosport) secured the teams championship in Prototype Challenge. Just ahead of them in fourth place were the P2 class winners, [Conquest Endurance](/source/Conquest_Racing)'s [Martin Plowman](/source/Martin_Plowman) and [David Heinemeier Hansson](/source/David_Heinemeier_Hansson) in their [Morgan LMP2](/source/Morgan_LMP2). It was their second class win, and the team's biggest victory to date.[1]

Thirteenth outright was the best of the GTs. [BMW Team RLL](/source/Rahal_Letterman_Lanigan_Racing) took their second win of the year with [Bill Auberlen](/source/Bill_Auberlen) and [Jörg Müller](/source/J%C3%B6rg_M%C3%BCller) joining their [BMW M3](/source/BMW_M3)-equipped teammates as winners in 2012. Second was Porsche team [Flying Lizard Motorsports](/source/Flying_Lizard_Motorsports) of [Jörg Bergmeister](/source/J%C3%B6rg_Bergmeister) and [Patrick Long](/source/Patrick_Long) with [Extreme Speed Motorsports](/source/Extreme_Speed_Motorsports) Ferrari of [Scott Sharp](/source/Scott_Sharp) and [Johannes van Overbeek](/source/Johannes_van_Overbeek).

GT Challenge was claimed when the [Alex Job Racing](/source/Alex_Job_Racing) Porsche of [Cooper MacNeil](/source/Cooper_MacNeil) and [Leh Keen](/source/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 (NC).[2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Guy Smith Lola B12/60 D 101 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Isobutanol) 2 P1 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Lucas Luhr Klaus Graf HPD ARX-03a M 101 Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 3 P1 20 Dyson Racing Team Michael Marsal Eric Lux Tony Burgess Lola B11/66 D 101 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Isobutanol) 4 P2 37 Conquest Endurance Martin Plowman David Heinemeier Hansson Morgan LMP2 D 101 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 5 PC 06 CORE Autosport Alex Popow Tom Kimber-Smith Jon Bennett Oreca FLM09 M 100 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 6 PC 05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 M 100 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 7 PC 8 Merchant Services Racing Kyle Marcelli Chapman Ducote James French Oreca FLM09 M 100 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 8 PC 9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Roberto González Oreca FLM09 M 100 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 9 P2 27 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Ben Devlin Lola B12/87 M 99 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 10 PC 25 Dempsey Racing Henri Richard Duncan Ende Oreca FLM09 M 99 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 11 P2 055 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut HPD ARX-03b D 99 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 12 P2 95 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Luis Díaz HPD ARX-03b D 98 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 13 GT 55 BMW Team RLL Jörg Müller Bill Auberlen BMW M3 GT2 D 97 BMW 4.0 L V8 14 GT 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 97 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 15 GT 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 97 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 16 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 97 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 17 PC 7 Merchant Services Racing Antonio Downs Lucas Downs Matt Downs Oreca FLM09 M 97 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 18 GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Sascha Maassen Porsche 997 GT3-RSR D 97 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 97 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 20 GT 23 Lotus / Alex Job Racing Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Lotus Evora GTE Y 97 Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6 21 GT 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 96 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 GT 91 SRT Motorsports Kuno Wittmer Dominik Farnbacher SRT Viper GTS-R M 96 Dodge 8.0 L V10 23 DNF GT 56 BMW Team RLL Joey Hand Jonathan Summerton BMW M3 GT2 D 95 BMW 4.0 L V8 24 GT 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Guy Cosmo Anthony Lazzaro Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 95 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 25 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GTC 11 JDX Racing Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 GTC 34 Green Hornet Racing Peter LeSaffre Damien Faulkner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTC 24 Competition Motorsports Bob Faieta Michael Avenatti Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 29 GTC 32 GMG Racing James Sofronas Alex Welch René Villeneuve Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 93 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 30 GTC 33 Green Hornet Racing Patrick Huisman Brian Wong Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 91 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 31 DNF GT 17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers Porsche 997 GT3-RSR F 75 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32 GTC 31 NGT Motorsport Angel Benitez, Sr. Angel Benitez, Jr. Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 71 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 33 GTC 66 TRG Emilio Di Guida Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 69 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 34 DNF GT 93 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Tommy Kendall SRT Viper GTS-R M 45 Dodge 8.0 L V10 35 DNF PC 52 PR1/Mathiasan Motorsports Rudy Junco, Jr. Marino Franchitti Oreca FLM09 M 23 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Rport_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Rport_1-1) ["What a Finish... Again! Dyson Wins at Road America"](http://www.alms.com/articles/what-finish-again-dyson-wins-road-america). [American Le Mans Series](/source/American_Le_Mans_Series). August 21, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Race_2-0)** ["Official Race Results"](http://www.alms.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/Road%20America%20Official%20Results.pdf) (PDF). [International Motor Sports Association](/source/International_Motor_Sports_Association). August 16, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

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