American Le Mans Series Long Beach 2012

Event: 38th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach		Date: 14.4.2012
Track: Long Beach Street Course (United States), 3.167 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Long Beach
American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón (round 2)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	16:30
Grid:	2-2-2. rolling start
Distance:	2 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	33
Practiced:	33
Qualified:	33
Started:	33
Finished:	30

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	3	3
Le Mans Prototype 2	4	4
Le Mans Prototype Challenge	8	8
Le Mans Grand Touring	12	12
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge	6	6

No Photos Yet Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Lap Times

Race notes:
caution: laps 38-44 (no.7 contact)

Pre-race sessions:
1 non-qualifying practice session held for a total of 120 minutes on 13/4
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 13/4 (cancelled)

Winners:

Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda	Graf / Luhr
Le Mans Prototype 2:	055	HPD ARX-03b Honda	Tucker / Bouchut
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	06	Oreca FLM 09	Popow / Dalziel
Le Mans Grand Touring:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	Milner / Gavin
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	34	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	LeSaffre / Faulkner

Leaders:

laps 1-18:	16	Lola B12/60 Mazda
laps 19-41:	6	HPD ARX-03a
laps 42-57:	16	Lola B12/60 Mazda
laps 58-86:	6	HPD ARX-03a

Fastest Laps:

Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda	Graf / Luhr	1:15.514	150.990 km/h	lap 56
Le Mans Prototype 2	37	Morgan - Judd	Hansson / Plowman	1:18.083	146.022 km/h	lap 56
Le Mans Prototype Challenge	9	Oreca FLM 09	Drissi / Junqueira	1:18.154	145.890 km/h	lap 49
Le Mans Grand Touring	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	Milner / Gavin	1:20.188	142.189 km/h	lap 52
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge	66	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Di Guida / Pumpelly	1:23.819	136.030 km/h	lap 46

Pole Positions:

Overall:	16	Lola B12/60 Mazda	Guy Smith (GB)
Le Mans Prototype 2	055	HPD ARX-03b Honda	Scott Tucker (USA)
Le Mans Prototype Challenge	06	Oreca FLM 09	Alex Popow (YV)
Le Mans Grand Touring	56	BMW E92 M3	Joey Hand (USA)
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge	22	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Cooper MacNeil (USA)

Notes of interest:

Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Oreca (8), HPD (3), Lola (3), Chevrolet (2), BMW (2), Ferrari (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (10), Porsche (10), Honda (4), Mazda (2), BMW (2), Ferrari (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca FLM 09 (8), Porsche 997 GT3 Cup (6), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (37), D (8), GB (4), CDN (4), MEX (3), YV (2), DK (2)
Engine positions:	middle-engined (53%), rear-engined (31%), front-engined (16%)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (58), Tony Burgess (57), Christophe Bouchut (46)
Youngest known drivers:	Colin Braun (24), Jeroen Bleekemolen (31), Patrick Long (31)

Official Race Programme:

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