Baltimore 2 Hours 2012 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT		Date: 1.9.2012
Track: Baltimore Street Circuit (United States), 3.283 kms	Organiser: unknown
Baltimore 2 Hours
American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón (round 8)

Weather:	hot, sunny => overcast; humid
Start time:	16:30
Grid:	2-2-2. rolling start
Distance:	2 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	31
Practiced:	31
Qualified:	31
Started:	30
Finished:	24

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	3	3
Le Mans Prototype 2	3	3
Le Mans Prototype Challenge	7	7
Le Mans Grand Touring	13	12
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge	5	5

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
cautions: laps 1-6 (multiple car incident), laps 46-53 (no.8 stopped on course), laps 59-62 (no.37 stopped on course)

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 31/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 31/8
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	055	HPD ARX-03b Honda	Tucker / Bouchut
Le Mans Prototype 1:	20	Lola B11/66 Mazda	Marsal / Lux
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	06	Oreca FLM 09	Popow / Dalziel
Le Mans Grand Touring:	17	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Henzler / Sellers
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	68	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Carter / Pilet
Leaders:
laps 1-26:	6
laps 27-36:	95
laps 37-42:	20
laps 43-56:	95
laps 57-67:	055
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda	Graf / Luhr	1:24.9820	139.0763 km/h	lap 33
Le Mans Prototype 2:	055	HPD ARX-03b Honda	Tucker / Bouchut	1:27.6410	134.8566 km/h	lap 41
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	9	Oreca FLM 09	Drissi / Junqueira	1:29.0260	132.7596 km/h	lap 37
Le Mans Grand Touring:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	Milner / Gavin	1:30.3130	130.8670 km/h	lap 36
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	34	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	LeSaffre / Faulkner	1:35.3120	124.0032 km/h	lap 65
Pole Positions:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:25.1740	138.7625 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	055	HPD ARX-03b Honda	Christophe Bouchut (F)	1:27.1190	135.6645 km/h
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	9	Oreca FLM 09	Bruno Junqueira (BR)	1:27.4640	135.1302 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:29.9450	131.4029 km/h
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	34	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Damien Faulkner (IRL)	1:35.4930	123.7682 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Oreca (7), HPD (3), Chevrolet (2), Ferrari (2), BMW (2), Lola (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (9), Porsche (9), Honda (3), Ferrari (2), BMW (2), Mazda (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca FLM 09 (7), Porsche 997 GT3 Cup (5), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (34), D (8), CDN (4), GB (4), F (2), DK (2), BR (2), MEX (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (53%), rear-engined (30%), front-engined (17%)
Average engine size:	4947 cc (with regard to 9% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5125 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (58), Tony Burgess (57), Christophe Bouchut (46)
Youngest known drivers:	Colin Braun (24), Martin Plowman (25), Leh Keen (29)

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