American Le Mans Series Lime Rock 2012

Event: American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix Lime Rock		Date: 7.7.2012
Track: Lime Rock Park (United States), 2.372 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Lime Rock
American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón (round 4)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	15:05
Grid:	2-2-2. rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	30
Practiced:	30
Qualified:	30
Started:	29
Finished:	27

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	3	3
Le Mans Prototype 2	4	3
Le Mans Prototype Challenge	6	6
Le Mans Grand Touring	11	11
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge	6	6

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

Race notes:
cautions: laps 18-25 (no.8 stopped on track), laps 112-119 (fluid on course), laps 127-136 (no.52 & no.01 contact), laps 163-168 (no.02 contact)

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 150 minutes on 6/7
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 6/7
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda	Graf / Luhr
Le Mans Prototype 2:	055	HPD ARX-03b Honda	Tucker / Bouchut
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	05	Oreca FLM 09	Bennett / Braun
Le Mans Grand Touring:	45	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Bergmeister / Long
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	22	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	MacNeil / Keen
Leaders:
laps 1-6:	16	Lola B12/60 Mazda
laps 7-47:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda
laps 48-61:	16	Lola B12/60 Mazda
laps 62-99:	055	HPD ARX-03b Honda
laps 100-132:	16	Lola B12/60 Mazda
laps 133-142:	055	HPD ARX-03b Honda
laps 143-168:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda	Klaus Graf (D)	45.1480	189.1510 km/h	lap 121
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Morgan LM P2 Nissan	Martin Plowman (GB)	47.3540	180.3399 km/h	lap 97
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	05	Oreca FLM 09	Colin Braun (USA)	48.8230	174.9132 km/h	lap 136
Le Mans Grand Touring:	55	BMW E92 M3	Bill Auberlen (USA)	51.0910	167.1497 km/h	lap 9
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	66	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Spencer Pumpelly (USA)	55.7300	153.2353 km/h	lap 59
Pole Positions:
Overall:	16	Lola B12/60 Mazda	Guy Smith (GB)	44.0170	194.0112 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Morgan LM P2 Nissan	Martin Plowman (GB)	47.0720	181.4197 km/h
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	8	Oreca FLM 09	Kyle Marcelli (CDN)	47.2490	180.7406 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring:	55	BMW E92 M3	Bill Auberlen (USA)	50.9200	167.7113 km/h
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	22	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Leh Keen (USA)	55.1950	154.7207 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Oreca (6), Lola (3), HPD (2), Chevrolet (2), Ferrari (2), BMW (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (10), Chevrolet (8), Honda (2), Mazda (2), Ferrari (2), BMW (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca FLM 09 (6), Porsche 997 GT3 Cup (6), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (36), D (8), GB (4), CDN (3), DK (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (51%), rear-engined (34%), front-engined (15%)
Average engine size:	4772 cc (with regard to 5% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4867 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (58), Henri Richard (54), Scott Tucker (50)
Youngest known drivers:	Cooper MacNeil (20), Colin Braun (24), Marco Holzer (24)

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