Road America 4 Hours 2012 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Road America Road Race Showcase		Date: 18.8.2012
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.515 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 4 Hours
American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón (round 7)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:20
Grid:	2-2-2. rolling start
Distance:	4 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	37
Practiced:	35
Qualified:	35
Started:	35
Finished:	31

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	3	3
Le Mans Prototype 2	4	4
Le Mans Prototype Challenge	7	7
Le Mans Grand Touring	13	13
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge	8	8

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

Race notes:
cautions: laps 25-29 (no.52 off course), laps 49-54 (no.93 off course), laps 80-83 (no.17 off course), laps 87-89 (no.66 off course)

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 16/8
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 17/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 17/8
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	16	Lola B12/60 Mazda	Dyson / Smith
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Morgan LM P2 Nissan	Heinemeier Hansson / Plowman
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	06	Oreca FLM 09	Popow / Kimber-Smith
Le Mans Grand Touring:	55	BMW E92 M3	Auberlen / Müller
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	22	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	MacNeil / Bleekemolen
Leaders:
laps 1-21:	6
laps 22-42:	16
lap 43:	37
laps 44-52:	95
laps 53-65:	16
laps 66-70:	37
laps 71-75:	055
laps 76-82:	16
laps 83-84:	055
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda	Graf / Luhr	1:51.2480	210.8144 km/h	lap 70
Le Mans Prototype 2:	95	HPD ARX-03b Honda	Diaz / Tucker	1:56.1120	201.9823 km/h	lap 48
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	05	Oreca FLM 09	Bennett / Braun	1:59.4540	196.3319 km/h	lap 60
Le Mans Grand Touring:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	Garcia / Magnussen	2:05.8820	186.3073 km/h	lap 59
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	34	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Faulkner / LeSaffre	2:14.2470	174.6975 km/h	lap 87
Pole Positions:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda	Klaus Graf (D)	1:50.1910	212.8357 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Morgan LM P2 Nissan	Martin Plowman (GB)	1:54.2180	205.3330 km/h
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	8	Oreca FLM 09	Kyle Marcelli (CDN)	1:57.1720	200.1557 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring:	44	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Marco Holzer (D)	2:04.4150	188.5041 km/h
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	22	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Jeroen Bleekemolen (NL)	2:12.7730	176.6368 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (12), Oreca (7), Lola (3), HPD (3), BMW (2), Ferrari (2), Chevrolet (2), SRT (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (12), Chevrolet (9), Honda (3), Mazda (2), BMW (2), Ferrari (2), Viper (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup (8), Oreca FLM 09 (7), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (39), D (9), GB (5), YV (4), CDN (4), MEX (3), NL (2), DK (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (48%), rear-engined (34%), front-engined (18%)
Average engine size:	5017 cc (with regard to 8% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5177 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (58), Tony Burgess (57), Emilio Di Guida (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Colin Braun (24), Martin Ragginger (24), Martin Plowman (25)

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