Laguna Seca 6 Hours 2012 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: American Le Mans Series Monterey Presented by Patrón		Date: 12.5.2012
Track: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
Laguna Seca 6 Hours
American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón (round 3)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	13:30
Grid:	2-2-2. rolling start
Distance:	6 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	35
Practiced:	35
Qualified:	35
Started:	35
Finished:	30

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	2	2
Le Mans Prototype 2	5	5
Le Mans Prototype Challenge	9	9
Le Mans Grand Touring	12	12
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge	7	7

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

Race notes:
cautions: laps 26-31 (no.23 off course), laps 34-36 (no.68 off course), laps 119-126 (no.11 and no.055 contact), laps 176-181 (no.52 off course), 195-200 (no.02 and no.23 off course), laps 224-229 (no.27 off course

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 10/5
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 11/5
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 11/5
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda	Graf / Luhr
Le Mans Prototype 2:	95	HPD ARX-03b Honda	Tucker / Diaz / Montagny
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	05	Oreca FLM 09	Bennett / Braun
Le Mans Grand Touring:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	Gavin / Milner
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	66	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Di Guida / Bleekemolen / Curtis
Leaders:
laps 1-242:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda	Lucas Luhr/Klaus Graf
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:15.544	171.637 km/h	lap 110
Le Mans Prototype 2:	95	HPD ARX-03b Honda	Franck Montagny (F)	1:17.003	168.386 km/h	lap 203
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	9	Oreca FLM 09	Bruno Junqueira (BR)	1:19.298	163.513 km/h	lap 155
Le Mans Grand Touring:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:23.624	155.054 km/h	lap 180
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	34	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Damien Faulkner (IRL)	1:28.611	146.326 km/h	lap 187
Pole Positions:
Overall:	6	HPD ARX-03a Honda	Klaus Graf (D)	1:13.573	176.236 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	055	HPD ARX-03b Honda	Christophe Bouchut (F)	1:15.846	170.954 km/h
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	9	Oreca FLM 09	Bruno Junqueira (BR)	1:17.867	166.517 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring:	007	Aston Martin V8 Vantage	Darren Turner (GB)	1:22.229	157.684 km/h
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	34	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Damien Faulkner (IRL)	1:27.495	148.193 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (11), Oreca (9), HPD (3), Chevrolet (2), BMW (2), Ferrari (2), Lola (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (11), Porsche (11), Honda (3), BMW (2), Ferrari (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca FLM 09 (9), Porsche 997 GT3 Cup (7), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (45), GB (11), D (9), CDN (3), F (3), MEX (3), NL (3), YV (2), DK (2), A (2), BR (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (52%), rear-engined (32%), front-engined (16%)
Average engine size:	4853 cc (with regard to 8% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5008 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (58), Tracy Krohn (58), Tony Burgess (57)
Youngest known drivers:	Colin Braun (24), Martin Ragginger (24), Martin Plowman (25)

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