2012 Baltimore Sports Car Challenge
# 2012 Baltimore Sports Car Challenge

The 2012 Baltimore Sports Car Challenge presented by SRT was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held on the streets of Baltimore in Maryland, United States on September 1, 2012. It was the eighth round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season and the second race Baltimore Sports Car Challenge, and event co-located with the Grand Prix of Baltimore IndyCar race. The race was held over a two-hour time period, during which 67 laps of the 3.3 kilometre circuit were completed for a race distance of 218 kilometres.

The race was won by Level 5 Motorsports duo of Scott Tucker and Christophe Bouchut driving a HPD ARX-03b. The race was dominated by the P2 class cars as trouble struck all three P1 class prototypes. When Conquest Endurance broke a gearbox in their Morgan LMP2 it set up the first outright victory by a P2 prototype since Andretti Green Racing's Franck Montagny and James Rossiter took victory at the 2008 Detroit Sports Car Challenge, also driving a HPD ARX. Second place was also a Level 5 Motorsports HPD ARX-03b, driven by Tucker, Luis Díaz and Ricardo González.

Third was the first of the Prototype Challenge Oreca FLM09s, the CORE Autosport car of Alex Popow and Ryan Dalziel.

Even more notable the Level 5 Motorsports' 1–2 victory, the Team Falken Tire Porsche of Wolf Henzler and Bryan Sellers finished fourth, winning the GT class, finishing on the same lap as the Level 5 HPDs. They finished ahead of the factory Chevrolet Corvette of Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner, the Extreme Speed Motorsports Ferrari of Scott Sharp and Johannes van Overbeek, the BMW Team RLL BMW of Joey Hand and Dirk Müller, the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche of Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long and the second Corvette of Jan Magnussen and Antonio García as GTs dominated the top ten finishers.

Thirteenth was the P1 class survivor, the Dyson Racing Team Lola B11/66 of Michael Marsal and Eric Lux.

GT Challenge was claimed when the TRG Porsche of Patrick Pilet and debutant Al Carter crossed the line in 19th position.

24 of the 30 entries were running at races conclusion.

## Race

### Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).

| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tire | Laps |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Engine | Tire | Laps |
| 1 | P2 | 055 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut | HPD ARX-03b | D | 67 |
| 1 | P2 | 055 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | D | 67 |
| 2 | P2 | 95 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Luis Díaz Ricardo González | HPD ARX-03b | D | 67 |
| 2 | P2 | 95 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Luis Díaz Ricardo González | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | D | 67 |
| 3 | PC | 06 | CORE Autosport | Alex Popow Ryan Dalziel | Oreca FLM09 | M | 67 |
| 3 | PC | 06 | CORE Autosport | Alex Popow Ryan Dalziel | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 67 |
| 4 | GT | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | F | 67 |
| 4 | GT | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | F | 67 |
| 5 | GT | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 67 |
| 5 | GT | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | M | 67 |
| 6 | GT | 01 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 67 |
| 6 | GT | 01 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | M | 67 |
| 7 | GT | 56 | BMW Team RLL | Joey Hand Dirk Müller | BMW M3 GT2 | D | 67 |
| 7 | GT | 56 | BMW Team RLL | Joey Hand Dirk Müller | BMW 4.0 L V8 | D | 67 |
| 8 | GT | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 67 |
| 8 | GT | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | M | 67 |
| 9 | GT | 3 | Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 67 |
| 9 | GT | 3 | Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen Antonio García | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | M | 67 |
| 10 | PC | 9 | RSR Racing | Bruno Junqueira Tomy Drissi | Oreca FLM09 | M | 67 |
| 10 | PC | 9 | RSR Racing | Bruno Junqueira Tomy Drissi | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 67 |
| 11 | GT | 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman Marco Holzer Patrick Long | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 67 |
| 11 | GT | 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman Marco Holzer Patrick Long | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | M | 67 |
| 12 | GT | 55 | BMW Team RLL | Jörg Müller Bill Auberlen | BMW M3 GT2 | D | 67 |
| 12 | GT | 55 | BMW Team RLL | Jörg Müller Bill Auberlen | BMW 4.0 L V8 | D | 67 |
| 13 | P1 | 20 | Dyson Racing Team | Michael Marsal Eric Lux | Lola B11/66 | D | 67 |
| 13 | P1 | 20 | Dyson Racing Team | Michael Marsal Eric Lux | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Isobutanol) | D | 67 |
| 14 | GT | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Bryce Miller Sascha Maassen | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | D | 66 |
| 14 | GT | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Bryce Miller Sascha Maassen | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | D | 66 |
| 15 | GT | 23 | Lotus / Alex Job Racing | Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell | Lotus Evora GTE | Y | 66 |
| 15 | GT | 23 | Lotus / Alex Job Racing | Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell | Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6 | Y | 66 |
| 16 | PC | 25 | Dempsey Racing | Henri Richard Duncan Ende | Oreca FLM09 | M | 66 |
| 16 | PC | 25 | Dempsey Racing | Henri Richard Duncan Ende | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 66 |
| 17 | GT | 02 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ed Brown Guy Cosmo | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 66 |
| 17 | GT | 02 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ed Brown Guy Cosmo | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | M | 66 |
| 18 DNF | GT | 93 | SRT Motorsports | Marc Goossens Tommy Kendall | SRT Viper GTS-R | M | 65 |
| 18 DNF | GT | 93 | SRT Motorsports | Marc Goossens Tommy Kendall | Dodge 8.0 L V10 | M | 65 |
| 19 | GTC | 68 | TRG | Al Carter Patrick Pilet | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 65 |
| 19 | GTC | 68 | TRG | Al Carter Patrick Pilet | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 65 |
| 20 | GTC | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 65 |
| 20 | GTC | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 65 |
| 21 | GTC | 34 | Green Hornet Racing | Peter LeSaffre Damien Faulkner | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 65 |
| 21 | GTC | 34 | Green Hornet Racing | Peter LeSaffre Damien Faulkner | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 65 |
| 22 | GTC | 66 | TRG | Marc Bunting Spencer Pumpelly | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 65 |
| 22 | GTC | 66 | TRG | Marc Bunting Spencer Pumpelly | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 65 |
| 23 | P1 | 16 | Dyson Racing Team | Chris Dyson Guy Smith | Lola B12/60 | D | 65 |
| 23 | P1 | 16 | Dyson Racing Team | Chris Dyson Guy Smith | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Isobutanol) | D | 65 |
| 24 DNF | P1 | 6 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | Lucas Luhr Klaus Graf | HPD ARX-03a | M | 62 |
| 24 DNF | P1 | 6 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | Lucas Luhr Klaus Graf | Honda 3.4 L V8 | M | 62 |
| 25 | PC | 7 | Merchant Services Racing | Lucas Downs Matt Downs | Oreca FLM09 | M | 58 |
| 25 | PC | 7 | Merchant Services Racing | Lucas Downs Matt Downs | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 58 |
| 26 DNF | P2 | 37 | Conquest Endurance | Martin Plowman David Heinemeier Hansson | Morgan LMP2 | D | 56 |
| 26 DNF | P2 | 37 | Conquest Endurance | Martin Plowman David Heinemeier Hansson | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | D | 56 |
| 27 | GTC | 11 | JDX Racing | Chris Cumming Michael Valiante | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 49 |
| 27 | GTC | 11 | JDX Racing | Chris Cumming Michael Valiante | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 49 |
| 28 DNF | PC | 8 | Merchant Services Racing | Kyle Marcelli Tony Burgess | Oreca FLM09 | M | 43 |
| 28 DNF | PC | 8 | Merchant Services Racing | Kyle Marcelli Tony Burgess | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 43 |
| 29 DNF | PC | 05 | CORE Autosport | Jon Bennett Colin Braun | Oreca FLM09 | M | 31 |
| 29 DNF | PC | 05 | CORE Autosport | Jon Bennett Colin Braun | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 31 |
| 30 DNF | PC | 18 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Raphael Matos Rodin Younessi | Oreca FLM09 | M | 0 |
| 30 DNF | PC | 18 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Raphael Matos Rodin Younessi | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 0 |
