2012 Rolex Sports Car Series

2012 Rolex Sports Car Series
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The 2012 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the thirteenth running of the Grand American Road Racing Association's premier series. It began with the 24 Hours of Daytona on January 28–29.[1]

Schedule

The schedule was announced on November 9, 2011. It consists of thirteen rounds. Twelve were announced that day.[2] The final round at Lime Rock was announced November 14.[3]

Rnd Date Race Duration Circuit Location
1 January 28–29 Rolex 24 At Daytona 24 hours Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida
2 March 31 Porsche 250 2 hours 45 minutes Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
3 April 29 Grand Prix of Miami 1 hour 55 minutes[4] Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida
4 May 13 Global Barter 250 2 hours 45 minutes New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey
5 June 2 Chevrolet Grand-Am Detroit 200 2 hours The Raceway on Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan
6 June 9 EMCO Gears Classic 2 hours 45 minutes Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
7 June 23 Rolex 250 Driven by VISITFLORIDA.COM 2 hours Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
8 July 1 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen 6 hours Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York
9 July 27 Brickyard Grand Prix 3 hours[5] Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course) Speedway, Indiana
10 August 11 Continental Tire 200 2 hours Watkins Glen International (short course) Watkins Glen, New York
11 August 18 Montreal 200 2 hours Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec
12 September 9 Continental Tire Sports Car Festival 2 hours 45 minutes Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
13 September 29 Championship Weekend 2 hours 45 minutes Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut

Team changes

Daytona Prototype changes

On May 13, 2011, Grand Am announced that various changes would be made to the Daytona Prototypes for the 2012 season:[11]

Additional changes

Results

Rnd Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner
1 Daytona #8 Starworks Motorsport #8 Starworks Motorsport #60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Germany Lucas Luhr
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Venezuela Alex Popow
Venezuela Enzo Potolicchio
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Germany Lucas Luhr
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Venezuela Alex Popow
Venezuela Enzo Potolicchio
United States A. J. Allmendinger
Brazil Oswaldo Negri
United States John Pew
United Kingdom Justin Wilson
#59 Brumos Racing #23 Alex Job Racing #44 Magnus Racing
United States Andrew Davis
United States Hurley Haywood
United States Leh Keen
Germany Marc Lieb
Germany Marco Holzer
France Emmanuel Collard
United States Butch Leitzinger
United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Andy Lally
Austria Richard Lietz
United States John Potter
Germany René Rast
2 Barber #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Spain Antonio García
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Spain Antonio García
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Spain Antonio García
#88 Autohaus Motorsports #67 The Racer's Group #70 SpeedSource
United States Paul Edwards
United States Jordan Taylor
United States Spencer Pumpelly
United States Steven Bertheau
United States Jonathan Bomarito
Canada Sylvain Tremblay
3 Homestead #8 Starworks Motorsport #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing #10 SunTrust Racing
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Venezuela Enzo Potolicchio
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Spain Antonio García
Italy Max Angelelli
United States Ricky Taylor
#44 Magnus Racing #70 SpeedSource #69 AIM Autosport Team FXDD Racing
United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
Canada Sylvain Tremblay
United States Jonathan Bomarito
United States Emil Assentato
United States Jeff Segal
4 New Jersey #10 SunTrust Racing #9 Action Express Racing #10 SunTrust Racing
United States Ricky Taylor
Italy Max Angelelli
Portugal João Barbosa
United States Terry Borcheller
United States J. C. France
Italy Max Angelelli
United States Ricky Taylor
#57 Stevenson Motorsports #88 Autohaus Motorsports #69 AIM Autosport Team FXDD Racing
United States John Edwards
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
United States Jordan Taylor
United States Paul Edwards
United States Emil Assentato
United States Jeff Segal
5 Belle Isle #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #9 Action Express Racing #9 Action Express Racing
United States Jon Fogarty
United States Alex Gurney
Portugal João Barbosa
United States J. C. France
United States Darren Law
Portugal João Barbosa
United States J. C. France
United States Darren Law
#03 Extreme Speed Motorsports #03 Extreme Speed Motorsports #88 Autohaus Motorsports
United States Guy Cosmo
United States Scott Sharp
United States Guy Cosmo
United States Scott Sharp
United States Paul Edwards
United States Jordan Taylor
6 Mid-Ohio #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing
United States Jon Fogarty
United States Alex Gurney
United States Alex Gurney
United States Jon Fogarty
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Canada Michael Valiante
#57 Stevenson Motorsports #69 AIM Autosport Team FXDD Racing #94 Turner Motorsport
United States John Edwards
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
United States Jeff Segal
United States Emil Assentato
United States Bill Auberlen
Canada Paul Dalla Lana
United States Billy Johnson
7 Road America #01 Chip Ganassi Racing #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing #01 Chip Ganassi Racing
United States Scott Pruett
Mexico Memo Rojas
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Spain Antonio García
United States Scott Pruett
Mexico Memo Rojas
#69 AIM Autosport Team FXDD Racing #94 Turner Motorsport #69 AIM Autosport Team FXDD Racing
United States Emil Assentato
United States Jeff Segal
United States Bill Auberlen
Canada Paul Dalla Lana
United States Emil Assentato
United States Jeff Segal
8 Watkins Glen Long #01 Chip Ganassi Racing #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #9 Action Express Racing
United States Scott Pruett
Mexico Memo Rojas
United States Alex Gurney
United States Jon Fogarty
Portugal João Barbosa
United States Darren Law
#75 Stevenson Motorsports #94 Turner Motorsport #57 Stevenson Motorsports
United States Jordan Taylor
United States Matt Bell
Denmark Ronnie Bremer
United States Bill Auberlen
Canada Paul Dalla Lana
United States Billy Johnson
United States John Edwards
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
9 Indianapolis #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #2 Starworks Motorsport #2 Starworks Motorsport
United States Jon Fogarty
United States Alex Gurney
France Sébastien Bourdais
Venezuela Alex Popow
France Sébastien Bourdais
Venezuela Alex Popow
#70 SpeedSource #66 TRG #44 Magnus Racing
United States Jonathan Bomarito
Canada Sylvain Tremblay
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Ben Keating
United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
10 Watkins Glen Short #10 SunTrust Racing #8 Starworks Motorsport #8 Starworks Motorsport
United States Ricky Taylor
Italy Max Angelelli
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Germany Lucas Luhr
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Germany Lucas Luhr
#31 Marsh Racing #31 Marsh Racing #94 Turner Motorsport
United States Boris Said
United States Eric Curran
United States Boris Said
United States Eric Curran
United States Bill Auberlen
Canada Paul Dalla Lana
United States Billy Johnson
11 Montreal #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #2 Starworks Motorsport #01 Chip Ganassi Racing
United States Jon Fogarty
United States Alex Gurney
Canada Alex Tagliani
Venezuela Alex Popow
United States Scott Pruett
Mexico Memo Rojas
#57 Stevenson Motorsports #69 AIM Autosport Team FXDD Racing #57 Stevenson Motorsports
United States John Edwards
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
United States Jeff Segal
United States Emil Assentato
United States John Edwards
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
12 Laguna Seca #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Spain Antonio García
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Spain Antonio García
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Spain Antonio García
#63 Scuderia Corsa #63 Scuderia Corsa #43 Team Sahlen
Italy Alessandro Balzan
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Italy Alessandro Balzan
Monaco Olivier Beretta
United States Dane Cameron
United States Wayne Nonnamaker
13 Lime Rock #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing #10 SunTrust Racing
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Spain Antonio García
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Spain Antonio García
Italy Max Angelelli
United States Ricky Taylor
#57 Stevenson Motorsports #57 Stevenson Motorsports #57 Stevenson Motorsports
United States John Edwards
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
United States John Edwards
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
United States John Edwards
United Kingdom Robin Liddell

Championship standings

[14] [15]

Daytona Prototypes

Drivers

Pos Driver R24
BIR
HOM
NJ
BEL
LEX
ELK
S6H
IMS
WAT
MON
LGA
LIM
Points
1 United States Scott Pruett 6 3 2 10 3 2 1 4 2 3 1 6 7 379
Mexico Memo Rojas 6 3 2 10 3 2 1 4 2 3 1 6 7
2 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 2 4 6 2 6 5 2 3 7 1 8 3 6 367
3 United States Darren Law 5 9 3 4 1 6 6 1 5 8 4 5 5 355
4 United States David Donohue 5 9 3 4 2 3 4 7 8 6 3 9 4 348
5 Venezuela Alex Popow 2 6 4 6 7 4 9 8 1 2 7 8 6 346
6 Italy Max Angelelli 14 5 1 1 10 9 7 11 3 4 5 7 1 343
United States Ricky Taylor 14 5 1 1 10 9 7 11 3 4 5 7 1
7 Portugal João Barbosa 9 7 8 7 1 6 6 1 5 8 4 5 5 342
8 United States Jon Fogarty 13 2 9 9 4 7 10 2 10 5 2 2 3 340
United States Alex Gurney 13 2 9 9 4 7 10 2 10 5 2 2 3
9 Brazil Oswaldo Negri 1 8 7 3 5 8 3 6 11 7 6 4 10 334
United States John Pew 1 8 7 3 5 8 3 6 11 7 6 4 10
10 United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 8 1 5 5 9 1 8 5 9 9† 9† 1 2 305
11 Venezuela Enzo Potolicchio 2 4 6 2 6 5 2 3 7 254
12 Germany Lucas Luhr 2 6 4 6 7 4 9 8 1† 207
13 Spain Antonio García 8 1 5 8 5 9† 9† 1 2 200
14 United States Terry Borcheller 9 7† 8 7 2 3 4† 7 8 6† 3† 9† 4† 178
15 Canada Paul Tracy 7 8 10 6 3 9 145
16 United States Colin Braun 11 8 5 9 10 112
17 France Sébastien Bourdais 3 1 2 97
18 United States Jim Lowe 7 8 10 6 93
19 Canada Michael Valiante 10 5 9† 1 9† 82
20 United States Brian Frisselle 7 10 4 73
21 New Zealand Scott Dixon 4 4 56
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 4 4
22 Venezuela Jorge Goncalvez 3 8 53
23 United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 8 5 49
24 United States Scott Mayer 10 8† 5 9† 10† 47
25 United States J. C. France 9 7 8† 7† 1† 6† 6† 46
26 United States A. J. Allmendinger 1 35
United Kingdom Justin Wilson 1
27 United Kingdom Allan McNish 2 32
28 United States Michael McDowell 3 30
Brazil Felipe Nasr 3
Colombia Gustavo Yacamán 3
29 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti 4 28
United States Jamie McMurray 4 4†
30 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 5 26
31 United States Joey Hand 6 25
United States Graham Rahal 6
32 United States Burt Frisselle 7 24
33 United States Martin Fuentes 8 23
Denmark Jan Magnussen 8
34 Italy Max Papis 9 22
Canada Mark Wilkins 9 9†
35 United States Billy Johnson 7† 9 22
36 United States Marco Andretti 10 21
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 10
37 Sweden Niclas Jönsson 11 20
United States Tracy Krohn 11
Brazil Ricardo Zonta 11
38 United States Byron Defoor 12 19
United States Carlos de Quesada 12
United States Elliott Forbes-Robinson 12
United Kingdom Brian Johnson 12
United States Jim Pace 12
39 Mexico Memo Gidley 13 18
NC Australia Ryan Briscoe 14† 0
Canada Alex Tagliani 7/8† 3/8†
United States Jordan Taylor 6†
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Notes

Chassis

Pos Chassis R24
BIR
HOM
NJ
BEL
LEX
ELK
S6H
IMS
WAT
MON
LAG
LIM
Pts
1 United States Riley 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 427
2 United States Coyote 5 1 3 4 1 1 4 1 5 6 3 1 2 400
3 Italy Dallara 7 5 1 1 10 9 7 10 3 4 5 7 1 351
4 United Kingdom Lola 11 20
Pos Chassis R24
BIR
HOM
NJ
BEL
LEX
ELK
S6H
IMS
WAT
MON
LAG
LIM
Pts

Engine

Pos Engine R24
BIR
HOM
NJ
BEL
LEX
ELK
S6H
IMS
WAT
MON
LAG
LIM
Pts
1 United States Chevrolet 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 4 2 1 1 424
2 United States Ford 1 4 4 2 5 4 2 3 1 1 6 3 6 389
3 Germany BMW 4 3 2 10 3 2 1 4 2 3 1 6 7 382
Pos Engine R24
BIR
HOM
NJ
BEL
LEX
ELK
S6H
IMS
WAT
MON
LAG
LIM
Pts

Grand Touring

Drivers (Top 30)

Pos Driver R24
BIR
HOM
NJ
BEL
LEX
ELK
S6H
IMS
WAT
MON
LAG
LIM
Points
1 United States Emil Assentato 8 2 1 1 4 2 1 3 5 7 2 2 8 387
United States Jeff Segal 8 2 1 1 4 2 1 3 5 7 2 2 8
2 United Kingdom Robin Liddell 4 7 3 2 3 3 6 1 15 14 1 8 1 360
3 Canada Paul Dalla Lana 16 5 5 4 5 1 2 2 4 1 12 10 16 339
4 United States Jonathan Bomarito 6 1 12 7 2 4 3 7 2 12 5 9 11 336
Canada Sylvain Tremblay 6 1 12 7 2 4 3 7 2 12 5 9 11 336
5 United States Andrew Davis 3 3 6 9 13 7 5 6 3 3 4 6 15 329
United States Leh Keen 3 3 6 9 13 7 5 6 3 3 4 6 15
6 United States Dane Cameron 12 9 2 6 8 6 4 9 8 10 3 1 12 324
United States Wayne Nonnamaker 12 9 2 6 8 6 4 9 8 10 3 1 12
7 United States Andy Lally 1 4 7 3 6 5 14 21† 1 4 11 3 6 323
United States John Potter 1 4 7 3 6 5 14 21† 1 4 11 3 6
8 United States John Edwards 4 2 3 3 6 1 15 14 1 8 1 306
9 United States Charles Espenlaub 10 8 15 11 15 11 8 8 9 5 6 11 4 280
United States Charles Putman 10 8 15 11 15 11 8 8 9 5 6 11 4
10 United States Bill Auberlen 16 5 5 5 1 2 2 4 1 10 16† 277
11 United States Eric Curran 30 12 18 8 12 14 7 20 7 2 7 7 7 270
12 United States Boris Said 43 12 18 8 12 14 20 7 2 7 7 7 246
13 South Africa Dion von Moltke 31 11 17 14 11 13 12 18 18 13 9 12 2 241
14 United States Joe Nonnamaker 12 16 19 15 9 12 13 14 20 6 10 15 10 232
15 United States Jordan Taylor 9 6 9 5 1 9 9 5 10 221
16 United States Patrick Lindsey 14 11 12 10 16 10 10 19 11 16 13 199
17 United States Will Nonnamaker 12 17 19† 15 15 13 14 20 9 10 14 10 189
18 United States Spencer Pumpelly 2 10 4 10 14 8 16† 15 5 184
19 United States Joe Foster 10 13 14 16 10 11 16 21 16† 13 9 177
20 United States Paul Edwards 9 6 9 5 1 9 9 174
21 United States Jim Norman 31 11 17 14 11 13 12† 18 18 13 9† 12 2† 168
22 United States Eric Foss 14 11 12 10 16 10 10 19 11† 16 13† 161
23 United States Steven Bertheau 2 10 4 10 14 8 16† 142
24 United States Patrick Dempsey 10 13 14† 16 10 11 16 21 13 138
25 United States Billy Johnson 43 5† 10 4 1† 2 4 1† 12† 125
26 Denmark Ronnie Bremer 4 7 3 5 17 122
27 United States Tom Long 10 14 16 16 8 9 113
28 United States Johannes van Overbeek 13 4 5 3 102
29 United States Guy Cosmo 13 13 7 4 88
30 United States Joe Sahlen 17 15 14 9 14 86
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Notes

Engine

Pos Engine R24
BIR
HOM
NJ
BEL LEX
ELK
S6H
IMS
WAT
MON
LAG
LIM
Points
1 Italy Ferrari 5 2 1 1 4 2 1 3 5 7 2 2 3 397
2 United States Chevrolet 4 6 3 2 1 3 6 1 7 2 1 7 1 390
3 Japan Mazda 6 1 2 6 2 4 3 7 2 5 3 1 4 379
4 Germany Porsche 1 3 4 3 6 5 5 6 1 3 4 3 5 374
5 Germany BMW 16 5 5 4 5 1 2 2 4 1 12 10 14 341
6 Germany Audi 31 11 17 13 11 13 12 12 18 13 9 12 2 248
7 United States Ford 38 18 15 12 64
8 United States Dodge 42 16 17 45
Pos Engine R24
BIR
HOM
NJ
BEL
LEX
ELK
S6H
IMS
WAT
MON
LAG
LIM
Points

North American Endurance Championship

The 2012 season marks the start of a three-race "endurance championship" featuring the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Six Hours of Watkins Glen, and the new race at Indianapolis.[16] In Daytona, there are points in 6, 12, 18 and 24 hours. In Watkins Glen 3 and 6 with double points, and quadruple points in Indianapolis at the end of the race.

PlacePoints
1 5
2 4
3 3
4 at last 2

NAEC Daytona Prototypes

Rank Driver R24 S6H IMS Pts
6H 12H 18H 24H 3H 6H
1 Venezuela Alex Popow 7 1 3 2 11 8 1 42
2 United States Scott Pruett 3 3 2 6 2 2 2 40
Mexico Memo Rojas 3 3 2 6 2 2 2 40
3 United States Darren Law 8 4 5 5 1 1 5 36
Portugal Joao Barbosa 9 6 10 9 1 1 5 36
4 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 7 1 3 2 3 3 13 34
Venezuela Enzo Potolicchio 7 1 3 2 3 3 13 34
5 United States John Pew 4 2 1 1 6 6 11 32
Brazil Oswaldo Negri 4 2 1 1 6 6 13 32
France Sébastien Bourdais 3 3 1 32
6 United States Alex Gurney 2 12 13 13 4 2 10 30
United States Jon Fogarty 2 12 13 13 4 2 10 30

NAEC Grand Touring

Rank Driver R24 S6H IMS Pts
6H 12H 18H 24H 3H 6H
1 United States Andy Lally 2 2 3 1 21 21 1 44
United States John Potter 2 2 3 1 21 21 1 44
2 United States Jonathan Bomarito 7 7 7 6 1 7 2 38
Canada Sylvain Tremblay 7 7 7 6 1 7 2 38
3 United Kingdom Robin Liddell 1 4 4 4 3 1 15 35
United States John Edwards 1 4 4 4 3 1 15 35
United States Leh Keen 8 1 1 3 7 6 3 35
United States Andrew Davis 8 1 1 3 7 6 3 35
4 Denmark Ronnie Bremer 1 4 4 4 2 5 17 31

References

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