The 2012 American Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón was held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on May 12, 2012. It was the third round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season.

Qualifying

Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 P1 #6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf 1:13.573 1 2 P1 #16 Dyson Racing Team Guy Smith 1:15.358 2 3 P2 #055 Level 5 Motorsports Christophe Bouchut 1:15.846 3 4 P2 #95 Level 5 Motorsports Franck Montagny 1:15.935 4 5 P2 #27 Dempsey Racing Jonny Cocker 1:17.494 5 6 PC #9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira 1:17.867 6 7 PC #06 CORE Autosport Tom Kimber-Smith 1:18.092 7 8 PC #5 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Memo Gidley 1:18.114 8 9 PC #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Butch Leitzinger 1:18.396 9 10 PC #05 CORE Autosport Colin Braun 1:18.423 10 11 PC #25 Dempsey Racing Ryan Lewis 1:18.466 11 12 PC #8 Merchant Services Racing Kyle Marcelli 1:18.500 12 13 PC #18 Performance Tech Motorsports Ricardo Vera 1:18.725 13 14 P2 #2 Project Libra Andrew Prendeville 1:21.539 14 15 PC #7 Merchant Services Racing Tony Burgess 1:21.645 15 16 GT #007 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner 1:22.229 16 17 GT #4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner 1:22.661 17 18 GT #55 BMW Team RLL Jörg Müller 1:22.905 18 19 GT #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long 1:22.919 19 20 GT #3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:22.919 20 21 GT #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek 1:22.923 21 22 GT #56 BMW Team RLL Joey Hand 1:22.939 22 23 GT #02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Guy Cosmo 1:22.942 23 24 GT #17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers 1:23.356 24 25 GT #48 Paul Miller Racing Sascha Maassen 1:23.448 25 26 GT #23 Lotus / Alex Job Racing Townsend Bell 1:24.473 26 27 GT #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 1:26.787 27 28 GTC #34 Green Hornet Racing Damien Faulkner 1:27.495 28 29 GTC #68 TRG Nick Tandy 1:27.670 29 30 GTC #66 TRG Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:27.673 30 31 GTC #11 JDX Racing Martin Ragginger 1:28.155 31 32 GTC #24 Competition Motorsports Cort Wagner 1:28.618 32 33 GTC #22 Alex Job Racing Anthony Lazzaro 1:28.641 33 34 GTC #32 GMG Racing James Sofronas 1:29.298 34 35 P2 #37 Conquest Endurance No Time 35

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 Engine 1 P1 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr HPD ARX-03a 242 Honda 3.4 L V8 2 P2 95 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Luis Díaz Franck Montagny HPD ARX-03b 239 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 3 PC 05 CORE Autosport Colin Braun Jon Bennett Oreca FLM09 236 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 4 PC 9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Tomy Drissi Roberto González Oreca FLM09 236 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 5 PC 06 CORE Autosport Alex Popow Tom Kimber-Smith Oreca FLM09 236 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 6 PC 5 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Memo Gidley Michael Guasch Archie Hamilton Oreca FLM09 236 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 7DNF PC 8 Merchant Services Racing Kyle Marcelli Lucas Downs Dean Stirling Oreca FLM09 234 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 8 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Butch Leitzinger Ken Dobson Oreca FLM09 232 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 9 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 232 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 10 GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 232 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 11 GT 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Jörg Müller BMW M3 GT2 232 BMW 4.0 L V8 12 GT 56 BMW Team RLL Dirk Müller Joey Hand BMW M3 GT2 232 BMW 4.0 L V8 13 GT 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 232 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 14 GT 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 232 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 15 GT 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 232 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 PC 25 Dempsey Racing Duncan Ende Henri Richard Ryan Lewis Oreca FLM09 231 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 17 GT 007 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Adrián Fernández Stefan Mücke Aston Martin Vantage GTE 230 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 18 GT 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 230 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Sascha Maassen Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 229 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 20 P2 37 Conquest Endurance Martin Plowman David Heinemeier Hansson Antônio Pizzonia Morgan LMP2 227 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 21DNF PC 18 Performance Tech Motorsports Anthony Nicolosi Ricardo Vera Oreca FLM09 225 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 22 GT 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Guy Cosmo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 224 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 23 P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Guy Smith Johnny Mowlem Lola B12/60 222 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Isobutanol) 24 GTC 66 TRG Emilio Di Guida Jeroen Bleekemolen Bret Curtis Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 219 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 25 GTC 32 GMG Racing James Sofronas Alex Welch René Villeneuve Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 219 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 26 GTC 24 Competition Motorsports Bob Faieta Michael Avenatti Cort Wagner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 219 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 27 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Anthony Lazzaro Cooper MacNeil Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 216 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 28 GTC 34 Green Hornet Racing Peter LeSaffre Damien Faulkner Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 211 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 29 P2 055 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut Franck Montagny HPD ARX-03b 207 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 30 P2 27 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Jonny Cocker Lola B12/87 202 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 31 P2 2 Project Libra Andrew Prendeville Rusty Mitchell Duarte Félix da Costa Radical SR10 185 Ford (Roush-Yates) EcoBoost 3.2 L Turbo V6 32 GTC 68 TRG Mike Hedlund Tracy Krohn Nick Tandy Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 178 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 33DNF GTC 11 JDX Racing Chris Cumming Matthew Marsh Martin Ragginger Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 119 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 34DNF PC 7 Merchant Services Racing Chapman Ducote Tony Burgess Antonio Downs Oreca FLM09 100 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 35DNF GT 23 Lotus Alex Job Racing Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler Lotus Evora GTE 67 Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6

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