# 2012 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge

The 2012 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Ohio, United States on August 4, 2012. It was the sixth round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season and the 41st race in the combined history of sportscar races associated with the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge. The race was held over a two-hour-and-45-minute time period, during which 123 laps of the 3.6 kilometre circuit were completed for a race distance of 447 kilometres.
The race was won by the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing team. German drivers Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf driving a HPD ARX-03a Honda sports car won by over a lap from their season long P1 class rivals, the Dyson Racing Team run Lola B12/60 sports car. It was the fifth consecutive victory for Luhr and Graf. It was Luhr third outright win at Mid-Ohio and Graf's second. The second Dyson Racing Team Lola-Mazda was in third place near the end of the race when the gearbox failed.
Level 5 Motorsports took their fifth win of the season taking a seven second win in their HPD ARX-03b over their season long rivals, the Conquest Endurance team Morgan LMP2. It was Scott Tucker's fifth win of the season and Christophe Bouchut's fourth win.
Fifth was the second Level 5 Motorsports HPD-Honda ahead of the Prototype Challenge class winners, the PR1/Mathiasan Motorsports pair of Rudy Junco and Marino Franchitti in their Oreca FLM09. It was the team's third victory in the Prototype Challenge class adding to wins at Road America and Road Atlanta in 2011.
Eleventh outright was the GT class winners, Corvette Racing pair of Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner in their Chevrolet Corvette. Gavin had to endure twenty minutes of pressure from Jörg Bergmeister in the Flying Lizard Motorsports. The margin of victory was just 0.2 seconds.
The GT Challenge class winners, Tim Pappas and Jeroen Bleekemolen, claimed JDX Racing's first win of the year. It was Bleekemolen's second win after the year after winning in Monterey in May with TRG. TRG was second in class with new driver Al Carter and Spencer Pumpelly.
29 of the 32 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 | P1 | 6 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | Lucas Luhr Klaus Graf | HPD ARX-03a | M | 123 |
| 1 | P1 | 6 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | Lucas Luhr Klaus Graf | Honda 3.4 L V8 | M | 123 |
| 2 | P1 | 16 | Dyson Racing Team | Chris Dyson Guy Smith | Lola B12/60 | D | 122 |
| 2 | P1 | 16 | Dyson Racing Team | Chris Dyson Guy Smith | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Isobutanol) | D | 122 |
| 3 | P2 | 055 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut | HPD ARX-03b | D | 121 |
| 3 | P2 | 055 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | D | 121 |
| 4 | P2 | 37 | Conquest Endurance | Martin Plowman David Heinemeier Hansson | Morgan LMP2 | D | 121 |
| 4 | P2 | 37 | Conquest Endurance | Martin Plowman David Heinemeier Hansson | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | D | 121 |
| 5 | P2 | 95 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Ricardo González | HPD ARX-03b | D | 120 |
| 5 | P2 | 95 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Ricardo González | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | D | 120 |
| 6 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasan Motorsports | Rudy Junco, Jr. Marino Franchitti | Oreca FLM09 | M | 118 |
| 6 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasan Motorsports | Rudy Junco, Jr. Marino Franchitti | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 118 |
| 7 | PC | 06 | CORE Autosport | Alex Popow Ryan Dalziel | Oreca FLM09 | M | 118 |
| 7 | PC | 06 | CORE Autosport | Alex Popow Ryan Dalziel | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 118 |
| 8 | PC | 8 | Merchant Services Racing | Kyle Marcelli Antonio Downs | Oreca FLM09 | M | 116 |
| 8 | PC | 8 | Merchant Services Racing | Kyle Marcelli Antonio Downs | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 116 |
| 9 | P2 | 27 | Dempsey Racing | Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Dane Cameron | Lola B12/87 | M | 116 |
| 9 | P2 | 27 | Dempsey Racing | Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Dane Cameron | Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 | M | 116 |
| 10 | PC | 9 | RSR Racing | Bruno Junqueira Tomy Drissi | Oreca FLM09 | M | 115 |
| 10 | PC | 9 | RSR Racing | Bruno Junqueira Tomy Drissi | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 115 |
| 11 | GT | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 115 |
| 11 | GT | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | M | 115 |
| 12 | GT | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 115 |
| 12 | GT | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | M | 115 |
| 13 DNF | P1 | 20 | Dyson Racing Team | Michael Marsal Eric Lux | Lola B11/66 | D | 114 |
| 13 DNF | P1 | 20 | Dyson Racing Team | Michael Marsal Eric Lux | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Isobutanol) | D | 114 |
| 14 | GT | 55 | BMW Team RLL | Jörg Müller Bill Auberlen | BMW M3 GT2 | D | 114 |
| 14 | GT | 55 | BMW Team RLL | Jörg Müller Bill Auberlen | BMW 4.0 L V8 | D | 114 |
| 15 | PC | 25 | Dempsey Racing | Henri Richard Duncan Ende | Oreca FLM09 | M | 114 |
| 15 | PC | 25 | Dempsey Racing | Henri Richard Duncan Ende | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 114 |
| 16 | GT | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | F | 114 |
| 16 | GT | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | F | 114 |
| 17 | GT | 56 | BMW Team RLL | Joey Hand Dirk Müller | BMW M3 GT2 | D | 114 |
| 17 | GT | 56 | BMW Team RLL | Joey Hand Dirk Müller | BMW 4.0 L V8 | D | 114 |
| 18 | GT | 01 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 113 |
| 18 | GT | 01 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | M | 113 |
| 19 | GT | 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman Marco Holzer | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 113 |
| 19 | GT | 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman Marco Holzer | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | M | 113 |
| 20 | GT | 02 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ed Brown Guy Cosmo | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 112 |
| 20 | GT | 02 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ed Brown Guy Cosmo | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | M | 112 |
| 21 | PC | 05 | CORE Autosport | Jon Bennett Colin Braun | Oreca FLM09 | M | 112 |
| 21 | PC | 05 | CORE Autosport | Jon Bennett Colin Braun | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 112 |
| 22 | GT | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Bryce Miller Sascha Maassen | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | D | 112 |
| 22 | GT | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Bryce Miller Sascha Maassen | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | D | 112 |
| 23 | GT | 91 | SRT Motorsports | Kuno Wittmer Dominik Farnbacher | SRT Viper GTS-R | M | 111 |
| 23 | GT | 91 | SRT Motorsports | Kuno Wittmer Dominik Farnbacher | Dodge 8.0 L V10 | M | 111 |
| 24 DNF | GT | 23 | Lotus / Alex Job Racing | Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell | Lotus Evora GTE | Y | 109 |
| 24 DNF | GT | 23 | Lotus / Alex Job Racing | Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell | Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6 | Y | 109 |
| 25 | GT | 93 | SRT Motorsports | Marc Goossens Tommy Kendall | SRT Viper GTS-R | M | 109 |
| 25 | GT | 93 | SRT Motorsports | Marc Goossens Tommy Kendall | Dodge 8.0 L V10 | M | 109 |
| 26 | GTC | 11 | JDX Racing | Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 108 |
| 26 | GTC | 11 | JDX Racing | Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 108 |
| 27 | GTC | 66 | TRG | Al Carter Spencer Pumpelly | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 107 |
| 27 | GTC | 66 | TRG | Al Carter Spencer Pumpelly | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 107 |
| 28 | GTC | 33 | Green Hornet Racing | Bob Faieta Patrick Huisman | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 107 |
| 28 | GTC | 33 | Green Hornet Racing | Bob Faieta Patrick Huisman | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 107 |
| 29 | GTC | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 107 |
| 29 | GTC | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 107 |
| 30 | GTC | 34 | Green Hornet Racing | Peter LeSaffre Damien Faulkner | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 106 |
| 30 | GTC | 34 | Green Hornet Racing | Peter LeSaffre Damien Faulkner | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | Y | 106 |
| 31 | GT | 3 | Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 105 |
| 31 | GT | 3 | Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen Antonio García | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | M | 105 |
| 32 DNF | PC | 7 | Merchant Services Racing | Tony Burgess James Kovacic | Oreca FLM09 | M | 88 |
| 32 DNF | PC | 7 | Merchant Services Racing | Tony Burgess James Kovacic | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | M | 88 |