The 2012 American Le Mans Series season was a multi-event auto racing championship for sports racing cars which conform to the technical regulations laid out by the International Motor Sports Association for the American Le Mans Series. It was the fourteenth season of the American Le Mans Series, and the 42nd season overall of the IMSA GT Championship. The season began with the 60th annual 12 Hours of Sebring on March 14–17, and covered ten events.

Calendar

On September 30, 2011, ALMS president Scott Atherton announced an eleven race schedule for 2012. All nine of the events on the 2011 race schedule are carried over, while two new events are planned but not yet announced. Atherton stated three different venues are vying for the two calendar spots. One of the two new events was later removed from the calendar. The calendar will also share the 12 Hours of Sebring with the successor to the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, the FIA World Endurance Championship, while the Petit Le Mans will count as the final round of the European Le Mans Series. It was also announced that four events would be televised live, while the rest would be streamed live on ESPN3 and televised on a tape delay the following day. All tape-delayed events were broadcast on ESPN, and began approximately one hour into the race.

On January 16, the ninth round was announced to take place at Virginia International Raceway on the Full Course layout. It will be both the first visit by ALMS to Virginia, as well as the first competition held on this layout.

Rnd Race Length Circuit Location Date 1 60th Anniversary Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 17 2 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach 2 Hours Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California April 14 3 American Le Mans Monterey 6 Hours Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 12 4 American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix 2 Hours 45 Minutes Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut July 7 5 Grand Prix of Mosport 2 Hours 45 Minutes Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 22 6 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge 2 Hours 45 Minutes Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 4 7 Road Race Showcase 4 Hours Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 18 8 Baltimore Sports Car Challenge 2 Hours Baltimore Street Circuit Baltimore, Maryland September 1 9 American Le Mans Series VIR 240 4 Hours Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia September 15 10 15th Annual Petit Le Mans or 10 Hours Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 20

Entry list Entry List Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No Drivers Rounds P1 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03a Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 6 Klaus Graf All Lucas Luhr All Simon Pagenaud 1 Romain Dumas 10 Rebellion Racing Lola B12/60 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 12 Andrea Belicchi 10 Neel Jani 10 Nicolas Prost 10 Dyson Racing Team Lola B12/60 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Isobutanol) 16 Chris Dyson All Guy Smith All Steven Kane 1, 10 Johnny Mowlem 3 Lola B11/66 20 Eric Lux 2, 4–8 Michael Marsal 2, 4, 6–9 Tony Burgess 5, 7, 10 Mark Patterson 9–10 Chris McMurry 10 P2 Project Libra Radical SR10 Ford (Roush-Yates) EcoBoost 3.2 L Turbo V6 2 Andrew Prendeville 3 Rusty Mitchell 3 Duarte Félix da Costa 3 Dempsey Racing Lola B12/87 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 27 Patrick Dempsey 3–4, 6–7, 10 Joe Foster 3–4, 6–7, 10 Jonny Cocker 3 Dane Cameron 6, 10 Ben Devlin 7 Conquest Endurance Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 37 Martin Plowman All David Heinemeier Hansson All Jan Heylen 1 Antônio Pizzonia 3 Eric Lux 10 Black Swan Racing Lola B11/80 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 54 Tim Pappas 1–2 Bret Curtis 1 Jon Fogarty 1 Jeroen Bleekemolen 2 Level 5 Motorsports HPD ARX-03b Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 95 Scott Tucker All Luis Díaz 1–5, 7–10 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1 Franck Montagny 3 Ricardo González 6, 8 Christophe Bouchut 10 055 Scott Tucker All Christophe Bouchut 1–9 João Barbosa 1–2 Franck Montagny 3 Dario Franchitti 10 Marino Franchitti 10 PC Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 5 Memo Gidley 1–3 Mike Guasch 1–3 Roger Wills 1 Archie Hamilton 3 Merchant Services Racing Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 7 Chapman Ducote 1, 3 Pablo Sanchez 1, 9 Javier Acheverria 1 James Kovacic 2, 6 Tony Burgess 2–3, 6, 9 Antonio Downs 3, 7 Lucas Downs 7–8 Matt Downs 7–8 8 Kyle Marcelli All Lucas Downs 1, 3, 9 Dean Sterling 1, 3 Antonio Downs 2, 4, 6 Matt Downs 5, 10 Chapman Ducote 7, 10 James French 7 Tony Burgess 8 RSR Racing Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 9 Bruno Junqueira All Tomy Drissi 1–6, 8–10 Roberto González 1, 3, 7 Ricardo Vera 10 Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 18 Anthony Nicolosi 1, 3, 5–7 Ricardo Vera 1, 3, 5–7 Raphael Matos 1, 8 Rodin Younessi 8 Dempsey Racing Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 25 Duncan Ende All Henri Richard All Dane Cameron 1 Ryan Lewis 3, 5, 10 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 52 Butch Leitzinger 1–4 Rudy Junco Jr. 1–2, 6–7, 9–10 Ken Dobson 1, 3–5, 10 Marino Franchitti 5–7, 9 Elton Julian 10 CORE Autosport Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 05 Colin Braun All Jon Bennett All Eric Lux 1 Ricardo González 10 06 Alex Popow All E. J. Viso 1 Burt Frisselle 1 Ryan Dalziel 2, 5–6, 8, 10 Tom Kimber-Smith 3–4, 6, 9 Jon Bennett 7 Mark Wilkins 10 GT Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 3 Antonio García All Jan Magnussen All Jordan Taylor 1, 10 4 Oliver Gavin All Tommy Milner All Richard Westbrook 1, 10 Team Falken Tire Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 17 Bryan Sellers All Wolf Henzler All Martin Ragginger 1, 10 Lotus / Alex Job Racing Lotus Evora GTE Toyota (Cosworth) 4.0 L V6 23 Bill Sweedler 2–10 Townsend Bell 2–10 Johnny Mowlem 10 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 44 Seth Neiman All Andy Lally 1, 5 Darren Law 1 Marco Holzer 2–4, 6–10 Patrick Long 8 Nick Tandy 10 45 Patrick Long All Jörg Bergmeister All Marco Holzer 1 Richard Lietz 3 Patrick Pilet 10 Paul Miller Racing Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 48 Bryce Miller All Sascha Maassen All Rob Bell 1 Richard Lietz 10 BMW Team RLL BMW M3 GT2 BMW 4.0 L V8 55 Bill Auberlen All Jörg Müller All Uwe Alzen 1 Jonathan Summerton 10 56 Dirk Müller All Joey Hand 1–6, 8 Jonathan Summerton 1, 7, 9–10 Uwe Alzen 10 SRT Motorsports SRT Viper GTS-R SRT 8.0 L V10 91 Kuno Wittmer 6–8, 10 Dominik Farnbacher 6–8, 10 Ryan Hunter-Reay 10 93 Marc Goossens 6–8, 10 Tommy Kendall 6–8, 10 Jonathan Bomarito 10 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 01 Scott Sharp All Johannes van Overbeek All Guy Cosmo 1 Toni Vilander 10 02 Ed Brown All Anthony Lazzaro 1, 7, 10 Jeff Segal 1 Guy Cosmo 2–10 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 007 Adrián Fernández 2–3 Darren Turner 2–3 Stefan Mücke 3 GTC JDX Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 Chris Cumming 1–5, 8–10 Kévin Estre 1 Mark Bullitt 1 Michael Valiante 2, 4–5, 8–10 Matthew Marsh 3 Martin Ragginger 3 Tim Pappas 6–7 Jeroen Bleekemolen 6–7 Sean Johnston 10 Alex Job Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 Cooper MacNeil All Leh Keen 1–2, 4–6, 8–10 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 1 Anthony Lazzaro 3 Jeroen Bleekemolen 7 Dion von Moltke 10 23 Bill Sweedler 1 Townsend Bell 1 Dion von Moltke 1 Competition Motorsports Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 24 Bob Faieta 1–3, 7, 9–10 Michael Avenatti 1–3, 7, 9–10 Cort Wagner 1, 3 David Calvert-Jones 10 NGT Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 Henrique Cisneros 1, 9–10 Sean Edwards 1 Carlos Kauffman 1 Jeroen Bleekemolen 9 Mario Farnbacher 10 Kuba Giermaziak 10 31 Angel Benitez Jr. 1–2, 7, 9–10 Angel Benitez Sr. 1–2, 7, 9 Nicki Thiim 1 Mark Bullitt 10 Jeff Segal 10 GMG Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32 James Sofronas 1–4, 7 Alex Welch 1–4, 7 Rene Villeneuve 1, 3, 7 Green Hornet Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 33 Peter LeSaffre 4, 10 Anthony Lazzaro 4 Bob Faieta 6 Patrick Huisman 6–7 Brian Wong 7, 10 Damien Faulkner 10 34 Peter LeSaffre 1–9 Damien Faulkner 1–9 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 1, 3 TRG Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 66 Emilio Di Guida 1–3, 5, 7, 9–10 Spencer Pumpelly 1–2, 4–10 Marc Bunting 1, 8 Jeroen Bleekemolen 3 Mike Piera 4 Al Carter 6 Nelson Canache Jr. 10 68 Mike Hedlund 3, 10 Tracy Krohn 3 Nick Tandy 3 Al Carter 8 Patrick Pilet 8 Manuel Gutierrez Jr. 10 Emmanuel Collard 10

Team announcements On November 11, 2011, it was announced that Rolex Sports Car Series team Dempsey Racing, owned by Hollywood actor/driver Patrick Dempsey and driver Joe Foster, and Silicon Tech Racing (STR), owned by racer Henri Richard, would partner, creating Silicon Tech/Dempsey Racing, to campaign an Oreca FLM09 in the LMP Challenge class for the 2012 season. Later in March, Dempsey announced that they will be fielding an LMP2 car in the 2012 ALMS season. Aston Martin Racing will be returning to GT for the 2012 season after fielding a prototype for several years. In addition to the 12 Hours of Sebring for the WEC, AMR will also participate in the Long Beach and Monterey rounds to prepare for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.Aston Martin Racing Set to Race at Long Beach, Monterey Lotus will also be fielding a team with Alex Job Racing.Lotus Latest Manufacturer to Join ALMS Ranks SRT Motorsports will be fielding a two-car factory backed GTE effort in a Riley Technologies developed Dodge Viper. Drivers include Kuno Wittmer, Dominik Farnbacher, Tommy Kendall and Marc Goossens. The car has received a waiver from ACO as its 8.4L V10 engine is above the maximum displacement of 5.5L allowed by the rules. The team will debut the cars at the Mid-Ohio round. Libra Racing will enter a Radical SR10 using a Roush-Yates Ford Ecoboost V6 into P2 from Laguna Seca onward.

Results and standings Overall winners in bold.