The 2012 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón VIR 240 was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, United States on September 15, 2012. It was the ninth and penultimate round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season. It was a new event for the American Le Mans Series but had been held the previous ten years for the Rolex Sports Car Series. The race was held over a four-hour time period, during which 135 laps of the 3.3 kilometre "Full Course" circuit were completed for a race distance of 710 kilometres.

The race was won by Muscle Milk Pickett Racing pair of Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf in their HPD ARX-03a. The leaders of the P1 championship won by three laps over their season long rivals from the Dyson Racing Team, Chris Dyson and Guy Smith in their Lola B12/60. One lap further behind in third place was the P2 class winners, Level 5 Motorsports team of Scott Tucker and Christophe Bouchut in their HPD ARX-03b. They won the P2 class by 27 seconds over their season-long rivals the Conquest Endurance team of Martin Plowman and David Heinemeier Hansson in their Morgan LMP2.

Three of the five class championships of drivers were decided, the first of them was the Prototype Challenge. Jon Bennett and Colin Braun did all they could to keep the championship alive, winning PC in their CORE Autosport Oreca FLM09, but third place was enough for their Venezuelan teammate Alex Popow to wrap up his first ALMS class championship, despite being involved in a first lap collision.

In eighth place was the GT class and championship winners the Corvette Racing pair of Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner in their Chevrolet Corvette C6.R. In wrapping up the champion Gavin won his class for Corvette Racing for the fourth time with Milner claiming his first ALMS title. It also returned Corvette Racing to the winners list for the first time since 2008 after dominating much of the decade.

Similarly Cooper MacNeil won the GT Challenge class from the front, wrapping his championship up for Alex Job Racing with a 0.4 second win with his co-driver Leh Keen over the NGT Motorsport pair of Henrique Cisneros and Jeroen Bleekemolen.

28 of the 31 entries were running at races conclusion, although the second of the Level 5 Motorsports HPD ARX-03b's was subsequently excluded for failing an air-restrictor stall test after the race.

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 Lucas Luhr Klaus Graf HPD ARX-03a 135 Honda 3.4 L V8 2 P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Guy Smith Johnny Mowlem Lola B12/60 132 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Isobutanol) 3 P2 055 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut HPD ARX-03b 131 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 4 P2 37 Conquest Endurance Martin Plowman David Heinemeier Hansson Morgan LMP2 131 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 5 PC 05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 128 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 6 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Rudy Junco Jr. Marino Franchitti Oreca FLM09 127 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 7 PC 06 CORE Autosport Alex Popow Tom Kimber-Smith Oreca FLM09 127 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 8 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 126 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 9 GT 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 126 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 10 GT 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 126 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 11 GT 55 BMW Team RLL Jörg Müller Bill Auberlen BMW M3 GT2 126 BMW 4.0 L V8 12 PC 9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Tomy Drissi Oreca FLM09 125 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 13 GT 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 125 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 PC 25 Dempsey Racing Henri Richard Duncan Ende Oreca FLM09 124 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 15 GT 23 Lotus / Alex Job Racing Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Lotus Evora GTE 124 Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6 16 GT 17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 123 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 17 GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 122 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 18 PC 7 Merchant Services Racing Tony Burgess Pablo Sanchez Eric Lux Oreca FLM09 121 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 19 GT 56 BMW Team RLL Dirk Müller Jonathan Summerton BMW M3 GT2 120 BMW 4.0 L V8 20 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 118 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 GTC 30 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros Jeroen Bleekemolen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 118 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 GTC 11 JDX Racing Chris Cumming Michael Valiante Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 118 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 23 GTC 34 Green Hornet Racing Peter LeSaffre Damien Faulkner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 118 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 24 GTC 66 TRG Emilio Di Guida Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 116 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 GTC 31 NGT Motorsport Angel Benitez, Sr. Angel Benitez, Jr. Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 116 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GTC 24 Competition Motorsports Bob Faieta Michael Avenatti Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 114 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27DNF GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Sascha Maassen Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 98 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28DNF P1 20 Dyson Racing Team Michael Marsal Mark Patterson Chris Dyson Lola B11/66 94 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Isobutanol) 29DNF GT 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Guy Cosmo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 93 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 30DNF PC 8 Merchant Services Racing Kyle Marcelli Lucas Downs Oreca FLM09 32 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 EX P2 95 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Luis Díaz Ricardo González HPD ARX-03b 131 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6

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