2012 Dash Cup Spa GP

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2012 Spa GP
Dash Cup.jpg
Date n/a
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
Laps 23
Polesitter Jacob Eichholtz
First Ashley Ambercroft
Second Harriet Wallace
Third Willard Stanton
Cautions 0
Race Results

The 2012 Spa GP is the 12th race of the 2012 Dash Cup season, and is the premier race of the season.

It was held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium.

Watch[edit | edit source]

Pre-race storylines[edit | edit source]

Prior to the race, Dash Cup officials have decided to get rid of the rule that previously locked in the top five in points, and have nobody locked in for the race, meaning all the points leaders would have to work to get into the race. The officials have also contemplated making the event double points, but that idea has been shot down, and thus, the event will stay as a normal points race. There will be a pole qualifying session, though, that will determine the first four spots on the grid.

After the qualifying races, Todd Benatar, in a shocking announcement, was rumored to be giving away his spot to the points leader Patrick Arceneau.

"It disturbs me to see a lot of the good guys in points not be able to capitalize on this great event," says Benatar. "I feel I have no place in this race when guys like Patrick Arceneau and Radomir Stanoytchev aren't in here. So, I'm giving Patrick my spot."

There were also rumors going around that Martin Kreuger and Nathan Ferguson will make way for Reuben Vogt and Terry Orvell Jr. and Stanoytchev will be switching places with Lev Azarov.

The #37 team, led by Carlo De Pretto, was not on the entry list for some reason. It is believed that instead of ending up in Belgium, the team plane ended up in Azerbaijan. Pilots were fired for that incident.

One-off entrants[edit | edit source]

Forty cars were entered as one-off entrants for the Spa GP. The following is the list of cars that entered as one-off entries. Where applicable, the driver's other series are listed.

Number Driver Sponsor Manufacturer Team Current series (canon)
1 USA.png Thomas Tucker Tucker Family Products Lycoia Tucker Family Automotives n/a
10 USA.png Jacob Eichholtz Genii Eichholtz D231 Eichholtz Autosport ARLA Elite Series
14 IND.png Vijay Pushanda Wendy's STS Arrow Dynamics TM Master Cup Series
ARLA Elite Series
15 BEL.png Julienne Dann Olio Italia
Rai TV
STS Rossini Sport n/a
17 USA.png Shane Wofford Rolex STS Interstellar Motorsports n/a
23 USA.png Joe Olenick Autogrill STS ChargerTec Racing ASCC
24 USA.png Rex Coffey Jurassic Perk STS Fossil Fueled Motorsports n/a
33 ENG.png Todd Benatar STS Benatar Family Autosport Dash Cup
38 ENG.png Ryan Young Samsung STS Journitolity Autosport n/a
40 AUS.png Barton Sandy Speidel BBS Racing ARLA Elite Series
43 CZH.png Tomáš Procházka Altoros Speidel Altoros GP Dash Cup
44 USA.png Ryan Griffin eXtreme Sportswear Speidel Euro 1/Great Lakes Motorsports TM Lights
48 ITA.png Franco Giovanardi Olio Italia
Rai TV
STS Rossini Sport n/a
50 USA.png Jeff Fischer HP Engineparts Speidel Euro 1/Great Lakes Motorsports n/a
56 USA.png Sean Suzuka STS SuzukaCorp. CRL Modified Division
61 JPN.png Azuma Kazeyama STS S-Tech Autosport TM Master Cup Series
62 ENG.png Sara Crims Genii Eichholtz D231 Eichholtz Autosport n/a
64 CND.png Tiffany Matthews Desjardins STS Matthews Motorsports TM Lights
ARLA Elite Series
71 GER.png Erik Draachreider NOS Energy Speidel Gravity Racing, Inc. n/a
78 USA.png Nathan Ferguson Advance Auto Parts/Wubstep Speidel BBS Racing TM Lights
80 GER.png Martin Krueger Speidel BBS Racing n/a
83 ENG.png Bethany Williams Santander STS Journitolity Autosport n/a
84 ENG.png Ben Atkins Green Flag Speidel Atlantic Motorsports ARLA Elite Series
TM Master Cup Series
88 RUS.png Yevgeny Kuznetsov Speidel RUS Autosport ARLA Elite Series
92 USA.png Jess Zander Covidien STS ChargerTec Racing RROL Elite Series
00 JPN.png Kokoro Fujimoto A Mystery Speidel Eva Racing n/a
01 JPN.png Yuji Nakamura A Mystery Speidel Eva Racing n/a
02 JPN.png Miyuki Kodo A Mystery Speidel Eva Racing n/a
05 USA.png Stuart Sandoval Leela STS TH Racing TM Master Cup Series
Global Racing League
07 RUS.png Nika Alexandrov STS Random Motorsports n/a
09 USA.png Rallen Hayden Axe STS SuzukaCorp. CRL Developmental Division
031 CND.png Matt Tremblay Green Flag Speidel Atlantic Motorsports Dash Cup
101 USA.png Rence Brown Steve Rada School of (explicit) STS STEEEEEVE Racing n/a
260 ENG.png Natalie Kendall Vodafone Eichholtz D231 Atlantic E Inc. Dash Cup
Formula Overdrive
289 CND.png Elizabeth Fransisco Rogers Wireless STS Snowdrift Motorsports Dash Cup
555 SWE.png Ronnie Ingle NordskAvia Aviation Refuelling Services STS SwedePro Racing n/a
777 FIN.png Miko Rantanen Nokia STS Eurosport n/a
998 USA.png Nick Phillip Autozone STS Bag of Rice Motorsports Racing Limited, L.L.C., S.p.A n/a
999 RUS.png Vitaly Nikolayev Speidel St. Petersburg Race Team n/a

Qualifying procedure[edit | edit source]

As in the other major races in other series, two rounds of pole qualifying were held, with qualifying races held thereafter.

After some discussion, the officials decided that only the top two in qualifying would avoid the qualifying races. Both of the drivers came from the first session. Session 2 was won by Harriet Wallace, with a 2:22. She would have scored fifth in comparison to the people in Group 1.

Pole qualifying[edit | edit source]

Car Driver Team Sponsor Make Time
10 Jacob Eichholtz Eichholtz Autosport Genii Eichholtz D231 2:20.967
66 Oak Treediee Treediee Motorsports Joe Tree and Lawn Care Service Speidel 2:21.347

Qualifying races[edit | edit source]

For complete coverage of the qualifying races, please click 2012 Dash Cup Spa GP qualifying races.

The race[edit | edit source]

Coming soon.

The top 10[edit | edit source]

Position Number Driver Sponsor Team Car
1 220 Ashley Ambercroft Nikon Terra International Motorsports Lycoia Brute
2 31 Harriet Wallace Vodafone Atlantic Motorsports Spiedel Wasp
3 16 Willard Stanton Allianz Interstellar Motorsports STS Arrow
4 88 Yevgeny Kuznetsov RUS Autosport Spiedel Wasp
5 Sean Sanchez Telmex Last Row Autosport STS Arrow
6 46 Kellan Rogers Canadian Tire Matthews Motorsports STS Arrow
7 28 Carla Rosinki Vodafone Atlantic Motorsports Spiedel Wasp
8 55 Reuben Vogt Tiny's Pizzeria Tiny's Autosport STS Arrow
9 84 Ben Atkins Green Flag Atlantic Motorsports Spiedel Wasp
10 031 Matt Tremblay Green Flag Atlantic Motorsports Spiedel Wasp

Points[edit | edit source]

Coming soon.

Postrace penalties[edit | edit source]

  • None yet