2012 TM Lights season

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2012 TM Lights season
TM Lights Logo.png
# of Rounds 17
Ovals 11
Road Courses 6
Driver's Champion Troy Adams
Owner's Champion Down Under Motorsports
Season Opener Round of Las Vegas
Season Finale Round of Decatur
Championship Overview

The 2012 TM Lights season is the current season of the TM Lights.

Preseason changes[edit | edit source]

Like the TM Master Cup Series, the TM Lights also experienced a number of changes for the 2012 season. Gone was the three-division format of 2011, as the series returned to a single-division roster. Also, in a revisiting of 2010 rules, the series would resume using a spec car for all entrants - for this season, the Bolden LTX-12 was selected.

Finally, the TM Lights added two additional wrinkles the Master Cup also adopted – the designation of the series champion as car No. 1 (Thurston Blood of Power Steering, Incorporated has the honors in 2012) and that drivers from the United Kingdom will also no longer race under the British flag, but will race under the flag of whichever part of the United Kingdom they are from. Thus, Blood will be listed as English, while Dermid Scott will be listed as Scottish.

Thirteen drivers make up this year's rookie class.

Schedule[edit | edit source]

Like in 2011, the season opened at the Las Vegas Autoring in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Many of the races are companion events with the Master Cup Series, and three events, at Carbondale Raceway, Piqua Fairgrounds, and Mosport International Raceway, are companion events with the ARLA Elite Series.

Round Date Race Title Circuit Polesitter Team Winner Team
1 2/25/12 TM Lights @ Las Vegas USA.png Las Vegas Autoring Eric Molina McDowell Motorsports Brian Morris MT Motorsports
2 3/3/12 TM Lights @ Georgia USA.png Road Atlanta Nathan Ferguson Roderick Motorsports Ltd. Nathan Ferguson Roderick Motorsports Ltd.
3 3/17/12 TM Lights @ Carbondale USA.png Carbondale Raceway Bobby Dollar Bobby Dollar Racing Nathan Ferguson Roderick Motorsports Ltd.
4 4/8/12 TM Lights @ Piqua USA.png Piqua Fairgrounds Clair Auxier Lynxe Women's Team Jim Hayes Team Thunder
5 4/21/12 TM Lights @ Peoria USA.png Peoria Motor Speedway Tiffany Matthews Matthews Motorsports Martin Boltano, Jr. Roderick Motorsports Ltd.
6 5/13/12 TM Lights @ Mosport CND.png Mosport International Raceway Sakura Motoko Terra International Motorsports Sakura Motoko Terra International Motorsports
7 5/20/12 TM Lights @ Portland USA.png Portland International Raceway Clair Auxier Lynxe Women's Team Troy Adams Down Under Motorsports
8 6/3/12 TM Lights @ Darlington USA.png Darlington Raceway James Davison Interdrain Motorsports Clair Auxier Lynxe Women's Team
9 6/23/12 TM Lights @ Michigan USA.png West Midland Bullring Alli Culotta Lynxe Women's Team James Davison Interdrain Motorsports
10 7/14/12 TM Lights @ Ohio USA.png Ohio Motor Speedway Mike Andrews Racing for the Community Troy Adams Down Under Motorsports
11 7/28/12 TM Lights @ Quincy USA.png Grand Detour of Southern Illinois Bobby Dollar Bobby Dollar Racing Lang Chong Kun Altamont Autosport
12 8/4/12 TM Lights @ Wisconsin USA.png Road America Axel Andersson KJS Autosport Cesar Vila Nova Autosport Hermanos Gutierrez
13 8/25/12 TM Lights @ New York USA.png New York Autoring James Davison Interdrain Motorsports Thurston Blood Power Steering, Inc.
14 9/17/12 TM Lights @ California USA.png Auto Club Speedway Daxter Hamlett Wolfesport Brian Morris MT Motorsports
15 10/3/12 TM Lights @ New Hampshire USA.png New Hampshire Motor Speedway John Jefferson Tom Delgado Racing Mark Blackwell Unit 11 Motorsports
16 10/20/12 TM Lights @ British Columbia CND.png HLR Circuit Cameron Taylor Team Timothy Cameron Taylor Team Timothy
17 11/10/12 TM Lights @ Decatur USA.png Decatur Raceway Thurston Blood Power Steering, Inc. Thurston Blood Power Steering, Inc.
  • The blue boxes represent a road/street course race.

Team chart[edit | edit source]

As mentioned above, all cars in 2012 will run identical chassis: the Bolden LTX-12.

Team No. Driver Primary Sponsor
Power Steering Incorporated 1 ENG.png Thurston Blood Vampire Batteries
24 USA.png Buffy Boreanaz Vampire Steaks
BlackDiamond Racing 2 AUS.png Roger Kendall Ender Construction
7 GER.png Bernhard Strauss Durandal
S-Tech Racing 3 CHN.png Quan Xing Yamaha Electronics
Roderick Motorsports Ltd. 4 USA.png Nathan Ferguson Advance Auto Parts
96 CND.png Martin Boltano, Jr. Eagler
NCC Motorsports 04 USA.png Joseph Cummings (R) University of North Carolina/Lucas Oil
Altamont Autosport 5 JPN.png Nasu Tsunemochi Five Guys Burgers and Fries
6 CHN.png Lang Chong Kun Verizon Wireless
426 Motorsports 05 USA.png Andrea Kinasa RB
Team Thunder 07 USA.png Jim Hayes
USA.png Bob Stephans
PCC
Autosport Hermanos Gutierrez 8 BRA.png Cesar Vila Nova Corona
Great Lakes Motorsports 08 USA.png Ike Durbin (R) High Voltage Guitars
18 USA.png Ryan Griffin (R)

USA.png Matt Taylor
IND.png Vijay Pushanda

HP Engine Parts
Down Under Motorsports 9 AUS.png Troy Adams Mother Energy
Evans Motorsports 10 SCO.png Dermid Scott (R) Bad Boy MMA Apparel
Unit 11 Motorsports 11 USA.png Justin Robinson Nikon
22 USA.png Mark Blackwell Nikon
MT Motorsports 14 CND.png Brian Morris 102.5 The Game
Webler Motorsports 15 USA.png Thomas Kade (R) Newegg.com
Matthews Motorsports 16 CND.png Tiffany Matthews (R)
USA.png Brooke Ingwersen
A&W Canada
McDowell Motorsports 21 USA.png Eric Molina MHL Automotive Finishes
Lynxe Women's Team 27 USA.png Alli Culotta Lynxe/76 Wheels
28 CND.png Clair Auxier (R) Lynxe/Autodesk
Interdrain Motorsports 29 USA.png James Davison (R) Kyran Engineering
Afterburner Motorsports 33 USA.png Brandon Lareau (R) Monster Energy
MRD Motorsports 37 USA.png John Jefferson (R) Exide
Terra International Motorsports 40 JPN.png Sakura Motoko (R) UPS
Racing for the Community 51 USA.png Tyrone Stanley
USA.png Mike Andrews
Windy City Subs
Wolfesport 54 ENG.png Daxter Hamlett CRPR Explosives
Last Row Autosport 58 PAK.png Afzal Tahmid Joe Tree and Lawn Care/ExtenZe
Team Timothy 68 USA.png Cameron Taylor (R) Applebee's
Gravity Racing, Inc. 71 USA.png Zach Gott (R) Subway
Clason Motorsports 79 USA.png Archer Harris Cash America
Bobby Dollar Racing 98 USA.png Bobby Dollar (R) Spirit
EV Racing 133 CND.png Jacob Kard EV Racing
KJS Autosport 997 SWE.png Axel Andersson