2012 Round of Decatur

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2012 Round of Decatur
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Date November 11, 2012
Location Decatur Raceway, Decatur, IL
Laps 36
Polesitter USA.png Brandon Lareau
First FRA.png Adrien Devereux
Second BRA.png Luciano Soveral
Third USA.png Leonid Roderick
Cautions 0
Race Results

The 2012 Round of Decatur is the final race of the 2012 TM Master Cup season. It is held, as always, at the famed Decatur Raceway in Decatur, Illinois.

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Pre-race storylines[edit | edit source]

122 cars took times in what is believed to be the largest ever entry list for a TM Master Cup series race.

Pole qualifying[edit | edit source]

Brandon Lareau delivered a shock to the system by taking his maiden TM Master Cup series pole in the dying seconds of pole qualifying. The young American driver, who unsuccessfully ran for the Independent's Trophy in 2012, stunned the paddock with a blistering lap of 1:28.575, following the Gessler of Brian Sendack across the line, who timed in a 1:28.607. All three Gessler Richter cars timed their way into the field, ensuring that Arto Kekkonen will have strong wingmen for the race itself.

Adrien Devereux, who was widely considered a strong threat for pole, was eliminated from contention after a clash with FLASH Racing driver Michael Sykes early in the session. The Welshman had detonated his engine on the climb up the hill, and veered into the Frenchman's path as Devereux came near, resulting in a steward's investigation that likely will not be settled until after pole qualifying.

Early in pole qualifying, there was a spectacular collision between Jeff Fischer and Barton Sandy under the hotel, after which Fischer barrel rolled his car into the grass. Fischer walked away uninjured. Several minutes later, Belen Koumoundorous spun off in Tyson's Bend, but did not hit the wall.

John Wargle was the only car to miss pole qualifying. Cody Keaton's time was disallowed after his car was, once again, found to have an oversized engine.

Starting grid[edit | edit source]

INSIDE Row OUTSIDE
Car # Driver Time Car # Driver Time
24 Brandon Lareau 1:28.575 1 90 Brian Sendack 1:28.607
9 Arto Kekkonen 1:28.976 2 6 Divina Henton 1:28.987
10 Mathias Taube 1:29.802 3 04 Juho Kivela 1:28.848
44 Michael Sykes 1:29.101 4 1 Adrien Devereux 1:29.108
777 Ian Cooper 1:29.240 5 3 Luciano Soveral 1:29.555

Qualifying races[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2012 Round of Decatur qualifying races

Summary[edit | edit source]

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Results[edit | edit source]

Position Number Driver Sponsor Team Car Points
1 1 FRA.png Adrien Devereux Haas Manufacturing Hodges-Walter Racing Calton-Morel Altair 65
2 3 BRA.png Luciano Soveral Backyard Grill Hodges-Walter Racing Calton-Morel Altair 50
3 4 USA.png Leonid Roderick Launch Orange! FLASH Racing Inglesby Sonicboom 45
4 64 USA.png Chris Johaanes The Shafer Group Mitchell & Sons Racing Tremwell Knight 40
5 9 FIN.png Arto Kekkonen Gessler Gessler Richter MC Team Gessler MTW12 35
6 777 CHC.png Ian Cooper Speed Energy/Lysander Team EFR Journey MC90 30
7 6 ENG.png Divina Henton Lynxe Volpi Racing Team Volpi VC04 28
8 55 JPN.png Zelda Ashby Nintendo/The Legend of Zelda DeGarmo Enterprises Juneau S2 26
9 13 WAL.png Alan Hodges Vodafone Hodges-Walter Racing Calton-Morel Altair 24
10 98 ESP.png Andreas Laporta Telefónica/Movistar Blackstorm Motorsports Omecha MA03 22
11 44 WAL.png Michael Sykes Launch Energy FLASH Racing Inglesby Sonicboom 18
12 87 USA.png Damien Snyder Quaker State Full Throttle Motorsports Omecha MA03 16
13 10 SWE.png Mathias Taube Red Bull/Gessler Gessler Richter MC Team Gessler MTW12 14
14 74 SUI.png Mélanie Clévenot Okoban/TrueCar Mitchell & Sons Racing Tremwell Knight 12
15 82 RUS.png Yevgeny Kuznetsov Aeroflot/Rosneft/Rusal RUS Autosport Omecha MA03-R 10
16 25 JPN.png Yamino Tenchi The Pikachu-Mobile DeGarmo Enterprises Juneau S2 8
17 5 CND.png Zach Duff Dyelated Paints Xenos Racing Xenos Claymore SH 6
18 22 USA.png Dale Roswell Freedom for Palestine BlackDiamond Racing Omecha BDM3 4
19 41 USA.png Greg Woodard Nikon Terra International Motorsports Lycoia Interceptor 2
20 256 GER.png Friedrich Jaeger Wernström Wernström Motorsport GmbH Wernström 256 1

Points[edit | edit source]

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Penalties[edit | edit source]

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