2012 Dash Cup Spa GP

2012 Spa GP
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.

Pre-race storylines

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

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

Qualifying procedure

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

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

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

The race

Coming soon.

The top 10

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

Coming soon.

Postrace penalties

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