2012 Dash Cup Spa GP qualifying races

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The 2012 Spa GP qualifying races were a pair of qualifying races designed to set the field for the 2012 Dash Cup Spa GP.

They were held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium.

Procedure[edit | edit source]

After pole qualifying was held to set the front row, the remainder of the field (71 cars) was randomly seeded into one of the two qualifying races. The top 20 finishers from each event would advance to the Spa GP.

Each race was nine laps in length.

Qualifying races[edit | edit source]

Race one[edit | edit source]

Spa GP Qualifying Race 1
Date
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Laps 9
Polesitter Ashley Ambercroft (chosen by draw)
First Jess Zander
Second Bethany Williams
Third Carla Rosinki
Cautions 0
Race Results

Lotto qualifying set Ashley Ambercroft on the pole, with Carla Rosinki in 2nd.

Kade Kroft's dreams of qualifying came to an end very early as he had a mechanical issue coming to the green flag. The race had a very quiet beginning, but the race came to life when the field starting battling more, especially after Bethany Williams had taken the lead from Ambercroft. However, this also resulted in more cars wrecking out. Justin Keith was the first to suffer, as he was spun into the tire barriers. He would fall out of the race, and not qualify for the race. The next victim was Jakob Hughes, who wrecked by himself, and knocked himself out of the race. Miko Rantanen did likewise. After seven laps, Williams was passed by Jess Zander, and Zander never looked back and took home the win for the first qualifier.

There was a spirited battle for the last transfer spot between Kellan Rogers and Rence Brown on the last lap, but Rogers managed to hold on after Brown made a mistake, and that was the all-important spot as Rogers found herself in the field, while Brown does not.

Results[edit | edit source]

x - indicates one-off entry
Position Number Driver Team Car
1 92 x-Jess Zander ChargerTec Racing STS
2 83 x-Bethany Williams Journitolity Autosport STS
3 28 Carla Rosinki Atlantic Motorsports STS
4 86 Mattias McMair Ike Durbin, Inc. STS
5 88 x-Yevgeny Kuznetsov RUS Autosport Speidel
6 3 Jack Parker Rebellion Racing STS
7 61 x-Azuma Kazeyama S-Tech Autosport STS
8 77 Verity Logan MRD Motorsports STS
9 64 x-Tiffany Matthews Matthews Motorsports STS
10 44 x-Ryan Griffin Great Lakes Motorsports Speidel
11 1 Thomas Tucker Tucker Family Automotives Lycoia
12 40 x-Barton Sandy BBS Racing Speidel
13 23 x-Joe Olenick ChargerTec Racing STS
14 16 Willard Stanton Interstellar Motorsports STS
15 71 x-Erik Draachreider Gravity Racing, Inc. Speidel
16 33 x-Todd Benatar Atlantic Motorsports STS
17 220 Ashley Ambercroft Terra International Motorsports Lycoia
18 99 Harold Smith Team Kwik Fit Speidel
19 01 x-Yuji Nakamura Eva Racing Speidel
20 46 Kellan Rogers Matthews Motorsports STS

Failed to qualify[edit | edit source]

Race two[edit | edit source]

Spa GP Qualifying Race 2
Date
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Laps 9
Polesitter Nick Phillip (chosen by draw)
First Alexander Sybilton
Second Yannick DuBois
Third Matt Tremblay
Cautions 0
Race Results

Just like Kade Kroft, Julienne Dann's hopes went up in smoke coming to the green, sending her out of contention. The pole sitter this time was ex-TMMC driver Nick Phillip, however, he would lose the lead on the first lap to Natalie Kendall.

The first lap would also be hard on people such as Stuart Sandoval, Johan Sanchez and Ben Atkins who all found themselves in the wall, however, Atkins soldiered on while Sandoval and Sanchez could not. Rallen Hayden also got damaged in the Sanchez crash, and Sanchez launched off the barrier on top of Hayden's car. Hayden kept going though. Luke Ackermann, who started very well, found himself in the tire barriers on lap 2, and that would end his day. Also, Kendall slid off track on this lap, and had to pit for repairs, handing the lead to Motegi winner Alexander Sybilton.

However, behind them there was a vicious crash between Daniel Miller and Patrick Eichholtz, when Miller got turned into the Armco barrier head on, then Eichholtz slammed into the back of Miller's car, sending him airborne. Miller complained of back pains after the crash, while the elder Eichholtz suffered some minor bruising. On the same lap, Franco Giovanardi had a camshaft problem which seem him out of the race. Tomas Prochazka and Vitaly Nikolayev got together on Lap 3 and that seen both cars out of the race, then two laps later, Zack Johnson spun off track into the tire barriers in the same area. A lap later, Radomir Stanoychev spun into the tire barriers out of third, and then Atkins followed him off. Stanoychev's damage seen him out of the race, while Atkins stayed in a transfer spot for the time being. Alexander Sybilton would go uncontested though, and he would take home Race 2.

Results[edit | edit source]

x - indicates one-off entry
Position Number Driver Team Car
1 7 Alexander Sybilton Peregrine Autosport STS
2 795 Yannick DuBois Europa Motorsport STS
3 031 Matt Tremblay Atlantic Motorsports STS
4 80 x-Martin Krueger BBS Racing Speidel
5 82 Lev Azarov RUS Autosport Speidel
6 000 x-Kokoro Fujimoto Eva Racing Speidel
7 78 x-Nathan Ferguson BBS Racing Speidel
8 62 x-Sara Crims Eichholtz Autosport Eichholtz D231
9 998 x-Nick Phillip Bag of Rice Motorsports Racing Limited, L.L.C., S.p.A STS
10 04 Ashley Flynn Random Motorsports STS
11 31 Harriet Wallace Atlantic Motorsports STS
12 02 x-Miyuki Kodo Eva Racing Speidel
13 9 Andrew O'Reilly Westockin Speidel Racing Team Speidel
14 68 Vailler Jankovic Team Kwik Fit Speidel
15 50 x-Jeff Fischer Great Lakes Motorsports Speidel
16 56 x-Sean Suzuka SuzukaCorp. STS
17 ∞ Sean Sanchez Last Row Autosport STS
18 4 Patrick McArthur Irish Pride Racing Speidel
19 84 x-Ben Atkins Atlantic Motorsports Speidel
20 260 x-Natalie Kendall Atlantic E Inc. Eichholtz D231

Failed to qualify[edit | edit source]

Post-race lineup changes[edit | edit source]

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