Greg Pickett, Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr got their Christmas wishes in the past year as the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD Honda team claimed the 2012 American Le Mans Series P1 championships.

The team reeled off five consecutive overall ALMS race victories at Long Beach, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Lime Rock Park, Canadian Tire (Mosport) Motorsport Park, and Mid-Ohio before a sensational rally fell a car-length short of victory at Road America.

A sixth victory came at VIR, setting the stage for a championship celebration at Road Atlanta.

Days before Christmas 2012, the team was already testing its modified HPD-Honda at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin,Texas.