2009 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio

The 2009 Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio was the sixth round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio on August 8, 2009. Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud won their fourth consecutive race, beating the Highcroft Racing Acura by 8.3 seconds. After losing out at the previous round at Lime Rock Park, Fernández Racing Acura won the LMP2 category for the fifth time this season, ahead of class newcomer Team Cytosport's Porsche RS Spyder. Flying Lizard Motorsports also continued their winning streak by claiming the GT2 class victory, beating the debuting revamped Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R. Martin and Melanie Snow won the ALMS Challenge class by a gap of two laps over the second place Orbit Racing Porsche.

Report

Qualifying

Gil de Ferran, driving the car of his own team, claimed pole position for Mid-Ohio by outpacing David Brabham's Highcroft car by less than .07 seconds. Acura also led the LMP2 category with Fernández Racing leading the two Dyson Racing Team entries. Jörg Bergmeister led Flying Lizard Motorsports to the top of the GT2 category, ahead of Jaime Melo's Risi Ferrari. Professional driver Guy Cosmo put the Orbit Racing Porsche on pole within the Challenge class.

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class Team Qualifying Driver Lap Time
1 LMP1 #66 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran 1:09.443
2 LMP1 #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham 1:09.512
3 LMP2 #15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Luis Díaz 1:10.464
4 LMP2 #16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson 1:10.498
5 LMP2 #20 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger 1:11.042
6 LMP2 #6 Team Cytosport Klaus Graf 1:11.404
7 LMP1 #37 Intersport Racing Jon Field 1:12.145
8 LMP2 #19 van der Steur Racing Adam Pecorari 1:15.898
9 LMP1 #12 Autocon Motorsports Tomy Drissi 1:16.153
10 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister 1:21.022
11 GT2 #62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 1:21.287
12 GT2 #3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen 1:21.454
13 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller 1:21.516
14 GT2 #78 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport Wolf Henzler 1:21.557
15 GT2 #4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 1:21.571
16 GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Joey Hand 1:21.607
17 GT2 #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 1:22.092
18 GT2 #21 PTG Team Panoz Dominik Farnbacher 1:22.259
19 GT2 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 1:26.003
20 Chal #47 Orbit Racing Guy Cosmo 1:27.070
21 Chal #88 Velox Motorsport Shane Lewis 1:27.203
22 Chal #08 Orbit Racing Bill Sweedler 1:28.247
23 Chal #57 Snow Racing Martin Snow 1:28.337
24 Chal #36 Gruppe Orange Bob Faieta 1:28.423
25 Chal #02 Gruppe Orange Donald Pickering 1:29.470
26 LMP1 #48 Corsa Motorsports Did Not Participate

Race result

Class winners are marked in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 66 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran
Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-02a M 118
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
2 LMP1 9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham
Scott Sharp
Acura ARX-02a M 118
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
3 LMP2 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández
Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B M 116
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4 LMP2 6 Team Cytosport Greg Pickett
Klaus Graf
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 116
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5 LMP1 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field
Lola B06/10 D 115
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
6 LMP1 48 Corsa Motorsports Johnny Mowlem
Stefan Johansson
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS D 114
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8
7 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long
Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 108
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
8 GT2 3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 108
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
9 GT2 92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Tommy Milner
Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GT2 D 107
BMW 4.0 L V8
10 GT2 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 107
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
11 GT2 62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo
Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari F430GT M 107
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
12 GT2 87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler
Martin Ragginger
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 107
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GT2 21 Panoz Team PTG Ian James
Dominik Farnbacher
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 107
Ford 5.0 L V8
14 GT2 90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen
Joey Hand
BMW M3 GT2 D 106
BMW 4.0 L V8
15 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law
Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 104
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 GT2 40 Robertson Racing David Robertson
Andrea Robertson
David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk. VII D 102
Ford 5.0 L V8
17
DNF
LMP2 20 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger
Marino Franchitti
Lola B08/86 M 100
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
18 Chal 57 Snow Racing Martin Snow
Melanie Snow
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 100
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19 Chal 47 Orbit Racing Guy Cosmo
John Baker
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 98
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20 Chal 36 Gruppe Orange Wesley Hoaglund
Bob Faieta
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 98
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21 Chal 88 Velox Motorsport Shane Lewis
Gerry Ventos
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 96
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
22
NC
LMP2 19 van der Steur Racing Gunnar van der Steur
Adam Pecorari
Radical SR9 K 80
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
23
DNF
Chal 02 Gruppe Orange Nick Parker
Donald Pickering
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 77
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
24
DNF
LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson
Guy Smith
Lola B09/86 M 62
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
25
DNF
LMP1 12 Autocon Motorsports Bryan Willman
Tomy Drissi
Lola B06/10 D 40
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
26
DNF
Chal 08 Orbit Racing Ed Brown
Bill Sweedler
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 0
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6

References

    American Le Mans Series
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    Northeast Grand Prix
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    Road Race Showcase
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