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.

The layout of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

Report

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Qualifying

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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

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

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

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Race result

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Class winners are marked in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[2][3]

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

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  1. ^ "ALMS: De Ferran Scores Mid-Ohio Pole". Speed. August 7, 2009. Archived from the original on August 10, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "2009 Acura Sports Car Challenge". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "American Le Mans Series – Mid Ohio – Result". DailySportsCar. Retrieved January 21, 2024.


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