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

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.^[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

Race result

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

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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