2009 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio
Introduction The layout of Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseThe '''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=======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  118 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 2 LMP1 9  Patrón Highcroft Racing  David Brabham Scott Sharp Acura ARX-02a  118 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 3 LMP2 15  Lowe's Fernández Racing  Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz Acura ARX-01B  116 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 4 LMP2 6  Team Cytosport  Greg Pickett Klaus Graf Porsche RS Spyder Evo  116 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 5 LMP1 37  Intersport Racing  Jon Field Clint Field Lola B06/10  115 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 6 LMP1 48  Corsa Motorsports  Johnny Mowlem Stefan Johansson Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS  114 Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8 7 GT2 45  Flying Lizard Motorsports  Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  108 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 8 GT2 3  Corvette Racing  Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R  108 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 9 GT2 92  BMW Rahal Letterman Racing  Tommy Milner Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT2  107 BMW 4.0 L V8 10 GT2 4  Corvette Racing  Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R  107 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 11 GT2 62  Risi Competizione  Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer Ferrari F430GT  107 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 12 GT2 87  Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports  Wolf Henzler Martin Ragginger Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  107 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GT2 21  Panoz Team PTG  Ian James Dominik Farnbacher Panoz Esperante GT-LM  107 Ford 5.0 L V8 14 GT2 90  BMW Rahal Letterman Racing  Bill Auberlen Joey Hand BMW M3 GT2  106 BMW 4.0 L V8 15 GT2 44  Flying Lizard Motorsports  Darren Law Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  104 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 GT2 40  Robertson Racing  David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry Ford GT-R Mk. VII  102 Ford 5.0 L V8 17DNF LMP2 20  Dyson Racing Team  Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti Lola B08/86  100 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 18 Chal 57  Snow Racing  Martin Snow Melanie Snow Porsche 997 GT3 Cup  100 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 19 Chal 47  Orbit Racing  Guy Cosmo John Baker Porsche 997 GT3 Cup  98 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 20 Chal 36  Gruppe Orange  Wesley Hoaglund Bob Faieta Porsche 997 GT3 Cup  98 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 21 Chal 88  Velox Motorsport  Shane Lewis Gerry Ventos Porsche 997 GT3 Cup  96 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 22NC LMP2 19  van der Steur Racing  Gunnar van der Steur Adam Pecorari Radical SR9  80 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 23DNF Chal 02  Gruppe Orange  Nick Parker Donald Pickering Porsche 997 GT3 Cup  77 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 24DNF LMP2 16  Dyson Racing Team  Chris Dyson Guy Smith Lola B09/86  62 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 25DNF LMP1 12  Autocon Motorsports  Bryan Willman Tomy Drissi Lola B06/10  40 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 26DNF Chal 08  Orbit Racing  Ed Brown Bill Sweedler Porsche 997 GT3 Cup  0 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
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