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

, 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

winners in each class are marked in bold.

Race

Race result

Class winners are marked in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified.
PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
PosClassNoTeamDriversEngineTireLaps
1LMP166 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran
Simon Pagenaud		Acura ARX-02a118
1LMP166 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran
Simon Pagenaud		Acura AR7 4.0 L V8118
2LMP19 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham
Scott Sharp		Acura ARX-02a118
2LMP19 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham
Scott Sharp		Acura AR7 4.0 L V8118
3LMP215 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández
Luis Díaz		Acura ARX-01B116
3LMP215 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández
Luis Díaz		Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8116
4LMP26 Team Cytosport Greg Pickett
Klaus Graf		Porsche RS Spyder Evo116
4LMP26 Team Cytosport Greg Pickett
Klaus Graf		Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8116
5LMP137 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field		Lola B06/10115
5LMP137 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field		AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8115
6LMP148 Corsa Motorsports Johnny Mowlem
Stefan Johansson		Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS114
6LMP148 Corsa Motorsports Johnny Mowlem
Stefan Johansson		Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8114
7GT245 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long
Jörg Bergmeister		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR108
7GT245 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long
Jörg Bergmeister		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6108
8GT23 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Jan Magnussen		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R108
8GT23 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Jan Magnussen		Chevrolet 6.0 L V8108
9GT292 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Tommy Milner
Dirk Müller		BMW M3 GT2107
9GT292 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Tommy Milner
Dirk Müller		BMW 4.0 L V8107
10GT24 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R107
10GT24 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta		Chevrolet 6.0 L V8107
11GT262 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo
Pierre Kaffer		Ferrari F430GT107
11GT262 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo
Pierre Kaffer		Ferrari 4.0 L V8107
12GT287 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler
Martin Ragginger		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR107
12GT287 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler
Martin Ragginger		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6107
13GT221 Panoz Team PTG Ian James
Dominik Farnbacher		Panoz Esperante GT-LM107
13GT221 Panoz Team PTG Ian James
Dominik Farnbacher		Ford 5.0 L V8107
14GT290 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen
Joey Hand		BMW M3 GT2106
14GT290 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen
Joey Hand		BMW 4.0 L V8106
15GT244 Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law
Seth Neiman		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR104
15GT244 Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law
Seth Neiman		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6104
16GT240 Robertson Racing David Robertson
Andrea Robertson
David Murry		Ford GT-R Mk. VII102
16GT240 Robertson Racing David Robertson
Andrea Robertson
David Murry		Ford 5.0 L V8102
17
DNF		LMP220 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger
Marino Franchitti		Lola B08/86100
17
DNF		LMP220 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger
Marino Franchitti		Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4100
18Chal57 Snow Racing Martin Snow
Melanie Snow		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup100
18Chal57 Snow Racing Martin Snow
Melanie Snow		Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6100
19Chal47 Orbit Racing Guy Cosmo
John Baker		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup98
19Chal47 Orbit Racing Guy Cosmo
John Baker		Porsche 3.6 L Flat-698
20Chal36 Gruppe Orange Wesley Hoaglund
Bob Faieta		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup98
20Chal36 Gruppe Orange Wesley Hoaglund
Bob Faieta		Porsche 3.6 L Flat-698
21Chal88 Velox Motorsport Shane Lewis
Gerry Ventos		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup96
21Chal88 Velox Motorsport Shane Lewis
Gerry Ventos		Porsche 3.6 L Flat-696
22
NC		LMP219 van der Steur Racing Gunnar van der Steur
Adam Pecorari		Radical SR980
22
NC		LMP219 van der Steur Racing Gunnar van der Steur
Adam Pecorari		AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I480
23
DNF		Chal02 Gruppe Orange Nick Parker
Donald Pickering		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup77
23
DNF		Chal02 Gruppe Orange Nick Parker
Donald Pickering		Porsche 3.6 L Flat-677
24
DNF		LMP216 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson
Guy Smith		Lola B09/8662
24
DNF		LMP216 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson
Guy Smith		Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I462
25
DNF		LMP112 Autocon Motorsports Bryan Willman
Tomy Drissi		Lola B06/1040
25
DNF		LMP112 Autocon Motorsports Bryan Willman
Tomy Drissi		AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V840
26
DNF		Chal08 Orbit Racing Ed Brown
Bill Sweedler		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup0
26
DNF		Chal08 Orbit Racing Ed Brown
Bill Sweedler		Porsche 3.6 L Flat-60