2009 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach
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The 2009 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was the third round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Long Beach street circuit, California on April 18, 2009.
The de Ferran Motorsports Acura team earned their first victory in the series, leading the Highcroft Racing Acura to the finish. Fernández Racing Acura also won the LMP2 category for their third straight race while the #4 Chevrolet Corvette of Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta won Corvette Racing's final appearance in the GT1 category in the American Le Mans Series.[1] Flying Lizard Motorsports won their second straight GT2 class victory after early leader Farnbacher-Loles suffered a suspension failure on circuit.
Report
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying result
[edit]Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[2]
Pos | Class | Team | Qualifying Driver | Lap Time |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LMP1 | #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing | David Brabham | 1:11.627 |
2 | LMP1 | #66 de Ferran Motorsports | Gil de Ferran | 1:11.699 |
3 | LMP2 | #15 Lowe's Fernández Racing | Adrian Fernández | 1:13.134 |
4 | LMP2 | #16 Dyson Racing Team | Guy Smith | 1:13.378 |
5 | LMP2 | #20 Dyson Racing Team | Butch Leitzinger | 1:13.763 |
6 | LMP1 | #37 Intersport Racing | John Field | 1:15.303 |
7 | LMP1 | #12 Autocon Motorsports | Michael Lewis | 1:16.470 |
8 | GT1 | #4 Corvette Racing | Olivier Beretta | 1:17.952 |
9 | GT1 | #3 Corvette Racing | Johnny O'Connell | 1:18.144 |
10 | GT2 | #87 Farnbacher-Loles Racing | Wolf Henzler | 1:20.368 |
11 | GT2 | #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Patrick Long | 1:20.577 |
12 | GT2 | #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing | Dirk Müller | 1:21.300 |
13 | GT2 | #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing | Joey Hand | 1:21.382 |
14 | GT2 | #18 VICI Racing | Richard Westbrook | 1:21.805 |
15 | GT2 | #40 Robertson Racing | David Murry | 1:22.044 |
16 | GT2 | #17 Team Falken Tire | Bryan Sellers | 1:22.222 |
17 | GT2 | #28 LG Motorsports | Boris Said | 1:22.334 |
18 | GT2 | #11 Primetime Race Group | Chris Hall | 1:22.519 |
19 | GT2 | #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman | 1:25.023 |
20 | GT2 | #21 Panoz Team PTG | Dominik Farnbacher | 1:25.096 |
– | GT2 | #62 Risi Competizione | Jaime Melo | 1:20.111† |
† – The #62 Risi Competizione Ferrari's times were not allowed as the car failed post-qualifying inspection due to being below the minimum ride height.[3]
Race
[edit]Race results
[edit]Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[4]
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tire | Laps |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | LMP1 | 66 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Acura ARX-02a | M | 76 |
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
2 | LMP1 | 9 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Acura ARX-02a | M | 76 |
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
3 | LMP2 | 15 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Acura ARX-01B | M | 75 |
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
4 | LMP2 | 16 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Lola B09/86 | M | 75 |
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | |||||||
5 | LMP2 | 20 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Lola B08/86 | M | 74 |
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | |||||||
6 | GT1 | 4 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 73 |
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 | |||||||
7 | LMP1 | 37 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Lola B06/10 | D | 71 |
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
8 | GT2 | 45 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 71 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
9 | GT2 | 62 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari F430GT | M | 71 |
Ferrari 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
10 | GT2 | 92 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | BMW M3 GT2 | D | 70 |
BMW 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
11 | GT2 | 18 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 70 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
12 | GT2 | 44 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 70 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
13 | GT2 | 21 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Y | 69 |
Ford 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
14 | GT2 | 11 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Dodge Viper Competition Coupe | D | 68 |
Dodge 8.3 L V10 | |||||||
15 | LMP1 | 12 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Lola B06/10 | D | 67 |
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
16 | GT2 | 90 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | BMW M3 GT2 | D | 67 |
BMW 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
17 | GT2 | 40 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford GT-R Mk. VII | D | 67 |
Ford 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
18 | GT2 | 87 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 67 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
19 DNF | GT2 | 28 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | Y | 64 |
Chevrolet LS3 6.3 L V8 | |||||||
20 DNF | GT2 | 17 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | F | 43 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
21 DNF | GT1 | 3 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 42 |
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 |
References
[edit]- ^ "American Le Mans Series salutes Corvette Racing in final U.S. GT1 race". American Le Mans Series. 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-18. [dead link]
- ^ "ALMS Final Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-04-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
- ^ "Long Beach: Pole but no cigar for Risi". Endurance-Info.com. 2009-04-18. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
- ^ "ALMS Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-04-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2009-04-18.