2009 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach

Long Beach Street Circuit

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[]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying result[]

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[]

Race results[]

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps
1	LMP1	66	de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-02a	M	76
1	LMP1	66	de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud	Acura AR7 4.0 L V8	M	76
2	LMP1	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Scott Sharp	Acura ARX-02a	M	76
2	LMP1	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Scott Sharp	Acura AR7 4.0 L V8	M	76
3	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz	Acura ARX-01B	M	75
3	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	M	75
4	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Lola B09/86	M	75
4	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	M	75
5	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing Team	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti	Lola B08/86	M	74
5	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing Team	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	M	74
6	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	73
6	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	M	73
7	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Chapman Ducote	Lola B06/10	D	71
7	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Chapman Ducote	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	D	71
8	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	71
8	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	71
9	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430GT	M	71
9	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	71
10	GT2	92	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Tommy Milner Dirk Müller	BMW M3 GT2	D	70
10	GT2	92	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Tommy Milner Dirk Müller	BMW 4.0 L V8	D	70
11	GT2	18	T-Mobile VICI Racing	Richard Westbrook Johannes Stuck	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	70
11	GT2	18	T-Mobile VICI Racing	Richard Westbrook Johannes Stuck	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	70
12	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	70
12	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	70
13	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Ian James Dominik Farnbacher	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Y	69
13	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Ian James Dominik Farnbacher	Ford 5.0 L V8	Y	69
14	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	D	68
14	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge 8.3 L V10	D	68
15	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Michael Lewis Bryan Willman	Lola B06/10	D	67
15	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Michael Lewis Bryan Willman	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	D	67
16	GT2	90	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand	BMW M3 GT2	D	67
16	GT2	90	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand	BMW 4.0 L V8	D	67
17	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	D	67
17	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson David Murry	Ford 5.0 L V8	D	67
18	GT2	87	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Wolf Henzler Dirk Werner	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	67
18	GT2	87	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Wolf Henzler Dirk Werner	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	67
19 DNF	GT2	28	LG Motorsports	Lou Giglotti Boris Said	Chevrolet Corvette C6	Y	64
19 DNF	GT2	28	LG Motorsports	Lou Giglotti Boris Said	Chevrolet LS3 6.3 L V8	Y	64
20 DNF	GT2	17	Team Falken Tire Landmark Motorsports	Bryan Sellers Dominic Cicero	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	F	43
20 DNF	GT2	17	Team Falken Tire Landmark Motorsports	Bryan Sellers Dominic Cicero	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	F	43
21 DNF	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	42
21 DNF	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	M	42

References[]

^ "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 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
^ "Long Beach: Pole but no cigar for Risi". Endurance-Info.com. 2009-04-18. 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.

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[Corvette-1] "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]}

[Qualifying-2] "ALMS Final Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-04-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-04-18.

[Risi-3] "Long Beach: Pole but no cigar for Risi". Endurance-Info.com. 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2009-04-18.

[Race_results-4] "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.

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