2009 Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg
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The 2009 Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg was the second round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida on April 4, 2009. The Acura ARX-02a earned its first overall victory under the Patrón Highcroft Racing team after early leader de Ferran Motorsports suffered mechanical issues. Acura also won the LMP2 category with Lowe's Fernández Racing, while GT2 was won by the Porsche of Flying Lizard Motorsports.
Report[]
Qualifying[]
In qualifying solely for the GT2 category, due to the lack of GT1 class competitors for this event, Jaime Melo in the Risi Competizione Ferrari led the pack before a red flag stopped the session due to an incident involving eventual fifth place qualifier Patrick Long in the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche. Farnbacher-Loles and the two BMWs completed the top of the GT2 grid.
In prototype qualifying the Acura of Simon Pagenaud dominated by earning de Ferran Motorsports a pole position by nearly a second over the other Acura of Patrón Highcroft Racing. Acura also led the LMP2 category as the Lowe's Fernández Racing car was piloted by Luis Díaz to third overall, beating the closest Dyson Lola-Mazda by three tenths of a second.
Qualifying result[]
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]
Pos | Class | Team | Qualifying Driver | Lap Time |
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1 | LMP1 | #66 de Ferran Motorsports | Simon Pagenaud | 1:03.776 |
2 | LMP1 | #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing | Scott Sharp | 1:04.722 |
3 | LMP2 | #15 Lowe's Fernández Racing | Luis Díaz | 1:05.178 |
4 | LMP2 | #16 Dyson Racing Team | Guy Smith | 1:05.464 |
5 | LMP2 | #20 Dyson Racing Team | Marino Franchitti | 1:05.666 |
6 | LMP1 | #37 Intersport Racing | Chapman Ducote | 1:09.044 |
7 | GT2 | #61 Risi Competizione | Jaime Melo | 1:12.892 |
8 | GT2 | #87 Farnbacher-Loles Racing | Wolf Henzler | 1:13.173 |
9 | GT2 | #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing | Joey Hand | 1:13.267 |
10 | GT2 | #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing | Dirk Müller | 1:13.458 |
11 | GT2 | #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Patrick Long | 1:13.465 |
12 | GT2 | #21 Panoz Team PTG | Dominik Farnbacher | 1:14.109 |
13 | GT2 | #40 Robertson Racing | David Murry | 1:14.281 |
14 | GT2 | #28 LG Motorsports | Eric Curran | 1:14.633 |
15 | GT2 | #11 Primetime Race Group | Joel Feinberg | 1:15.938 |
16 | GT2 | #22 Panoz Team PTG | Tom Sutherland | 1:15.996 |
17 | GT2 | #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman | 1:18.592 |
Race[]
Race result[]
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[2]
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tire | Laps |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | LMP1 | 9 | ![]() |
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Acura ARX-02a | M | 93 |
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
2 | LMP2 | 15 | ![]() |
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Acura ARX-01B | M | 93 |
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
3 | LMP2 | 16 | ![]() |
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Lola B09/86 | M | 92 |
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | |||||||
4 | LMP2 | 20 | ![]() |
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Lola B08/86 | M | 91 |
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | |||||||
5 | GT2 | 45 | ![]() |
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 88 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
6 | LMP1 | 37 | ![]() |
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Lola B06/10 | D | 88 |
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
7 | GT2 | 92 | ![]() |
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BMW M3 GT2 | D | 86 |
BMW 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
8 | GT2 | 21 | ![]() |
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Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Y | 86 |
Ford 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
9 | GT2 | 28 | ![]() |
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Chevrolet Corvette C6 | D | 85 |
Chevrolet LS3 6.3 L V8 | |||||||
10 | GT2 | 44 | ![]() |
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 84 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
11 | GT2 | 40 | ![]() |
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Ford GT-R Mk. VII | D | 83 |
Ford 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
12 | GT2 | 87 | ![]() |
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 74 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
13 DNF |
LMP1 | 66 | ![]() |
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Acura ARX-02a | M | 66 |
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
14 DNF |
GT2 | 11 | ![]() |
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Dodge Viper Competition Coupe | D | 38 |
Dodge 8.3 L V10 | |||||||
15 DNF |
GT2 | 22 | ![]() |
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Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Y | 38 |
Ford 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
16 DNF |
GT2 | 90 | ![]() |
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BMW M3 GT2 | D | 28 |
BMW 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
17 DNF |
GT2 | 62 | ![]() |
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Ferrari F430GT | M | 27 |
Ferrari 4.0 L V8 |
References[]
- ^ "ALMS Qualifying" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-04-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ "ALMS Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-04-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- 2009 American Le Mans Series
- Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
- 2009 in sports in Florida
- 21st century in St. Petersburg, Florida