2009 Road Race Showcase

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The 2009 Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase was the seventh round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 16, 2009. David Brabham and Scott Sharp won for Patrón Highcroft Racing, while fellow Acura team Lowe's Fernández Racing won the LMP2 category. BMW Rahal Letterman Racing won their first race of the season in the GT2 category, while Snow Racing led the ALMS Challenge class.

Report[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Qualifying result[edit]

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos Class Team Qualifying Driver Lap Time
1 LMP1 #66 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran 1:48.216
2 LMP1 #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham 1:49.039
3 LMP2 #20 Dyson Racing Team Marino Franchitti 1:51.010
4 LMP2 #15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández 1:51.222
5 LMP2 #16 Dyson Racing Team Guy Smith 1:51.832
6 LMP2 #6 Team CytoSport Klaus Graf 1:51.922
7 LMP1 #12 Autocon Motorsports Chris McMurry 1:53.649
8 LMP1 #37 Intersport Racing Jon Field 1:55.209
9 GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Joey Hand 2:06.950
10 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller 2:07.073
11 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister 2:07.362
12 GT2 #3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen 2:07.387
13 GT2 #4 Corvette Racing Olivier Beretta 2:07.619
14 GT2 #87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport Wolf Henzler 2:07.740
15 GT2 #62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 2:07.740
16 GT2 #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 2:08.188
17 GT2 #21 Panoz Team PTG Dominik Farnbacher 2:08.800
18 GT2 #11 Primetime Race Group Chris Hall 2:08.822
19 GT2 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 2:13.501
20 Chal #47 Orbit Racing Guy Cosmo 2:16.098
21 Chal #57 Snow Racing Martin Snow 2:17.202
22 Chal #08 Orbit Racing Bill Sweedler 2:18.289
23 Chal #36 Gruppe Orange Bob Faieta 2:18.970
24 Chal #02 Gruppe Orange Donald Pickering 2:20.554
25 Chal #05 GMG Racing Did Not Participate
26 LMP1 #48 Corsa Motorsports Did Not Participate

Race[edit]

Race result[edit]

Class winners are marked 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
Engine
1 LMP1 9 United States Patrón Highcroft Racing Australia David Brabham
United States Scott Sharp
Acura ARX-02a M 71
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
2 LMP1 66 United States de Ferran Motorsports Brazil Gil de Ferran
France Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-02a M 71
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
3 LMP2 15 Mexico Lowe's Fernández Racing Mexico Adrian Fernández
Mexico Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B M 71
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4 LMP2 20 United States Dyson Racing Team United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
Lola B08/86 M 71
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
5 LMP2 6 United States Team Cytosport United States Greg Pickett
Germany Klaus Graf
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 71
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6 LMP1 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Jon Field
United States Clint Field
Lola B06/10 D 71
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
7 LMP1 48 United States Corsa Motorsports United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Sweden Stefan Johansson
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS D 70
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8
8 LMP1 12 United States Autocon Motorsports United States Bryan Willman
United States Chris McMurry
Lola B06/10 D 70
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
9 GT2 90 United States BMW Rahal Letterman Racing United States Bill Auberlen
United States Joey Hand
BMW M3 GT2 D 69
BMW 4.0 L V8
10 GT2 92 United States BMW Rahal Letterman Racing United States Tommy Milner
Germany Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GT2 D 68
BMW 4.0 L V8
11 GT2 3 United States Corvette Racing United States Johnny O'Connell
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 68
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
12 GT2 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Patrick Long
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 68
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GT2 62 United States Risi Competizione Brazil Jaime Melo
Germany Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari F430GT M 68
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14 GT2 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 67
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
15 GT2 40 United States Robertson Racing United States David Robertson
United States Andrea Robertson
United States David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk. VII D 66
Ford 5.0 L V8
16 GT2 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Darren Law
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 65
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 Chal 57 United States Snow Racing United States Martin Snow
United States Melanie Snow
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 63
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18 GT2 11 United States Primetime Race Group United States Joel Feinberg
United Kingdom Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe D 63
Dodge 8.3 L V10
19 Chal 02 United States Gruppe Orange United States Nick Parker
United States Donald Pickering
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 62
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20 Chal 36 United States Gruppe Orange United States Wesley Hoaglund
United States Bob Faieta
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 62
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21 Chal 47 United States Orbit Racing United States Guy Cosmo
United States John Baker
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 61
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
22 Chal 08 United States Orbit Racing United States Ed Brown
United States Bill Sweedler
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 61
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
23
DNF
GT2 87 United States Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Germany Wolf Henzler
United States Bryce Miller
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 56
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GT2 21 United States Panoz Team PTG United Kingdom Ian James
Germany Dominik Farnbacher
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 54
Ford 5.0 L V8
25
DNF
LMP2 16 United States Dyson Racing Team United States Chris Dyson
United Kingdom Guy Smith
Lola B09/86 M 50
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
DNQ Chal 05 United States GMG Racing United States Bret Curtis
United States James Sofranos
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ALMS Qualifying" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-08-15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  2. ^ "ALMS Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-08-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2009-08-16.


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