2009 Northeast Grand Prix

The 2009 American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Lime Rock Park, Connecticut on July 18, 2009.

The race was won by Simon Pagenaud and Gil de Ferran in the de Ferran Motorsports Acura, their third American Le Mans Series victory in a row. Dyson Racing Team earned their first victory with Mazda in the LMP2 category, overcoming several mechanical issues during the race. Flying Lizard Motorsports continued their season streak with their fourth consecutive win, while Gruppe Orange won in the ALMS Challenge category.

Corsa Motorsports also became the first American Le Mans Series competitor to utilize a hybrid electric drivetrain on their Le Mans Prototype during an event, eventually completing the race in third position.^[1]

Report

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[2]

Pos	Class	Team	Qualifying Driver	Lap Time
1	LMP1	#66 de Ferran Motorsports	Simon Pagenaud	0:46.971
2	LMP1	#9 Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham	0:47.345
3	LMP2	#15 Lowe's Fernandez Racing	Adrian Fernández	0:48.281
4	LMP2	#20 Dyson Racing	Marino Franchitti	0:48.477
5	LMP2	#16 Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson	0:48.661
6	LMP1	#48 Corsa Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem	0:49.464
7	LMP1	#37 Intersport Racing	Clint Field	0:49.935
8	LMP1	#12 Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry	0:53.523
9	GT2	#62 Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo	0:54.665
10	GT2	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long	0:54.729
11	GT2	#87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Wolf Henzler	0:55.026
12	GT2	#90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Joey Hand	0:55.049
13	GT2	#92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Dirk Müller	0:55.050
14	GT2	#40 Robertson Racing	David Murry	0:55.118
15	GT2	#18 T-Mobile VICI Racing	Richard Westbrook	0:55.387
16	GT2	#21 Panoz Team PTG	Dominik Farnbacher	0:55.542
17	GT2	#11 Primetime Race Group	Chris Hall	0:56.736
18	GT2	#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman	0:57.405
19	Chal	#36 Gruppe Orange	Bob Faieta	0:59.618
20	Chal	#57 Snow Racing	Martin Snow	0:59.971
21	Chal	#08 Orbit Racing	Bill Sweedler	1:00.459
22	Chal	#02 Gruppe Orange	Donald Pickering	1:01.645
23	LMP2	#19 van der Steur Racing	No Time
24	Chal	#47 Orbit Racing	No Time

Race

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	66	de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-02a	M	184
					Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
2	LMP1	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Scott Sharp	Acura ARX-02a	M	184
					Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
3	LMP1	48	Corsa Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem Stefan Johansson	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS	D	177
					Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8
4	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing Team	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti	Lola B09/86	M	172
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
5	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	167
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
6	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Tony Burgess Chris McMurry	Lola B06/10	D	166
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
7	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz	Acura ARX-01B	M	166
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
8	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430GT	M	166
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
9	GT2	90	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand	BMW M3 GT2	D	166
					BMW 4.0 L V8
10	GT2	87	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Wolf Henzler Bryce Miller	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	165
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11	GT2	18	T-Mobile VICI Racing	Johannes Stuck Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	163
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Ian James Dominik Farnbacher	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Y	163
					Ford 5.0 L V8
13	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	159
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Y	158
					Dodge 8.3 L V10
15	LMP2	19	van der Steur Racing	Gunnar van der Steur Adam Pecorari	Radical SR9	K	157
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
16	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	D	153
					Ford 5.0 L V8
17	Chal	36	Gruppe Orange	Wesley Hoaglund Bob Faieta	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	149
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18	Chal	08	Orbit Racing	Ed Brown Bill Sweedler	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	146
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19	Chal	02	Gruppe Orange	Nick Parker Donald Pickering	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	144
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20	Chal	57	Snow Racing	Martin Snow Melanie Snow	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	142
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21	GT2	92	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Tommy Milner Dirk Müller	BMW M3 GT2	D	142
					BMW 4.0 L V8
22 DNF	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field	Lola B06/10	D	138
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
23 DNF	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Lola B09/86	M	63
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
24 DNF	Chal	47	Orbit Racing	Guy Cosmo John Baker	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	52
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6

References

1. "Corsa Ginetta-Zytek to race as a hybrid at Lime Rock". American Le Mans Series. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
2. "ALMS Qualifying" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
3. "ALMS Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2009-07-18.