The 2009 Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels was the fourth round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Miller Motorsports Park, Utah on May 17, 2009. The race featured the debut of a new category of vehicles for the American Le Mans Series known as the ALMS Challenge, featuring Porsche 997 GT3 Cup cars from the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge.

Track map of Miller Motorsports Park outer circuit

Report

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Qualifying

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Qualifying result

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

Pos Class Team Qualifying Driver Lap Time
1 LMP1 #66 de Ferran Motorsports Simon Pagenaud 1:30.645
2 LMP1 #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham 1:31.381
3 LMP2 #15 Lowe's Fernandez Racing Luis Diaz 1:32.749
4 LMP2 #20 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger 1:33.513
5 LMP2 #16 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson 1:33.685
6 LMP1 #48 Corsa Motorsports Johnny Mowlem 1:34.957
7 LMP1 #37 Intersport Racing Jon Field 1:35.471
8 LMP1 #12 Autocon Motorsports Michael Lewis 1:36.401
9 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister 1:47.120
10 GT2 #62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 1:47.265
11 GT2 #87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler 1:47.319
12 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller 1:48.314
13 GT2 #18 T-Mobile VICI Racing Nicky Pastorelli 1:48.599
14 GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Joey Hand 1:48.628
15 GT2 #21 Panoz Team PTG Dominik Farnbacher 1:49.084
16 GT2 #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 1:49.888
17 GT2 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 1:52.709
18 GT2 #11 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg 1:53.032
19 Chal #02 Gruppe Orange Carl Skerlong 1:56.166
20 Chal #57 Snow Racing Martin Snow 1:56.172
21 Chal #36 Gruppe Orange Bob Faieta 1:56.248
22 Chal #08 Orbit Racing Bill Sweedler 1:57.500
23 Chal #47 Orbit Racing John Baker 2:00.085

Race

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The team of de Ferran Motorsport won their second straight ALMS race at the track where the team made their debut in 2008. Lowe's Fernández Racing continued their sweep of the LMP2 category with another victory, but led the #20 Dyson Racing entry across the finish line by less than six tenths of a second. Flying Lizard Motorsports also continued their winning ways with their third straight victory on the season, leading the fellow Porsche of Farnbacher-Loles. The partnership of Martin and Melanie Snow won the inaugural ALMS Challenge race, thanks in part to the disqualification of the two Orbit Racing entries for an illegal ride height.

Race result

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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
Engine
1 LMP1 66   de Ferran Motorsports   Gil de Ferran
  Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-02a M 103
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
2 LMP1 9   Patrón Highcroft Racing   Scott Sharp
  David Brabham
Acura ARX-02a M 103
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
3 LMP2 15   Lowe's Fernández Racing   Luis Díaz
  Adrian Fernández
Acura ARX-01B M 100
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4 LMP2 20   Dyson Racing   Marino Franchitti
  Butch Leitzinger
Lola B08/86 M 100
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
5 LMP1 37   Intersport Racing   Jon Field
  Clint Field
  Chapman Ducote
Lola B06/10 D 93
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
6 LMP2 16   Dyson Racing   Chris Dyson
  Guy Smith
Lola B09/86 M 92
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
7 GT2 45   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Jörg Bergmeister
  Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 90
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
8 GT2 87   Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports   Marc Lieb
  Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 90
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9 GT2 62   Risi Competizione   Pierre Kaffer
  Jaime Melo
Ferrari F430 GT M 89
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
10 GT2 21   Panoz Team PTG   Ian James
  Dominik Farnbacher
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 89
Ford 5.0 L V8
11 GT2 18   T-Mobile VICI Racing   Nicky Pastorelli
  Johannes Stuck
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 88
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12 GT2 44   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Johannes van Overbeek
  Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 87
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 LMP1 48   Corsa Motorsports   Johnny Mowlem
  Stefan Johansson
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS M 87
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8
14 GT2 92   BMW Rahal Letterman Racing   Tommy Milner
  Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GT2 D 85
BMW 4.0 L V8
15 GT2 90   BMW Rahal Letterman Racing   Bill Auberlen
  Joey Hand
BMW M3 GT2 D 83
BMW 4.0 L V8
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DNF
GT2 11   Primetime Race Group   Chris Hall
  Joel Feinberg
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe D 82
Dodge 8.3 L V10
17 Chal 57   Snow Racing   Melanie Snow
  Martin Snow
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 82
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18 GT2 40   Robertson Racing   David Murry
  Andrea Robertson
  David Robertson
Ford GT-R Mk. VII D 81
Ford 5.0 L V8
19
DNF
Chal 02   Gruppe Orange   Carl Skerlong
  Nick Parker
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 57
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20
DNF
LMP1 12   Autocon Motorsports   Michael Lewis
  Bryan Willman
Lola B06/10 D 40
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
21
DNF
Chal 36   Gruppe Orange   Bob Faieta
  Wesley Hoaglund
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 37
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
DSQ Chal 47   Orbit Racing   Jon Baker
  Guy Cosmo
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 82
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
DSQ Chal 08   Orbit Racing   Ed Brown
  Bill Sweedler
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 80
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6

References

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  1. ^ Lynda Polk (2009-04-18). "ALMS Final Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  2. ^ "ALMS Revised Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-05-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2009-07-14.


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