2009 EMCO Gears Classic

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The layout of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Mid-Ohio.svg
The layout of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

The 2009 EMCO Gears Classic was the sixth round of the 2009 Rolex Sports Car Series season. It took place at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on June 20, 2009.

Race results

Class Winners in bold.

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisLaps
Engine
1DP01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett
Flag of Mexico.svg Memo Rojas
Riley Mk. XX111
Lexus 5.0L V8
2DP76 Krohn Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Nic Jönsson
Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Zonta
Proto-Auto Lola B08/70 111
Ford 5.0L V8
3DP99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jon Fogarty
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Gurney
Riley Mk. XX111
Pontiac 5.0L V8
4DP12 Penske Racing Flag of Germany.svg Timo Bernhard
Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas
Riley Mk. XX111
Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
5DP59Brumos Racing Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa
Flag of the United States.svg J.C. France
Riley Mk. XI111
Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
6DP6 Michael Shank Racing Flag of the United States.svg John Pew
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Valiante
Riley Mk. XX111
Ford 5.0L V8
7DP61AIM Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Burt Frisselle
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mark Wilkins
Riley Mk. XX111
Ford 5.0L V8
8DP10 SunTrust Racing Flag of Italy.svg Max Angelelli
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Frisselle
Dallara DP08111
Ford 5.0L V8
9DP55Supercar Life Racing/Level 5 Flag of France.svg Christophe Bouchut
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Tucker
Riley Mk. XX111
BMW 5.0L V8
10DP58Brumos Racing Flag of the United States.svg David Donohue
Flag of the United States.svg Darren Law
Riley Mk. XI111
Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
11DP09Spirit of Daytona Racing Flag of the United States.svg Guy Cosmo
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Russell
Coyote CC/08110
Porsche 5.0L V8
12DP13Beyer Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Forest
Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor
Riley Mk. XI109
Pontiac 5.0L V8
13GT87Farnbacher-Loles Racing Flag of the United States.svg Leh Keen
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Werner
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup106
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14GT57Stevenson Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Davis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Liddell
Pontiac GXP.R 106
Pontiac 6.0L V8
15GT07Team Drinkin' Mate Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Collins
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Edwards
Pontiac GXP.R 106
Pontiac 6.0L V8
16GT30Racers Edge Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Sutherland
Mazda RX-8 GT106
Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
17GT69SpeedSource Flag of the United States.svg Emil Assentato
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Segal
Mazda RX-8 GT106
Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
18GT40 Dempsey Racing Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Dempsey
Flag of the United States.svg Charles Espenlaub
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Foster
Mazda RX-8 GT105
Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
19GT86Farnbacher-Loles Racing Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Lux
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup105
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20GT67 The Racer's Group Flag of the United States.svg Andy Lally
Flag of the United States.svg Justin Marks
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup105
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21GT65Riegel/Stanton/The Racer's Group Flag of the United States.svg John Potter
Flag of the United States.svg Craig Stanton
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup105
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22GT43Team Sahlen Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Nonnamaker
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Nonnamaker
Chevrolet Corvette C6 104
Chevrolet 5.7L V8
23GT70SpeedSource Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Ham
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sylvain Tremblay
Mazda RX-8 GT104
Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
24GT68 The Racer's Group Flag of Mexico.svg Josémanuel Gutierrez
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Schroeder
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup98
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25
DNF
GT42Team Sahlen Flag of the United States.svg Will Nonnamaker
Flag of the United States.svg Jose Foster
Chevrolet Corvette C6 95
Chevrolet 5.7L V8
26GT66 The Racer's Group Flag of the United States.svg Duncan Ende
Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup92
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
27DP2 Childress-Howard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Rob Finlay
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Wallace
Crawford DP0891
Pontiac 5.0L V8
28
DNF
DP5Beyer Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jared Beyer
Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Taylor
Riley Mk. XI90
Honda 3.9L V6
29
DNF
DP77Doran Racing Flag of the United States.svg Memo Gidley
Flag of the United States.svg Brad Jaeger
Dallara DP0187
Ford 5.0L V8
30
DNF
DP60 Michael Shank Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Oswaldo Negri, Jr.
Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Patterson
Riley Mk. XX85
Ford 5.0L V8
31
DNF
GT71Synergy Racing Flag of the United States.svg Carey Grant
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Grant
Flag of the United States.svg Milton Grant
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup84
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
32
DNF
GT21Battery Tender/MCM Racing Flag of the United States.svg Shane Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Price
Pontiac GTO.R36
Pontiac 6.0L V8
Rolex Sports Car Series
Previous race:
Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen
2009 season Next race:
Brumos Porsche 250

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