2009 Northeast Grand Prix

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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.

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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]

PosClassTeamQualifying DriverLap Time
1LMP1#66 de Ferran Motorsports Simon Pagenaud 0:46.971
2LMP1#9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham 0:47.345
3LMP2#15 Lowe's Fernandez Racing Adrian Fernández 0:48.281
4LMP2#20 Dyson Racing Marino Franchitti 0:48.477
5LMP2#16 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson 0:48.661
6LMP1#48 Corsa Motorsports Johnny Mowlem 0:49.464
7LMP1#37 Intersport RacingClint Field0:49.935
8LMP1#12 Autocon MotorsportsChris McMurry0:53.523
9GT2#62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 0:54.665
10GT2#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long 0:54.729
11GT2#87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler 0:55.026
12GT2#90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Joey Hand 0:55.049
13GT2#92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller 0:55.050
14GT2#40 Robertson RacingDavid Murry0:55.118
15GT2#18 T-Mobile VICI Racing Richard Westbrook 0:55.387
16GT2#21 Panoz Team PTG Dominik Farnbacher 0:55.542
17GT2#11 Primetime Race Group Chris Hall0:56.736
18GT2#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman0:57.405
19Chal#36 Gruppe OrangeBob Faieta0:59.618
20Chal#57 Snow RacingMartin Snow0:59.971
21Chal#08 Orbit RacingBill Sweedler1:00.459
22Chal#02 Gruppe OrangeDonald Pickering1:01.645
23LMP2#19 van der Steur RacingNo Time
24Chal#47 Orbit RacingNo Time

Race

Race results

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
Engine
1LMP166 Flag of the United States.svg de Ferran Motorsports Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran
Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-02a M 184
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
2LMP19 Flag of the United States.svg Patrón Highcroft Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp
Acura ARX-02a M 184
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
3LMP148 Flag of the United States.svg Corsa Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Mowlem
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS D 177
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8
4LMP220 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Team Flag of the United States.svg Butch Leitzinger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marino Franchitti
Lola B09/86 M 172
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
5GT245 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 167
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
6LMP112 Flag of the United States.svg Autocon Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tony Burgess
Flag of the United States.svg Chris McMurry
Lola B06/10 D 166
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
7LMP215 Flag of Mexico.svg Lowe's Fernández Racing Flag of Mexico.svg Adrian Fernández
Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B M 166
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
8GT262 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari F430GT M 166
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
9GT290 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
BMW M3 GT2 D 166
BMW 4.0 L V8
10GT287 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Miller
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 165
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11GT218 Flag of Germany.svg T-Mobile VICI Racing Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Stuck
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 163
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12GT221 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Team PTG Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian James
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 163
Ford 5.0 L V8
13GT244 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Flag of the United States.svg Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 159
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14GT211 Flag of the United States.svg Primetime Race Group Flag of the United States.svg Joel Feinberg
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Y 158
Dodge 8.3 L V10
15LMP219 Flag of the United States.svg van der Steur Racing Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar van der Steur
Flag of the United States.svg Adam Pecorari
Radical SR9 K 157
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
16GT240 Flag of the United States.svg Robertson Racing Flag of the United States.svg David Robertson
Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Robertson
Flag of the United States.svg David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk. VII D 153
Ford 5.0 L V8
17Chal36 Flag of the United States.svg Gruppe Orange Flag of the United States.svg Wesley Hoaglund
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Faieta
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 149
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18Chal08 Flag of the United States.svg Orbit Racing Flag of the United States.svg Ed Brown
Flag of the United States.svg Bill Sweedler
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 146
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19Chal02 Flag of the United States.svg Gruppe Orange Flag of the United States.svg Nick Parker
Flag of the United States.svg Donald Pickering
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 144
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20Chal57 Flag of the United States.svg Snow Racing Flag of the United States.svg Martin Snow
Flag of the United States.svg Melanie Snow
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 142
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21GT292 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GT2 D 142
BMW 4.0 L V8
22
DNF
LMP137 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jon Field
Flag of the United States.svg Clint Field
Lola B06/10 D 138
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
23
DNF
LMP216 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Team Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith
Lola B09/86 M 63
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
24
DNF
Chal47 Flag of the United States.svg Orbit Racing Flag of the United States.svg Guy Cosmo
Flag of the United States.svg John Baker
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 52
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6

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