Английская Википедия:2009 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio
The 2009 Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio was the sixth round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio on August 8, 2009. Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud won their fourth consecutive race, beating the Highcroft Racing Acura by 8.3 seconds. After losing out at the previous round at Lime Rock Park, Fernández Racing Acura won the LMP2 category for the fifth time this season, ahead of class newcomer Team Cytosport's Porsche RS Spyder. Flying Lizard Motorsports also continued their winning streak by claiming the GT2 class victory, beating the debuting revamped Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R. Martin and Melanie Snow won the ALMS Challenge class by a gap of two laps over the second place Orbit Racing Porsche.
Report
Qualifying
Gil de Ferran, driving the car of his own team, claimed pole position for Mid-Ohio by outpacing David Brabham's Highcroft car by less than .07 seconds. Acura also led the LMP2 category with Fernández Racing leading the two Dyson Racing Team entries. Jörg Bergmeister led Flying Lizard Motorsports to the top of the GT2 category, ahead of Jaime Melo's Risi Ferrari. Professional driver Guy Cosmo put the Orbit Racing Porsche on pole within the Challenge class.
Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | Team | Qualifying Driver | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP1 | #66 de Ferran Motorsports | Gil de Ferran | 1:09.443 |
| 2 | LMP1 | #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing | David Brabham | 1:09.512 |
| 3 | LMP2 | #15 Lowe's Fernández Racing | Luis Díaz | 1:10.464 |
| 4 | LMP2 | #16 Dyson Racing Team | Chris Dyson | 1:10.498 |
| 5 | LMP2 | #20 Dyson Racing Team | Butch Leitzinger | 1:11.042 |
| 6 | LMP2 | #6 Team Cytosport | Klaus Graf | 1:11.404 |
| 7 | LMP1 | #37 Intersport Racing | Jon Field | 1:12.145 |
| 8 | LMP2 | #19 van der Steur Racing | Adam Pecorari | 1:15.898 |
| 9 | LMP1 | #12 Autocon Motorsports | Tomy Drissi | 1:16.153 |
| 10 | GT2 | #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister | 1:21.022 |
| 11 | GT2 | #62 Risi Competizione | Jaime Melo | 1:21.287 |
| 12 | GT2 | #3 Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen | 1:21.454 |
| 13 | GT2 | #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing | Dirk Müller | 1:21.516 |
| 14 | GT2 | #78 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport | Wolf Henzler | 1:21.557 |
| 15 | GT2 | #4 Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin | 1:21.571 |
| 16 | GT2 | #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing | Joey Hand | 1:21.607 |
| 17 | GT2 | #40 Robertson Racing | David Murry | 1:22.092 |
| 18 | GT2 | #21 PTG Team Panoz | Dominik Farnbacher | 1:22.259 |
| 19 | GT2 | #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman | 1:26.003 |
| 20 | Chal | #47 Orbit Racing | Guy Cosmo | 1:27.070 |
| 21 | Chal | #88 Velox Motorsport | Shane Lewis | 1:27.203 |
| 22 | Chal | #08 Orbit Racing | Bill Sweedler | 1:28.247 |
| 23 | Chal | #57 Snow Racing | Martin Snow | 1:28.337 |
| 24 | Chal | #36 Gruppe Orange | Bob Faieta | 1:28.423 |
| 25 | Chal | #02 Gruppe Orange | Donald Pickering | 1:29.470 |
| 26 | LMP1 | #48 Corsa Motorsports | Did Not Participate | |
Race
Race result
Class winners are marked in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
References
Шаблон:Sportscar Race ReportШаблон:Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio
