2009 Road Race Showcase

The 2009 Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase was the seventh round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 16, 2009. David Brabham and Scott Sharp won for Patrón Highcroft Racing, while fellow Acura team Lowe's Fernández Racing won the LMP2 category. BMW Rahal Letterman Racing won their first race of the season in the GT2 category, while Snow Racing led the ALMS Challenge class.

Track map of Road America.

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 Gil de Ferran 1:48.216
2 LMP1 #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham 1:49.039
3 LMP2 #20 Dyson Racing Team Marino Franchitti 1:51.010
4 LMP2 #15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández 1:51.222
5 LMP2 #16 Dyson Racing Team Guy Smith 1:51.832
6 LMP2 #6 Team CytoSport Klaus Graf 1:51.922
7 LMP1 #12 Autocon Motorsports Chris McMurry 1:53.649
8 LMP1 #37 Intersport Racing Jon Field 1:55.209
9 GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Joey Hand 2:06.950
10 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller 2:07.073
11 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister 2:07.362
12 GT2 #3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen 2:07.387
13 GT2 #4 Corvette Racing Olivier Beretta 2:07.619
14 GT2 #87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport Wolf Henzler 2:07.740
15 GT2 #62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 2:07.740
16 GT2 #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 2:08.188
17 GT2 #21 Panoz Team PTG Dominik Farnbacher 2:08.800
18 GT2 #11 Primetime Race Group Chris Hall 2:08.822
19 GT2 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 2:13.501
20 Chal #47 Orbit Racing Guy Cosmo 2:16.098
21 Chal #57 Snow Racing Martin Snow 2:17.202
22 Chal #08 Orbit Racing Bill Sweedler 2:18.289
23 Chal #36 Gruppe Orange Bob Faieta 2:18.970
24 Chal #02 Gruppe Orange Donald Pickering 2:20.554
25 Chal #05 GMG Racing Did Not Participate
26 LMP1 #48 Corsa Motorsports Did Not Participate

Race

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Race result

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Class winners are marked 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 9   Patrón Highcroft Racing   David Brabham
  Scott Sharp
Acura ARX-02a M 71
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
2 LMP1 66   de Ferran Motorsports   Gil de Ferran
  Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-02a M 71
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
3 LMP2 15   Lowe's Fernández Racing   Adrian Fernández
  Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B M 71
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4 LMP2 20   Dyson Racing Team   Butch Leitzinger
  Marino Franchitti
Lola B08/86 M 71
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
5 LMP2 6   Team Cytosport   Greg Pickett
  Klaus Graf
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 71
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6 LMP1 37   Intersport Racing   Jon Field
  Clint Field
Lola B06/10 D 71
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
7 LMP1 48   Corsa Motorsports   Johnny Mowlem
  Stefan Johansson
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS D 70
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8
8 LMP1 12   Autocon Motorsports   Bryan Willman
  Chris McMurry
Lola B06/10 D 70
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
9 GT2 90   BMW Rahal Letterman Racing   Bill Auberlen
  Joey Hand
BMW M3 GT2 D 69
BMW 4.0 L V8
10 GT2 92   BMW Rahal Letterman Racing   Tommy Milner
  Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GT2 D 68
BMW 4.0 L V8
11 GT2 3   Corvette Racing   Johnny O'Connell
  Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 68
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
12 GT2 45   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Patrick Long
  Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 68
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GT2 62   Risi Competizione   Jaime Melo
  Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari F430GT M 68
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14 GT2 4   Corvette Racing   Oliver Gavin
  Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 67
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
15 GT2 40   Robertson Racing   David Robertson
  Andrea Robertson
  David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk. VII D 66
Ford 5.0 L V8
16 GT2 44   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Darren Law
  Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 65
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 Chal 57   Snow Racing   Martin Snow
  Melanie Snow
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 63
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18 GT2 11   Primetime Race Group   Joel Feinberg
  Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe D 63
Dodge 8.3 L V10
19 Chal 02   Gruppe Orange   Nick Parker
  Donald Pickering
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 62
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20 Chal 36   Gruppe Orange   Wesley Hoaglund
  Bob Faieta
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 62
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21 Chal 47   Orbit Racing   Guy Cosmo
  John Baker
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 61
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
22 Chal 08   Orbit Racing   Ed Brown
  Bill Sweedler
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 61
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
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DNF
GT2 87   Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports   Wolf Henzler
  Bryce Miller
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 56
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GT2 21   Panoz Team PTG   Ian James
  Dominik Farnbacher
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 54
Ford 5.0 L V8
25
DNF
LMP2 16   Dyson Racing Team   Chris Dyson
  Guy Smith
Lola B09/86 M 50
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
DNQ Chal 05   GMG Racing   Bret Curtis
  James Sofranos
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6

References

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  1. ^ "ALMS Qualifying" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-08-15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  2. ^ "ALMS Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-08-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2009-08-16.


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