2009 Petit Le Mans

Sportscar endurance race in Georgia, US February 2025 thumb|269x269px|The Track map of Road Atlanta The 2009 Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda6 was the twelfth running of the Petit Le Mans and the ninth round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia, on September 26, 2009. Originally scheduled to run for a distance of 1000 mi km or a time of ten hours, the race was stopped after four hours due to heavy rains. The race was not restarted and the results were determined from the final lap prior to the stoppage.http://www.americanlemans.com/index_news.php?n=13880 Peugeot wins a wet Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta American Le Mans Series September 26, 2009 September 26, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090930085232/http://www.americanlemans.com/index_news.php?n=13880 September 30, 2009 When race officials decided to not restart the event Nicolas Minassian and Stéphane Sarrazin of the #08 Peugeot were declared the winners, leading their team car #07. Audi, who had won this race every year since 2000, finished in third and fourth places. This race was the first time Audi lost at Petit Le Mans since its first run since 2000. This was also the first time that neither of the Volkswagen Group marques (Audi and Porsche) won (or finished in the top two, in all cases) its classes. In the LMP2 category Dyson Racing Team won their second race of the season with the #20 Lola-Mazda of Marino Franchitti, Ben Devlin, and Butch Leitzinger ranking 13th overall and 29 laps ahead of their nearest class competitor. The GT2 category was won by Risi Competizione Ferrari leading the Rahal Letterman Racing BMW and Farnbacher-Loles Porsche on the podium. During Thursday practice on September 24, which took place in dry, sunny conditions, Scott Sharp had a violent crash in the Acura ARX-02a exiting turn one after making contact with the Farnbacher-Loles Porsche entry, which was leaving the pits. Sharp's car turned on its left side, hit the fence, then barrel-rolled three-and-a-half times before landing right-side up. Sharp walked away from the incident. On Friday, September 25, at 9:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, a new tub arrived from the Honda Performance Development Center in Los Angeles.– Scott Sharp Incredible Wreck Petit Le Mans 9-24-09 The Highcroft Racing team then spent the next 24 hours rebuilding the car, getting some assistance from archrival de Ferran Motorsports. The team only used 10 percent of the parts from the original car, and were forced to start the race from pit road. Report Qualifying Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. http://americanlemans.com/events/current/results/07%20PLM%20Provisional%20Grid.pdf ALMS Qualifying Result International Motor Sports Association PDF 2009-09-25 2009-09-25 October 2010 H3llBot Pos Class Team Qualifying Driver Lap Time 1 LMP1 #07 Team Peugeot Total Nicolas Minassian 1:06.937 2 LMP1 #08 Team Peugeot Total Franck Montagny 1:07.160 3 LMP1 #2 Audi Sport Team Joest Rinaldo Capello 1:08.200 4 LMP1 #1 Audi Sport North America Lucas Luhr 1:08.228 5 LMP1 #66 de Ferran Motorsports Simon Pagenaud 1:08.348 6 LMP1 #7 Team Oreca Matmut AIM Nicolas Lapierre 1:09.566 7 LMP1 #37 Intersport Racing Jon Field 1:09.685 8 LMP2 #20 Dyson Racing Team Marino Franchitti 1:10.152 9 LMP1 #88 Drayson Racing Jonny Cocker 1:10.552 10 LMP2 #6 Team Cytosport Klaus Graf 1:11.405 11 LMP2 #15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández 1:11.758 12 LMP1 #12 Autocon Motorsports Chris McMurry 1:12.676 13 GT2 #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 1:20.819 14 GT2 #28 LG Motorsports Tom Sutherland 1:20.877 15 GT2 #4 Corvette Racing Olivier Beretta 1:20.912 16 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller 1:20.981 17 GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Joey Hand 1:21.219 18 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long 1:21.299 19 GT2 #3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell 1:21.491 20 GT2 #21 Panoz Team PTG Dominik Farnbacher 1:21.648 21 GT2 #87 Farnbacher-Loles Racing Wolf Henzler 1:21.760 22 GT2 #62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 1:22.718 23 GT2 #17 Team Falken Tires Bryan Sellers 1:23.081 24 GT2 #11 Primetime Race Group Chris Hall 1:23.121 25 GT2 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 1:25.601 – LMP1 #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing Did Not Participate – LMP1 #10 ECO Racing Did Not Participate – UNC #16 Dyson Racing Team Did Not Participate – LMP2 #19 van der Steur Racing Did Not Participate Race Race result Class winners are marked in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC). http://www.imsaracing.net/2009/events/petit/results/Final%20Race%20ALMS%20Petit.pdf ALMS Final Race Results International Motor Sports Association PDF 2009-09-26 2009-09-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120330000900/http://www.imsaracing.net/2009/events/petit/results/Final%20Race%20ALMS%20Petit.pdf 2012-03-30 dead Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 LMP1 08 FRA Team Peugeot Total FRA Franck MontagnyFRA Stéphane Sarrazin Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Michelin 184 Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 2 LMP1 07 FRA Team Peugeot Total FRA Nicolas MinassianPOR Pedro Lamy Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Michelin 184 Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 3 LMP1 2 DEU Audi Sport Team Joest GBR Allan McNishITA Rinaldo Capello Audi R15 TDI Michelin 184 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10(Diesel) 4 LMP1 1 DEU Audi Sport North America DEU Marco WernerDEU Lucas Luhr Audi R15 TDI Michelin 183 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10(Diesel) 5 LMP1 7 FRA Team Oreca Matmut AIM FRA Nicolas LapierreFRA Olivier PanisFRA Romain Dumas Oreca 01 Michelin 181 AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10 6 LMP1 9 USA Patrón Highcroft Racing AUS David BrabhamUSA Scott SharpGBR Dario Franchitti Acura ARX-02a Michelin 180 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 7 UNC 16 USA Dyson Racing Team USA Chris DysonGBR Guy Smith Lola B09/86 Michelin 177 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Butanol) 8 GT2 62 USA Risi Competizione BRA Jaime MeloDEU Pierre KafferFIN Mika Salo Ferrari F430GT Michelin 170 Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8 9 GT2 92 USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing USA Tommy MilnerDEU Dirk MüllerDEU Jörg Müller BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 169 BMW S65 4.0 L V8 10 GT2 87 USA Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports DEU Wolf HenzlerDEU Dirk Werner Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 169 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GT2 4 USA Corvette Racing GBR Oliver GavinMON Olivier BerettaSUI Marcel Fässler Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 169 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 12 GT2 45 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Patrick LongDEU Jörg BergmeisterDEU Marc Lieb Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 169 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 13 LMP2 20 USA Dyson Racing Team USA Butch LeitzingerGBR Marino FranchittiGBR Ben Devlin Lola B08/86 Michelin 168 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 14 GT2 3 USA Corvette Racing USA Johnny O'ConnellDEN Jan MagnussenESP Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 168 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 15 GT2 44 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Darren LawUSA Seth NeimanUSA Johannes van Overbeek Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 162 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 16 GT2 28 USA LG Motorsports USA Tom SutherlandUSA Tomy DrissiUSA Matt Bell Chevrolet Corvette C6 Dunlop 157 Chevrolet LS3 6.3 L V8 17DNF LMP1 37 USA Intersport Racing USA Jon FieldUSA Clint Field Lola B06/10 Dunlop 152 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 18 GT2 21 USA Panoz Team PTG link=United_Kingdom|alt=United Kingdom|class=mw-file-element|23x23px Ian JamesDEU Dominik Farnbacher Panoz Esperante GT-LM Yokohama 152 Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8 19DNF LMP1 12 USA Autocon Motorsports USA Bryan WillmanUSA Chris McMurryCAN Tony Burgess Lola B06/10 Dunlop 144 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 20 GT2 40 USA Robertson Racing USA David RobertsonUSA Andrea RobertsonUSA David Murry Ford GT-R Mk. VII Dunlop 142 Ford 5.0 L V8 21 LMP2 15 MEX Lowe's Fernández Racing MEX Adrian FernándezMEX Luis Díaz Acura ARX-01B Michelin 139 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 22 LMP2 6 USA Team Cytosport USA Greg PickettDEU Klaus GrafDEU Sascha Maassen Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 136 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 23 GT2 17 USA Team Falken Tire USA Bryan SellersUSA Dominic Cicero Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Falken 136 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 24 LMP1 66 USA de Ferran Motorsports BRA Gil de FerranFRA Simon PagenaudNZL Scott Dixon Acura ARX-02a Michelin 136 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 25 GT2 90 USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing USA Bill AuberlenUSA Joey HandGBR Andy Priaulx BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 133 BMW S65 4.0 L V8 26DNF GT2 11 USA Primetime Race Group USA Joel FeinbergGBR Chris Hall Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Yokohama 129 Dodge Viper 8.3 L V10 27NC LMP1 88 GBR Drayson Racing GBR Paul DraysonGBR Jonny CockerGBR Rob Bell Lola B09/60 Michelin 123 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 DNS LMP1 10 GBR ECO Racing JPN Hideki NodaARG José Manuel BalbianiRSA Dion von Moltke Radical SR9 Dunlop – ECO (AER) 5.0 L Turbo V10(Diesel) DNS LMP2 19 USA van der Steur Racing USA Gunnar van der SteurUSA Adam PecorariUSA Robbie Pecorari Radical SR9 Kumho – AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 References 2008 2009 2010 2009 American Le Mans Series 2009 Grand Prix of Mosport 2009 Monterey Sports Car Championships Petit Le Mans Category:Petit Le Mans Category:2009 in American motorsport Category:September 2009 sports events in the United States