2009 Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg

February 2025 thumb|right|230px|St. Petersburg Street Circuit The 2009 Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg was the second round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida on April 4, 2009. The Acura ARX-02a earned its first overall victory under the Patrón Highcroft Racing team after early leader de Ferran Motorsports suffered mechanical issues. Acura also won the LMP2 category with Lowe's Fernández Racing, while GT2 was won by the Porsche of Flying Lizard Motorsports. Report Qualifying In qualifying solely for the GT2 category, due to the lack of GT1 class competitors for this event, Jaime Melo in the Risi Competizione Ferrari led the pack before a red flag stopped the session due to an incident involving eventual fifth place qualifier Patrick Long in the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche. Farnbacher-Loles and the two BMWs completed the top of the GT2 grid. In prototype qualifying the Acura of Simon Pagenaud dominated by earning de Ferran Motorsports a pole position by nearly a second over the other Acura of Patrón Highcroft Racing. Acura also led the LMP2 category as the Lowe's Fernández Racing car was piloted by Luis Díaz to third overall, beating the closest Dyson Lola-Mazda by three tenths of a second. Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. http://www.imsaracing.net/2009/events/st%20pete/Qualifying%20ALMS%20StPete.pdf ALMS Qualifying International Motor Sports Association 2009-04-04 2009-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20090419103522/http://www.imsaracing.net/2009/events/st%20pete/Qualifying%20ALMS%20StPete.pdf 19 April 2009 dead Pos Class Team Qualifying Driver Lap Time 1 LMP1 #66 de Ferran Motorsports Simon Pagenaud 1:03.776 2 LMP1 #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing Scott Sharp 1:04.722 3 LMP2 #15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Luis Díaz 1:05.178 4 LMP2 #16 Dyson Racing Team Guy Smith 1:05.464 5 LMP2 #20 Dyson Racing Team Marino Franchitti 1:05.666 6 LMP1 #37 Intersport Racing Chapman Ducote 1:09.044 7 GT2 #61 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 1:12.892 8 GT2 #87 Farnbacher-Loles Racing Wolf Henzler 1:13.173 9 GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Joey Hand 1:13.267 10 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller 1:13.458 11 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long 1:13.465 12 GT2 #21 Panoz Team PTG Dominik Farnbacher 1:14.109 13 GT2 #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 1:14.281 14 GT2 #28 LG Motorsports Eric Curran 1:14.633 15 GT2 #11 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg 1:15.938 16 GT2 #22 Panoz Team PTG Tom Sutherland 1:15.996 17 GT2 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 1:18.592 Race Race result Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). http://www.imsaracing.net/2009/events/st%20pete/Prov%20Race%20ALMS%20StPete.pdf ALMS Provisional Race Report International Motor Sports Association 2009-04-04 2009-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20120315072057/http://www.imsaracing.net/2009/events/st%20pete/Prov%20Race%20ALMS%20StPete.pdf 2012-03-15 dead Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 LMP1 9 USA Patrón Highcroft Racing AUS David BrabhamUSA Scott Sharp Acura ARX-02a Michelin 93 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 2 LMP2 15 MEX Lowe's Fernández Racing MEX Adrian FernándezMEX Luis Díaz Acura ARX-01B Michelin 93 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 3 LMP2 16 USA Dyson Racing Team USA Chris DysonGBR Guy Smith Lola B09/86 Michelin 92 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 4 LMP2 20 USA Dyson Racing Team USA Butch LeitzingerGBR Marino Franchitti Lola B08/86 Michelin 91 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 5 GT2 45 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Patrick LongDEU Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 88 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 6 LMP1 37 USA Intersport Racing USA Jon FieldUSA Clint FieldUSA Chapman Ducote Lola B06/10 Dunlop 88 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 7 GT2 92 USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing USA Tommy MilnerDEU Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 86 BMW 4.0 L V8 8 GT2 21 USA Panoz Team PTG GBR Ian JamesDEU Dominik Farnbacher Panoz Esperante GT-LM Yokohama 86 Ford 5.0 L V8 9 GT2 28 USA LG Motorsports USA Lou GiglottiUSA Eric Curran Chevrolet Corvette C6 Dunlop 85 Chevrolet LS3 6.3 L V8 10 GT2 44 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Darren LawUSA Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 84 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GT2 40 USA Robertson Racing USA David RobertsonUSA Andrea RobertsonUSA David Murry Ford GT-R Mk. VII Dunlop 83 Ford 5.0 L V8 12 GT2 87 USA Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports DEU Wolf HenzlerDEU Dirk Werner Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 74 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13DNF LMP1 66 USA de Ferran Motorsports BRA Gil de FerranFRA Simon Pagenaud Acura ARX-02a Michelin 66 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 14DNF GT2 11 USA Primetime Race Group USA Joel FeinbergGBR Chris Hall Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Dunlop 38 Dodge 8.3 L V10 15DNF GT2 22 USA Panoz Team PTG USA Tom SutherlandUSA Ryan Phinny Panoz Esperante GT-LM Yokohama 38 Ford 5.0 L V8 16DNF GT2 90 USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing USA Bill AuberlenUSA Joey Hand BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 28 BMW 4.0 L V8 17DNF GT2 62 USA Risi Competizione BRA Jaime MeloDEU Pierre Kaffer Ferrari F430GT Michelin 27 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 References 2009 American Le Mans Series 12 Hours of Sebring American Le Mans Series at Long Beach Saint Petersburg Category:Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Category:2009 in sports in Florida Category:April 2009 sports events in the United States Category:2000s in St. Petersburg, Florida