2009 Utah Grand Prix

The 2009 Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels was the fourth round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Miller Motorsports Park, Utah on May 17, 2009. The race featured the debut of a new category of vehicles for the American Le Mans Series known as the ALMS Challenge, featuring Porsche 997 GT3 Cup cars from the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge.

Report

Qualifying

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	Simon Pagenaud	1:30.645
2	LMP1	#9 Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham	1:31.381
3	LMP2	#15 Lowe's Fernandez Racing	Luis Diaz	1:32.749
4	LMP2	#20 Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger	1:33.513
5	LMP2	#16 Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson	1:33.685
6	LMP1	#48 Corsa Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem	1:34.957
7	LMP1	#37 Intersport Racing	Jon Field	1:35.471
8	LMP1	#12 Autocon Motorsports	Michael Lewis	1:36.401
9	GT2	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister	1:47.120
10	GT2	#62 Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo	1:47.265
11	GT2	#87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Wolf Henzler	1:47.319
12	GT2	#92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Dirk Müller	1:48.314
13	GT2	#18 T-Mobile VICI Racing	Nicky Pastorelli	1:48.599
14	GT2	#90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Joey Hand	1:48.628
15	GT2	#21 Panoz Team PTG	Dominik Farnbacher	1:49.084
16	GT2	#40 Robertson Racing	David Murry	1:49.888
17	GT2	#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman	1:52.709
18	GT2	#11 Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg	1:53.032
19	Chal	#02 Gruppe Orange	Carl Skerlong	1:56.166
20	Chal	#57 Snow Racing	Martin Snow	1:56.172
21	Chal	#36 Gruppe Orange	Bob Faieta	1:56.248
22	Chal	#08 Orbit Racing	Bill Sweedler	1:57.500
23	Chal	#47 Orbit Racing	John Baker	2:00.085

Race

The team of de Ferran Motorsport won their second straight ALMS race at the track where the team made their debut in 2008. Lowe's Fernández Racing continued their sweep of the LMP2 category with another victory, but led the #20 Dyson Racing entry across the finish line by less than six tenths of a second. Flying Lizard Motorsports also continued their winning ways with their third straight victory on the season, leading the fellow Porsche of Farnbacher-Loles. The partnership of Martin and Melanie Snow won the inaugural ALMS Challenge race, thanks in part to the disqualification of the two Orbit Racing entries for an illegal ride height.

Race result

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

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	66	de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-02a	M	103
					Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
2	LMP1	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Scott Sharp David Brabham	Acura ARX-02a	M	103
					Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
3	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Luis Díaz Adrian Fernández	Acura ARX-01B	M	100
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing	Marino Franchitti Butch Leitzinger	Lola B08/86	M	100
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
5	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Chapman Ducote	Lola B06/10	D	93
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
6	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Lola B09/86	M	92
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
7	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	90
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
8	GT2	87	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	90
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Pierre Kaffer Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GT	M	89
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
10	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Ian James Dominik Farnbacher	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Y	89
					Ford 5.0 L V8
11	GT2	18	T-Mobile VICI Racing	Nicky Pastorelli Johannes Stuck	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	88
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	87
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13	LMP1	48	Corsa Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem Stefan Johansson	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS	M	87
					Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8
14	GT2	92	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Tommy Milner Dirk Müller	BMW M3 GT2	D	85
					BMW 4.0 L V8
15	GT2	90	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand	BMW M3 GT2	D	83
					BMW 4.0 L V8
16 DNF	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Chris Hall Joel Feinberg	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	D	82
					Dodge 8.3 L V10
17	Chal	57	Snow Racing	Melanie Snow Martin Snow	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	82
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Murry Andrea Robertson David Robertson	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	D	81
					Ford 5.0 L V8
19 DNF	Chal	02	Gruppe Orange	Carl Skerlong Nick Parker	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	57
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20 DNF	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Michael Lewis Bryan Willman	Lola B06/10	D	40
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
21 DNF	Chal	36	Gruppe Orange	Bob Faieta Wesley Hoaglund	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	37
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
DSQ	Chal	47	Orbit Racing	Jon Baker Guy Cosmo	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	82
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
DSQ	Chal	08	Orbit Racing	Ed Brown Bill Sweedler	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	80
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6