2009 Northeast Grand Prix


The 2009 American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Lime Rock Park, Connecticut on July 18, 2009.
The race was won by Simon Pagenaud and Gil de Ferran in the de Ferran Motorsports Acura, their third American Le Mans Series victory in a row. Dyson Racing Team earned their first victory with Mazda in the LMP2 category, overcoming several mechanical issues during the race. Flying Lizard Motorsports continued their season streak with their fourth consecutive win, while Gruppe Orange won in the ALMS Challenge category.
Corsa Motorsports also became the first American Le Mans Series competitor to utilize a hybrid electric drivetrain on their Le Mans Prototype during an event, eventually completing the race in third position.

Report

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Race

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified.
PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
PosClassNoTeamDriversEngineTireLaps
1LMP166 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran
Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-02a184
1LMP166 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran
Simon Pagenaud
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8184
2LMP19 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham
Scott Sharp
Acura ARX-02a184
2LMP19 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham
Scott Sharp
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8184
3LMP148 Corsa Motorsports Johnny Mowlem
Stefan Johansson
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS177
3LMP148 Corsa Motorsports Johnny Mowlem
Stefan Johansson
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8177
4LMP220 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger
Marino Franchitti
Lola B09/86172
4LMP220 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger
Marino Franchitti
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4172
5GT245 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long
Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR167
5GT245 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long
Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6167
6LMP112 Autocon Motorsports Tony Burgess
Chris McMurry
Lola B06/10166
6LMP112 Autocon Motorsports Tony Burgess
Chris McMurry
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8166
7LMP215 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández
Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B166
7LMP215 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández
Luis Díaz
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8166
8GT262 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo
Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari F430GT166
8GT262 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo
Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari 4.0 L V8166
9GT290 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen
Joey Hand
BMW M3 GT2166
9GT290 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen
Joey Hand
BMW 4.0 L V8166
10GT287 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler
Bryce Miller
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR165
10GT287 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler
Bryce Miller
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6165
11GT218 T-Mobile VICI Racing Johannes Stuck
Richard Westbrook
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR163
11GT218 T-Mobile VICI Racing Johannes Stuck
Richard Westbrook
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6163
12GT221 Panoz Team PTG Ian James
Dominik Farnbacher
Panoz Esperante GT-LM163
12GT221 Panoz Team PTG Ian James
Dominik Farnbacher
Ford 5.0 L V8163
13GT244 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek
Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR159
13GT244 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek
Seth Neiman
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6159
14GT211 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg
Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe158
14GT211 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg
Chris Hall
Dodge 8.3 L V10158
15LMP219 van der Steur Racing Gunnar van der Steur
Adam Pecorari
Radical SR9157
15LMP219 van der Steur Racing Gunnar van der Steur
Adam Pecorari
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4157
16GT240 Robertson Racing David Robertson
Andrea Robertson
David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk. VII153
16GT240 Robertson Racing David Robertson
Andrea Robertson
David Murry
Ford 5.0 L V8153
17Chal36 Gruppe Orange Wesley Hoaglund
Bob Faieta
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup149
17Chal36 Gruppe Orange Wesley Hoaglund
Bob Faieta
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6149
18Chal08 Orbit Racing Ed Brown
Bill Sweedler
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup146
18Chal08 Orbit Racing Ed Brown
Bill Sweedler
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6146
19Chal02 Gruppe Orange Nick Parker
Donald Pickering
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup144
19Chal02 Gruppe Orange Nick Parker
Donald Pickering
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6144
20Chal57 Snow Racing Martin Snow
Melanie Snow
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup142
20Chal57 Snow Racing Martin Snow
Melanie Snow
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6142
21GT292 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Tommy Milner
Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GT2142
21GT292 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Tommy Milner
Dirk Müller
BMW 4.0 L V8142
22
DNF
LMP137 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field
Lola B06/10138
22
DNF
LMP137 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8138
23
DNF
LMP216 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson
Guy Smith
Lola B09/8663
23
DNF
LMP216 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson
Guy Smith
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I463
24
DNF
Chal47 Orbit Racing Guy Cosmo
John Baker
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup52
24
DNF
Chal47 Orbit Racing Guy Cosmo
John Baker
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-652