The 2009 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was the third round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Long Beach Street Circuit, California on April 18, 2009.

The de Ferran Motorsports Acura team earned their first victory in the series, leading the Highcroft Racing Acura to the finish. Fernández Racing Acura also won the LMP2 category for their third straight race while the #4 Chevrolet Corvette of Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta won Corvette Racing's final appearance in the GT1 category in the American Le Mans Series. Flying Lizard Motorsports won their second straight GT2 class victory after early leader Farnbacher-Loles suffered a suspension failure on circuit.

Report

Qualifying

Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class Team Qualifying Driver Lap Time 1 LMP1 #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham 1:11.627 2 LMP1 #66 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran 1:11.699 3 LMP2 #15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández 1:13.134 4 LMP2 #16 Dyson Racing Team Guy Smith 1:13.378 5 LMP2 #20 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger 1:13.763 6 LMP1 #37 Intersport Racing John Field 1:15.303 7 LMP1 #12 Autocon Motorsports Michael Lewis 1:16.470 8 GT1 #4 Corvette Racing Olivier Beretta 1:17.952 9 GT1 #3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell 1:18.144 10 GT2 #87 Farnbacher-Loles Racing Wolf Henzler 1:20.368 11 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long 1:20.577 12 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller 1:21.300 13 GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Joey Hand 1:21.382 14 GT2 #18 VICI Racing Richard Westbrook 1:21.805 15 GT2 #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 1:22.044 16 GT2 #17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers 1:22.222 17 GT2 #28 LG Motorsports Boris Said 1:22.334 18 GT2 #11 Primetime Race Group Chris Hall 1:22.519 19 GT2 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 1:25.023 20 GT2 #21 Panoz Team PTG Dominik Farnbacher 1:25.096 – GT2 #62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 1:20.111† † – The #62 Risi Competizione Ferrari's times were not allowed as the car failed post-qualifying inspection due to being below the minimum ride height.

Race

Race results 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 76 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 2 LMP1 9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham Scott Sharp Acura ARX-02a 76 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 3 LMP2 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz Acura ARX-01B 75 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 4 LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Guy Smith Lola B09/86 75 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 5 LMP2 20 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti Lola B08/86 74 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 GT1 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 73 Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 7 LMP1 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field Clint Field Chapman Ducote Lola B06/10 71 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 8 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 71 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 9 GT2 62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer Ferrari F430GT 71 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 10 GT2 92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Tommy Milner Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT2 70 BMW 4.0 L V8 11 GT2 18 T-Mobile VICI Racing Richard Westbrook Johannes Stuck Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 70 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 70 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GT2 21 Panoz Team PTG Ian James Dominik Farnbacher Panoz Esperante GT-LM 69 Ford 5.0 L V8 14 GT2 11 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg Chris Hall Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 68 Dodge 8.3 L V10 15 LMP1 12 Autocon Motorsports Michael Lewis Bryan Willman Lola B06/10 67 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 16 GT2 90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen Joey Hand BMW M3 GT2 67 BMW 4.0 L V8 17 GT2 40 Robertson Racing David Robertson David Murry Ford GT-R Mk. VII 67 Ford 5.0 L V8 18 GT2 87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler Dirk Werner Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 67 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19DNF GT2 28 LG Motorsports Lou Giglotti Boris Said Chevrolet Corvette C6 64 Chevrolet LS3 6.3 L V8 20DNF GT2 17 Team Falken Tire Landmark Motorsports Bryan Sellers Dominic Cicero Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 43 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21DNF GT1 3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 42 Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8

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