The 2009 Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio was the sixth round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio on August 8, 2009. Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud won their fourth consecutive race, beating the Highcroft Racing Acura by 8.3 seconds. After losing out at the previous round at Lime Rock Park, Fernández Racing Acura won the LMP2 category for the fifth time this season, ahead of class newcomer Team Cytosport's Porsche RS Spyder. Flying Lizard Motorsports also continued their winning streak by claiming the GT2 class victory, beating the debuting revamped Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R. Martin and Melanie Snow won the ALMS Challenge class by a gap of two laps over the second place Orbit Racing Porsche.

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Qualifying Gil de Ferran, driving the car of his own team, claimed pole position for Mid-Ohio by outpacing David Brabham's Highcroft car by less than .07 seconds. Acura also led the LMP2 category with Fernández Racing leading the two Dyson Racing Team entries. Jörg Bergmeister led Flying Lizard Motorsports to the top of the GT2 category, ahead of Jaime Melo's Risi Ferrari. Professional driver Guy Cosmo put the Orbit Racing Porsche on pole within the Challenge class.

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 Gil de Ferran 1:09.443 2 LMP1 #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham 1:09.512 3 LMP2 #15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Luis Díaz 1:10.464 4 LMP2 #16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson 1:10.498 5 LMP2 #20 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger 1:11.042 6 LMP2 #6 Team Cytosport Klaus Graf 1:11.404 7 LMP1 #37 Intersport Racing Jon Field 1:12.145 8 LMP2 #19 van der Steur Racing Adam Pecorari 1:15.898 9 LMP1 #12 Autocon Motorsports Tomy Drissi 1:16.153 10 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister 1:21.022 11 GT2 #62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 1:21.287 12 GT2 #3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen 1:21.454 13 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller 1:21.516 14 GT2 #78 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport Wolf Henzler 1:21.557 15 GT2 #4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 1:21.571 16 GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Joey Hand 1:21.607 17 GT2 #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 1:22.092 18 GT2 #21 PTG Team Panoz Dominik Farnbacher 1:22.259 19 GT2 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 1:26.003 20 Chal #47 Orbit Racing Guy Cosmo 1:27.070 21 Chal #88 Velox Motorsport Shane Lewis 1:27.203 22 Chal #08 Orbit Racing Bill Sweedler 1:28.247 23 Chal #57 Snow Racing Martin Snow 1:28.337 24 Chal #36 Gruppe Orange Bob Faieta 1:28.423 25 Chal #02 Gruppe Orange Donald Pickering 1:29.470 26 LMP1 #48 Corsa Motorsports Did Not Participate

Race

Race result Class winners are marked 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 118 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 2 LMP1 9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham Scott Sharp Acura ARX-02a 118 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 3 LMP2 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz Acura ARX-01B 116 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 4 LMP2 6 Team Cytosport Greg Pickett Klaus Graf Porsche RS Spyder Evo 116 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 5 LMP1 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field Clint Field Lola B06/10 115 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 6 LMP1 48 Corsa Motorsports Johnny Mowlem Stefan Johansson Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS 114 Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8 7 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 108 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 8 GT2 3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 108 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 9 GT2 92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Tommy Milner Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT2 107 BMW 4.0 L V8 10 GT2 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 107 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 11 GT2 62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer Ferrari F430GT 107 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 12 GT2 87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler Martin Ragginger Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 107 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GT2 21 Panoz Team PTG Ian James Dominik Farnbacher Panoz Esperante GT-LM 107 Ford 5.0 L V8 14 GT2 90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen Joey Hand BMW M3 GT2 106 BMW 4.0 L V8 15 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 104 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 GT2 40 Robertson Racing David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry Ford GT-R Mk. VII 102 Ford 5.0 L V8 17DNF LMP2 20 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti Lola B08/86 100 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 18 Chal 57 Snow Racing Martin Snow Melanie Snow Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 100 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 19 Chal 47 Orbit Racing Guy Cosmo John Baker Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 98 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 20 Chal 36 Gruppe Orange Wesley Hoaglund Bob Faieta Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 98 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 21 Chal 88 Velox Motorsport Shane Lewis Gerry Ventos Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 96 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 22NC LMP2 19 van der Steur Racing Gunnar van der Steur Adam Pecorari Radical SR9 80 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 23DNF Chal 02 Gruppe Orange Nick Parker Donald Pickering Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 77 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 24DNF LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Guy Smith Lola B09/86 62 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 25DNF LMP1 12 Autocon Motorsports Bryan Willman Tomy Drissi Lola B06/10 40 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 26DNF Chal 08 Orbit Racing Ed Brown Bill Sweedler Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 0 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6

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