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.
PosClassTeamQualifying DriverLap Time
1LMP1#66 de [Ferran Motorsports]Simon Pagenaud1:30.645
2LMP1#9 Patrón Highcroft RacingDavid Brabham1:31.381
3LMP2#15 Lowe's Fernandez RacingLuis Diaz1:32.749
4LMP2#20 Dyson RacingButch Leitzinger1:33.513
5LMP2#16 Dyson RacingChris Dyson1:33.685
6LMP1#48 Corsa MotorsportsJohnny Mowlem1:34.957
7LMP1#37 Intersport RacingJon Field1:35.471
8LMP1#12 Autocon MotorsportsMichael Lewis1:36.401
9GT2#45 Flying Lizard MotorsportsJörg Bergmeister1:47.120
10GT2#62 Risi CompetizioneJaime Melo1:47.265
11GT2#87 Farnbacher-Loles MotorsportsWolf Henzler1:47.319
12GT2#92 BMW Rahal Letterman RacingDirk Müller1:48.314
13GT2#18 T-Mobile VICI RacingNicky Pastorelli1:48.599
14GT2#90 BMW Rahal Letterman RacingJoey Hand1:48.628
15GT2#21 Panoz Team PTGDominik Farnbacher1:49.084
16GT2#40 Robertson RacingDavid Murry1:49.888
17GT2#44 Flying Lizard MotorsportsSeth Neiman1:52.709
18GT2#11 Primetime Race GroupJoel Feinberg1:53.032
19Chal#02 Gruppe OrangeCarl Skerlong1:56.166
20Chal#57 Snow RacingMartin Snow1:56.172
21Chal#36 Gruppe OrangeBob Faieta1:56.248
22Chal#08 Orbit RacingBill Sweedler1:57.500
23Chal#47 Orbit RacingJohn Baker2:00.085

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.
PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
PosClassNoTeamDriversEngineTireLaps
1LMP166