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2009 Northeast Grand Prix

Track map of Lime Rock Park

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.

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Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	Team	Qualifying Driver
LMP1	#66 de Ferran Motorsports	Simon Pagenaud	0:46.971
LMP1	#9 Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham	0:47.345
LMP2	#15 Lowe's Fernandez Racing	Adrian Fernández	0:48.281
LMP2	#20 Dyson Racing	Marino Franchitti	0:48.477
LMP2	#16 Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson	0:48.661
LMP1	#48 Corsa Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem	0:49.464
LMP1	#37 Intersport Racing	Clint Field	0:49.935
LMP1	#12 Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry	0:53.523
GT2	#62 Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo	0:54.665
GT2	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long	0:54.729
GT2	#87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Wolf Henzler	0:55.026
GT2	#90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Joey Hand	0:55.049
GT2	#92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Dirk Müller	0:55.050
GT2	#40 Robertson Racing	David Murry	0:55.118
GT2	#18 T-Mobile VICI Racing	Richard Westbrook	0:55.387
GT2	#21 Panoz Team PTG	Dominik Farnbacher	0:55.542
GT2	#11 Primetime Race Group	Chris Hall	0:56.736
GT2	#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman	0:57.405
Chal	#36 Gruppe Orange	Bob Faieta	0:59.618
Chal	#57 Snow Racing	Martin Snow	0:59.971
Chal	#08 Orbit Racing	Bill Sweedler	1:00.459
Chal	#02 Gruppe Orange	Donald Pickering	1:01.645
LMP2	#19 van der Steur Racing	No Time
Chal	#47 Orbit Racing	No Time

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
DNF	23
DNF	24
DNF
LMP1	66	USA de Ferran Motorsports	BRA Gil de Ferran
FRA Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-02a		184
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
LMP1	9	USA Patrón Highcroft Racing	AUS David Brabham
USA Scott Sharp	Acura ARX-02a		184
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
LMP1	48	USA Corsa Motorsports	GBR Johnny Mowlem
SWE Stefan Johansson	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS		177
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8
LMP2	20	USA Dyson Racing Team	USA Butch Leitzinger
GBR Marino Franchitti	Lola B09/86		172
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
GT2	45	USA Flying Lizard Motorsports	USA Patrick Long
DEU Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		167
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
LMP1	12	USA Autocon Motorsports	CAN Tony Burgess
USA Chris McMurry	Lola B06/10		166
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
LMP2	15	MEX Lowe's Fernández Racing	MEX Adrian Fernández
MEX Luis Díaz	Acura ARX-01B		166
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
GT2	62	USA Risi Competizione	BRA Jaime Melo
DEU Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430GT		166
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	90	USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	USA Bill Auberlen
USA Joey Hand	BMW M3 GT2		166
BMW 4.0 L V8
GT2	87	USA Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	DEU Wolf Henzler
USA Bryce Miller	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		165
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	18	DEU T-Mobile VICI Racing	DEU Johannes Stuck
GBR Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		163
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	21	USA Panoz Team PTG	GBR Ian James
DEU Dominik Farnbacher	Panoz Esperante GT-LM		163
Ford 5.0 L V8
GT2	44	USA Flying Lizard Motorsports	USA Johannes van Overbeek
USA Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		159
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	11	USA Primetime Race Group	USA Joel Feinberg
GBR Chris Hall	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe		158
Dodge 8.3 L V10
LMP2	19	USA van der Steur Racing	USA Gunnar van der Steur
USA Adam Pecorari	Radical SR9		157
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
GT2	40	USA Robertson Racing	USA David Robertson
USA Andrea Robertson
USA David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk. VII		153
Ford 5.0 L V8
Chal	36	USA Gruppe Orange	USA Wesley Hoaglund
USA Bob Faieta	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		149
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
Chal	08	USA Orbit Racing	USA Ed Brown
USA Bill Sweedler	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		146
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
Chal	02	USA Gruppe Orange	USA Nick Parker
USA Donald Pickering	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		144
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
Chal	57	USA Snow Racing	USA Martin Snow
USA Melanie Snow	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		142
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
GT2	92	USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	USA Tommy Milner
DEU Dirk Müller	BMW M3 GT2		142
BMW 4.0 L V8
LMP1	37	USA Intersport Racing	USA Jon Field
USA Clint Field	Lola B06/10		138
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
LMP2	16	USA Dyson Racing Team	USA Chris Dyson
GBR Guy Smith	Lola B09/86		63
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
Chal	47	USA Orbit Racing	USA Guy Cosmo
USA John Baker	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		52
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6

References

(October 2010). "Corsa Ginetta-Zytek to race as a hybrid at Lime Rock". [[American Le Mans Series]].
(2009-07-17). "ALMS Qualifying". [[International Motor Sports Association]].
(2009-07-18). "ALMS Provisional Race Report". [[International Motor Sports Association]].

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