2009 Road Race Showcase

The 2009 Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase was the seventh round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 16, 2009. David Brabham and Scott Sharp won for Patrón Highcroft Racing, while fellow Acura team Lowe's Fernández Racing won the LMP2 category. BMW Rahal Letterman Racing won their first race of the season in the GT2 category, while Snow Racing led the ALMS Challenge class.

Report

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[1]

Pos	Class	Team	Qualifying Driver	Lap Time
1	LMP1	#66 de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran	1:48.216
2	LMP1	#9 Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham	1:49.039
3	LMP2	#20 Dyson Racing Team	Marino Franchitti	1:51.010
4	LMP2	#15 Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández	1:51.222
5	LMP2	#16 Dyson Racing Team	Guy Smith	1:51.832
6	LMP2	#6 Team CytoSport	Klaus Graf	1:51.922
7	LMP1	#12 Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry	1:53.649
8	LMP1	#37 Intersport Racing	Jon Field	1:55.209
9	GT2	#90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Joey Hand	2:06.950
10	GT2	#92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Dirk Müller	2:07.073
11	GT2	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister	2:07.362
12	GT2	#3 Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	2:07.387
13	GT2	#4 Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta	2:07.619
14	GT2	#87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport	Wolf Henzler	2:07.740
15	GT2	#62 Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo	2:07.740
16	GT2	#40 Robertson Racing	David Murry	2:08.188
17	GT2	#21 Panoz Team PTG	Dominik Farnbacher	2:08.800
18	GT2	#11 Primetime Race Group	Chris Hall	2:08.822
19	GT2	#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman	2:13.501
20	Chal	#47 Orbit Racing	Guy Cosmo	2:16.098
21	Chal	#57 Snow Racing	Martin Snow	2:17.202
22	Chal	#08 Orbit Racing	Bill Sweedler	2:18.289
23	Chal	#36 Gruppe Orange	Bob Faieta	2:18.970
24	Chal	#02 Gruppe Orange	Donald Pickering	2:20.554
25	Chal	#05 GMG Racing	Did Not Participate
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).^[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Scott Sharp	Acura ARX-02a	M	71
					Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
2	LMP1	66	de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-02a	M	71
					Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
3	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz	Acura ARX-01B	M	71
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing Team	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti	Lola B08/86	M	71
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
5	LMP2	6	Team Cytosport	Greg Pickett Klaus Graf	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	71
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field	Lola B06/10	D	71
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
7	LMP1	48	Corsa Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem Stefan Johansson	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS	D	70
					Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8
8	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Bryan Willman Chris McMurry	Lola B06/10	D	70
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
9	GT2	90	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand	BMW M3 GT2	D	69
					BMW 4.0 L V8
10	GT2	92	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Tommy Milner Dirk Müller	BMW M3 GT2	D	68
					BMW 4.0 L V8
11	GT2	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	68
					Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
12	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	68
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430GT	M	68
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14	GT2	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	67
					Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
15	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	D	66
					Ford 5.0 L V8
16	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	65
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17	Chal	57	Snow Racing	Martin Snow Melanie Snow	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	63
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	D	63
					Dodge 8.3 L V10
19	Chal	02	Gruppe Orange	Nick Parker Donald Pickering	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	62
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20	Chal	36	Gruppe Orange	Wesley Hoaglund Bob Faieta	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	62
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21	Chal	47	Orbit Racing	Guy Cosmo John Baker	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	61
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
22	Chal	08	Orbit Racing	Ed Brown Bill Sweedler	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	61
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
23 DNF	GT2	87	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Wolf Henzler Bryce Miller	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	56
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Ian James Dominik Farnbacher	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Y	54
					Ford 5.0 L V8
25 DNF	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Lola B09/86	M	50
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
DNQ	Chal	05	GMG Racing	Bret Curtis James Sofranos	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	–
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6

References

1. "ALMS Qualifying" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
2. "ALMS Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-08-16. Retrieved 2009-08-16.