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.

Pos Class Team Qualifying Driver Lap Time 1 LMP1 #66 de Ferran Motorsports Simon Pagenaud 1:30.645 2 LMP1 #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham 1:31.381 3 LMP2 #15 Lowe's Fernandez Racing Luis Diaz 1:32.749 4 LMP2 #20 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger 1:33.513 5 LMP2 #16 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson 1:33.685 6 LMP1 #48 Corsa Motorsports Johnny Mowlem 1:34.957 7 LMP1 #37 Intersport Racing Jon Field 1:35.471 8 LMP1 #12 Autocon Motorsports Michael Lewis 1:36.401 9 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister 1:47.120 10 GT2 #62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 1:47.265 11 GT2 #87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler 1:47.319 12 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller 1:48.314 13 GT2 #18 T-Mobile VICI Racing Nicky Pastorelli 1:48.599 14 GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Joey Hand 1:48.628 15 GT2 #21 Panoz Team PTG Dominik Farnbacher 1:49.084 16 GT2 #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 1:49.888 17 GT2 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 1:52.709 18 GT2 #11 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg 1:53.032 19 Chal #02 Gruppe Orange Carl Skerlong 1:56.166 20 Chal #57 Snow Racing Martin Snow 1:56.172 21 Chal #36 Gruppe Orange Bob Faieta 1:56.248 22 Chal #08 Orbit Racing Bill Sweedler 1:57.500 23 Chal #47 Orbit Racing John Baker 2:00.085

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 (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 LMP1 66 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud Acura ARX-02a 103 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 2 LMP1 9 Patrón Highcroft Racing Scott Sharp David Brabham Acura ARX-02a 103 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 3 LMP2 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Luis Díaz Adrian Fernández Acura ARX-01B 100 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 4 LMP2 20 Dyson Racing Marino Franchitti Butch Leitzinger Lola B08/86 100 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 5 LMP1 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field Clint Field Chapman Ducote Lola B06/10 93 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 6 LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson Guy Smith Lola B09/86 92 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 7 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 90 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 8 GT2 87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 90 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 9 GT2 62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer Jaime Melo Ferrari F430 GT 89 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 10 GT2 21 Panoz Team PTG Ian James Dominik Farnbacher Panoz Esperante GT-LM 89 Ford 5.0 L V8 11 GT2 18 T-Mobile VICI Racing Nicky Pastorelli Johannes Stuck Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 88 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 87 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 LMP1 48 Corsa Motorsports Johnny Mowlem Stefan Johansson Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS 87 Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8 14 GT2 92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Tommy Milner Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT2 85 BMW 4.0 L V8 15 GT2 90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen Joey Hand BMW M3 GT2 83 BMW 4.0 L V8 16DNF GT2 11 Primetime Race Group Chris Hall Joel Feinberg Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 82 Dodge 8.3 L V10 17 Chal 57 Snow Racing Melanie Snow Martin Snow Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 82 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 18 GT2 40 Robertson Racing David Murry Andrea Robertson David Robertson Ford GT-R Mk. VII 81 Ford 5.0 L V8 19DNF Chal 02 Gruppe Orange Carl Skerlong Nick Parker Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 57 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 20DNF LMP1 12 Autocon Motorsports Michael Lewis Bryan Willman Lola B06/10 40 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 21DNF Chal 36 Gruppe Orange Bob Faieta Wesley Hoaglund Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 37 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DSQ Chal 47 Orbit Racing Jon Baker Guy Cosmo Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 82 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DSQ Chal 08 Orbit Racing Ed Brown Bill Sweedler Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 80 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6

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