American Le Mans Series St. Petersburg 2009

Event: Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg		Date: 4.4.2009
Track: St. Petersburg Street Course (United States), 2.897 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series St. Petersburg
American Le Mans Series (round 2)

Weather:	hot, clear, sunny, humid
Start time:	13:20
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	1 hour 55 minutes
Attendance:	45000

Entered:	17
Practiced:	17
Qualified:	17
Started:	17
Finished:	12

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	3	3
Le Mans Prototype 2	3	3
Le Mans Grand Touring 1
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	11	11

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Race notes:
1 full course caution: laps 45-51 (no.11 accident)

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 3/4
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 3/4
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:

Overall:	9	Acura ARX-02a	Sharp / Brabham
Le Mans Prototype 2:	15	Acura ARX-01b	Diaz / Fernandez
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	45	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Long / Bergmeister

Leaders:

laps 1-41:	66	Acura ARX-02a	Gil de Ferran
laps 42-47:	9	Acura ARX-02a	Scott Sharp
laps 48-57:	15	Acura ARX-01b	Adrian Fernandez
laps 58-93:	9	Acura ARX-02a	David Brabham

Fastest Laps:

Overall:	66	Acura ARX-02a	Gil de Ferran (USA)	1:06.959	155.746 km/h	lap 2
Le Mans Prototype 2	20	Lola B09/86 Mazda	Marino Franchitti (GB)	1:08.789	151.602 km/h	lap 20
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	87	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Dirk Werner (D)	1:14.373	140.219 km/h	lap 45

Pole Positions:

Overall:	66	Acura ARX-02a	Simon Pagenaud (F)	1:03.776	163.519 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2	15	Acura ARX-01b	Luis Diaz (MEX)	1:05.178	160.001 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Jaime Melo (P)	1:12.892	143.069 km/h

Notes of interest:

Top makes by numbers:	Acura (3), Lola (3), Porsche (3), BMW (2), Panoz (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Acura (3), Porsche (3), Ford (3), Mazda (2), BMW (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (3), Acura ARX-02 (2), Lola B08/80 (2), Panoz Esperante GTLM (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (20), D (5), GB (4), MEX (2)
Engine positions:	middle-engined (47%), front-engined (35%), rear-engined (18%)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (55), Jon Field (54), David Murry (52)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (26), Patrick Long (28), Jaime Melo (29)
Woman drivers:	Andrea Robertson

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