2009 American Le Mans Series

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David Brabham (pictured) and Scott Sharp won the LMP1 class title for Patrón Highcroft Racing.

The 2009 American Le Mans Series season was the 39th season for the IMSA GT Championship, with it being the eleventh season with the American Le Mans Series moniker. It began on March 21, 2009, and ended on October 10, 2009 after ten events. The series was composed of Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Tourer (GT) race cars divided into four classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. A fifth category, known as the Challenge class, was also added for select races and featured Porsche 997 GT3 Cup cars from the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge.^[1] 2009 was also the final year for GT1, with Corvette Racing abandoning the class after Long Beach and switching over to much more competitive GT2 (renamed GT) class.

Season summary

This was the first time that the Michelin Green X Challenge championship was used throughout a full ALMS season after its initial introduction at the 2008 Petit Le Mans. Two champions were determined by the entry which is the most efficient over the season within the LMP and GT categories.^[2]

Patrón Highcroft Racing duo David Brabham and Scott Sharp won the main LMP1 standings, holding off De Ferran Motorsports pairing Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud at the final round of the season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Adrián Fernández and Luis Díaz won the LMP2 title, in the final season of Fernández Racing, who closed at the end of the 2009 season. In GT2, Flying Lizard Motorsports' Patrick Long and Jörg Bergmeister won six races en route to the championship title. Husband-and-wife Martin and Melanie Snow won the inaugural GT Challenge class title, that ran at half of the season's ten races.

Team changes

Corvette Racing announced on September 9 that during the 2009 season the GT1 Corvettes will run at Sebring and Long Beach before competing at Le Mans, after which a new GT2 Corvette will compete for the rest of the season in preparation for 2010.^[3]
Audi announced on December 5 that they will no longer compete in the American Le Mans Series, choosing instead to concentrate on the DTM, Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (later FIA World Endurance Championship) and 24 Hours of Le Mans. Audi's new LMP1 competitor, the R15 TDI, will compete at Sebring before returning to Europe.^[4] The cars returned for the Petit Le Mans in September.
Highcroft Racing and De Ferran Motorsports will move from LMP2 to campaign Acura's new LMP1 ARX-02a, while Lowe's Fernandez Racing will continue to race the ARX-01B in LMP2.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Porsche will not return with their factory-backed RS Spyders, campaigned by Penske Racing, choosing instead to compete on the Rolex Sports Car Series.^[5]
Dyson Racing will move from Porsche RS Spyders to full-works AER Mazda-powered Lola B08/80's in the LMP2 class.^[6]
Paul Gentilozzi announced that RSR Racing would be entering Jaguar XKRs in the GT2 category beginning in July.^[7] This however, did not happen until a one car test session during the final Laguna Seca race, starting from the pit lane.
Team Cytosport acquired and ran an ex-Dyson Porsche RS Spyder from Mid-Ohio to the end of the season.

Schedule

The 2009 schedule remained mostly identical to the 2008 schedule, although the season was shortened in length. This was done to allow teams from the American Le Mans Series to participate in events for the new Asian Le Mans Series in November.^[8] On December 18, 2008, it was announced that the Detroit race would be canceled.^[9]

The Challenge class of cars only participated in five rounds in 2009: Utah, Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio, Road America, and Laguna Seca.^[1]^[10]

Rnd	Race	Length	Circuit	Location	Date
1	57th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 21
2	Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg	1 Hour 55 Minutes	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	April 4
3	American Le Mans Series at Long Beach	1 Hour 40 Minutes	Long Beach Street Circuit	Long Beach, California	April 18
4	Utah Grand Prix	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Miller Motorsports Park	Tooele, Utah	May 17
5	Northeast Grand Prix	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 18
6	Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Mid-Ohio	Lexington, Ohio	August 8
7	Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 16
8	Grand Prix of Mosport	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	August 30
9	Petit Le Mans	Script error: No such module "convert". or 10 Hours	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	September 26
10	Monterey Sports Car Championships	4 Hours	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	October 10

Entries

LMP1

Team	Chassis	Engine	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />No.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Drivers	Rounds
Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	07	Template:Flagicon Pedro Lamy	1, 9
				Template:Flagicon Nicolas Minassian	1, 9
				Template:Flagicon Christian Klien	1
			08	Template:Flagicon Franck Montagny	1, 9
				Template:Flagicon Stéphane Sarrazin	1, 9
				Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	1
Template:Flagicon Audi Sport North America	Audi R15 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	1	Template:Flagicon Lucas Luhr	1, 9
				Template:Flagicon Marco Werner	1, 9
				Template:Flagicon Mike Rockenfeller	1
Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Team Joest			2	Template:Flagicon Rinaldo Capello	1, 9
				Template:Flagicon Allan McNish	1, 9
				Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen	1
Template:Flagicon Team Oreca Matmut AIM	Oreca 01	AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10	7	Template:Flagicon Romain Dumas	9
				Template:Flagicon Nicolas Lapierre	9
				Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis	9
Template:Flagicon Patrón Highcroft Racing	Acura ARX-02a	Acura AR7 4.0 L V8	9	Template:Flagicon David Brabham	All
				Template:Flagicon Scott Sharp	All
				Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti	1, 9
Template:Flagicon ECO Racing	Radical SR9	ECO (AER) 5.0 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	10	Template:Flagicon Hideki Noda	9–10
				Template:Flagicon José Manuel Balbiani	9
				Template:Flagicon Dion von Moltke	9
				Template:Flagicon Cort Wagner	10
				Template:Flagicon Nikolas Konstant	10
Template:Flagicon Autocon Motorsports	Lola B06/10	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	12	Template:Flagicon Bryan Willman	1, 3–4, 6–7, 9
				Template:Flagicon Chris McMurry	1, 5, 7–9
				Template:Flagicon Tony Burgess	1, 5, 8–9
				Template:Flagicon Michael Lewis	3–4
				Template:Flagicon Tomy Drissi	6
Template:Flagicon Intersport Racing	Lola B06/10	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	37	Template:Flagicon Clint Field	All
				Template:Flagicon Jon Field	All
				Template:Flagicon Chapman Ducote	1–5
Template:Flagicon Corsa Motorsports	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8	48	Template:Flagicon Johnny Mowlem	4–7, 10
Template:Flagicon Corsa Motorsports	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8	48	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	4–7, 10
Template:Flagicon de Ferran Motorsports	Acura ARX-02a	Acura AR7 4.0 L V8	66	Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran	All
				Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud	All
				Template:Flagicon Scott Dixon	1, 9
Template:Flagicon Drayson Racing	Lola B09/60	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	88	Template:Flagicon Jonny Cocker	9–10
				Template:Flagicon Paul Drayson	9–10
				Template:Flagicon Rob Bell	9
Sources:^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]

LMP2

Team	Chassis	Engine	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />No.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Drivers	Rounds
Template:Flagicon Team Cytosport	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	6	Template:Flagicon Klaus Graf	6–7, 9–10
				Template:Flagicon Greg Pickett	6–7, 9–10
				Template:Flagicon Sascha Maassen	9
Template:Flagicon Lowe's Fernández Racing	Acura ARX-01B	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	15	Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz	All
Template:Flagicon Lowe's Fernández Racing	Acura ARX-01B	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	15	Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández	All
Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing Team	Lola B09/86	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	16	Template:Flagicon Chris Dyson	All
				Template:Flagicon Guy Smith	All
				Template:Flagicon Andy Lally	1
	Lola B09/86 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lola B08/86 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		20	Template:Flagicon Marino Franchitti	All
				Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger	All
				Template:Flagicon Ben Devlin	1, 9
Template:Flagicon van der Steur Racing	Radical SR9	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	19	Template:Flagicon Adam Pecorari	5–6, 8–9
				Template:Flagicon Gunnar van der Steur	5–6, 8–9
				Template:Flagicon Robbie Pecorari	9
Sources:^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]

GT1

Team	Chassis	Engine	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />No.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Drivers	Rounds
Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol)	3	Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen	1, 3
				Template:Flagicon Johnny O'Connell	1, 3
				Template:Flagicon Antonio García	1
			4	Template:Flagicon Olivier Beretta	1, 3
				Template:Flagicon Oliver Gavin	1, 3
				Template:Flagicon Marcel Fässler	1
Sources:^[11]^[13]

GT2

Team	Chassis	Engine	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />No.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Drivers	Rounds
Template:Flagicon Drayson Racing	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8 (E85 ethanol)	007	Template:Flagicon Rob Bell	1
				Template:Flagicon Jonny Cocker	1
				Template:Flagicon Paul Drayson	1
Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 6.0 L V8	3	Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen	6–10
				Template:Flagicon Johnny O'Connell	6–10
				Template:Flagicon Antonio García	9
			4	Template:Flagicon Olivier Beretta	6–10
				Template:Flagicon Oliver Gavin	6–10
				Template:Flagicon Marcel Fässler	9
Template:Flagicon Primetime Race Group	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Dodge Viper 8.3 L V10	11	Template:Flagicon Joel Feinberg	1–9
				Template:Flagicon Chris Hall	1–9
				Template:Flagicon Ritchie Holt	1
Template:Flagicon Team Falken Tire	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	17	Template:Flagicon Dominic Cicero	3, 9–10
Template:Flagicon Team Falken Tire	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	17	Template:Flagicon Bryan Sellers	3, 9–10
Template:Flagicon VICI Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	18	Template:Flagicon Johannes Stuck	1, 3–6, 10
				Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck	1
				Template:Flagicon Nicky Pastorelli	1, 4
				Template:Flagicon Richard Westbrook	3, 5–6, 10
				Template:Flagicon Lance David Arnold	10
Template:Flagicon Panoz Team PTG	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford 5.0 L V8	21	Template:Flagicon Dominik Farnbacher	All
			21	Template:Flagicon Ian James	All
			22	Template:Flagicon Ryan Phinny	2
			22	Template:Flagicon Tom Sutherland	2
Template:Flagicon LG Motorsports	Chevrolet Corvette C6	Chevrolet LS3 6.0 L V8	28	Template:Flagicon Eric Curran	1–3
				Template:Flagicon Lou Giglotti	1–2
				Template:Flagicon Lucas Molo	1
				Template:Flagicon Boris Said	3
				Template:Flagicon Matt Bell	9–10
				Template:Flagicon Tomy Drissi	9–10
				Template:Flagicon Tom Sutherland	9–10
Template:Flagicon RSR	Jaguar XKR	Jaguar 5.0 L V8	33	Template:Flagicon Paul Gentilozzi	10
Template:Flagicon RSR	Jaguar XKR	Jaguar 5.0 L V8	33	Template:Flagicon Marc Goossens	10
Template:Flagicon Robertson Racing	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	Ford Roush-Yates 5.0 L V8	40	Template:Flagicon David Murry	All
				Template:Flagicon David Robertson	All
				Template:Flagicon Andrea Robertson	1–2, 4–10
Template:Flagicon Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	44	Template:Flagicon Seth Neiman	1–7, 9–10
				Template:Flagicon Darren Law	1–3, 6–9
				Template:Flagicon Johannes van Overbeek	1, 4–5, 8–10
			45	Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister	All
				Template:Flagicon Patrick Long	All
				Template:Flagicon Marc Lieb	1, 9
Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione Template:Flagicon Krohn Racing	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	61	Template:Flagicon Niclas Jönsson	1
				Template:Flagicon Tracy Krohn	1
				Template:Flagicon Eric van de Poele	1
Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione			62	Template:Flagicon Pierre Kaffer	All
				Template:Flagicon Jaime Melo	All
				Template:Flagicon Mika Salo	1, 9
Template:Flagicon Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	87	Template:Flagicon Wolf Henzler	All
				Template:Flagicon Dirk Werner	1–5, 8
				Template:Flagicon Richard Lietz	1
				Template:Flagicon Martin Ragginger	6, 9
				Template:Flagicon Bryce Miller	7
				Template:Flagicon Pierre Ehret	10
Template:Flagicon BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	BMW M3 GT2	BMW P65B40 4.0 L V8	90	Template:Flagicon Bill Auberlen	All
				Template:Flagicon Joey Hand	All
				Template:Flagicon Andy Priaulx	9
			92	Template:Flagicon Tommy Milner	All
				Template:Flagicon Dirk Müller	All
				Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller	9
Template:Flagicon Advanced Engineering Template:Flagicon PeCom Racing Team	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	95	Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni	1
				Template:Flagicon Matías Russo	1
				Template:Flagicon Luis Pérez Companc	1
Sources:^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]

ALMS Challenge

Team	Chassis	Engine	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />No.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Drivers	Rounds
Template:Flagicon Gruppe Orange	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche M97/76 3.6 L Flat-6	02	Template:Flagicon Nick Parker	4–7, 10
				Template:Flagicon Carl Skerlong	4
				Template:Flagicon Donald Pickering	5–7, 10
			36	Template:Flagicon Bob Faieta	4–7, 10
			36	Template:Flagicon Wesley Hoaglund	4–7, 10
Template:Flagicon GMG Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche M97/76 3.6 L Flat-6	05	Template:Flagicon Bret Curtis	7, 10
Template:Flagicon GMG Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche M97/76 3.6 L Flat-6	05	Template:Flagicon James Sofranos	7, 10
Template:Flagicon Orbit Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche M97/76 3.6 L Flat-6	08	Template:Flagicon Ed Brown	4–7, 10
			08	Template:Flagicon Bill Sweedler	4–7, 10
			47	Template:Flagicon Jon Baker	4–7, 10
			47	Template:Flagicon Guy Cosmo	4–7, 10
Template:Flagicon Velox Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche M97/76 3.6 L Flat-6	38	Template:Flagicon Shane Lewis	10
			38	Template:Flagicon Mitchell Pagerey	10
			88	Template:Flagicon Shane Lewis	6
			88	Template:Flagicon Gerry Ventos	6
Template:Flagicon Snow Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche M97/76 3.6 L Flat-6	57	Template:Flagicon Martin Snow	4–7, 10
Template:Flagicon Snow Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche M97/76 3.6 L Flat-6	57	Template:Flagicon Melanie Snow	4–7, 10
Template:Flagicon P7 Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche M97/76 3.6 L Flat-6	69	Template:Flagicon Galen Bieker	10
Template:Flagicon P7 Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche M97/76 3.6 L Flat-6	69	Template:Flagicon Robert Rodriquez	10
Sources:^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[20]

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Challenge Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers	Challenge Winning Drivers	Results
1	Sebring	Template:Flagicon #2 Audi Sport Team Joest	Template:Flagicon #15 Fernández Racing	Template:Flagicon #62 Risi Competizione	did not participate	Results
1	Sebring	Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen Template:Flagicon Allan McNish Template:Flagicon Rinaldo Capello	Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz	Template:Flagicon Jaime Melo Template:Flagicon Pierre Kaffer Template:Flagicon Mika Salo	did not participate	Results
2	St. Petersburg	Template:Flagicon #9 Highcroft Racing	Template:Flagicon #15 Fernández Racing	Template:Flagicon #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	did not participate	Results
2	St. Petersburg	Template:Flagicon David Brabham Template:Flagicon Scott Sharp	Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz	Template:Flagicon Patrick Long Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister	did not participate	Results
3	Long Beach	Template:Flagicon #66 de Ferran Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #15 Fernández Racing	Template:Flagicon #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	did not participate	Results
3	Long Beach	Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud	Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz	Template:Flagicon Patrick Long Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister	did not participate	Results
4	Miller	Template:Flagicon #66 de Ferran Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #15 Fernández Racing	Template:Flagicon #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #57 Snow Racing	Results
4	Miller	Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud	Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz	Template:Flagicon Patrick Long Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister	Template:Flagicon Martin Snow Template:Flagicon Melanie Snow	Results
5	Lime Rock	Template:Flagicon #66 de Ferran Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #20 Dyson Racing Team	Template:Flagicon #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #36 Gruppe Orange	Results
5	Lime Rock	Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud	Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger Template:Flagicon Marino Franchitti	Template:Flagicon Patrick Long Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister	Template:Flagicon Wesley Hoaglund Template:Flagicon Bob Faieta	Results
6	Mid-Ohio	Template:Flagicon #66 de Ferran Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #15 Fernández Racing	Template:Flagicon #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #57 Snow Racing	Results
6	Mid-Ohio	Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud	Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz	Template:Flagicon Patrick Long Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister	Template:Flagicon Martin Snow Template:Flagicon Melanie Snow	Results
7	Road America	Template:Flagicon #9 Highcroft Racing	Template:Flagicon #15 Fernández Racing	Template:Flagicon #90 BMW Rahal Letterman	Template:Flagicon #57 Snow Racing	Results
7	Road America	Template:Flagicon David Brabham Template:Flagicon Scott Sharp	Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz	Template:Flagicon Joey Hand Template:Flagicon Bill Auberlen	Template:Flagicon Martin Snow Template:Flagicon Melanie Snow	Results
8	Mosport	Template:Flagicon #9 Highcroft Racing	Template:Flagicon #15 Fernández Racing	Template:Flagicon #3 Corvette Racing	did not participate	Results
8	Mosport	Template:Flagicon David Brabham Template:Flagicon Scott Sharp	Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz	Template:Flagicon Johnny O'Connell Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen	did not participate	Results
9	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #08 Team Peugeot Total	Template:Flagicon #20 Dyson Racing Team	Template:Flagicon #62 Risi Competizione	did not participate	Results
9	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon Franck Montagny Template:Flagicon Stéphane Sarrazin	Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger Template:Flagicon Marino Franchitti Template:Flagicon Ben Devlin	Template:Flagicon Jaime Melo Template:Flagicon Pierre Kaffer Template:Flagicon Mika Salo	did not participate	Results
10	Laguna Seca	Template:Flagicon #66 de Ferran Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #15 Fernández Racing	Template:Flagicon #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #47 Orbit Racing	Results
10	Laguna Seca	Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud	Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz	Template:Flagicon Patrick Long Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister	Template:Flagicon Guy Cosmo Template:Flagicon John Baker	Results

Note that the GT1 class only competed in two rounds. Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen, and Antonio García won the 12 Hours of Sebring for Corvette Racing, while Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta won for Corvette at Long Beach.

Championships

Points were awarded to the top ten cars and drivers which either finish the race or complete 70% of the winner's distance, except in the ALMS Challenge category where cars and drivers only have to complete 50% of their class winner's distance. Teams with multiple entries only scored the points of their highest finishing entry in each race. Drivers were required to drive a minimum of 45 minutes to earn points, except for the Long Beach event which required only 30 minutes. The GT1 category was only used for two events and no championships were awarded in that category.

Points System
Race Distance	Position
Race Distance	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Less than three hours	20	16	13	10	8	6	4	3	2	1
Between four and eight hours	25	21	18	15	13	11	9	8	7	6
More than eight hours	30	26	23	20	18	16	14	13	12	11

Team championships

Teams with full entries were awarded points in the team championships. Teams which participated in partial season or on a race by race basis were not counted as part of the championship.

LMP1 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Patrón Highcroft Racing	Acura ARX-02a	Acura AR7 4.0 L V8	18	20	16	16	16	16	20	20	16	21	179
2	Template:Flagicon de Ferran Motorsports	Acura ARX-02a	Acura AR7 4.0 L V8	0	13	20	20	20	20	16	16	12	25	162
3	Template:Flagicon Intersport Racing	Lola B06/10	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	0	16	13	13	8	13	13	13	14	13	116
4	Template:Flagicon Autocon Motorsports	Lola B06/10	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	0		10	0	10	0	8	0	13	18	59
5	Template:Flagicon Corsa Motorsports	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8				10	13	10	10			15	58

LMP2 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Lowe's Fernández Racing	Acura ARX-01B	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	30	20	20	20	16	20	20	20	26	25	217
2	Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing Team	Lola B09/86	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	0	16	16	16	20	13	16	16	30	0	143

GT2 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	20	20	20	20	20	20	10	8	18	25	181
2	Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	30	0	16	13	16	8	8	16	30	0	137
3	Template:Flagicon BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	BMW M3 GT2	BMW P65B40 4.0 L V8	0	16	13	4	13	13	20	2	26	11	118
4	Template:Flagicon Farnbacher-Loles Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	13	4	1	16	10	6	1	10	23	18	102
5	Template:Flagicon Panoz Team PTG	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford 5.0 L V8	23	13	6	10	6	4	0	6	12	15	95
6	Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 6.0 L V8						16	13	20	20	21	90
7	Template:Flagicon Robertson Racing	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	Ford Roush-Yates 5.0 L V8	14	6	2	1	2	1	4	1	11	0	42
8	Template:Flagicon Primetime Race Group	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Dodge Viper 8.3 L V10	0	0	4	2	3		2	3	0		14
9	Template:Flagicon Team Falken Tire	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6			0						0	8	8

ALMS Challenge standings

Gruppe Orange tied on points for the ALMS Challenge Team Championship, but Snow Racing broke the tie by having three wins over the season compared to Gruppe Orange's one.

Pos	Team	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 10	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Snow Racing	20	10	20	20	0	70
2	Template:Flagicon Gruppe Orange	0	20	13	16	21	70
3	Template:Flagicon Orbit Racing	0	16	16	10	25	67
4	Template:Flagicon P7 Racing					18	18
5	Template:Flagicon GMG Racing				0	13	13
6	Template:Flagicon Velox Motorsport			10		0	10

Driver championships

Drivers who participated in races but failed to score points over the course of the season are not listed.

LMP1 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1=	Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Template:Flagicon Patrón Highcroft Racing	18	20	16	16	16	16	20	20	16	21	179
1=	Template:Flagicon Scott Sharp	Template:Flagicon Patrón Highcroft Racing	18	20	16	16	16	16	20	20	16	21	179
3=	Template:Flagicon Gil de Ferran	Template:Flagicon de Ferran Motorsports	0	13	20	20	20	20	16	16	12	25	162
3=	Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud	Template:Flagicon de Ferran Motorsports	0	13	20	20	20	20	16	16	12	25	162
5=	Template:Flagicon Jon Field	Template:Flagicon Intersport Racing	0	16	13	13	8	13	13	13	14	13	116
5=	Template:Flagicon Clint Field	Template:Flagicon Intersport Racing	0	16	13	13	8	13	13	13	14	13	116
7=	Template:Flagicon Johnny Mowlem	Template:Flagicon Corsa Motorsports				10	13	10	10			15	58
7=	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	Template:Flagicon Corsa Motorsports				10	13	10	10			15	58
9=	Template:Flagicon Franck Montagny	Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	26								30		56
9=	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Sarrazin	Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	26								30		56
11=	Template:Flagicon Allan McNish	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Team Joest	30								23		53
11=	Template:Flagicon Rinaldo Capello	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Team Joest	30								23		53
13=	Template:Flagicon Bryan Willman	Template:Flagicon Autocon Motorsports	0		10	0		0	8		13	18	49
13=	Template:Flagicon Chris McMurry	Template:Flagicon Autocon Motorsports	0				10		8	0	13	18	49
15=	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Minassian	Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	20								26		46
15=	Template:Flagicon Pedro Lamy	Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	20								26		46
17=	Template:Flagicon Lucas Luhr	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport North America	23								20		43
17=	Template:Flagicon Marco Werner	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport North America	23								20		43
19	Template:Flagicon Chapman Ducote	Template:Flagicon Intersport Racing	0	16	13	13							42
20	Template:Flagicon Tony Burgess	Template:Flagicon Autocon Motorsports	0				10			0	13	18	41
21	Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti	Template:Flagicon Patrón Highcroft Racing	18								16		34
22	Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Team Joest	30										30
23	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	26										26
24	Template:Flagicon Mike Rockenfeller	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport North America	23										23
25	Template:Flagicon Christian Klien	Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	20										20
26=	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Lapierre	Template:Flagicon Team Oreca Matmut AIM									18		18
26=	Template:Flagicon Romain Dumas	Template:Flagicon Team Oreca Matmut AIM									18		18
28	Template:Flagicon Scott Dixon	Template:Flagicon de Ferran Motorsports	0								12		12
29	Template:Flagicon Michael Lewis	Template:Flagicon Autocon Motorsports			10	0							10

LMP2 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1=	Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández	Template:Flagicon Lowe's Fernández Racing	30	20	20	20	16	20	20	20	26	25	217
1=	Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz	Template:Flagicon Lowe's Fernández Racing	30	20	20	20	16	20	20	20	26	25	217
3=	Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger	Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing Team	0	13	13	16	20	13	16	16	30	0	137
3=	Template:Flagicon Marino Franchitti	Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing Team	0	13	13	16	20	13	16	16	30	0	137
5	Template:Flagicon Klaus Graf	Template:Flagicon Team Cytosport						16	13		23	21	73
6=	Template:Flagicon Chris Dyson	Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing Team	0	16	16	13	0	0	10	0			55
6=	Template:Flagicon Guy Smith	Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing Team	0	16	16	13	0	0	10	0			55
8	Template:Flagicon Greg Pickett	Template:Flagicon Team Cytosport						16	13		0	21	50
9	Template:Flagicon Ben Devlin	Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing Team	0								30	0	30
10	Template:Flagicon Sascha Maassen	Template:Flagicon Team Cytosport									23		23
11=	Template:Flagicon Gunnar van der Steur	Template:Flagicon van der Steur Racing					13	0		0	0		13
11=	Template:Flagicon Adam Pecorari	Template:Flagicon van der Steur Racing					13	0		0	0		13

GT2 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1=	Template:Flagicon Patrick Long	Template:Flagicon Flying Lizard Motorsports	20	20	20	20	20	20	10	8	18	25	181
1=	Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister	Template:Flagicon Flying Lizard Motorsports	20	20	20	20	20	20	10	8	18	25	181
3=	Template:Flagicon Jaime Melo	Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione	30	0	16	13	16	8	8	16	30	0	137
3=	Template:Flagicon Pierre Kaffer	Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione	30	0	16	13	16	8	8	16	30	0	137
5	Template:Flagicon Wolf Henzler	Template:Flagicon Farnbacher-Loles Racing	13	4	1	16	10	6	1	10	23	18	102
6=	Template:Flagicon Tommy Milner	Template:Flagicon BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	0	16	13	4	1	13	16	0	26	11	100
6=	Template:Flagicon Dirk Müller	Template:Flagicon BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	0	16	13	4	1	13	16	0	26	11	100
8=	Template:Flagicon Dominik Farnbacher	Template:Flagicon Panoz Team PTG	23	13	6	10	6	4	0	6	12	15	95
8=	Template:Flagicon Ian James	Template:Flagicon Panoz Team PTG	23	13	6	10	6	4	0	6	12	15	95
10=	Template:Flagicon Johnny O'Connell	Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing						16	13	20	16	21	86
10=	Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen	Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing						16	13	20	16	21	86
12	Template:Flagicon Seth Neiman	Template:Flagicon Flying Lizard Motorsports	18	8	8	6	4	2	3		14	13	76
13	Template:Flagicon Mika Salo	Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione	30								30		60
14	Template:Flagicon Johannes van Overbeek	Template:Flagicon Flying Lizard Motorsports	18			6	4			4	14	13	59
15	Template:Flagicon Darren Law	Template:Flagicon Flying Lizard Motorsports	18	8	8			2	3	4	14		57
16=	Template:Flagicon Oliver Gavin	Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing						10	6	13	20	6	55
16=	Template:Flagicon Olivier Beretta	Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing						10	6	13	20	6	55
18	Template:Flagicon Marc Lieb	Template:Flagicon Flying Lizard Motorsports	20								18		54
18	Template:Flagicon Marc Lieb	Template:Flagicon Farnbacher-Loles Racing				16							54
19	Template:Flagicon Dirk Werner	Template:Flagicon Farnbacher-Loles Racing	13	4	1					10	23		51
20=	Template:Flagicon Joey Hand	Template:Flagicon BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	0	0	3	3	13	3	20	2	0	0	44
20=	Template:Flagicon Bill Auberlen	Template:Flagicon BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	0	0	3	3	13	3	20	2	0	0	44
22	Template:Flagicon David Murry	Template:Flagicon Robertson Racing	14	6	2	1	2	1	4	1	11	0	42
23	Template:Flagicon Andrea Robertson	Template:Flagicon Robertson Racing	14	6		1	2	1	4	1	11	0	40
24	Template:Flagicon David Robertson	Template:Flagicon Robertson Racing	14		2	1	2	1	4	1	11	0	36
25	Template:Flagicon Johannes Stuck	Template:Flagicon T-Mobile VICI Racing	0		10	8	8					9	35
26	Template:Flagicon Richard Westbrook	Template:Flagicon T-Mobile VICI Racing			10		8					9	27
27=	Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni	Template:Flagicon Advanced Engineering PeCom	26										26
27=	Template:Flagicon Matías Russo	Template:Flagicon Advanced Engineering PeCom	26										26
27=	Template:Flagicon Luís Pérez Companc	Template:Flagicon Advanced Engineering PeCom	26										26
27=	Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller	Template:Flagicon BMW Rahal Letterman Racing									26		26
31=	Template:Flagicon Marcel Fässler	Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing									20		20
31=	Template:Flagicon Tom Sutherland	Template:Flagicon LG Motorsports									13	7	20
31=	Template:Flagicon Tomy Drissi	Template:Flagicon LG Motorsports									13	7	20
34	Template:Flagicon Pierre Ehret	Template:Flagicon Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport										18	18
35	Template:Flagicon Lou Giglotti	Template:Flagicon LG Motorsports	0	10	0							7	17
36=	Template:Flagicon Tracy Krohn	Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione	16										16
36=	Template:Flagicon Eric van de Poele	Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione	16										16
36=	Template:Flagicon Niclas Jönsson	Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione	16										16
36=	Template:Flagicon Antonio García	Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing									16		16
40=	Template:Flagicon Joel Feinberg	Template:Flagicon Primetime Race Group	0	0	4	2	3		2	3	0		14
40=	Template:Flagicon Chris Hall	Template:Flagicon Primetime Race Group	0	0	4	2	3		2	3	0		14
42=	Template:Flagicon Richard Lietz	Template:Flagicon Farnbacher-Loles Racing	13										13
42=	Template:Flagicon Matt Bell	Template:Flagicon LG Motorsports									13		13
44	Template:Flagicon Bryce Miller	Template:Flagicon Farnbacher-Loles Racing					10		1				11
45	Template:Flagicon Eric Curran	Template:Flagicon LG Motorsports	0	10									10
46=	Template:Flagicon Nicky Pastorelli	Template:Flagicon T-Mobile VICI Racing				8							8
46=	Template:Flagicon Bryan Sellers	Template:Flagicon Team Falken Tire			0						0	8	8
46=	Template:Flagicon Dominic Cicero	Template:Flagicon Team Falken Tire			0						0	8	8
49	Template:Flagicon Martin Ragginger	Template:Flagicon Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport						6					6

ALMS Challenge standings

Driver points were awarded collectively, with all the drivers who have driven for a team being awarded the same number of points.

Pos	Drivers	No.	Team	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 10	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Martin Snow	#57	Template:Flagicon Snow Racing	20	10	20	20	0	70
1	Template:Flagicon Melanie Snow	#57	Template:Flagicon Snow Racing	20	10	20	20	0	70
2	Template:Flagicon Nick Parker	#02	Template:Flagicon Gruppe Orange	0	13	8	16	21	58
	Template:Flagicon Donald Pickering				13	8	16	21
	Template:Flagicon Carl Skerlong			0
3	Template:Flagicon Guy Cosmo	#47	Template:Flagicon Orbit Racing	0	0	16	10	25	51
3	Template:Flagicon John Baker	#47	Template:Flagicon Orbit Racing	0	0	16	10	25	51
4	Template:Flagicon Wesley Hoaglund	#36	Template:Flagicon Gruppe Orange	0	20	13	13	0	46
4	Template:Flagicon Bob Faieta	#36	Template:Flagicon Gruppe Orange	0	20	13	13	0	46
5	Template:Flagicon Ed Brown	#08	Template:Flagicon Orbit Racing	0	16	0	8	15	39
5	Template:Flagicon Bill Sweedler	#08	Template:Flagicon Orbit Racing	0	16	0	8	15	39
6	Template:Flagicon Robert Rodriguez	#69	Template:Flagicon P7 Racing					18	18
6	Template:Flagicon Galen Bieker	#69	Template:Flagicon P7 Racing					18	18
7	Template:Flagicon Bret Curtis	#05	Template:Flagicon GMG Racing				0	13	13
7	Template:Flagicon James Sofronas	#05	Template:Flagicon GMG Racing				0	13	13
8	Template:Flagicon Shane Lewis	#88	Template:Flagicon Velox Motorsport			10		0	10
	Template:Flagicon Gerry Ventos					10
	Template:Flagicon Mitchell Pagerey							0

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