LONG BEACH,CA,US

The Tequila Patron American Le Mans Series at Long Beach is set for 4:15 p.m. PT on Saturday, April 18 from the famed Long Beach street circuit in southern California. The race will be televised from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 19 on ABC. Qualifying is scheduled for 4 p.m. PT on Friday, April 17. The race also will be aired on XM Channel 242 and Sirius Channel 126 from 7 to 9 p.m. ET on Saturday.

More race info to follow...............

Tequlia Patron American Le Mans Series at Long Beach
Long Beach Street Course
April 16 - 19, 2009
Entry List as of 04/13/2009

P1
 9 Patron Highcroft Racing The Patron Spirits Company/
   Acura/ Michelin/ Forbes
   Acura ARX-02a
   David Brabham / Henley-on-Thames, UK
   Scott Sharp / Jupiter, FL
  
12 Autocon Motorsports Jean Richard/ Redline/ Cyclo
   AER Lola B06/10
   Micahel Lewis / San Diego, CA
   Bryan Willman / Seattle, WA
   
37 Intersport Racing Strategic Air/ Merchant
   Services/ Lenco Mobile
   AER Lola B06/10
   Jon Field / Dublin, OH
   Clint Field / Dublin, OH
   Chapman Ducote / Miami, FL
   
66 de Ferran Motorsports XM Radio/ Panasonic
   Acura ARX-02a
   Gil de Ferran / Ft. Lauderdale, FL
   Simon Pagenaud / Montmorrillan, France
   
P2
15 Lowe's Fernandez Racing Lowe's
   Acura ARX-01B
   Adrian Fernandez / Mexico City, Mexico
   Luis Diaz / Mexico City, Mexico
   
16 Dyson Racing Team, Inc BP/ Mazda
   Mazda Lola B09 86
   Chris Dyson / Pleasant Valley, NY
   Guy Smith / Yorkshire, UK
   
20 Dyson Racing Team, Inc BP/ Mazda
   Mazda Lola B08 86
   Butch Leitzinger / Rebersburg, PA
   Marino Franchitti / Edinburgh, Scotland
   
GT1
 3 Corvette Racing Compuware
   Chevrolet Corvette C6-R
   Jan Magnussen / Roslilde, Denmark
   Johnny O'Connell / Oakwood, GA
 
 4 Corvette Racing Compuware
   Chevrolet Corvette C6-R
   Olivier Berretta / Monaco
   Oliver Gavin / Northhampton, UK
   
GT2
11 Primetime Race Group Louis Moinet/ Aces Land and
   Sea/ Levinson Jewelers/ BryanMark Financial Group
   Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
   Joel Feinberg / Ft. Lauderdale, FL
   Chris Hall / Daytona, FL
   
17 Team Falken Tire Falken Tire
   Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
   Bryan Sellers / Atlanta, GA
   Dominic Cicero / Portland, OR
   
21 Panoz Team PTG
   Ford Panoz Esperante GTLM
   Dominik Farnbacher / Lichtenau, Germany
   Ian James / Phoenix, AZ
   
28 LG Motorsports
   Chevrolet Riley Corvette C6
   Lou Gigliotti / Dallas, TX
   Boris Said / Carslband, CA
   
40 Robertson Racing, LLC
   Roush-Yates Engines,Doran Designs, Inc. Ford
   GT MK 7
   David Robertson / Ray, MI
   David Murry / Atlanta, GA
44 Flying Lizard Motorsports ShoreTel/ eSilicon/
   RedlineCoffee.com
   Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
   Darren Law / Phoenix, AZ
   Seth Neiman / San Francisco, CA
   
45 Flying Lizard Motorsports ShoreTel/ eSilicon/
   RedlineCoffee.com
   Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
   Joerg Bergmeister / Langenfeld, Germany
   Patrick Long / Belleair, FL
   
62 Risi Competizione
   Ferrari 430 GT 
   Jaime Melo / Casaval
   Pierre Kaffer / Salenstein
   
87 Farnbacher Loles Racing
   Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
   Wolf Henzler / Nuertingen, Germany
   Dirk Werner / Kissenbrueck, Germany
   
90 BMW Rahal Letterman/ Racing Team
   BMW E92 M3 
   Joey Hand / Sacramento, CA
   Bill Auberlen / Redondo Beach, CA
   
92 BMW Rahal Letterman/ Racing Team
   BMW E92 M3
   Dirk Mueller / Monte Carlo, Monaco
   Tommy Milner / Leesburg, VA
   
P1 = 4 P2 = 3 GT1 = 2 GT2 = 11 Total = 20

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THE 2009- ACURA SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE OF LONG BEACH RACE RESULTS, APRIL 18, 2009

Long Beach Street Circuit / 1.968 miles
April 18, 2009 / Long Beach, California

POS  CAR CLS   DRIVERS                 CAR MAKE                     LAPS
 1    66  P1   de Ferran /Pagenaud     Acura ARX 02a                 76
 2     9  P1   Brabham /Sharp          Acura ARX 02a                 76
 3    15  P2   Fernandez/ Diaz         Acura ARX-01B                 75
 4    16  P2   Dyson/ Smith            Lola B09 86 Mazda             75
 5    20  P2   Leitzinger /Franchitti  Lola B09 86 Mazda             74
 6     4 GT1   Beretta /Gavin          Chevrolet Corvette C          73
 7    37  P1   J.Field/C.Field/Ducote  Lola B06/10                   71
 8    45 GT2   Bergmeister/ Long       Porsche 911 RSR               71
 9    62 GT2   Melo/ Kaffer            Ferrari 430 Berlinetta        71
10    92 GT2   Mueller/ Milner         BMW E92 M3                    70
11    18 GT2   Westbrook /Stuck        Porsche 911 RSR               70
12    44 GT2   Law/ Neiman             Porsche 911 RSR               70
13    21 GT2   Farnbacher/ James       Panoz Esperante               69
14    11 GT2   Feinberg /Hall          Dodge Viper                   68
15    12  P1   Lewis /Willman          Lola B06/10                   67
16    90 GT2   Hand/ Auberlen          BMW E92 M3                    67
17    40 GT2   Murry /D.Robertson      Doran Ford GT-R               67
18    87 GT2   Henzler /Werner         Porsche 911 RSR               67
19    28 GT2   Gigliotti /Said         Chevrolet Riley Corvette      64
20   *17 GT2   Sellers /Cicero         Porsche 911 GT3 RS            43
21     3 GT1   Magnussen/ O'Connell    Chevrolet Corvette C          42

*Car 17 - 20 seconds added to total time - 16.1.2.2 of the 2009
ALMS SSR  pit la Caution
 

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DE FERRAN MOTORSPORTS GETS 1ST OVERALL ALMS VICTORY

"To be here at the top of the podium is a fantastic accomplishment for a team like ours," de Ferran said. "We've been existence for less than a year. It was great to happen here. I came close here a few times so to finally get one is really special. We will probably have some champagne tonight. It's a special moment. Since we started work in late February of last year, it has been nonstop work. It's a well deserved prize for everyone. It is great that we could accomplish a victory after being so close so many times."

"I was struggling with pickup and grip for some reason," said Pagenaud, who pitted two minutes later. "I had a really bad exit at Turn 8 and that's where Scott got me back. I decided to move over to get around a GT2 car in the braking zone but he was already here. As soon as I felt the touch, I moved back over. It didn't cause any problem."

Brabham and Scott Sharp maintained their LMP1 championship lead with a 2nd place finish after an overall win two weeks ago at St. Petersburg.

LOWE'S FERNANDEZ RACING GETS 3RD STRAIGHT P2 WIN

Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz earned their third straight LMP2 victory for Lowe's Fernandez Racing

FINAL RACE FOR CORVETTE RACING IN ALMS GT1

Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin will go down in the record books as the winners of the final GT1 race for Corvette Racing in the American Le Mans Series.

FLYING LIZARD WINS GT2 CLASS

Flying Lizard Motorsports' Patrick Long and Jörg Bergmeister won in GT2 for the second straight race with a victory over Risi Competizione's Jaime Melo and Pierre Kaffer. The Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR took victory two weeks ago at St. Petersburg and held off a hard charging Ferrari, which started from the rear of the grid.