DAVID BRABHAM AND SCOTT SHARP WIN AT ST. PETERSBURG

David Brabham and Scott Sharp scored an overall victory for Acura at the aptly named Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg on Saturday as the auto manufacturer swept both prototype classes in the second round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series.

Acura became the first auto manufacturer to win both prototype classes in the same race. Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz won the P2 class 1 lap ahead of Dyson Racing's Guy Smith and Chris Dyson.

Patrick Long and Jorg Bergmeister won the GT2 class by two laps in their Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.

2009 Acura Sports Car Challenge of St.Petersburg April 3- 4, 2009 Entry List as of 03/27/2009

P1
  9 David Brabham / Henley-on-Thames, UK           Patron Highcroft Racing
    Scott Sharp / Jupiter, FL                      Acura ARX-02a
 37 Jon Field / Dublin, OH                         Intersoprt Racing
    Clint Field / Dublin, OH                       Lola B06/10 AER 
 66 Gil de Ferran / Ft. Lauderdale, FL             de Ferran Motorsports
    Simon Pagenaud / Montmorillon, France          Acura ARX-02a 
   
P2
 15 Adrian Fernandez / Mexico City, Mexico Lowe's  Fernandez Racing
    Luis Diaz / Mexico City, Mexico                Acura ARX-01B
 16 Chris Dyson / Pleasant Valley, NY              Dyson Racing Team, Inc
    Guy Smith / Yorkshire, UK                      Lola B09 86  Mazda
 20 Butch Leitzinger / Rebersburg, PA              Dyson Racing Team, Inc
    Marino Franchitti / Edinburgh, Scotland        Lola B09 86  Mazda
    
GT2
 11 Joel Feinberg / Ft. Lauderdale, FL             Prime Time Race Group
    Chris Hall / Daytona, FL                       Dodge Viper Competition
 21 Dominik Farnbacher / Lichtenau, Germany        Panoz Team PTG
    Ian James / Phoenix, AZ                        Panoz Esperante GTLM Ford
 22 Tom Sutherland/ Los Gatos, CA                  Panoz Team PTG
    Ryan Phinney/ Carmel, CA                       Panoz Esperante GTLM Ford
 28 Lou Gigliotti / Dallas, TX                     LG Motorsports
    Eric Curan / East Hampton, MA                  Chevrolet Riley Corvette C6
 40 David Robertson / Ray, MI                      Robertson Racing, LLC
    Andrea Robertson / Ray, MI                     Doran Designs,Inc Ford GT MK 7
    David Murry / Atlanta, GA                      Roush-Yates Engines
 44 Darren Law / Phoenix, AZ                       Flying Lizard Motorsports
    Seth Neiman / San Francisco, CA                Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
 45 Jorg Bergmeister / Langenfeld, Germany         Flying Lizard Motorsports
    Patrick Long / Belleair, FL                    Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
 62 Jaime Melo / Casavel, Brazil                   Risi Competizione
    Pierre Kaffer / Salenstein, Switzerland        Ferrari 430 GT
 87 Wolf Henzler / Nurtingen, Germany              Farnbacher Loles Racing
    Dirk Werner / Kissenbruck, Germany             Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
 90 Joey Hand / Sacramento, CA                     Rahal Letterman Racing Team
    Bill Auberlen / Redondo Beach, CA              BMW E92 M3
 92 Dirk Muller / Monte Carlo, Monaco              Rahal Letterman Racing Team
    Tommy Milner / Leesburg, VA                    BMW E92 M3
    

    
P1 = 3     P2 = 3     GT1 = 11      Total = 17

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THE 2009 ACURA SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE OF ST.PETERSBURG RACE RESULTS, APRIL 4, 2009

POS  CAR CLS   DRIVERS                CAR MAKE                      LAPS
 1     9  P1 Brabham/ Sharp           Acura ARX 02a1                 93
 2    15  P2 Fernandez/ Diaz          Acura ARX-01B                  93
 3    16  P2 Dyson/ Smith             Lola B09 86 Mazda              92
 4    20  P2 Leitzinger/ Franchitti   Lola B09 86 Mazda              91
 5    45 GT2 Bergmeister/ Long        Porsche 911 RSR                88
 6    37  P1 J.Field/C.Field/Ducote   Lola B06/10                    88
 7    92 GT2 Mueller/ Milner          BMW E92 M3                     86
 8    21 GT2 Farnbacher/ James        Panoz Esperante                86
 9    28 GT2 Gigliotti/ Curran        Chevrolet Riley Corvett        85
10    44 GT2 Law/ Neiman              Porsche 911 RSR                84
11    40 GT2 Murry/ A.Robertson       Doran Ford GT-R                83
12    87 GT2 Henzler/ Werner          Porsche 911 RSR                74
13    66  P1 de Ferran/ Pagenaud      Acura ARX 02a                  66
14    11 GT2 Feinberg/ Hall           Dodge Viper                    38
15    22 GT2 Sutherland/ Phinney      Panoz Esperante                38
16    90 GT2 Hand/ Auberlen           BMW E92 M3                     28
17    62 GT2 Melo/ Kaffer             Ferrari 430 Berlinetta G       27

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