Mazda Raceway Sports Car Invitational 2009

Mazda Raceway Sports Car Invitational 2009
ALM and Sports Car Racing Championships
Starts: 10/10/2009
Ends: 2009-10-11
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Monterey, California
USA

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Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca Monterey, California 2009



Gil de Ferran rode into the sunset with a victory in his final race Saturday, and Patrón Highcroft Racing had its own special day at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to close the 2009 American Le Mans Series. De Ferran and Simon Pagenaud won the Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón in an Acura ARX-02a after a thrilling duel with Adrian Fernandez in the final 30 minutes of the four hour classic.

Chaparral, Gil de Ferran, Jim Hall, Simon Pagenaud, and Jim Hall's Chaparral 2 and 2E, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for The American Le Mans Series' Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón marks the final race of de Ferran's outstanding career. But Thursday showed that even the most legendary of figures can still find new thrills.

"I can't tell you the emotions of the entire experience," said de Ferran, who flanked Hall's Chaparral 2E with Simon Pagenaud on the other side in de Ferran Motorsports' Acura ARX-02a. All three cars were the famed Chaparral white, de Ferran's tribute to the man who gave him his break in North American motorsports. De Ferran drove for Hall's IndyCar team in 1995 and 1996, with the pairing's first victory coming at Laguna Seca in 1995.

Jaguar XKR GT2 will go against the Porsche GT2 and Ferrari F430 GT cars for the first time at American Le Mans Series Mazda Raceway.

World Class Racing
Started in 2004, the close of the American Le Mans Series season brings Racing into Darkness to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The Monterey Sports Car Championships attracts the best sports car teams in the world to this historic 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and site of the famed Corkscrew turn.

After coming so close to a championship in its four years in the American Le Mans Series, Flying Lizard Motorsports is knocking on the door of a second consecutive GT2 crown.

Ninth-place points will be good enough for both crowns regardless of the finishing position of Jaime Melo and Pierre Kaffer in the Risi Ferrari F430 GT

A victory for the Lizards, Porsche GT2 team Farnbacher Loles Racing or Team Cytosport with its Porsche RS Spyder in LMP2 will give the German marque 100 all-time Series victories, the first for any manufacturer.

Going into the race turning fast times in LMP1 cars are Corsa Motorsports'' Stefan Johansson was the quickest LMP1 entry in the hybrid-powered Ginetta-Zytek 09HS and Drayson Racing's Lola B09/60-Judd was second in P1 thanks to Jonny Cocker's fast lap.

Corvette Racing's Olivier Beretta, BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team and Risi Competizione's Jaime Melo in the Ferrari F430 GT are teams to watch in GT2.

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The Winners Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Season Finale, American Le Mans Series 2009
Danial Chin Photo 2009

2009 Race Results -pdf
De Ferran Wins Wild Farewell Race In Monterey -pdf

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De Ferran and Simon Pagenaud Acura ARX-02a Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

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Season Finale, American Le Mans Series 2009
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Season Finale, American Le Mans Series 2009
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Season Finale, American Le Mans Series 2009
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Season Finale, American Le Mans Series 2009
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The Winners Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Season Finale, American Le Mans Series 2009
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The Winners Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Season Finale, American Le Mans Series 2009
Danial Chin Photo 2009

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The Winners Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Season Finale, American Le Mans Series 2009
Danial Chin Photo 2009

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