2009 American Le Mans Series

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The 2009 American Le Mans Series season will be the eleventh season for the International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) American Le Mans Series. The series remains comprised of Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Tourer (GT) race cars divided into four classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It will begin on March 21, 2009, and will end on October 10, 2008 and consist of eleven events.

This will also be the first time that the Green Challenge championship will be used throughout a full ALMS season after its initial introduction at the 2008 Petit Le Mans. Two champions will be determined by the entry which is the most efficient over the season within the LMP and GT categories.

Corvettes Moving To GT2

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 the 2010 season.

Schedule

The 2009 schedule remains nearly identical to the 2008 schedule, although the season has been shortened in length. This has been done to allow teams from the American Le Mans Series to participate in events for the new Asian Le Mans Series in November.

Rnd	Race	Length	Circuit	Location	Date
1	12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 15
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 18
5	Northeast Grand Prix	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 18
6	Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Mid-Ohio	Lexington, Ohio	August 8
7	Generac 500 at Road America	4 Hours	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 16
8	Grand Prix of Mosport	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	August 30
9	Detroit Sports Car Challenge	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Belle Isle street circuit	Belle Isle, Michigan	September 5
10	Petit Le Mans	1000 miles or 10 Hours	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	September 26
11	Monterey Sports Car Championships	4 Hours	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	October 10

External links

• American Le Mans Series
• The International Motor Sports Association