The 2009

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season is the tenth season of the

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Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16. It is a 12-race schedule beginning at the

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and ending at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Miami has been moved from early in the schedule to the end, as it will continue in the joint weekend with the

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race, which has also been moved to a season closing race. All races will feature both classes. The race at

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has been changed from a 1000 kilometers race to a 250-mile race.

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will be moved from Labor Day weekend to May 3. Infineon Raceway, Hermanos Rodriguez, and Lime Rock have been dropped from the schedule, leaving Montreal as the only race outside the US. The main

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class was won by the GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing pairing of Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney after a three-way title battle with

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with

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duo

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and Memo Rojas, and SunTrust Racing's Max Angelelli and Brian Frisselle. Leh Keen and

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were comfortable champions in the secondary GT class.

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, Ford and

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won other titles for highest scoring chassis makers and highest scoring engine manufacturers.

Entry List

Schedule

Season results

Championship Standings

Daytona Prototypes

Driver's

=Notes

= * Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to be classified.

Chassis

Engine

Grand Touring

Driver's

=Notes

= * All drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps to be awarded points.

Engine

References

External links

The official website of Grand-Am
{{IMSA GT Championships Rolex Sports Car Series