Simon Pagenaud and Gil de Ferran scored their second American Le Mans Series victory a year after making their debut with a win at the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports Park. The pairing dominated in their de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-02a with a comfortable 1:13.693 margin over Patrón Highcroft Racing’s Acura of David Brabham and Scott Sharp.

Pagenaud and de Ferran finished third overall and in LMP2 last year. It was the second straight overall win for the de Ferran XM Acura, which won the previous Series round at Long Beach.

Adrian Fernandez gave Lowe’s Fernandez Racing a tight 0.585-second victory in LMP2 in tandem with Luis Diaz. The Acura ARX-01b withstood a late fight with Dyson Racing’s Butch Leitzinger, who just missed the team’s first win with Marino Franchitti in one of Dyson’s Mazda-powered Lola B09/86 coupes.

Fernandez and Diaz won their fourth straight race in class.

Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long won for the third straight race in GT2 with a victory in their Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. The duo led the entire way and finished 74.559 seconds ahead of Farnbacher Loles Racing’s Porsche of Marc Lieb and Wolf Henzler.

Martin and Melanie Snow were winners in the inaugural Challenge class race. The husband-wife duo took a 38.782-second victory in their Snow Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup entry over the ORBIT Racing Porsche of Guy Cosmo and John Baker.

The Snows were winners at the first American Le Mans Series race in 1999 at Sebring with a GTS class victory behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 Turbo.

Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix
Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah
Sunday’s results
1. (1) Gil de Ferran, Brazil; Simon Pagenaud, France; Acura ARX-02a (1, P1), 103.
2. (2) Scott Sharp, Jupiter, FL; David Brabham, Australia; Acura ARX-02a (2, P1), 103.
3. (3) Luis Diaz, Mexico; Adrian Fernandez, Mexico; Acura ARX-01B (1, P2), 100.
4. (4) Marino Franchitti, Scotland; Butch Leitzinger, State College, PA; Lola B09 86 Mazda (2, P2), 100.
5. (7) Jon Field, Dublin, OH; Clint Field, Dublin, OH; Chapman Ducote, Miami, FL; Lola B06/10 AER (3, P1), 93.
6. (5) Chris Dyson, Pleasant Valley, NY; Guy Smith, England; Lola B09 86 Mazda (3, P2), 92.
7. (9) Jorg Bergmeister, Germany; Patrick Long, Oak Park, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (1, GT2), 90.
8. (11) Marc Lieb, Germany; Wolf Henzler, Germany; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (2, GT2), 90.
9. (10) Pierre Kaffer, Germany; Jaime Melo, Brazil; Ferrari F430 GT (3, GT2), 89.
10. (15) Ian James, England; Dominik Farnbacher, Germany; Panoz Esperante GTLM Ford (4, GT2), 89.
11. (13) Nicky Pastorelli, Netherlands; Johannes Stuck, Austria; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (5, GT2), 88.
12. (17) Johannes van Overbeek, San Francisco, CA; Seth Neiman, Burlingame, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (6, GT2), 87.
13. (6) Johnny Mowlem, England; Stefan Johansson, Sweden; Ginetta-Zytek 09HS (4, P1), 87.
14. (12) Tom Milner, Leesburg, VA; Dirk Mueller, Germany; BMW E92 M3 (7, GT2), 85.
15. (14) Bill Auberlen, Hermosa Beach, CA; Joey Hand, Sacramento, CA; BMW E92 M3 (8, GT2), 83.
16. (18) Chris Hall, Daytona, FL; Joel Feinberg, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Dodge Viper Comp Coupe (9, GT2), 82.
17. (20) Melanie Snow, Pleasant Grove, UT; Martin Snow, Pleasant Grove, UT; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (1, C), 82.
18. (23) John Baker, New York, NY; Guy Cosmo, Long Island, NY; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (2, C), 82.
19. (16) David Murry, Cumming, GA; David Robertson, Ray, MI; Andrea Robertson, Ray, MI; Doran Ford GT MK 7 (10, GT2), 81.
20. (22) Ed Brown, Las Vegas, NV; Bill Sweedler, Westport, CT; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (3, C), 80.
21. (19) Carl Skerlong, Mukilteo, WA; Nick Parker, Seattle, WA; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (4, C), 57, Transmission.
22. (8) Michael Lewis, San Diego, CA; Bryan Willman, Kirkland, WA; Lola B06/10 AER (5, P1), 40, Mechanical.
23. (21) Bob Faieta, Tujunga, CA; Wesley Hoagland, Tustin, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (5, C), 37, Overheating.