Team Changes
- 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 2010.
- Audi announced on December 5 that they will no longer compete in the American Le Mans Series, choosing instead to concentrate on the DTM and 24 Hours of Le Mans. Audi's new LMP1 competitor, the R15 TDI, will compete at Sebring before returning to Europe. The cars returned for the Petit Le Mans in September.
- Highcroft Racing and De Ferran Motorsports will move from LMP2 to campaign Acura's new LMP1 ARX-02a, while Lowe's Fernandez Racing will continue to race the ARX-01B in LMP2.
- Porsche will not return with their factory-backed RS Spyders, campaigned by Penske Racing.
- Dyson Racing will move from Porsche RS Spyders to AER Mazda-powered Lola B08/80's in the LMP2 class.
- Paul Gentilozzi announced that Rocketsports Racing would be entering Jaguar XKRs in the GT2 category beginning in July. This however, did not happen until a one car test session during the final Laguna Seca race, starting from the pit lane.
- Team Cytosport acquired and ran an ex-Dyson Porsche RS Spyder from Mid-Ohio to the end of the season.
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