2009 Monterey Sports Car Championships

The 2009 Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón was the tenth and final round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California on October 11, 2009. The race was won by the Acura of de Ferran Motorsports, driven by Simon Pagenaud and retiring driver Gil de Ferran, which wore a tribute livery based on Jim Hall's Chaparrals. Adrian Fernández and Luis Díaz won the LMP2 category in the Fernández Racing Acura while only six tenths of a second behind the overall winning de Ferran car. The GT2 class was won by the #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche after contact with the #3 Corvette Racing while approaching the finish line on the final lap. Guy Cosmo and John Baker of Orbit Racing won their first race in the ALMS Challenge category after the Velox Motorsport entry was disqualified.

Track map of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

Qualifying result

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos Class Team Qualifying Driver Lap Time
1 LMP1 #66 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran 1:11.206
2 LMP1 #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham 1:11.298
3 LMP2 #15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Luis Díaz 1:11.310
4 LMP2 #20 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger 1:12.051
5 LMP1 #88 Drayson Racing Jonny Cocker 1:12.745
6 LMP1 #48 Corsa Motorsports Johnny Mowlem 1:13.238
7 LMP2 #6 Team Cytosport Klaus Graf 1:14.492
8 LMP1 #37 Intersport Racing Jon Field 1:14.661
9 LMP1 #12 Autocon Motorsports Chris McMurry 1:15.861
10 GT2 #3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen 1:23.053
11 GT2 #62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer 1:23.220
12 GT2 #4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 1:23.283
13 GT2 #87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler 1:23.347
14 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister 1:23.391
15 GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen 1:23.552
16 GT2 #21 Panoz Team PTG Dominik Farnbacher 1:23.640
17 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Tommy Milner 1:23.745
18 GT2 #28 LG Motorsports Tom Sutherland 1:23.991
19 GT2 #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 1:23.993
20 GT2 #18 T-Mobile VICI Racing Richard Westbrook 1:24.307
21 GT2 #17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers 1:25.455
22 GT2 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 1:28.798
23 Chal #47 Orbit Racing Guy Cosmo 1:29.546
24 Chal #05 GMG Racing James Sofronas 1:29.755
25 Chal #69 P7 Racing Galen Bieker 1:29.844
26 Chal #36 Gruppe Orange Bob Faieta 1:29.887
27 Chal #38 Velox Motorsport Shane Lewis 1:29.916
28 Chal #57 Snow Racing Martin Snow 1:30.147
29 Chal #08 Orbit Racing Bill Sweedler 1:30.481
30 Chal #02 Gruppe Orange Donald Pickering 1:31.509
31 LMP1 #10 ECO Racing Did not participate
32 GT2 #33 RSR Did not participate
33 UNC #16 Dyson Racing Team Did not participate

Race result

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Class winners are marked in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance are marked as Not classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 66   de Ferran Motorsports   Gil de Ferran
  Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-02a M 168
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
2 LMP2 15   Lowe's Fernández Racing   Adrian Fernández
  Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B M 168
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
3 LMP1 9   Patrón Highcroft Racing   David Brabham
  Scott Sharp
Acura ARX-02a M 164
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
4 LMP1 12   Autocon Motorsports   Bryan Willman
  Chris McMurry
  Tony Burgess
Lola B06/10 D 159
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
5 LMP1 48   Corsa Motorsports   Johnny Mowlem
  Stefan Johansson
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS D 158
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8
6 GT2 45   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Patrick Long
  Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 155
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
7 GT2 3   Corvette Racing   Johnny O'Connell
  Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 155
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
8 GT2 87   Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports   Wolf Henzler
  Pierre Ehret
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 154
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9 GT2 21   Panoz Team PTG   Ian James
  Dominik Farnbacher
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 154
Ford 5.0 L V8
10 GT2 44   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Seth Neiman
  Johannes van Overbeek
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 153
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11 GT2 92   BMW Rahal Letterman Racing   Tommy Milner
  Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GT2 D 153
BMW 4.0 L V8
12 GT2 18   T-Mobile VICI Racing   Richard Westbrook
  Johannes Stuck
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 153
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GT2 17   Team Falken Tire   Bryan Sellers
  Dominic Cicero
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR F 150
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14 LMP2 16   Dyson Racing Team   Chris Dyson
  Guy Smith
  Ben Devlin
Lola B09/86 M 150
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Butanol)
15 GT2 28   LG Motorsports   Lou Gigliotti
  Tom Sutherland
  Tomy Drissi
Chevrolet Corvette C6 D 150
Chevrolet LS3 6.3 L V8
16 Chal 47   Orbit Racing   Guy Cosmo
  John Baker
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 144
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17 GT2 4   Corvette Racing   Oliver Gavin
  Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 143
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
18 Chal 02   Gruppe Orange   Nick Parker
  Donald Pickering
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 140
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19 Chal 69   P7 Racing   Robert Rodriquez
  Galen Bieker
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 140
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20 GT2 40   Robertson Racing   David Robertson
  Andrea Robertson
  David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk. VII D 139
Ford 5.0 L V8
21 Chal 08   Orbit Racing   Ed Brown
  Bill Sweedler
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 138
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
22
DNF
LMP1 37   Intersport Racing   Jon Field
  Clint Field
Lola B06/10 D 125
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
23
DNF
LMP2 6   Team Cytosport   Greg Pickett
  Klaus Graf
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 124
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
24
NC
Chal 05   GMG Racing   Bret Curtis
  James Sofronas
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 89
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
25
DNF
Chal 57   Snow Racing   Martin Snow
  Melanie Snow
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 52
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
26
DNF
GT2 62   Risi Competizione   Jaime Melo
  Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari F430GT M 49
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
27
DNF
GT2 33   RSR   Paul Gentilozzi
  Marc Goossens
Jaguar XKR Y 46
Jaguar 4.2 L V8
28
DNF
LMP2 20   Dyson Racing Team   Butch Leitzinger
  Marino Franchitti
Lola B08/86 M 31
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
29
DNF
GT2 90   BMW Rahal Letterman Racing   Bill Auberlen
  Joey Hand
BMW M3 GT2 D 3
BMW 4.0 L V8
30
DNF
LMP1 88   Drayson Racing   Paul Drayson
  Jonny Cocker
Lola B09/60 M 2
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
DSQ Chal 38   Velox Motorsport   Shane Lewis
  Mitchell Pagerey
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 144
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
DSQ Chal 36   Gruppe Orange   Wesley Hoaglund
  Bob Faieta
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 144
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
DNS LMP1 10   ECO Racing   Hideki Noda
  Cort Wagner
  Nikolas Konstant
Radical SR9 D
ECO (AER) 5.0 L Turbo V10
(Diesel)

References

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  1. ^ "ALMS Qualifying Result" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2009-10-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-10-10.


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