2008 Monterey Sports Car Championships

The 2008 Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón was the eleventh and final round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, California on 18 October 2008. It was the first time the event had a sponsor in its name since the 2004 season.

Report

Qualifying

The LMP2 category dominated qualifying, led by the four Acura teams who were able to qualify in the top five positions, led by David Brabham in the Highcroft Racing Acura on pole position. The Acura squads were broken up only by the #7 Penske Porsche which qualified third. In LMP1, the #1 Audi led that class but was only ninth overall in the standings. Among the Corvette teams, the #3 car once again earned pole over its teammate, while GT2 was led by Farnbacher-Loles' Porsche. Tafel Racing meanwhile led among Ferrari squads in third place within the class.

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	Team	Qualifying Driver	Time[1]
1	LMP2	#9 Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham	1:10.103
2	LMP2	#15 Lowe's Fernández Racing	Luis Díaz	1:10.202
3	LMP2	#7 Penske Racing	Timo Bernhard	1:10.351
4	LMP2	#66 de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran	1:10.451
5	LMP2	#26 Andretti Green Racing	Tony Kanaan	1:10.567
6	LMP2	#6 Penske Racing	Sascha Maassen	1:10.586
7	LMP2	#5 Penske Motorsports, Inc.	Ryan Briscoe	1:10.606
8	LMP2	#16 Dyson Racing	Guy Smith	1:11.010
9	LMP1	#1 Audi Sport North America	Emanuele Pirro	1:11.264
10	LMP1	#2 Audi Sport North America	Lucas Luhr	1:11.825
11	LMP2	#20 Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger	1:12.089
12	LMP1	#48 Corsa Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem	1:12.819
13	LMP2	#8 B-K Motorsports	Ben Devlin	1:13.321
14	LMP1	#37 Intersport Racing	Jon Field	1:13.379
15	LMP1	#88 Creation Autosportif	Stephen Simpson	1:13.481
16	LMP1	#12 Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry	1:14.549
17	GT1	#3 Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	1:19.291
18	GT1	#4 Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	1:19.790
19	GT2	#87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport	Dirk Werner	1:22.060
20	GT2	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister	1:22.380
21	GT2	#71 Tafel Racing	Dominik Farnbacher	1:22.701
22	GT2	#46 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Pilet	1:22.869
23	GT2	#62 Risi Competizione	Mika Salo	1:22.962
24	GT2	#99 JMB Racing	Pierre Kaffer	1:23.243
25	GT2	#61 Risi Competizione	Niclas Jönsson	1:23.928
26	GT2	#21 Panoz Team PTG	Joey Hand	1:24.084
27	GT2	#18 VICI Racing	Nicky Pastorelli	1:24.111
28	GT2	#007 Drayson-Barwell	Jonny Cocker	1:24.626
29	GT2	#54 Black Swan Racing	Anthony Lazzaro	1:24.711
30	GT2	#40 Robertson Racing	David Murry	1:24.727
31	GT2	#73 Tafel Racing	Pierre Ehret	1:24.970
32	GT2	#11 Primetime Race Group	Chris Hall	1:26.124
33	GT2	#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports 44	Seth Neiman	1:26.704
34	LMP1	#10 ECO Racing	Did Not Participate	No Time

Race

The final round of the ALMS season was slowed by a total of twelve caution periods over the four-hour race distance, including four within the first hour alone. This allowed for a variety of pit strategies to come into place as teams chose to make their first pit stops during different caution periods. The Acura teams led early, but Audi was eventually able to take the overall lead, eventually completing the race first and second, led by the #2 car of Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr. In LMP2, Acura's also finished first and second, but the #7 Penske Porsche's finish of third was able to secure Porsche the Manufacturers Championship within the class by a single point.

In GT1, the #4 Corvette of Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin earned their third win of the season over their teammates, while the #71 Tafel Racing Ferrari secured its fourth victory in GT2 in 2008. The Risi Competizione Ferrari and Farnbacher-Loles Porsche completed the GT2 podium, while the PTG Panoz had a strong fourth place finish a lap behind.

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps
1	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Audi R10 TDI	M	145
1	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	145
2	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Emanuele Pirro Christijan Albers	Audi R10 TDI	M	145
2	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Emanuele Pirro Christijan Albers	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	145
3	LMP2	26	Andretti Green Racing	Franck Montagny Tony Kanaan	Acura ARX-01B	M	145
3	LMP2	26	Andretti Green Racing	Franck Montagny Tony Kanaan	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	M	145
4	LMP2	66	de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-01B	M	145
4	LMP2	66	de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	M	145
5	LMP2	7	Penske Racing	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	145
5	LMP2	7	Penske Racing	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	M	145
6	LMP2	5	Penske Motorsports, Inc.	Hélio Castroneves Ryan Briscoe	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	145
6	LMP2	5	Penske Motorsports, Inc.	Hélio Castroneves Ryan Briscoe	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	M	145
7	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	145
7	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	M	145
8	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	144
8	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	M	144
9	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz	Acura ARX-01B	M	144
9	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	M	144
10	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Patrick Long Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	144
10	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Patrick Long Sascha Maassen	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	M	144
11	LMP1	48	Corsa Motorsports	Gunnar Jeannette Johnny Mowlem Stefan Johansson	Ginetta-Zytek 07S	D	142
11	LMP1	48	Corsa Motorsports	Gunnar Jeannette Johnny Mowlem Stefan Johansson	Zytek 4.5 L V8	D	142
12	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	139
12	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol)	M	139
13	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	139
13	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol)	M	139
14	GT2	71	Tafel Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller	Ferrari F430GT	M	139
14	GT2	71	Tafel Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	139
15	LMP2	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Scott Sharp David Brabham	Acura ARX-01B	M	139
15	LMP2	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Scott Sharp David Brabham	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	M	139
16	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Mika Salo	Ferrari F430GT	M	139
16	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Mika Salo	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	139
17	GT2	87	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Dirk Werner Bryce Miller	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	138
17	GT2	87	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Dirk Werner Bryce Miller	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	138
18	LMP1	88	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Stephen Simpson Liz Halliday	Creation CA07	D	138
18	LMP1	88	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Stephen Simpson Liz Halliday	AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10 (E85 ethanol)	D	138
19	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Tommy Milner Joey Hand	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Y	137
19	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Tommy Milner Joey Hand	Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8	Y	137
20	GT2	46	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Pilet	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	137
20	GT2	46	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Pilet	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	137
21	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports 44	Darren Law Seth Neiman Lonnie Pechnik	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	135
21	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports 44	Darren Law Seth Neiman Lonnie Pechnik	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	135
22	GT2	99	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Ben Aucott Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430GT	D	134
22	GT2	99	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Ben Aucott Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	D	134
23	GT2	007	Drayson-Barwell	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D	134
23	GT2	007	Drayson-Barwell	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 (E85 ethanol)	D	134
24	GT2	54	Black Swan Racing	Tim Pappas Anthony Lazzaro Andy Pilgrim	Ford GT-R Mk.VII	F	133
24	GT2	54	Black Swan Racing	Tim Pappas Anthony Lazzaro Andy Pilgrim	Ford 5.0 L V8	F	133
25	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	133
25	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	133
26	GT2	73	Tafel Racing	Harrison Brix Alex Figge Pierre Ehret	Ferrari F430GT	M	132
26	GT2	73	Tafel Racing	Harrison Brix Alex Figge Pierre Ehret	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	132
27	GT2	61	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson	Ferrari F430GT	M	129
27	GT2	61	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	129
28	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk.VII	D	129
28	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford 5.0 L V8	D	129
29	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	H	112
29	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge 8.3 L V10	H	112
30	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsports	Gerardo Bonilla Ben Devlin Raphael Matos	Lola B08/86	D	106
30	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsports	Gerardo Bonilla Ben Devlin Raphael Matos	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (E85 ethanol)	D	106
31 DNF	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Ryan Lewis Richard Berry	Lola B06/10	D	102
31 DNF	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Ryan Lewis Richard Berry	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 (E85 ethanol)	D	102
32 NC	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry Tony Burgess	Lola B06/10	D	87
32 NC	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry Tony Burgess	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	D	87
33 DNF	LMP1	10	ECO Racing	Andrew Prendeville Hideki Noda	Radical SR10	D	46
33 DNF	LMP1	10	ECO Racing	Andrew Prendeville Hideki Noda	ECO (AER) 5.0 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	D	46
34 DNF	GT2	18	VICI Racing	Nicky Pastorelli Francesco Pastorelli Marc Basseng	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	K	17
34 DNF	GT2	18	VICI Racing	Nicky Pastorelli Francesco Pastorelli Marc Basseng	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	K	17

References

"ALMS Final Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-10-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
"ALMS Provisional Result" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-10-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2008-10-18.

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[Qualifying_times-1] "ALMS Final Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-10-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2008-10-18.

[Race_result-2] "ALMS Provisional Result" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-10-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2008-10-18.