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.

Report

Qualifying result

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

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 UNC 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

  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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