2008 Monterey Sports Car Championships

February 2025 thumb|right|230px|Track map of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 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 Timehttp://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/laguna/ALMS_FinalGrid.pdf ALMS Final Grid International Motor Sports Association PDF 2008-10-18 2008-10-18 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120315071957/http://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/laguna/ALMS_FinalGrid.pdf 2012-03-15 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 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). http://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/laguna/ALMS_ProvRace.pdf ALMS Provisional Result International Motor Sports Association PDF 2008-10-18 2008-10-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120315072004/http://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/laguna/ALMS_ProvRace.pdf 2012-03-15 dead Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 LMP1 2 USA Audi Sport North America DEU Marco WernerDEU Lucas Luhr Audi R10 TDI Michelin 145 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 2 LMP1 1 USA Audi Sport North America ITA Emanuele PirroNED Christijan Albers Audi R10 TDI Michelin 145 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 3 LMP2 26 USA Andretti Green Racing FRA Franck MontagnyBRA Tony Kanaan Acura ARX-01B Michelin 145 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 4 LMP2 66 USA de Ferran Motorsports BRA Gil de FerranFRA Simon Pagenaud Acura ARX-01B Michelin 145 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 5 LMP2 7 USA Penske Racing DEU Timo BernhardFRA Romain Dumas Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 145 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 6 LMP2 5 USA Penske Motorsports, Inc. BRA Hélio CastronevesAUS Ryan Briscoe Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 145 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 7 LMP2 16 USA Dyson Racing USA Chris DysonGBR Guy Smith Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 145 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 8 LMP2 20 USA Dyson Racing USA Butch LeitzingerGBR Marino Franchitti Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 144 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 9 LMP2 15 MEX Lowe's Fernández Racing MEX Adrian FernándezMEX Luis Díaz Acura ARX-01B Michelin 144 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 10 LMP2 6 USA Penske Racing USA Patrick LongDEU Sascha Maassen Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 144 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 11 LMP1 48 USA Corsa Motorsports USA Gunnar JeannetteGBR Johnny MowlemSWE Stefan Johansson Ginetta-Zytek 07S Dunlop 142 Zytek 4.5 L V8 12 GT1 4 USA Corvette Racing GBR Oliver GavinMON Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 139 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8(E85 ethanol) 13 GT1 3 USA Corvette Racing USA Johnny O'ConnellDEN Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 139 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8(E85 ethanol) 14 GT2 71 USA Tafel Racing DEU Dominik FarnbacherDEU Dirk Müller Ferrari F430GT Michelin 139 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 15 LMP2 9 USA Patrón Highcroft Racing USA Scott SharpAUS David Brabham Acura ARX-01B Michelin 139 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 16 GT2 62 USA Risi Competizione BRA Jaime MeloFIN Mika Salo Ferrari F430GT Michelin 139 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 17 GT2 87 USA Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports DEU Dirk WernerUSA Bryce Miller Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 138 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 LMP1 88 GBR Creation Autosportif GBR Jamie Campbell-WalterRSA Stephen SimpsonUSA Liz Halliday Creation CA07 Dunlop 138 AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10(E85 ethanol) 19 GT2 21 USA Panoz Team PTG USA Tommy MilnerUSA Joey Hand Panoz Esperante GT-LM Yokohama 137 Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8 20 GT2 46 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Johannes van OverbeekFRA Patrick Pilet Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 GT2 44 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Darren LawUSA Seth NeimanUSA Lonnie Pechnik Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 135 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 GT2 99 MON JMB RacingGBR Aucott Racing GBR Ben AucottDEU Pierre Kaffer Ferrari F430GT Dunlop 134 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 23 GT2 007 GBR Drayson-Barwell GBR Paul DraysonGBR Jonny Cocker Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Dunlop 134 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8(E85 ethanol) 24 GT2 54 USA Black Swan Racing USA Tim PappasUSA Anthony LazzaroUSA Andy Pilgrim Ford GT-R Mk.VII Falken 133 Ford 5.0 L V8 25 GT2 45 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports DEU Jörg BergmeisterDEU Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 133 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GT2 73 USA Tafel Racing USA Harrison BrixUSA Alex FiggeDEU Pierre Ehret Ferrari F430GT Michelin 132 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 27 GT2 61 USA Risi CompetizioneUSA Krohn Racing USA Tracy KrohnSWE Niclas Jönsson Ferrari F430GT Michelin 129 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 28 GT2 40 USA Robertson Racing USA David RobertsonUSA Andrea RobertsonUSA David Murry Ford GT-R Mk.VII Dunlop 129 Ford 5.0 L V8 29 GT2 11 USA Primetime Race Group USA Joel FeinbergGBR Chris Hall Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Hankook 112 Dodge 8.3 L V10 30 LMP2 8 USA B-K Motorsports USA Gerardo BonillaGBR Ben DevlinBRA Raphael Matos Lola B08/86 Dunlop 106 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(E85 ethanol) 31DNF LMP1 37 USA Intersport Racing USA Jon FieldGBR Ryan LewisUSA Richard Berry Lola B06/10 Dunlop 102 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8(E85 ethanol) 32NC LMP1 12 USA Autocon Motorsports USA Chris McMurryCAN Tony Burgess Lola B06/10 Dunlop 87 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 33DNF LMP1 10 GBR ECO Racing USA Andrew PrendevilleJPN Hideki Noda Radical SR10 Dunlop 46 ECO (AER) 5.0 L Turbo V10(Diesel) 34DNF GT2 18 DEU VICI Racing NED Nicky PastorelliNED Francesco PastorelliDEU Marc Basseng Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Kumho 17 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 References 2008 American Le Mans Series 2008 Petit Le Mans None Monterey Category:Monterey Sports Car Championships Category:October 2008 sports events in the United States Category:2008 in sports in California