2009 Monterey Sports Car Championships

2009 motor race at Laguna Seca February 2025 thumb|right|230px|Track map of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 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. Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. http://americanlemans.com/events/current/results/05%20Laguna%20Prov%20Grid.pdf ALMS Qualifying Result International Motor Sports Association PDF 2009-10-10 2009-10-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20110707132934/http://americanlemans.com/events/current/results/05%20Laguna%20Prov%20Grid.pdf 2011-07-07 dead 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 USA de Ferran Motorsports BRA Gil de FerranFRA Simon Pagenaud Acura ARX-02a Michelin 168 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 2 LMP2 15 MEX Lowe's Fernández Racing MEX Adrian FernándezMEX Luis Díaz Acura ARX-01B Michelin 168 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 3 LMP1 9 USA Patrón Highcroft Racing AUS David BrabhamUSA Scott Sharp Acura ARX-02a Michelin 164 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 4 LMP1 12 USA Autocon Motorsports USA Bryan WillmanUSA Chris McMurryCAN Tony Burgess Lola B06/10 Dunlop 159 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 5 LMP1 48 USA Corsa Motorsports GBR Johnny MowlemSWE Stefan Johansson Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS Dunlop 158 Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8 6 GT2 45 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Patrick LongDEU Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 155 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 7 GT2 3 USA Corvette Racing USA Johnny O'ConnellDEN Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 155 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 8 GT2 87 USA Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports DEU Wolf HenzlerDEU Pierre Ehret Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 154 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 9 GT2 21 USA Panoz Team PTG GBR Ian JamesDEU Dominik Farnbacher Panoz Esperante GT-LM Yokohama 154 Ford 5.0 L V8 10 GT2 44 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Seth NeimanUSA Johannes van Overbeek Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 153 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GT2 92 USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing USA Tommy MilnerDEU Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 153 BMW 4.0 L V8 12 GT2 18 DEU T-Mobile VICI Racing GBR Richard WestbrookDEU Johannes Stuck Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 153 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GT2 17 USA Team Falken Tire USA Bryan SellersUSA Dominic Cicero Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Falken 150 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 LMP2 16 USA Dyson Racing Team USA Chris DysonGBR Guy SmithGBR Ben Devlin Lola B09/86 Michelin 150 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Butanol) 15 GT2 28 USA LG Motorsports USA Lou GigliottiUSA Tom SutherlandUSA Tomy Drissi Chevrolet Corvette C6 Dunlop 150 Chevrolet LS3 6.3 L V8 16 Chal 47 USA Orbit Racing USA Guy CosmoUSA John Baker Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 144 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 17 GT2 4 USA Corvette Racing GBR Oliver GavinMON Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 143 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 18 Chal 02 USA Gruppe Orange USA Nick ParkerUSA Donald Pickering Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 140 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 19 Chal 69 USA P7 Racing USA Robert RodriquezUSA Galen Bieker Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 140 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 20 GT2 40 USA Robertson Racing USA David RobertsonUSA Andrea RobertsonUSA David Murry Ford GT-R Mk. VII Dunlop 139 Ford 5.0 L V8 21 Chal 08 USA Orbit Racing USA Ed BrownUSA Bill Sweedler Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 138 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 22DNF LMP1 37 USA Intersport Racing USA Jon FieldUSA Clint Field Lola B06/10 Dunlop 125 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 23DNF LMP2 6 USA Team Cytosport USA Greg PickettDEU Klaus Graf Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 124 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 24NC Chal 05 USA GMG Racing USA Bret CurtisUSA James Sofronas Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 89 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 25DNF Chal 57 USA Snow Racing USA Martin SnowUSA Melanie Snow Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 52 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 26DNF GT2 62 USA Risi Competizione BRA Jaime MeloDEU Pierre Kaffer Ferrari F430GT Michelin 49 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 27DNF GT2 33 USA RSR USA Paul GentilozziBEL Marc Goossens Jaguar XKR Yokohama 46 Jaguar 4.2 L V8 28DNF LMP2 20 USA Dyson Racing Team USA Butch LeitzingerGBR Marino Franchitti Lola B08/86 Michelin 31 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 29DNF GT2 90 USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing USA Bill AuberlenUSA Joey Hand BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 3 BMW 4.0 L V8 30DNF LMP1 88 GBR Drayson Racing GBR Paul DraysonGBR Jonny Cocker Lola B09/60 Michelin 2 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 DSQ Chal 38 USA Velox Motorsport USA Shane LewisUSA Mitchell Pagerey Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 144 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DSQ Chal 36 USA Gruppe Orange USA Wesley HoaglundUSA Bob Faieta Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 144 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNS LMP1 10 GBR ECO Racing JPN Hideki NodaUSA Cort WagnerGRE Nikolas Konstant Radical SR9 Dunlop – ECO (AER) 5.0 L Turbo V10(Diesel) References 2009 American Le Mans Series Petit Le Mans None Monterey Sports Car Championships Category:Monterey Sports Car Championships Monterey Sports Car Category:October 2009 sports events in the United States