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2009 Monterey Sports Car Championships

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.

Pos	Class	Team	Qualifying Driver
LMP1	#66 de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran	1:11.206
LMP1	#9 Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham	1:11.298
LMP2	#15 Lowe's Fernández Racing	Luis Díaz	1:11.310
LMP2	#20 Dyson Racing Team	Butch Leitzinger	1:12.051
LMP1	#88 Drayson Racing	Jonny Cocker	1:12.745
LMP1	#48 Corsa Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem	1:13.238
LMP2	#6 Team Cytosport	Klaus Graf	1:14.492
LMP1	#37 Intersport Racing	Jon Field	1:14.661
LMP1	#12 Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry	1:15.861
GT2	#3 Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	1:23.053
GT2	#62 Risi Competizione	Pierre Kaffer	1:23.220
GT2	#4 Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	1:23.283
GT2	#87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Wolf Henzler	1:23.347
GT2	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister	1:23.391
GT2	#90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen	1:23.552
GT2	#21 Panoz Team PTG	Dominik Farnbacher	1:23.640
GT2	#92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Tommy Milner	1:23.745
GT2	#28 LG Motorsports	Tom Sutherland	1:23.991
GT2	#40 Robertson Racing	David Murry	1:23.993
GT2	#18 T-Mobile VICI Racing	Richard Westbrook	1:24.307
GT2	#17 Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers	1:25.455
GT2	#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman	1:28.798
Chal	#47 Orbit Racing	Guy Cosmo	1:29.546
Chal	#05 GMG Racing	James Sofronas	1:29.755
Chal	#69 P7 Racing	Galen Bieker	1:29.844
Chal	#36 Gruppe Orange	Bob Faieta	1:29.887
Chal	#38 Velox Motorsport	Shane Lewis	1:29.916
Chal	#57 Snow Racing	Martin Snow	1:30.147
Chal	#08 Orbit Racing	Bill Sweedler	1:30.481
Chal	#02 Gruppe Orange	Donald Pickering	1:31.509
LMP1	#10 ECO Racing	Did not participate
GT2	#33 RSR	Did not participate
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
DNF	23
DNF	24
NC	25
DNF	26
DNF	27
DNF	28
DNF	29
DNF	30
DNF	DSQ	DSQ	DNS
LMP1	66	USA de Ferran Motorsports	BRA Gil de Ferran
FRA Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-02a		168
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
LMP2	15	MEX Lowe's Fernández Racing	MEX Adrian Fernández
MEX Luis Díaz	Acura ARX-01B		168
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
LMP1	9	USA Patrón Highcroft Racing	AUS David Brabham
USA Scott Sharp	Acura ARX-02a		164
Acura AR7 4.0 L V8
LMP1	12	USA Autocon Motorsports	USA Bryan Willman
USA Chris McMurry
CAN Tony Burgess	Lola B06/10		159
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
LMP1	48	USA Corsa Motorsports	GBR Johnny Mowlem
SWE Stefan Johansson	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS		158
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8
GT2	45	USA Flying Lizard Motorsports	USA Patrick Long
DEU Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		155
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	3	USA Corvette Racing	USA Johnny O'Connell
DEN Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		155
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
GT2	87	USA Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	DEU Wolf Henzler
DEU Pierre Ehret	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		154
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	21	USA Panoz Team PTG	GBR Ian James
DEU Dominik Farnbacher	Panoz Esperante GT-LM		154
Ford 5.0 L V8
GT2	44	USA Flying Lizard Motorsports	USA Seth Neiman
USA Johannes van Overbeek	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		153
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	92	USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	USA Tommy Milner
DEU Dirk Müller	BMW M3 GT2		153
BMW 4.0 L V8
GT2	18	DEU T-Mobile VICI Racing	GBR Richard Westbrook
DEU Johannes Stuck	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		153
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	17	USA Team Falken Tire	USA Bryan Sellers
USA Dominic Cicero	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		150
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
LMP2	16	USA Dyson Racing Team	USA Chris Dyson
GBR Guy Smith
GBR Ben Devlin	Lola B09/86		150
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Butanol)
GT2	28	USA LG Motorsports	USA Lou Gigliotti
USA Tom Sutherland
USA Tomy Drissi	Chevrolet Corvette C6		150
Chevrolet LS3 6.3 L V8
Chal	47	USA Orbit Racing	USA Guy Cosmo
USA John Baker	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		144
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
GT2	4	USA Corvette Racing	GBR Oliver Gavin
MON Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		143
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
Chal	02	USA Gruppe Orange	USA Nick Parker
USA Donald Pickering	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		140
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
Chal	69	USA P7 Racing	USA Robert Rodriquez
USA Galen Bieker	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		140
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
GT2	40	USA Robertson Racing	USA David Robertson
USA Andrea Robertson
USA David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk. VII		139
Ford 5.0 L V8
Chal	08	USA Orbit Racing	USA Ed Brown
USA Bill Sweedler	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		138
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
LMP1	37	USA Intersport Racing	USA Jon Field
USA Clint Field	Lola B06/10		125
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
LMP2	6	USA Team Cytosport	USA Greg Pickett
DEU Klaus Graf	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		124
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
Chal	05	USA GMG Racing	USA Bret Curtis
USA James Sofronas	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		89
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
Chal	57	USA Snow Racing	USA Martin Snow
USA Melanie Snow	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		52
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
GT2	62	USA Risi Competizione	BRA Jaime Melo
DEU Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430GT		49
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	33	USA RSR	USA Paul Gentilozzi
BEL Marc Goossens	Jaguar XKR		46
Jaguar 4.2 L V8
LMP2	20	USA Dyson Racing Team	USA Butch Leitzinger
GBR Marino Franchitti	Lola B08/86		31
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
GT2	90	USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	USA Bill Auberlen
USA Joey Hand	BMW M3 GT2		3
BMW 4.0 L V8
LMP1	88	GBR Drayson Racing	GBR Paul Drayson
GBR Jonny Cocker	Lola B09/60		2
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
Chal	38	USA Velox Motorsport	USA Shane Lewis
USA Mitchell Pagerey	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		144
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
Chal	36	USA Gruppe Orange	USA Wesley Hoaglund
USA Bob Faieta	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		144
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
LMP1	10	GBR ECO Racing	JPN Hideki Noda
USA Cort Wagner
GRE Nikolas Konstant	Radical SR9		–
ECO (AER) 5.0 L Turbo V10
(Diesel)

References

(2009-10-10). "ALMS Qualifying Result". [[International Motor Sports Association]].

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