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.

Track map of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

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	LMP2	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)