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 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 168 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 2 LMP2 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz Acura ARX-01B 168 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 3 LMP1 9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham Scott Sharp Acura ARX-02a 164 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 4 LMP1 12 Autocon Motorsports Bryan Willman Chris McMurry Tony Burgess Lola B06/10 159 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 5 LMP1 48 Corsa Motorsports Johnny Mowlem Stefan Johansson Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS 158 Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L Hybrid V8 6 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 155 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 7 GT2 3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 155 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 8 GT2 87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler Pierre Ehret Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 154 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 9 GT2 21 Panoz Team PTG Ian James Dominik Farnbacher Panoz Esperante GT-LM 154 Ford 5.0 L V8 10 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Johannes van Overbeek Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 153 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GT2 92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Tommy Milner Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT2 153 BMW 4.0 L V8 12 GT2 18 T-Mobile VICI Racing Richard Westbrook Johannes Stuck Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 153 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GT2 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Dominic Cicero Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 150 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Guy Smith Ben Devlin Lola B09/86 150 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Butanol) 15 GT2 28 LG Motorsports Lou Gigliotti Tom Sutherland Tomy Drissi Chevrolet Corvette C6 150 Chevrolet LS3 6.3 L V8 16 Chal 47 Orbit Racing Guy Cosmo John Baker Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 144 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 17 GT2 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 143 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 18 Chal 02 Gruppe Orange Nick Parker Donald Pickering Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 140 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 19 Chal 69 P7 Racing Robert Rodriquez Galen Bieker Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 140 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 20 GT2 40 Robertson Racing David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry Ford GT-R Mk. VII 139 Ford 5.0 L V8 21 Chal 08 Orbit Racing Ed Brown Bill Sweedler Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 138 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 22DNF LMP1 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field Clint Field Lola B06/10 125 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 23DNF LMP2 6 Team Cytosport Greg Pickett Klaus Graf Porsche RS Spyder Evo 124 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 24NC Chal 05 GMG Racing Bret Curtis James Sofronas Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 89 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 25DNF Chal 57 Snow Racing Martin Snow Melanie Snow Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 52 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 26DNF GT2 62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer Ferrari F430GT 49 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 27DNF GT2 33 RSR Paul Gentilozzi Marc Goossens Jaguar XKR 46 Jaguar 4.2 L V8 28DNF LMP2 20 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti Lola B08/86 31 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 29DNF GT2 90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen Joey Hand BMW M3 GT2 3 BMW 4.0 L V8 30DNF LMP1 88 Drayson Racing Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker Lola B09/60 2 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 DSQ Chal 38 Velox Motorsport Shane Lewis Mitchell Pagerey Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 144 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DSQ Chal 36 Gruppe Orange Wesley Hoaglund Bob Faieta Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 144 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNS LMP1 10 ECO Racing Hideki Noda Cort Wagner Nikolas Konstant Radical SR9 – ECO (AER) 5.0 L Turbo V10(Diesel)

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