2007 Monterey Sports Car Championships Explained

The 2007 Monterey Sports Car Championships was the 12th and final race of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, California on October 20, 2007.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[1]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi R10 TDI		157
1	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		157
2	LMP2	7	Penske Racing	Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		157
2	LMP2	7	Penske Racing	Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8		157
3	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Mike Rockenfeller Marco Werner	Audi R10 TDI		157
3	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Mike Rockenfeller Marco Werner	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		157
4	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Sascha Maassen Ryan Briscoe	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		157
4	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Sascha Maassen Ryan Briscoe	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8		157
5	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Diaz	Lola B06/43		157
5	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Diaz	Acura AL7R 3.4L V8		157
6	LMP2	26	Andretti Green Racing	Bryan Herta Tony Kanaan	Acura ARX-01a		157
6	LMP2	26	Andretti Green Racing	Bryan Herta Tony Kanaan	Acura AL7R 3.4L V8		157
7	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		157
7	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8		157
8	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		156
8	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8		156
9	LMP1	88	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Harold Primat	Creation CA07		154
9	LMP1	88	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Harold Primat	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10		154
10	LMP1	10	Arena Motorsports International	Tom Chilton Darren Manning	Zytek 07S		153
10	LMP1	10	Arena Motorsports International	Tom Chilton Darren Manning	Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8		153
11	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		150
11	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8		150
12	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		150
12	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8		150
13	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430GT		146
13	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Ferrari 4.0L V8		146
14	GT2	71	Tafel Racing	Wolf Henzler Dominik Farnbacher	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		146
14	GT2	71	Tafel Racing	Wolf Henzler Dominik Farnbacher	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		146
15	GT2	18	Rahal Letterman Racing	Tommy Milner Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		145
15	GT2	18	Rahal Letterman Racing	Tommy Milner Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		145
16	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		145
16	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		145
17	LMP1	06	Team Cytosport	Greg Pickett Klaus Graf	Lola B06/10		144
17	LMP1	06	Team Cytosport	Greg Pickett Klaus Graf	AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8		144
18	GT2	54	Team Trans Sport Racing	Terry Borcheller Tim Pappas	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		143
18	GT2	54	Team Trans Sport Racing	Terry Borcheller Tim Pappas	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		143
19	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand	Panoz Esperante GT-LM		139
19	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand	Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8		139
20	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman Lonnie Pechnik	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		139
20	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman Lonnie Pechnik	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		139
21	GT2	61	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson	Ferrari F430GT		136
21	GT2	61	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson	Ferrari 4.0L V8		136
22	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chapman Ducote	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe		136
22	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chapman Ducote	Dodge 8.3L V10		136
23	GT2	53	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Panoz Esperante GT-LM		135
23	GT2	53	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8		135
24	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsports Mazdaspeed	Jamie Bach Ben Devlin	Lola B07/46		133
24	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsports Mazdaspeed	Jamie Bach Ben Devlin	Mazda MZR-R 2.0L Turbo I4		133
25	GT2	73	Tafel Racing	Jim Tafel Nathan Swartzbaugh Lars-Erik Nielsen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		117
25	GT2	73	Tafel Racing	Jim Tafel Nathan Swartzbaugh Lars-Erik Nielsen	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		117
26 DNF	LMP2	5	Zytek Motorsports	Stefan Mücke Hayanari Shimoda	Zytek 07S/2		112
26 DNF	LMP2	5	Zytek Motorsports	Stefan Mücke Hayanari Shimoda	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8		112
27 DNF	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry Bryan Willman Tony Burgess	Creation CA06/H		92
27 DNF	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry Bryan Willman Tony Burgess	Judd GV5 5.0L V10		92
28 DNF	LMP2	9	Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Stefan Johansson Robbie Kerr	Acura ARX-01a		89
28 DNF	LMP2	9	Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Stefan Johansson Robbie Kerr	Acura AL7R 3.4L V8		89
29 DNF	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Richard Berry	Lola B06/10		40
29 DNF	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Richard Berry	AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8		40
30 DNF	GT2	31	Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing	Peter Dumbreck Lucas Luhr	Ferrari F430GT		31
30 DNF	GT2	31	Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing	Peter Dumbreck Lucas Luhr	Ferrari 4.0L V8		31

Statistics

Pole Position - #6 Penske Racing - 1:10.528^[2]
Fastest Lap - #6 Penske Racing - 1:12.127

Notes and References

Web site: American Le Mans Series Provisional Results . IMSA - International Motor Sports Association . 2007-10-20 . 2007-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124063645/http://imsaracing.net/2007/events/laguna/ALMS_ProvRace.pdf . 2010-11-24 . dead .
Web site: Monterey Sports Car Championships Qualifying . American Le Mans Series . 2007-10-19 . 2007-10-20.