2010 Monterey Sports Car Championships Explained

The 2010 American Le Mans Series Monterey presented by Patron was held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during May 20–22, 2010. It was the third round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series season. The 2010 race will be the first time that the race is 6 hours, extending into the darkness for the first time.

Qualifying

The qualifying session saw Guy Smith give Dyson Racing the overall pole. Johnny Mowlem took LMPC pole for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Jaime Melo took the GT pole for Risi and reigning Porsche Supercup champion Jeroen Bleekemolen took GTC pole for Black Swan Racing.

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[1] ^[2]

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	LMP	16 Dyson Racing Team	Guy Smith	1:12.338	1
2	LMP	1 Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham	1:13.009	35
3	LMP	6 Muscle Milk Team Cytosport	Klaus Graf	1:13.855	2
4	LMP	37 Intersport Racing	Clint Field	1:15.208	3
5	LMP	12 Autocon Motorsports	Pierre Ehret	1:15.775	4
6	LMP	8 Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson	1:16.297	5
7	LMPC	52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem	1:17.800	6
8	LMPC	99 Green Earth Team Gunnar	Gunnar Jeannette	1:17.971	7
9	LMPC	55 Level 5 Motorsports	Christophe Bouchut	1:18.212	8
10	LMPC	36 Genoa Racing	Tom Sutherland	1:18.256	9
11	LMPC	95 Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker	1:21.221	10
12	LMPC	89 Intersport Racing	Mitch Pagerey	1:21.446	11
13	GT	62 Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo	1:22.752	12
14	GT	01 Extreme Speed Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek	1:23.067	13
15	GT	4 Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	1:23.101	14
16	GT	3 Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	1:23.201	15
17	GT	92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen	1:23.350	16
18	GT	90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Dirk Müller	1:23.379	17
19	GT	02 Extreme Speed Motorsports	Guy Cosmo	1:23.394	18
20	GT	45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister	1:23.484	19
21	GT	17 Team Falken Tire	Wolf Henzler	1:23.991	20
22	GT	40 Robertson Racing	David Murry	1:24.750	21
23	GT	75 Jaguar RSR	Ryan Dalziel	1:26.381	22
24	GT	61 Risi Competizione	Tracy Krohn	1:26.708	23
25	GTC	54 Black Swan Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:26.934	24
26	GTC	81 Alex Job Racing	Butch Leitzinger	1:27.603	25
27	GTC	63 TRG	Andy Lally	1:27.797	26
28	GTC	88 Velox Motorsports	Shane Lewis	1:27.950	27
29	GTC	48 Orbit Racing	Bryce Miller	1:28.126	28
30	GTC	32 GMG Racing	James Sofronas	1:28.171	29
31	GT	44 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman	1:28.481	30
32	GTC	69 WERKS II Racing	Galen Bieker	1:28.590	31
33	GTC	23 Alex Job Racing	Bill Sweedler	1:29.360	32
34	GTC	80 Car Amigo - AJR	Ricardo González	1:29.547	33
35	GTC	28 911 Design	Doug Baron	1:29.701	34

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps
1	LMP	1	Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Simon Pagenaud Marino Franchitti	HPD ARX-01C		237
1	LMP	1	Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Simon Pagenaud Marino Franchitti	HPD 3.4 L V8		237
2	LMP	6	Muscle Milk Team Cytosport	Memo Gidley Klaus Graf Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		230
2	LMP	6	Muscle Milk Team Cytosport	Memo Gidley Klaus Graf Sascha Maassen	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8		230
3	LMPC	55	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut Mark Wilkins	Oreca FLM09		229
3	LMPC	55	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut Mark Wilkins	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		229
4	LMPC	36	Genoa Racing	Tom Sutherland Tom Weickardt Kyle Marcelli	Oreca FLM09		229
4	LMPC	36	Genoa Racing	Tom Sutherland Tom Weickardt Kyle Marcelli	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		229
5	GT	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		227
5	GT	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		227
6	GT	90	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Dirk Müller Joey Hand	BMW M3 GT2		227
6	GT	90	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Dirk Müller Joey Hand	BMW 4.0 L V8		227
7	GT	4	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		227
7	GT	4	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8		227
8	GT	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430 GTE		225
8	GT	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		225
9	GT	01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek	Ferrari F430 GTE		225
9	GT	01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		225
10	GT	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Johnny O'Connell	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		224
10	GT	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Johnny O'Connell	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8		224
11	GT	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		224
11	GT	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		224
12	LMPC	99	Green Earth Team Gunnar	Gunnar Jeannette Christian Zugel Elton Julian	Oreca FLM09		222
12	LMPC	99	Green Earth Team Gunnar	Gunnar Jeannette Christian Zugel Elton Julian	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		222
13	GT	92	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen Tommy Milner	BMW M3 GT2		222
13	GT	92	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen Tommy Milner	BMW 4.0 L V8		222
14	LMPC	89	Intersport Racing	Mitch Pagerey David Ducote Brian Wong	Oreca FLM09		222
14	LMPC	89	Intersport Racing	Mitch Pagerey David Ducote Brian Wong	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		222
15	LMP	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith Andy Meyrick	Lola B09/86		220
15	LMP	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith Andy Meyrick	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Butanol)		220
16	GT	61	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Nic Jönsson	Ferrari F430 GTE		220
16	GT	61	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Nic Jönsson	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		220
17	GTC	54	Black Swan Racing	Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		219
17	GTC	54	Black Swan Racing	Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		219
18	GTC	63	TRG	Henri Richard René Villeneuve Andy Lally	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		218
18	GTC	63	TRG	Henri Richard René Villeneuve Andy Lally	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		218
19	GTC	81	Alex Job Racing	Juan González Butch Leitzinger	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		217
19	GTC	81	Alex Job Racing	Juan González Butch Leitzinger	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		217
20	GTC	80	Car Amigo - AJR	Ricardo González Luis Díaz Rudy Junco, Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		217
20	GTC	80	Car Amigo - AJR	Ricardo González Luis Díaz Rudy Junco, Jr.	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		217
21	GTC	48	Orbit Racing	Bryce Miller John McMullen Luke Hines	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		216
21	GTC	48	Orbit Racing	Bryce Miller John McMullen Luke Hines	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		216
22	GTC	88	Velox Motorsports	Shane Lewis Jerry Vento Lawson Aschenbach	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		216
22	GTC	88	Velox Motorsports	Shane Lewis Jerry Vento Lawson Aschenbach	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		216
23	GT	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk. VII		215
23	GT	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford 5.0 L V8		215
24	GT	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman Timo Bernhard	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		213
24	GT	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman Timo Bernhard	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		213
25	GTC	23	Alex Job Racing	Bill Sweedler Romeo Kapudija Jan-Dirk Lueders	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		212
25	GTC	23	Alex Job Racing	Bill Sweedler Romeo Kapudija Jan-Dirk Lueders	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		212
26	GTC	69	WERKS II Racing	Robert Rodriguez Galen Bieker	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		212
26	GTC	69	WERKS II Racing	Robert Rodriguez Galen Bieker	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		212
27	GTC	28	911 Design	Loren Beggs Doug Baron	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		211
27	GTC	28	911 Design	Loren Beggs Doug Baron	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		211
28 DNF	GT	02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Guy Cosmo	Ferrari F430 GTE		194
28 DNF	GT	02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Guy Cosmo	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		194
29	GT	75	Jaguar RSR	Paul Gentilozzi Ryan Dalziel Marc Goossens	Jaguar XKRS		191
29	GT	75	Jaguar RSR	Paul Gentilozzi Ryan Dalziel Marc Goossens	Jaguar 5.0 L V8		191
30 DNF	LMP	12	Autocon Motorsports	Bryan Willman Tony Burgess Pierre Ehret	Lola B06/10		170
30 DNF	LMP	12	Autocon Motorsports	Bryan Willman Tony Burgess Pierre Ehret	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8		170
31 DNF	LMP	8	Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker Emanuele Pirro	Lola B09/60		108
31 DNF	LMP	8	Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker Emanuele Pirro	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		108
32 DNF	LMPC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem Tom Papadopoulos Ryan Lewis	Oreca FLM09		107
32 DNF	LMPC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem Tom Papadopoulos Ryan Lewis	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		107
33 DNF	GTC	32	GMG Racing	Bret Curtis James Sofronas Terry Borcheller	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		83
33 DNF	GTC	32	GMG Racing	Bret Curtis James Sofronas Terry Borcheller	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		83
34 DNF	LMP	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Nikolas Konstant	Lola B06/10		38
34 DNF	LMP	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Nikolas Konstant	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8		38
35 DNF	LMPC	95	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Andy Wallace Burt Frisselle	Oreca FLM09		8
35 DNF	LMPC	95	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Andy Wallace Burt Frisselle	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		8

Notes and References

Web site: ALMS Monterey Qualifying . PDF . . 2010-04-17 . 2010-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100602053301/http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2010/ALMS%20Laguna%20Seca%20Qualifying.pdf . 2010-06-02 . dead .
Web site: ALMS Monterey Provisional Grid . PDF . . 2010-05-22 . 2010-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707133122/http://americanlemans.com/files/results/2010/ALMS%20Laguna%20Seca%20Provisional%20Grid.pdf . 2011-07-07 . dead .
Web site: ALMS Monterey Final Results . PDF . . 2010-05-23 . 2010-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100601220346/http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2010/ALMS%20Laguna%20Seca%20Final%20Race.pdf . 2010-06-01 . dead .