2007 Monterey Sports Car Championships

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Allan McNish en route to a victory at Laguna Seca in the #1 Audi R10 TDI

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.

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Official results

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP11 Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish
Audi R10 TDI M 157
Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2LMP27 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas
Flag of Germany.svg Timo Bernhard
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 157
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
3LMP12 Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Germany.svg Mike Rockenfeller
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner
Audi R10 TDI M 157
Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
4LMP26 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 157
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
5LMP215 Flag of Mexico.svg Lowe's Fernández Racing Flag of Mexico.svg Adrian Fernández
Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Diaz
Lola B06/43 M 157
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
6LMP226 Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Green Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta
Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan
Acura ARX-01a M 157
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
7LMP220 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 157
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
8LMP216 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Flag of the United States.svg Butch Leitzinger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Wallace
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 156
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
9LMP188 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Creation Autosportif Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Campbell-Walter
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Harold Primat
Creation CA07 D 154
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
10LMP110 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arena Motorsports International Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Manning
Zytek 07S M 153
Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8
11GT14 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 150
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
12GT13 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United States.svg Johnny O'Connell
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 150
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
13GT262 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Ferrari F430GT M 146
Ferrari 4.0L V8
14GT271 Flag of the United States.svg Tafel Racing Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 146
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
15GT218 Flag of the United States.svg Rahal Letterman Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Kelleners
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 145
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
16GT245 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 145
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
17LMP106 Flag of the United States.svg Team Cytosport Flag of the United States.svg Greg Pickett
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
Lola B06/10 D 144
AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8
18GT254 Flag of the United States.svg Team Trans Sport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Terry Borcheller
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Pappas
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Y 143
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
19GT221 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Team PTG Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 139
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
20GT244 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Darren Law
Flag of the United States.svg Seth Neiman
Flag of the United States.svg Lonnie Pechnik
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 139
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
21GT261 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione
Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing
Flag of the United States.svg Tracy Krohn
Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Ferrari F430GT M 136
Ferrari 4.0L V8
22GT211 Flag of the United States.svg Primetime Race Group Flag of the United States.svg Joel Feinberg
Flag of the United States.svg Chapman Ducote
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe M 136
Dodge 8.3L V10
23GT253 Flag of the United States.svg Robertson Racing Flag of the United States.svg David Robertson
Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Robertson
Flag of the United States.svg David Murry
Panoz Esperante GT-LM D 135
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
24LMP28 Flag of the United States.svg B-K Motorsports
Flag of Japan.svg Mazdaspeed
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Bach
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Devlin
Lola B07/46 K 133
Mazda MZR-R 2.0L Turbo I4
25GT273 Flag of the United States.svg Tafel Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jim Tafel
Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Swartzbaugh
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars-Erik Nielsen
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 117
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
26
DNF
LMP25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zytek Motorsports Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Flag of Japan.svg Hayanari Shimoda
Zytek 07S/2 M 112
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
27
DNF
LMP112 Flag of the United States.svg Autocon Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Chris McMurry
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Willman
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tony Burgess
Creation CA06/H D 92
Judd GV5 5.0L V10
28
DNF
LMP29 Flag of the United States.svg Highcroft Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robbie Kerr
Acura ARX-01a M 89
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
29
DNF
LMP137 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jon Field
Flag of the United States.svg Clint Field
Flag of the United States.svg Richard Berry
Lola B06/10 D 40
AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8
30
DNF
GT231 Flag of the United States.svg Petersen Motorsports
Flag of the United States.svg White Lightning Racing
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Dumbreck
Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr
Ferrari F430GT M 31
Ferrari 4.0L V8

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References

  1. "American Le Mans Series Provisional Results" (PDF). IMSA - International Motor Sports Association. 2007-10-20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
  2. "Monterey Sports Car Championships Qualifying". American Le Mans Series. 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
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