2008 Monterey Sports Car Championships

The final round of the ALMS season was slowed by a total of twelve caution periods over the four-hour race distance, including four within the first hour alone. This allowed for a variety of pit strategies to come into place as teams chose to make their first pit stops during different caution periods. The Acura teams led early, but Audi was eventually able to take the overall lead, eventually completing the race first and second, led by the #2 car of Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr. In LMP2, Acura's also finished first and second, but the #7 Penske Porsche's finish of third was able to secure Porsche the Manufacturers Championship within the class by a single point.

In GT1, the #4 Corvette of Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin earned their third win of the season over their teammates, while the #71 Tafel Racing Ferrari secured its fourth victory in GT2 in 2008. The Risi Competizione Ferrari and Farnbacher-Loles Porsche completed the GT2 podium, while the PTG Panoz had a strong fourth-place finish a lap behind.

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Audi R10 TDI	M	145
					TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel )
2	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Emanuele Pirro Christijan Albers	Audi R10 TDI	M	145
					TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel )
3	LMP2	26	Andretti Green Racing	Franck Montagny Tony Kanaan	Acura ARX-01B	M	145
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4	LMP2	66	de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-01B	M	145
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
5	LMP2	7	Penske Racing	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	145
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6	LMP2	5	Penske Motorsports, Inc.	Hélio Castroneves Ryan Briscoe	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	145
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	145
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
8	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	144
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
9	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz	Acura ARX-01B	M	144
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
10	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Patrick Long Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	144
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
11	LMP1	48	Corsa Motorsports	Gunnar Jeannette Johnny Mowlem Stefan Johansson	Zytek 07S	D	142
					Zytek 4.5 L V8
12	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	139
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol)
13	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	139
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol)
14	GT2	71	Tafel Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller	Ferrari F430GT	M	139
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15	LMP2	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Scott Sharp David Brabham	Acura ARX-01B	M	139
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
16	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Mika Salo	Ferrari F430GT	M	139
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17	GT2	87	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Dirk Werner Bryce Miller	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	138
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18	LMP1	88	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Stephen Simpson Liz Halliday	Creation CA07	D	138
					AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10 (E85 ethanol)
19	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Tommy Milner Joey Hand	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Y	137
					Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
20	GT2	46	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Pilet	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	137
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports 44	Darren Law Seth Neiman Lonnie Pechnik	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	135
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22	GT2	99	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Ben Aucott Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430GT	D	134
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
23	GT2	007	Drayson-Barwell	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D	134
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 (E85 ethanol)
24	GT2	54	Black Swan Racing	Anthony Lazzaro Andy Pilgrim	Ford GT-R Mk.VII	F	133
					Ford 5.0 L V8
25	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	133
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26	GT2	73	Tafel Racing	Harrison Brix Alex Figge Pierre Ehret	Ferrari F430GT	M	132
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
27	GT2	61	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson	Ferrari F430GT	M	129
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
28	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk.VII	D	129
					Ford 5.0 L V8
29	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	H	112
					Dodge 8.3 L V10
30	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsports	Gerardo Bonilla Ben Devlin Raphael Matos	Lola B08/86	D	106
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (E85 ethanol)
31 DNF	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Ryan Lewis Richard Berry	Lola B06/10	D	102
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 (E85 ethanol)
32 NC	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry Tony Burgess	Lola B06/10	D	87
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
33 DNF	LMP1	10	ECO Racing	Andrew Prendeville Hideki Noda	Radical SR10	D	46
					ECO (AER) 5.0 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)
34 DNF	GT2	18	VICI Racing	Nicky Pastorelli Francesco Pastorelli Marc Basseng	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	K	17
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

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