2005 Monterey Sports Car Championships

The 2005 Monterey Sports Car Championships was the final race for the 2005 American Le Mans Series season held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It took place on October 16, 2005.

This race saw the competition debut of the new Porsche RS Spyder, the first Porsche prototype in approximately seven years.

Official results

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

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 15 United Kingdom Zytek Engineering United Kingdom Tom Chilton
Japan Hayanari Shimoda
Zytek 04S M 164
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
2 LMP1 2 United States ADT Champion Racing Germany Frank Biela
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Audi R8 M 164
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3 LMP1 20 United States Dyson Racing United States Chris Dyson
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
MG-Lola EX257 M 163
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
4 LMP1 1 United States ADT Champion Racing Germany Marco Werner
Finland JJ Lehto
Audi R8 M 163
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
5 LMP2 6 United States Penske Racing Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder M 163
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
6 LMP1 16 United States Dyson Racing United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom James Weaver
MG-Lola EX257 M 162
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
7 GT1 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 158
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
8 GT1 3 United States Corvette Racing Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 157
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
9 GT1 58 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Portugal Pedro Lamy
Netherlands Peter Kox
Aston Martin DBR9 M 156
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
10 GT1 57 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin DBR9 M 155
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
11 LMP2 10 United States Miracle Motorsports United States Jeff Bucknum
United States Chris McMurry
United States James Gue
Courage C65 K 155
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
12 LMP2 8 United States B-K Motorsports United States Guy Cosmo
United States Jamie Bach
Courage C65 G 154
Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-Rotor
13 LMP1 12 United States Autocon Motorsports United States Bryan Willman
United States Michael Lewis
Riley & Scott Mk III C D 152
Elan 6L8 6.0L V8
14 GT2 31 United States Petersen Motorsports
United States White Lightning Racing
United States Patrick Long
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 151
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15 GT2 50 United States Panoz Motor Sports United States Bill Auberlen
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 151
Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
16 GT2 43 United States BAM! Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Germany Wolf Henzler
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Y 151
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17 GT2 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Jon Fogarty
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 151
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18 GT2 23 United States Alex Job Racing Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 150
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19 GT1 63 United States ACEMCO Motorsports United States Terry Borcheller
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Saleen S7-R M 148
Ford 7.0L V8
20 GT2 79 United States J3 Racing United States Justin Jackson
United Kingdom Tim Sugden
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR P 148
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21 GT2 51 United States Panoz Motor Sports United States Bryan Sellers
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 147
Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
22 GT2 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Lonnie Pechnik
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 147
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
23 LMP2 19 United States Van der Steur Racing United States Gunnar van der Steur
United Kingdom Ben Devlin
Lola B2K/40 D 139
Nissan (AER) 3.0L V6
24 GT1 71 United States Carsport America Italy Michele Rugolo
United States Tom Weickardt
Dodge Viper GTS-R P 137
Dodge 8.0L V10
25 GT2 78 United States J3 Racing Italy Marco Petrini
Italy Maurizio Fabris
Porsche 911 GT3-RS P 129
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
26 LMP2 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Jon Field
United States Clint Field
United Kingdom Liz Halliday
Lola B05/40 G 125
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
27
DNF
GT1 35 Italy Maserati Corse
United States Risi Competizione
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Italy Fabrizio de Simone
Maserati MC12 P 94
Maserati 6.0L V12
28
DNF
GT2 24 United States Alex Job Racing United States Darren Law
United States Ian Baas
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 33
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

Statistics

External links

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