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 Zytek Engineering Tom Chilton Hayanari Shimoda Zytek 04S 164 Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 2 LMP1 2 ADT Champion Racing Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro Audi R8 164 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 3 LMP1 20 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson Andy Wallace MG-Lola EX257 163 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 4 LMP1 1 ADT Champion Racing Marco Werner JJ Lehto Audi R8 163 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 5 LMP2 6 Penske Racing Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen Porsche RS Spyder 163 Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 6 LMP1 16 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger James Weaver MG-Lola EX257 162 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 7 GT1 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 158 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 8 GT1 3 Corvette Racing Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 157 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 9 GT1 58 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy Peter Kox Aston Martin DBR9 156 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 10 GT1 57 Aston Martin Racing David Brabham Darren Turner Aston Martin DBR9 155 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 11 LMP2 10 Miracle Motorsports Jeff Bucknum Chris McMurry James Gue Courage C65 155 AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 12 LMP2 8 B-K Motorsports Guy Cosmo Jamie Bach Courage C65 154 Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-Rotor 13 LMP1 12 Autocon Motorsports Bryan Willman Michael Lewis Riley & Scott Mk III C 152 Elan 6L8 6.0L V8 14 GT2 31 Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 151 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 15 GT2 50 Panoz Motor Sports Bill Auberlen Robin Liddell Panoz Esperante GT-LM 151 Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8 16 GT2 43 BAM! Mike Rockenfeller Wolf Henzler Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 151 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 17 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek Jon Fogarty Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 151 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 18 GT2 23 Alex Job Racing Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 150 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 19 GT1 63 ACEMCO Motorsports Terry Borcheller Johnny Mowlem Saleen S7-R 148 Ford 7.0L V8 20 GT2 79 J3 Racing Justin Jackson Tim Sugden Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 148 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 21 GT2 51 Panoz Motor Sports Bryan Sellers Marino Franchitti Panoz Esperante GT-LM 147 Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8 22 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 147 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 23 LMP2 19 Van der Steur Racing Gunnar van der Steur Ben Devlin Lola B2K/40 139 Nissan (AER) 3.0L V6 24 GT1 71 Carsport America Michele Rugolo Tom Weickardt Dodge Viper GTS-R 137 Dodge 8.0L V10 25 GT2 78 J3 Racing Marco Petrini Maurizio Fabris Porsche 911 GT3-RS 129 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 26 LMP2 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field Clint Field Liz Halliday Lola B05/40 125 AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 27DNF GT1 35 Maserati Corse Risi Competizione Andrea Bertolini Fabrizio de Simone Maserati MC12 94 Maserati 6.0L V12 28DNF GT2 24 Alex Job Racing Darren Law Ian Baas Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 33 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
Statistics Pole Position - #15 Zytek Engineering - 1:14.185 Fastest Lap - #15 Zytek Engineering - 1:16.480 Distance - Average Speed -
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