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.

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).

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

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