2005 Monterey Sports Car Championships

February 2025 thumb|right|230px|Track map of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 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 ChiltonJapan Hayanari Shimoda Zytek 04S Michelin 164 Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 2 LMP1 2 United States ADT Champion Racing Germany Frank BielaItaly Emanuele Pirro Audi R8 Michelin 164 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 3 LMP1 20 United States Dyson Racing United States Chris DysonUnited Kingdom Andy Wallace MG-Lola EX257 Michelin 163 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 4 LMP1 1 United States ADT Champion Racing Germany Marco WernerFinland JJ Lehto Audi R8 Michelin 163 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 5 LMP2 6 United States Penske Racing Germany Lucas LuhrGermany Sascha Maassen Porsche RS Spyder Michelin 163 Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 6 LMP1 16 United States Dyson Racing United States Butch LeitzingerUnited Kingdom James Weaver MG-Lola EX257 Michelin 162 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 7 GT1 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver GavinMonaco Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 158 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 8 GT1 3 United States Corvette Racing Canada Ron FellowsUnited States Johnny O'Connell Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 157 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 9 GT1 58 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Portugal Pedro LamyNetherlands Peter Kox Aston Martin DBR9 Michelin 156 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 10 GT1 57 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Australia David BrabhamUnited Kingdom Darren Turner Aston Martin DBR9 Michelin 155 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 11 LMP2 10 United States Miracle Motorsports United States Jeff BucknumUnited States Chris McMurryUnited States James Gue Courage C65 Kumho 155 AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 12 LMP2 8 United States B-K Motorsports United States Guy CosmoUnited States Jamie Bach Courage C65 Goodyear 154 Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-Rotor 13 LMP1 12 United States Autocon Motorsports United States Bryan WillmanUnited States Michael Lewis Riley & Scott Mk III C Dunlop 152 Elan 6L8 6.0L V8 14 GT2 31 United States Petersen MotorsportsUnited States White Lightning Racing United States Patrick LongGermany Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Michelin 151 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 15 GT2 50 United States Panoz Motor Sports United States Bill AuberlenUnited Kingdom Robin Liddell Panoz Esperante GT-LM Pirelli 151 Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8 16 GT2 43 United States BAM! Germany Mike RockenfellerGermany Wolf Henzler Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Yokohama 151 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 17 GT2 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Johannes van OverbeekUnited States Jon Fogarty Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Michelin 151 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 18 GT2 23 United States Alex Job Racing Germany Timo BernhardFrance Romain Dumas Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Michelin 150 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 19 GT1 63 United States ACEMCO Motorsports United States Terry BorchellerUnited Kingdom Johnny Mowlem Saleen S7-R Michelin 148 Ford 7.0L V8 20 GT2 79 United States J3 Racing United States Justin JacksonUnited Kingdom Tim Sugden Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Pirelli 148 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 21 GT2 51 United States Panoz Motor Sports United States Bryan SellersUnited Kingdom Marino Franchitti Panoz Esperante GT-LM Pirelli 147 Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8 22 GT2 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Lonnie PechnikUnited States Seth Neiman Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Michelin 147 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 23 LMP2 19 United States Van der Steur Racing United States Gunnar van der SteurUnited Kingdom Ben Devlin Lola B2K/40 Dunlop 139 Nissan (AER) 3.0L V6 24 GT1 71 United States Carsport America Italy Michele RugoloUnited States Tom Weickardt Dodge Viper GTS-R Pirelli 137 Dodge 8.0L V10 25 GT2 78 United States J3 Racing Italy Marco PetriniItaly Maurizio Fabris Porsche 911 GT3-RS Pirelli 129 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 26 LMP2 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Jon FieldUnited States Clint FieldUnited Kingdom Liz Halliday Lola B05/40 Goodyear 125 AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 27DNF GT1 35 Italy Maserati CorseUSA Risi Competizione Italy Andrea BertoliniItaly Fabrizio de Simone Maserati MC12 Pirelli 94 Maserati 6.0L V12 28DNF GT2 24 United States Alex Job Racing United States Darren LawUnited States Ian Baas Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Michelin 33 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 Statistics Pole Position - #15 Zytek Engineering - 1:14.185 Fastest Lap - #15 Zytek Engineering - 1:16.480 Distance - 367.032 mi km Average Speed - 91.775 mi/h km/h on External links http://www.imsaracing.net/2003/events/lagunaseca05/ALMS_OfficialRace.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20061110072857/http://www.imsaracing.net/2003/events/lagunaseca05/ALMS_OfficialRace.pdf dead 2006-11-10 Official Results  (51.8 KiB) 2005 American Le Mans Series 2005 Petit Le Mans None M Category:Monterey Sports Car Championships Category:2005 in sports in California Category:October 2005 sports events in the United States