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