The 2006 American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio was the third race for the 2006 American Le Mans Series season at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. It took place on May 21, 2006.
This was the first time since the 2003 Grand Prix of Sonoma that the smaller Le Mans Prototype class was able to win the race overall, with both LMP2 class Penske Porsches finishing ahead of the LMP1 Audi R8.
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 | LMP2 | 7 |  Penske Racing |  Timo Bernhard  Romain Dumas | Porsche RS Spyder | M | 119 |
| Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 | |||||||
| 2 | LMP2 | 6 | Penske Racing | Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr | Porsche RS Spyder | M | 119 |
| Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 | |||||||
| 3 | LMP1 | 2 | Audi Sport North America |  Rinaldo Capello  Allan McNish | Audi R8 | M | 119 |
| Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 4 | LMP2 | 37 | Intersport Racing | Clint Field Liz Halliday | Lola B05/40 | G | 116 |
| AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
| 5 | LMP1 | 16 | Dyson Racing | Butch Leitzinger James Weaver | Lola B06/10 | M | 116 |
| AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 6 | GT1 | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin  Olivier Beretta | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 116 |
| Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | |||||||
| 7 | GT1 | 3 | Corvette Racing |  Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 116 |
| Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | |||||||
| 8 | GT1 | 007 | Aston Martin Racing | Darren Turner  Tomáš Enge | Aston Martin DBR9 | P | 115 |
| Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 9 | GT1 | 009 | Aston Martin Racing | Stéphane Sarrazin  Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin DBR9 | P | 115 |
| Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 10 | LMP2 | 8 | B-K Motorsports | Guy Cosmo James Bach | Courage C65 | G | 112 |
| Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-rotor | |||||||
| 11 | GT2 | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Wolf Henzler Johannes van Overbeek | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 111 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 12 | LMP1 | 12 | Autocon Motorsports | Chris McMurry Mike Lewis | MG-Lola EX257 | D | 111 |
| AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
| 13 | GT2 | 50 | Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz |  David Brabham Scott Maxwell | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | P | 110 |
| Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8 | |||||||
| 14 | GT2 | 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman Darren Law | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 109 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 15 | GT2 | 21 | BMW Team PTG | Bill Auberlen Joey Hand | BMW M3 | Y | 109 |
| BMW 3.2L I6 | |||||||
| 16 | GT2 | 22 | BMW Team PTG | Justin Marks Bryan Sellers | BMW M3 | Y | 107 |
| BMW 3.2L I6 | |||||||
| 17 | GT2 | 62 | Risi Competizione |  Jaime Melo  Mika Salo | Ferrari F430GT | M | 105 |
| Ferrari 4.0L V8 | |||||||
| 18 | LMP2 | 19 | Van der Steur Racing | Gunnar van der Steur Ben Devlin | Lola B2K/40 | D | 104 |
| AER (Nissan) 3.0L V6 | |||||||
| 19 | GT2 | 31 | Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing | Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 93 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 20 DNF | GT2 | 51 | Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz | Gunnar Jeannette Tommy Milner | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | P | 57 |
| Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8 | |||||||
| 21 DNF | LMP1 | 20 | Dyson Racing | Chris Dyson Guy Smith | Lola B06/10 | M | 3 |
| AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 22 DNF | GT2 | 23 | Alex Job Racing | Mike Rockenfeller Klaus Graf | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 0 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 |
"Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-10. (43.4 KiB)
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