2006 Monterey Sports Car Championships

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The 2006 Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was the tenth and final race for the 2006 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on October 21, 2006.

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Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP12 Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish
Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Audi R10 TDI M 159
Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2LMP11 Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro
Audi R10 TDI M 159
Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
3LMP188 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Creation Autosportif Flag of France.svg Nicolas Minassian
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Harold Primat
Creation CA06/H M 159
Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10
4LMP27 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr
Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder M 159
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
5LMP26 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen
Flag of Germany.svg Timo Bernhard
Porsche RS Spyder M 158
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
6LMP116 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Weaver
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson
Lola B06/10 M 158
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
7LMP115 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zytek Engineering Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Mowlem
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson
Zytek 06S M 157
Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8
8GT1009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin
Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy
Aston Martin DBR9 P 153
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
9GT14 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 153
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
10GT13 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ron Fellows
Flag of the United States.svg Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 152
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
11GT1007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Aston Martin DBR9 P 152
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
12LMP237 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jon Field
Flag of the United States.svg Clint Field
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liz Halliday
Lola B05/40 G 151
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
13GT262 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo
Flag of France.svg Stephane Ortelli
Ferrari F430GT M 149
Ferrari 4.0L V8
14GT231 Flag of the United States.svg Petersen Motorsports
Flag of the United States.svg White Lightning Racing
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Petersen
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 149
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15LMP28 Flag of the United States.svg B-K Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Bach
Flag of the United States.svg Guy Cosmo
Courage C65 K 149
Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-Rotor
16GT223 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of Germany.svg Mike Rockenfeller
Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Tiemann
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 148
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17GT244 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Darren Law
Flag of the United States.svg Seth Neiman
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 147
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18GT251 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar Jeannette
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 146
Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
19GT245 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 141
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20GT261 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Italy.svg Maurizio Mediani
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari F430GT M 140
Ferrari 4.0L V8
21
DNF
GT221 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team PTG Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
BMW M3 Y 139
BMW 3.2L I6
22LMP276 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Bruichladdich Radical Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Moseley
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael Vergers
Radical SR9 D 134
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
23LMP112 Flag of the United States.svg Autocon Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Mike Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Willman
Flag of the United States.svg John Graham
MG-Lola EX257 D 128
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
24
DNF
LMP219 Flag of the United States.svg Van der Steur Racing Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar van der Steur
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Devlin
Flag of the United States.svg Adam Pecorari
Radical SR9 K 100
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
25
DNF
GT222 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team PTG Flag of the United States.svg Justin Marks
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Sellers
Flag of the United States.svg Ian James
BMW M3 Y 80
BMW 3.2L I6
26
DNF
LMP227 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Horag-Lista Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fredy Lienhard
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier Theys
Lola B05/40 M 78
Judd XV675 3.4L V8
27
DNF
GT250 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Maxwell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 76
Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8

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