American Le Mans Series 2005-2008

2005

In 2005 the series was somewhat dominated by the Champion Audi team. Dyson was able to score a few wins in their Lola.

Mazda returned with a Courage pained up in colors that echoed their famous 1991 Le Mans win. However, the model shown below 'won' the LMP2 class by simply breaking down after everyone else... The LMP2 class would be transformed at the end of the year by the arrival of the Penske Porsche RS Spyder.

The Minichamps "Road Atlanta Winner" Audi is from the sprint race held there that year and NOT the Petit Le Mans race.

Maserati MC12

This car had a strange racing life. While it was compliant to FIA regulations, it was too wide and long for the A.C.O. and never raced at Le Mans. It ran in the ALMS as a 'guest' entry that was not eligable for championship points.

American Le Mans Series 2005

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Sebring
LMP1
1Audi R8 'ADT'
J.J. Lehto
Marco Werner
Tom Kristensen
1
LMP1
Minichamps
400051301
2Audi R8 'ADT'
Emanuele Pirro
Frank Biela
Allan McNish
2
LMP1
Minichamps
400051302
GT1
4Aston Martin DBR9
Darren Turner
David Brabham
Stéphane Ortelli
57
GT1
IXO
GTM025
15Aston Martin DBR9
Peter Kox
Pedro Lamy
Stephane Sarrazin
58
GT1
IXO
GTM026
9Maserati MC12
Andrea Bertolini
Fabio Babini
Fabrizio de Simone
35
GT1
IXO
GTM044
GT2
7Porsche 911 GT3-RSR
Jörg Bergmeister
Patrick Long
Lucas Lühr
31
GT2
Minichamps
400056431
Road Atlanta 2:45
1Audi R8 'ADT'
J.J. Lehto
Marco Werner
1
LMP1
Minichamps
400051391
Mid-Ohio
14Courage C65 Mazda
James Bach
Guy Cosmo
8
LMP2
Spark
S0136
Laguna Seca
 Porsche RS Spyder 'DHL'
Sascha Maassen
Lucas Lühr
6
LMP2
Minichamps
Porsche Dealer Edition
WAP 020 609 16

2006

American Le Mans Series 2006

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Sebring
1Audi R8
Rinaldo Capello
Tom Kristensen
Allan McNish
2
LMP1
Minichamps
400061602
Lime Rock Park
1Audi R8
Rinaldo Capello
Allan McNish
2
LMP1
Minichamps
400061302
 
 Porsche RS Spyder 'DHL'
Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
7
LMP2
Minichamps
400 066507

2007

Sebring...same as it ever was

One of the all-time great moments in sportscar history happened in the closing lap of the 12 hours. The Risi Ferrari and Flying Lizard Porsche battled fender-to-fender to one of the best finishes ever.

American Le Mans Series 2007

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Sebring
LMP1
1Audi R10 TDI
Marco Werner
Emanuele Pirro
Frank Biela
2
LMP1
Minichamps
400 071692
LMP2
31Lola B07/40 Mazda
Ben Devlin
James Bach
Raphael Matos
8
LMP2
Spark
Special Edition (Japan?)
ML001
GT1
8Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 'Compuware'
Ron Fellows
Johnny O'Connell
Jan Magnussen
3
GT1
Spark
S0170
GT2
13Porsche 911 (997) GT3-RSR
Jörg Bergmeister
Johannes Van Overbeek
Marc Lieb
45
GT2
Minichamps
400 076445
15Porsche 911 (997) GT3-RSR
Wolf Henzler
Robin Liddell
Patrick Long
71
GT2
Minichamps
400 076471
17Porsche 911 (997) GT3-RSR
Jim Tafel
Dominik Farnbacher
Ian James
73
GT2
Minichamps
400 076471
22Ferrari F430 GT
Tim Bergmeister
Tomáš Enge
Memo Gidley
31
GT2
Red Line
RL 131
DNFPorsche 911 (997) GT3-RSR
Darren Law
Seth Neiman
Lonnie Pechnik
44
GT2
Minichamps
400 076444
DNFFerrari F430 GT
Rui Águas
Maurizio Mediani
José María López
32
GT2
Red Line
RL 132
 
 Porsche RS Spyder 'DHL'
Ryan Briscoe
Sascha Maassen
6
LMP2
Minichamps
Porsche Dealer Edition
WAP 020 609 17
 Porsche RS Spyder 'Porsche' (Testcar)0
LMP2
Minichamps
Porsche Dealer Edition
WAP 020 610 18

2008

The "High Water Mark"

The American Le Mans Series had an absolutely phenomonal year. There was excellent competition among the P1 & P2 cars for overall wins, and the GT2 class had an incredible array of cars and talent. I remember the glory days of IMSA, and this seemed to be very close. The main difference being less backmarkers.

I personally attended Lime Rock and Mosport.

American Le Mans Series 2008

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Sebring
LMP2 Class
1Porsche RS Spyder 'DHL'
Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Emmanuel Collard
7
LMP2
Minichamps
400 086807
31Porsche RS Spyder 'DHL'
Sascha Maassen
Patrick Long
Ryan Briscoe
6
LMP2
Minichamps
Porsche Dealer Edition
WAP 020 028 18
5Acura ARX-01b 'Patron'
David Brabham
Scott Sharp
Stefan Johansson
9
LMP2
Spark
(Highcroft Team Edition 2008)
N/A
DNSLola B07/46 Mazda BP
Ben Devlin
Gerardo Bonilla
Raphael Matos
8
LMP2
Spark
Special Edition (Japan?)
ML002
GT2 Class
30Ason Martin DBRS9
Paul Drayson
Jonathan Cocker
Tim Sugden
007
GT2
Minichamps
400 081307

2012

Grand-Am 2012

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Daytona 24
29Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
'MOMO'
Henrique Cisneros
Sean Edwards
Carlos Kauffmann
Nick Tandy
26
GT
Spark
(USA Special Edition)
US001
44Audi R8 LMS Grand-Am

Ian Baas
Dion von Moltke
Nelson Canache
Jim Norman
51
GT
Spark
(USA Special Edition)
US002
45Audi R8 Grand-Am
'ORYX'
Humaid Al Masaood
Saeed Al Mehairi
Steven Kane
74
GT
Spark
(USA Special Edition)
US003
TestAudi R8 LMS Grand-Am
(Presentation version)
51
GT
Spark
(Audi Dealer Edition)
501.12.003.23

American Le Mans Series 2012

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Petit Le Mans
5DeltaWing LM12 Nissan
Gunnar Jeannette
Lucas Ordoñez
0
UNC
Spark
(USA Special Edition)
US004
12Ferrari 458 Italia GTC
Scott Sharp
Toni Vilander
Johannes Van Overbeek
01
GT
Fujimi
FJM1343020

2013

American Le Mans Series 2013

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Sebring
DNFDeltaWing LM12 Elan
Andrew Meyrick
Olivier Pla
0
LMP1
Spark
(USA Special Edition)
US005
Petit Le Mans
DNFDeltaWing DWC13
Katherine Legge
Andrew Meyrick
0
LMP1
Spark
(USA Special Edition)
US010

Grand-Am 2013

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Mazda 6 GX
Joel Miller
Tristan Nunez
Youjirou Terada
00
GX
Spark
(Special Team Edition)
SP030

2014

Tudor United Sportscar Championship 2014

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Daytona 24 Hours
6Porsche 911
Nick Tandy
Richard Lietz
Patrick Pilet
(GTLM Class Winner)
911
GTLM
Spark
(USA Special Edition)
US006
DNFDeltaWing DWC13
Andrew Meyrick
Katherine Legge
Alexander Rossi
Gabby Chaves
0
P
Spark
(USA Special Edition)
US011
Sebring 12 Hours
13Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R
Kuno Wittmer
Rob Bell
Jonathan Bomarito
93
GTLM
Spark
(USA Special Edition)
US008
Circuit of the Americas
12Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R
Kuno Wittmer
Jonathan Bomarito
(GTLM Class Winner; 'Throwback' livery)
93
GTLM
Spark
(USA Special Edition)
US009
 
Oreca 03
Klaus Graf
Lucas Luhr
6
P
Spark
(USA Special Edition)
US011

2015

Pirelli World Challenge 2015

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Road America
1Bentley Continental GT3
Chris Dyson
16
GT
TrueScale Miniatures
TSM164313