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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
1	Audi R8 'ADT' J.J. Lehto Marco Werner Tom Kristensen	1 LMP1	Minichamps	400051301
2	Audi R8 'ADT' Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela Allan McNish	2 LMP1	Minichamps	400051302
GT1
4	Aston Martin DBR9 Darren Turner David Brabham Stéphane Ortelli	57 GT1	IXO	GTM025
15	Aston Martin DBR9 Peter Kox Pedro Lamy Stephane Sarrazin	58 GT1	IXO	GTM026
9	Maserati MC12 Andrea Bertolini Fabio Babini Fabrizio de Simone	35 GT1	IXO	GTM044
GT2
7	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Lucas Lühr	31 GT2	Minichamps	400056431
Road Atlanta 2:45
1	Audi R8 'ADT' J.J. Lehto Marco Werner	1 LMP1	Minichamps	400051391
Mid-Ohio
14	Courage 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
1	Audi R8 Rinaldo Capello Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	2 LMP1	Minichamps	400061602
Lime Rock Park
1	Audi 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
LMP2
31	Lola B07/40 Mazda Ben Devlin James Bach Raphael Matos	8 LMP2	Spark Special Edition (Japan?)	ML001
GT1
8	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 'Compuware' Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	3 GT1	Spark	S0170
GT2
13	Porsche (997) 911 GT3-RSR 'Flying Lizard' Jörg Bergmeister Johannes Van Overbeek Marc Lieb	45 GT2	Minichamps	400 076445
28	Porsche (997) 911 GT3-RSR 'Flying Lizard' Darren Law Seth Neiman Lonnie Pechnik	44 GT2	Minichamps	400 076444
15	Porsche (997) 911 GT3-RSR 'Tafel' Wolf Henzler Robin Liddell Patrick Long	71 GT2	Minichamps	400 076471

	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.

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