2010 Monterey Sports Car Championships
The 2010 American Le Mans Series Monterey presented by Patron was held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during May 20–22, 2010. It was the third round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series season. The 2010 race will be the first time that the race is 6 hours, extending into the darkness for the first time.
Qualifying
The qualifying session saw Guy Smith give Dyson Racing the overall pole. Johnny Mowlem took LMPC pole for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Jaime Melo took the GT pole for Risi and reigning Porsche Supercup champion Jeroen Bleekemolen took GTC pole for Black Swan Racing.Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.| Pos | Class | Team | Driver | Lap Time | Grid |
| 1 | LMP | #16 Dyson Racing Team | Guy Smith | 1:12.338 | 1 |
| 2 | LMP | #1 Patrón Highcroft Racing | David Brabham | 1:13.009 | 35 |
| 3 | LMP | #6 Muscle Milk Team Cytosport | Klaus Graf | 1:13.855 | 2 |
| 4 | LMP | #37 Intersport Racing | Clint Field | 1:15.208 | 3 |
| 5 | LMP | #12 Autocon Motorsports | Pierre Ehret | 1:15.775 | 4 |
| 6 | LMP | #8 Drayson Racing | Paul Drayson | 1:16.297 | 5 |
| 7 | LMPC | #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Johnny Mowlem | 1:17.800 | 6 |
| 8 | LMPC | #99 Green Earth Team Gunnar | Gunnar Jeannette | 1:17.971 | 7 |
| 9 | LMPC | #55 Level 5 Motorsports | Christophe Bouchut | 1:18.212 | 8 |
| 10 | LMPC | #36 Genoa Racing | Tom Sutherland | 1:18.256 | 9 |
| 11 | LMPC | #95 Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker | 1:21.221 | 10 |
| 12 | LMPC | #89 Intersport Racing | Mitch Pagerey | 1:21.446 | 11 |
| 13 | GT | #62 Risi Competizione | Jaime Melo | 1:22.752 | 12 |
| 14 | GT | #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports | Johannes van Overbeek | 1:23.067 | 13 |
| 15 | GT | #4 Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin | 1:23.101 | 14 |
| 16 | GT | #3 Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen | 1:23.201 | 15 |
| 17 | GT | #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing | Bill Auberlen | 1:23.350 | 16 |
| 18 | GT | #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing | Dirk Müller | 1:23.379 | 17 |
| 19 | GT | #02 Extreme Speed Motorsports | Guy Cosmo | 1:23.394 | 18 |
| 20 | GT | #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister | 1:23.484 | 19 |
| 21 | GT | #17 Team Falken Tire | Wolf Henzler | 1:23.991 | 20 |
| 22 | GT | #40 Robertson Racing | David Murry | 1:24.750 | 21 |
| 23 | GT | #75 Jaguar RSR | Ryan Dalziel | 1:26.381 | 22 |
| 24 | GT | #61 Risi Competizione | Tracy Krohn | 1:26.708 | 23 |
| 25 | GTC | #54 Black Swan Racing | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 1:26.934 | 24 |
| 26 | GTC | #81 Alex Job Racing | Butch Leitzinger | 1:27.603 | 25 |
| 27 | GTC | #63 TRG | Andy Lally | 1:27.797 | 26 |
| 28 | GTC | #88 Velox Motorsports | Shane Lewis | 1:27.950 | 27 |
| 29 | GTC | #48 Orbit Racing | Bryce Miller | 1:28.126 | 28 |
| 30 | GTC | #32 GMG Racing | James Sofronas | 1:28.171 | 29 |
| 31 | GT | #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman | 1:28.481 | 30 |
| 32 | GTC | #69 WERKS II Racing | Galen Bieker | 1:28.590 | 31 |
| 33 | GTC | #23 Alex Job Racing | Bill Sweedler | 1:29.360 | 32 |
| 34 | GTC | #80 Car Amigo - AJR | Ricardo González | 1:29.547 | 33 |
| 35 | GTC | #28 911 Design | Doug Baron | 1:29.701 | 34 |
Race
Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified.| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tire | Laps |
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Engine | Tire | Laps |
| 1 | LMP | 1 |  |