The 2011 American Le Mans Series season was a multi-event motor racing series for sports racing cars which conform to the technical regulations laid out by the International Motor Sports Association for the American Le Mans Series. It was the thirteenth season of the American Le Mans Series, a sports car racing series that drew original inspiration from the types of racing cars that compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the 41st season for the IMSA GT Championship, as this series traces its lineage to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship. The full title of the 2011 series is "the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón" to include the principal sponsor. The season began March 19, 2011 with the 12 Hours of Sebring and ended after nine rounds on October 1 with the Petit Le Mans.

While Lola-built sports cars dominated the upper racing positions in the faster LMP classes for sports prototype vehicles, their numbers continued to drop to the point where at the third round of the series at 2011 Northeast Grand Prix no LMP2 class cars were entered. The only growth in prototype numbers has been in spec racing class LMPC in which all class competitors use identical Oreca chassis powered by a Chevrolet engine.

The Lola-Mazda of the Dyson Racing Team and its drivers Chris Dyson and Guy Smith won the LMP1 class championship at the penultimate race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, holding a 32-point gap over the Muscle Milk Motorsports team and driver Klaus Graf. Level 5 Motorsports ran unopposed for the majority of the season in LMP2 with their Lola-HPDs. Christophe Bouchut and Scott Tucker also wrapped up the championship early.

LMPC title remained live until the final race of the season where Genoa Racing's Eric Lux and the Core Autosport pair of Gunnar Jeannette and Ricardo González ended tied on points, and had the same number of second, third, fourth and fifth-place finishes.

In the Grand Touring classes, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing's BMW M3 GT2 driven by Dirk Müller and Joey Hand won the championship, taking three wins and three podiums. They wrapped up the class title a round early, having held a 33-point lead over the Chevrolet pair of Oliver Gavin and Jan Magnussen. Black Swan Racing driver Tim Pappas clinched the GTC spec racing class for Porsche 997s at the final round by winning the class.

On August 22, 2010, IMSA announced an initial 2011 calendar with ten events, expanding from nine in 2010. Two unnamed events were added to the calendar, while the series race at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah was not retained.^[1] A race in the Bricktown section of Oklahoma City had been proposed, but was rejected by the city's council.^[2] It was announced in February 2010 that the Baltimore Grand Prix street race was being taken into consideration for one of the series' new rounds.^[3] The race was confirmed on September 1, 2010.^[4] All races this season were seen live on ESPN3.com, and on delay on ESPN2 and ABC.

Two rounds on the 2011 schedule, the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans, also served as part of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.^[5]

The 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans, as part of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, featured cars competing in the GTE-Am category alongside normal ALMS competitors in the GT2 category. Krohn Racing's Ferrari F430 won both of the races.

The winner represented here is the highest finisher of both classes combined.

Overall winners in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	LMPC Winning Team	GT Winning Team	GTC Winning Team	Results
		LMP1 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMPC Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	GTC Winning Drivers
1	Sebring	#10 Team Oreca Matmut	#055 Level 5 Motorsports	#036 Genoa Racing	#56 BMW Team RLL	#054 Black Swan Racing	Results
		Nicolas Lapierre Loïc Duval Olivier Panis	Ryan Hunter-Reay Luis Díaz	Jens Petersen Dane Cameron Michael Guasch	Andy Priaulx Dirk Müller Joey Hand	Tim Pappas Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Damien Faulkner
2	Long Beach	#6 Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing	#33 Level 5 Motorsports	#06 Core Autosport	#56 BMW Team RLL	#54 Black Swan Racing	Results
		Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut	Gunnar Jeannette Ricardo González	Dirk Müller Joey Hand	Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen
3	Lime Rock	#16 Dyson Racing Team	did not participate	#63 Genoa Racing	#56 BMW Team RLL	#68 TRG	Results
		Chris Dyson Guy Smith		Eric Lux Elton Julian	Dirk Müller Joey Hand	Dion von Moltke Mike Piera
4	Mosport	#6 Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing	did not participate	#06 Core Autosport	#4 Corvette Racing	#66 TRG	Results
		Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr		Gunnar Jeannette Ricardo González	Jan Magnussen Oliver Gavin	Duncan Ende Spencer Pumpelly
5	Mid-Ohio	#6 Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing	did not participate	#89 Intersport Racing	#17 Team Falken Tire	#66 TRG	Results
		Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr		Kyle Marcelli Tomy Drissi	Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers	Duncan Ende Spencer Pumpelly
6	Road America	#6 Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing	#055 Level 5 Motorsports	#52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	#62 Risi Competizione	#54 Black Swan Motorsports	Results
		Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut Luis Díaz	Butch Leitzinger Rudy Junco Jr.	Jaime Melo Toni Vilander	Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen
7	Baltimore	#20 Oryx Dyson Racing	did not participate	#37 Intersport Racing	#17 Team Falken Tire	#54 Black Swan Racing	Results
		Humaid Al Masaood Steven Kane		Kyle Marcelli Tomy Drissi	Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers	Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen
8	Laguna Seca	#007 Aston Martin Racing	#055 Level 5 Motorsports	#63 Genoa Racing	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	#66 TRG	Results
		Adrián Fernández Stefan Mücke Harold Primat	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut Luis Díaz	Eric Lux Elton Julian Michael Guasch	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Duncan Ende Peter Ludwig Spencer Pumpelly
9	Road Atlanta	#8 Peugeot Sport Total	#33 Level 5 Motorsports	#52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	#51 AF Corse	#54 Black Swan Racing	Results
		Franck Montagny Stéphane Sarrazin Alexander Wurz	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut João Barbosa	Ken Dobson Henri Richard Ryan Lewis	Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni Pierre Kaffer	Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen

Points were awarded to the top ten cars and drivers which complete at least 70% of their class winner's distance. Teams with multiple entries only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race. Drivers were required to drive a minimum of 45 minutes to earn points, except for the Long Beach event which required only 30 minutes. Drivers are required to complete a particular amount of the minimum number of laps in order to earn points. The number of laps vary depending on the course size.

Team championships

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Teams with full season entries are awarded points in the team championships. Teams which participated in a partial season or on a race-by-race basis are not included in these championships.

As long as they compete full season and comply with ACO regulations, the top LMP1, LMP2 and GT team at the end of the season receive an automatic entry to the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans.

LMP1 standings

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Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	SEB	LBH	LRP	MOS	MOH	ROA	BAL	LGA	ATL	Total
1	Dyson Racing Team	Lola B09/86	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	30	16	20	16	16	21	16	21	30	186
2	Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B08/62	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	0	20	16	20	20	25	10	13	0	124
3	Autocon	Lola B06/10	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8				0	13	18	13	15	26	85
4	Oryx Dyson Racing	Lola B09/86	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4			13	13	0	0	20	18	0	64

LMP2 standings

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Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	SEB	LBH	LRP	MOS	MOH	ROA	BAL	LGA	ATL	Total
1	Level 5 Motorsports	Lola B08/80 & Lola B11/40	HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6	30	20				25				130
		HPD ARX-01g									25	30

LMPC standings

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All teams utilize the Oreca FLM09 chassis with Chevrolet LS3 engine.
^[9]

Pos	Team	SEB	LBH	LRP	MOS	MOH	ROA	BAL	LGA	ATL	Total
1	CORE Autosport	26	20	16	20	10	18	13	21	23	167
2	Genoa Racing	30	13	20	13	8	21	16	25	20	166
3	Intersport Racing	0	16	13	10	20	15	20	18	26	138
4	Performance Tech Motorsports	18	0	10	8	4	11	8	11	16	86
5	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	0	8			13	25	0	9	30	85

GT standings

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Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	SEB	LBH	LRP	MOS	MOH	ROA	BAL	LGA	ATL	Total
1	BMW Team RLL	BMW M3 GT2	BMW S65B40 4.0 L V8	30	20	20	13	13	21	16	21	26	180
2	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS5.5R 5.5 L V8	23	16	2	20	16	13	13	13	23	139
3	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	18	3	16	3	2	15	3	25	30	115
4	Team Falken Tire	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	0	10	8	8	20	11	20	0	20	97
5	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	12	13	0	16	0	25	6	11	0	83
6	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	13	2	10	2	8	8	2	18	18	81
7	Robertson Racing	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	Ford Cammer 5.0 L V8	14	0	13	4	4	6			11	52
8	Paul Miller Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	0	0	6	1	3	9	10	6	12	47
9	JaguarRSR	Jaguar XKR GT2	Jaguar AJ133S 5.0 L V8	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
10	West Yokohama Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT2	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	0	1								1

GTC standings

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All teams utilize variations of the Porsche 997 GT3 Cup.
^[11]

Pos	Team	SEB	LBH	LRP	MOS	MOH	ROA	BAL	LGA	ATL	Total
1	Black Swan Racing	30	20	10	13	16	25	20	21	30	185
2	TRG	26	8	20	20	20	21	8	25	23	171
3	Alex Job Racing	13	16	13	10	8	0	16	15	26	117
4	Green Hornet / Black Swan Racing	16		0		6	13	10	18		63
5	JDX Racing	20	10	6	8	10	0		8		62
6	Magnus Racing	14	13			13		13			53
7	GMG Racing	0	0	8			15		13		36

Driver championships

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Drivers who participated in races but failed to score points over the course of the season are not listed.

LMP1 standings

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^[7]

Pos	Driver	Team	SEB	LBH	LRP	MOS	MOH	ROA	BAL	LGA	ATL	Total
1=	Chris Dyson	Dyson Racing Team	30	16	20	16	16	21	16	21	30	186
1=	Guy Smith	Dyson Racing Team	30	16	20	16	16	21	16	21	30	186
2	Klaus Graf	Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing	0	20	16	20	20	25	10	13	0	124
3	Lucas Luhr	Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing	0	20	16	20	20	25		13	0	114
4=	Tony Burgess	Autocon					13	18	13	15	26	85
4=	Chris McMurry	Autocon					13	18	13	15	26	85
5=	Humaid Al Masaood	Oryx Dyson Racing			13	13	0		20	18	0	64
5=	Steven Kane	Oryx Dyson Racing			13	13	0		20	18	0	64
6	Jay Cochran	Dyson Racing Team	30								30	60
7=	Adrián Fernández	Aston Martin Racing								25		25
7=	Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin Racing								25		25
7=	Harold Primat	Aston Martin Racing								25		25

LMP2 standings

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^[8]

Pos	Driver	Team	SEB	LBH	LRP	MOS	MOH	ROA	BAL	LGA	ATL	Total
1=	Christophe Bouchut	Level 5 Motorsports	26	20				25		25	30	126
1=	Scott Tucker	Level 5 Motorsports	26	20				25		25	30	126
2	Luis Díaz	Level 5 Motorsports	30	0				25			23	78
3	João Barbosa	Level 5 Motorsports	26								30	56
4	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Level 5 Motorsports	30									30
5=	Zak Brown	United Autosports									26	26
5=	Stefan Johansson	United Autosports									26	26
5=	Mark Patterson	United Autosports									26	26
6	Marino Franchitti	Level 5 Motorsports									23	23

LMPC standings

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Drivers in the LMPC category are allowed to drive for more than one car during an event. If a driver is in each car for a minimum of two hours each, he is allowed to score the points from whichever car he chooses.
^[9]

Pos	Driver	Team	SEB	LBH	LRP	MOS	MOH	ROA	BAL	LGA	ATL	Total
1=	Ricardo González	Core Autosport	23	20	16	20	10	13	10	21	23	156
1=	Gunnar Jeannette	Core Autosport	23	20	16	20	10	13	10	21	23	156
1=	Eric Lux	Genoa Racing	20	13	20	13	8	21	16	25	20	156
2=	Jon Bennett	Core Autosport	26	10	8	16	6	18	13	15	18	130
2=	Frankie Montecalvo	Core Autosport	26	10	8	16	6	18	13	15	18	130
3	Kyle Marcelli	Intersport Racing	0	16	13	0	20	11	20	18	26	124
4	Elton Julian	Genoa Racing	20	13	20			21	16	25	0	115
5	Tomy Drissi	Intersport Racing	0	16	13		20		20	13	26	108
6	Rudy Junco Jr.	Core Autosport	23					25		21	23	92
7	Anthony Nicolosi	Performance Tech Motorsports	18	0	10	8	4	11	8	11	16	86
8	Jarrett Boon	Performance Tech Motorsports		0	10	8	4	11	8	11	16	68
9	Jan-Dirk Lueders	Performance Tech Motorsports	18							11	16	45
10	Ryan Dalziel	Core Autosport	26								18	44
11=	Christian Zugel	Genoa Racing	20			13	8	0			0	41
11=	Jon Field	Intersport Racing			6	10	16	9				41
12=	Ken Dobson	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports								9	30	39
12=	Henri Richard	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports								9	30	39
13	Clint Field	Intersport Racing					16	15				31
14=	Dane Cameron	Genoa Racing	30									30
14=	Jens Peterson	Genoa Racing	30									30
14=	Ryan Lewis	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports									30	30
15	Butch Leitzinger	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports						25				25
16	Chapman Ducote	Intersport Racing						15	6	0		21
17=	David Ducote	Intersport Racing						15		0		15
17=	Andy Wallace	Core Autosport								15		15
18=	David Cheng	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports					13					13
18=	Javier Echeverría	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports					13					13
18=	Ricardo Vera	Intersport Racing								13		13
19=	James French	Intersport Racing						9				9
19=	Michael Marsal	Intersport Racing						9				9
19=	Rene Villeneuve	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports								9		9
20=	Alex Figge	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports		8								8
20=	Miles Maroney	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports		8								8
21	James Kovacic	Intersport Racing			6							6

GT standings

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Pos	Driver	Team	SEB	LBH	LRP	MOS	MOH	ROA	BAL	LGA	ATL	Total
1=	Joey Hand	BMW Team RLL	30	20	20	10	10	18	16	21	14	159
1=	Dirk Müller	BMW Team RLL	30	20	20	10	10	18	16	21	14	159
2=	Oliver Gavin	Corvette Racing	20	16	1	20	16	13	13	13	23	135
2=	Jan Magnussen	Corvette Racing	20	16	1	20	16	13	13	13	23	135
3=	Bill Auberlen	BMW Team RLL	26	4	3	13	13	21	8	15	26	129
3=	Dirk Werner	BMW Team RLL	26	4	3	13	13	21	8	15	26	129
4=	Jörg Bergmeister	Flying Lizard Motorsports	18	0	16	0	2	15	0	25	30	106
4=	Patrick Long	Flying Lizard Motorsports	18	0	16	0	2	15	0	25	30	106
5=	Wolf Henzler	Team Falken Tire	0	10	8	8	20	11	20	0	20	97
5=	Bryan Sellers	Team Falken Tire	0	10	8	8	20	11	20	0	20	97
6=	Jaime Melo	Risi Competizione	12	13	0	16	0	25	6	11	0	83
6=	Toni Vilander	Risi Competizione	12	13	0	16	0	25	6	11	0	83
7=	Scott Sharp	Extreme Speed Motorsports	0	0	10	2	8	8	2	18	18	66
7=	Johannes van Overbeek	Extreme Speed Motorsports	0	0	10	2	8	8	2	18	18	66
8	Seth Neiman	Flying Lizard Motorsports	16	3	4	3	1	7	3	7	16	60
9=	Olivier Beretta	Corvette Racing	23	8	2	6	6	0	4	9	0	58
9=	Tommy Milner	Corvette Racing	23	8	2	6	6	0	4	9	0	58
10	Marco Holzer	Flying Lizard Motorsports	16		4	3		7		7	16	53
11	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RLL	26								26	52
12	David Murry	Robertson Racing	11	0	13	4	4	6			11	49
13=	Sascha Maassen	Paul Miller Racing	0	0	6	1	3	9	10	6	12	47
13=	Bryce Miller	Paul Miller Racing	0	0	6	1	3	9	10	6	12	47
14	Darren Law	Flying Lizard Motorsports	16	3			1		3		16	39
15	Anthony Lazzaro	Robertson Racing	11	0	13	4	4	6				38
16	Guy Cosmo	Extreme Speed Motorsports	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	13	37
17=	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RLL	30									30
17=	Patrick Pilet	Flying Lizard Motorsports									30	30
18	Rob Bell	Extreme Speed Motorsports	13								13	26
19	Andrea Robertson	Robertson Racing	14	0	0	0	0	0			11	25
20	Ed Brown	Extreme Speed Motorsports	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	13	24
21	Martin Ragginger	Team Falken Tire									20	20
22	Dominik Farnbacher	Extreme Speed Motorsports									18	18
23=	David Robertson	Robertson Racing	14	0	0	0						14
23=	Boris Said	Robertson Racing	14									14
24=	Mika Salo	Risi Competizione	12									12
24=	Emmanuel Collard	Paul Miller Racing									12	12
25=	Colin Braun	Robertson Racing	11									11
25=	Melanie Snow	Robertson Racing									11	11
26=	Cristiano da Matta	JaguarRSR	0	6	0	0	0					6
26=	Bruno Junqueira	JaguarRSR	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
27=	Nicky Pastorelli	West Yokohama Racing	0	1								1
27=	Dominik Schwager	West Yokohama Racing	0	1								1

GTC standings

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Pos	Driver	Team	SEB	LBH	LRP	MOS	MOH	ROA	BAL	LGA	ATL	Total
1	Tim Pappas	Black Swan Racing	30	20	10	13	16	25	20	21	30	185
2=	Duncan Ende	TRG	26		16	20	20	21	6	25	23	157
2=	Spencer Pumpelly	TRG	26		16	20	20	21	6	25	23	157
3	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Black Swan Racing		20			16	25	20	21	30	132
4	Bill Sweedler	Alex Job Racing	13	16	13	10	8	0	16	15	26	117
5	Dion von Moltke	TRG	18		20	16	4	11	8	11	20	108
6	Leh Keen	Alex Job Racing	13	16			8		16		26	79
7	Damien Faulkner	Black Swan Racing	30		10	13				18		71
8	Brian Wong	Alex Job Racing	13			10				15	26	64
9	Peter LeSaffre	Kelly-Moss Motorsports	16		0		6	13	10	18		63
10	Nick Ham	JDX Racing	20	10	6	8	10	0		8		62
11	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Black Swan Racing	30							0	30	60
12=	John Potter	Magnus Racing	14	13			13		13			53
12=	Craig Stanton	Magnus Racing	14	13			13		13			53
13=	Sean Edwards	NGT Motorsport	23					18				41
13=	Peter Ludwig	TRG	18								23	41
14	Chris Cumming	JDX Racing	20			8	10					38
15=	James Sofronas	GMG Racing	0	0	8			15		13		36
15=	Alex Welch	GMG Racing			8			15		13		36
16	Andrew Davis	Kelly-Moss Motorsports	16				6		10			32
17	Marc Bunting	TRG				16	4		8			28
18=	Henrique Cisneros	NGT Motorsport						18		9		27
18=	Carlos Kauffman	NGT Motorsport						18		9		27
19	Alain Li	TRG	26									26
20	Emilio Di Guida	TRG						11		11		22
21=	Mike Piera	TRG			20							20
21=	Ben Keating	TRG									20	20
22	Scott Blackett	JDX Racing		10						8		18
23	Bob Faieta	Kelly-Moss Motorsports	16									16
24	Shane Lewis	Alex Job Racing								15		15
25=	Chris Thompson	JDX Racing			6					8		14
25=	Matthew Marsh	Magnus Racing	14									14
26=	Butch Leitzinger	Alex Job Racing			13							13
26=	Jaap van Lagen	Green Hornet/Black Swan Racing						13				13
27=	Dominik Farnbacher	Porsche Napleton Racing						9				9
27=	David Heinemeier Hansson	Porsche Napleton Racing						9				9
28	Brendan Gaughan	TRG		8								8