2008 Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg

The 2008 Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg was the second round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida on April 5, 2008.

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[1]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 2 Audi Sport North America Marco Werner
Lucas Luhr
Audi R10 TDI M 81
Audi 5.5 L TDI V12
(turbodiesel)
2 LMP2 7 Penske Racing Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 81
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
3 LMP2 9 Patrón Highcroft Racing Scott Sharp
David Brabham
Acura ARX-01B M 81
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4 LMP2 6 Penske Racing Patrick Long
Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 81
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5 LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson
Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 81
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6 LMP2 26 Andretti Green Racing Bryan Herta
Christian Fittipaldi
Acura ARX-01B M 80
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
7 LMP2 8 B-K Motorsports Gerardo Bonilla
Ben Devlin
Lola B07/46 Y 80
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
8 GT1 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 79
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
9 GT1 3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 79
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
10 LMP2 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández
Luis Diaz
Acura ARX-01B M 78
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
11 GT2 71 Tafel Racing Dominik Farnbacher
Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 77
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
12 GT2 46 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek
Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 77
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
13 GT2 87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Marc Basseng
Dirk Werner
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 76
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
14 GT2 48 Corsa Motorsport Gunnar Jeannette
Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari F430GT D 76
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15 GT2 61 Risi Competizione Patrick Friesacher
Harrison Brix
Ferrari F430GT M 75
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16 GT2 21 Panoz Team PTG Joey Hand
Tommy Milner
Tom Sutherland
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 75
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
17 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 Darren Law
Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 74
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
18 GT2 28 LG Motorsports Lou Gigliotti
Doug Peterson
Chevrolet Corvette C6 K 74
Chevrolet LS3 6.0 L V8
19 LMP2 19 Van der Steur Racing Gunnar van der Steur
Robbie Pecorari
Radical SR9 K 74
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
20
DNF
LMP2 20 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger
Marino Franchitti
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 71
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
21 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister
Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 71
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
22 GT2 62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo
Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT M 69
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
23 GT2 40 Robertson Racing Andrea Robertson
David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk.VII D 64
Ford 5.0 L V8
24
DNF
LMP1 1 Audi Sport North America Frank Biela
Emanuele Pirro
Audi R10 TDI M 63
Audi 5.5 L TDI V12
(turbodiesel)
25
DNF
GT1 008 Bell Motorsports Terry Borcheller
Chapman Ducote
Aston Martin DBR9 D 48
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
26
DNF
LMP1 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field
Richard Berry
Lola B06/10 D 33
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)
27
DNF
GT2 11 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg
Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe M 20
Dodge 8.3 L V10
DNS GT2 007 Drayson-Barwell Paul Drayson
Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin DBRS9 D -
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
(E85 ethanol)
DNS GT2 5 VICI Racing Craig Stanton
Nathan Swartzbaugh
Ruben Carrapatoso
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K -
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:02.825[2]
  • Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:04.942[1]

References

  1. "ALMS Provisional Race report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
  2. "Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 4 April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
American Le Mans Series
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2008 12 Hours of Sebring
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2008 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach
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