2008 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio

The 2008 Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio was the sixth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Ohio on July 19, 2008.

The layout of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

Race results

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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 Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 2   Audi Sport North America   Marco Werner
  Lucas Luhr
Audi R10 TDI M 111
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2 LMP1 1   Audi Sport North America   Rinaldo Capello
  Emanuele Pirro
Audi R10 TDI M 111
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
3 LMP2 7   Penske Racing   Timo Bernhard
  Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 111
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
4 LMP2 9   Patrón Highcroft Racing   Scott Sharp
  David Brabham
Acura ARX-01B M 111
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
5 LMP2 15   Lowe's Fernández Racing   Adrian Fernández
  Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B M 111
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
6 LMP2 6   Penske Racing   Patrick Long
  Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 111
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7 LMP2 16   Dyson Racing   Chris Dyson
  Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 111
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
8 LMP2 20   Dyson Racing   Butch Leitzinger
  Marino Franchitti
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 111
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
9 GT2 71   Tafel Racing   Dominik Farnbacher
  Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 104
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
10 GT2 46   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Johannes van Overbeek
  Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 104
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11 GT2 45   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Jörg Bergmeister
  Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 104
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12 GT2 87   Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports   Richard Westbrook
  Dirk Werner
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 104
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GT2 62   Risi Competizione   Jaime Melo
  Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT M 103
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14 LMP2 26   Andretti Green Racing   Franck Montagny
  Raphael Matos
Acura ARX-01B M 103
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
15 LMP1 30   Intersport Racing   Ryan Lewis
  John Faulkner
Lola B06/10 D 103
AER P32C 3.6 L Turbo V8
16 GT2 61   Risi Competizione   Patrick Friesacher
  Harrison Brix
Ferrari F430GT M 102
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17 GT2 21   Panoz Team PTG   Tom Milner
  Tom Sutherland
Panoz Esperante GT-LM D 102
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
18 GT2 73   Tafel Racing   Jim Tafel
  Alex Figge
Ferrari F430GT M 101
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
19 GT2 18   VICI Racing   Nicky Pastorelli
  Francesco Pastorelli
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K 101
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20 LMP2 8   B-K Motorsports   Gerardo Bonilla
  Ben Devlin
Lola B07/46 D 99
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
21 GT1 3   Corvette Racing   Johnny O'Connell
  Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 98
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
22 GT1 4   Corvette Racing   Oliver Gavin
  Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 98
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
23 GT2 007   Drayson-Barwell   Paul Drayson
  Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 94
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
24 GT2 40   Robertson Racing   David Robertson
  Andrea Robertson
  David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk.VII D 93
Ford 5.0 L V8
25 LMP1 12   Autocon Motorsports   Chris McMurry
  Bryan Willman
Creation CA07 D 92
Judd GV5 5.0 L V10
26
DNF
LMP2 66   de Ferran Motorsports   Gil de Ferran
  Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-01B M 67
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
27
DNF
GT2 11   Primetime Race Group   Joel Feinberg
  Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe H 43
Dodge 8.3 L V10
28
DNF
GT2 44   Flying Lizard Motorsports 44   Lonnie Pechnik
  Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 37
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29
DNF
GT2 54   Black Swan Racing   Tim Pappas
  Anthony Lazzaro
Ford GT-R Mk.VII F 27
Ford 5.0 L V8
30
DNF
LMP1 37   Intersport Racing   Jon Field
  Clint Field
  Richard Berry
Lola B06/10 D 23
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #66 de Ferran Motorsports - 1:07.969[2]
  • Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:10.034

References

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  1. ^ "ALMS Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-07-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  2. ^ "Qualifying Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-07-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-07-21.


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