2008 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach

Long Beach Street Circuit

The 2008 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was the third round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on the streets of Long Beach, California on April 19, 2008.

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 Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP1 2 United States Audi Sport North America Germany Marco Werner
Germany Lucas Luhr
Audi R10 TDI M 71 1:40:37.791
Audi 5.5 L TDI V12
(turbodiesel)
2 LMP1 1 United States Audi Sport North America Germany Frank Biela
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Audi R10 TDI M 71 + 1.964
Audi 5.5 L TDI V12
(turbodiesel)
3 LMP2 9 United States Patrón Highcroft Racing United States Scott Sharp
Australia David Brabham
Acura ARX-01B M 71 + 3.786
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4 LMP2 7 United States Penske Racing Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 71 + 4.822
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5 LMP2 6 United States Penske Racing United States Patrick Long
Germany Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 71 + 5.440
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6 LMP2 26 United States Andretti Green Racing United States Bryan Herta
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Acura ARX-01B M 71 + 15.252
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
7 LMP2 20 United States Dyson Racing United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 71 + 19.212
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
8 LMP2 15 Mexico Lowe's Fernández Racing Mexico Adrian Fernández
Mexico Luis Diaz
Acura ARX-01B M 71 + 19.780
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
9 LMP2 16 United States Dyson Racing United States Chris Dyson
United Kingdom Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 71 + 20.517
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
10 LMP2 8 United States B-K Motorsports United States Gerardo Bonilla
United Kingdom Ben Devlin
Lola B07/46 Y 70 + 1 Lap
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
11 GT1 3 United States Corvette Racing United States Johnny O'Connell
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 70 + 1 Lap
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
12 GT1 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 70 + 1 Lap
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
13 GT2 71 United States Tafel Racing Germany Dominik Farnbacher
Germany Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 68 + 3 Laps
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14 GT2 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Germany Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 68 + 3 Laps
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
15 GT2 46 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Johannes van Overbeek
France Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 68 + 3 Laps
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
16 LMP1 12 United States Autocon Motorsports United States Michael Lewis
United States Chris McMurry
Creation CA07 D 67 + 4 Laps
Judd GV5 5.0 L V10
17 GT2 48 United States Corsa Motorsport United States Gunnar Jeannette
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari F430GT D 67 + 4 Laps
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18 GT2 87 United States Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Germany Marc Basseng
Australia Alex Davison
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 66 + 5 Laps
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
19 GT2 61 United States Risi Competizione Austria Patrick Friesacher
United States Harrison Brix
Ferrari F430GT M 66 + 5 Laps
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20 GT2 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 United States Darren Law
United States Lonnie Pechnik
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 65 + 6 Laps
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
21 GT2 5 Germany VICI Racing United States Craig Stanton
United States Nathan Swatzbaugh
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K 65 + 6 Laps
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
22 GT2 62 United States Risi Competizione Brazil Jaime Melo
Finland Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT M 65 + 6 Laps
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
23 GT2 28 United States LG Motorsports United States Lou Gigliotti
United States Doug Peterson
Chevrolet Corvette C6 K 64 + 7 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.0 L V8
24 GT2 007 United Kingdom Drayson-Barwell United Kingdom Paul Drayson
United Kingdom Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 64 + 7 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
25 GT2 40 United States Robertson Racing United States David Robertson
United States David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk.VII D 63 +8 Laps
Ford 5.0 L V8
26 LMP1 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Jon Field
United States Clint Field
Lola B06/10 D 62 + 9 Laps
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)
27
DNF
GT2 21 United States Panoz Team PTG United States Tom Milner
United States Tom Sutherland
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 51 mechanical
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
28
DNF
GT2 11 United States Primetime Race Group United States Joel Feinberg
United States Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe M 2 excluded
Dodge 8.3 L V10
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Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #7 Penske Racing - 1:11.330[4]
  • Fastest Lap - #6 Penske Racing - 1:12.383[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "ALMS Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 19 April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  2. ^ "American Le Mans Series Long Beach 2008 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  3. ^ "04/19/2008 race: American Le Mans Series at Long Beach (ALMS) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  4. ^ "ALMS Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 18 April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2008.


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