2008 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach explained

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

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1LMP12 Audi Sport North America Marco Werner
Lucas Luhr
Audi R10 TDI711:40:37.791
Audi 5.5 L TDI V12
(turbodiesel)
2LMP11 Audi Sport North America Frank Biela
Emanuele Pirro
Audi R10 TDI71+ 1.964
Audi 5.5 L TDI V12
(turbodiesel)
3LMP29 Patrón Highcroft Racing Scott Sharp
David Brabham
Acura ARX-01B71+ 3.786
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4LMP27 Penske Racing Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder Evo71+ 4.822
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5LMP26 Penske Racing Patrick Long
Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo71+ 5.440
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6LMP226 Andretti Green Racing Bryan Herta
Christian Fittipaldi
Acura ARX-01B71+ 15.252
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
7LMP220 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger
Marino Franchitti
Porsche RS Spyder Evo71+ 19.212
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
8LMP215 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández
Luis Diaz
Acura ARX-01B71+ 19.780
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
9LMP216 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson
Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo71+ 20.517
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
10LMP28 B-K Motorsports Gerardo Bonilla
Ben Devlin
Lola B07/4670+ 1 Lap
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
11GT13 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R70+ 1 Lap
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
12GT14 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R70+ 1 Lap
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
13GT271 Tafel Racing Dominik Farnbacher
Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT68+ 3 Laps
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14GT245 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister
Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR68+ 3 Laps
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
15GT246 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek
Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR68+ 3 Laps
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
16LMP112 Autocon Motorsports Michael Lewis
Chris McMurry
Creation CA0767+ 4 Laps
Judd GV5 5.0 L V10
17GT248 Corsa Motorsport Gunnar Jeannette
Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari F430GT67+ 4 Laps
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18GT287 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Marc Basseng
Alex Davison
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR66+ 5 Laps
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
19GT261 Risi Competizione Patrick Friesacher
Harrison Brix
Ferrari F430GT66+ 5 Laps
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20GT244 Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 Darren Law
Lonnie Pechnik
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR65+ 6 Laps
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
21GT25 VICI Racing Craig Stanton
Nathan Swatzbaugh
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR65+ 6 Laps
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
22GT262 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo
Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT65+ 6 Laps
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
23GT228 LG Motorsports Lou Gigliotti
Doug Peterson
Chevrolet Corvette C664+ 7 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.0 L V8
24GT2007 Drayson-Barwell Paul Drayson
Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT264+ 7 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
25GT240 Robertson Racing David Robertson
David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk.VII63+8 Laps
Ford 5.0 L V8
26LMP137 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field
Lola B06/1062+ 9 Laps
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)
27
DNF
GT221 Panoz Team PTG Tom Milner
Tom Sutherland
Panoz Esperante GT-LM51mechanical
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
28
DNF
GT211 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg
Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe2excluded
Dodge 8.3 L V10
[2] [3]

Statistics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ALMS Provisional Race Report . PDF . . 19 April 2008 . 2008-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120218035110/http://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/long%20beach/ALMS_ProvRace.pdf . 18 February 2012 . dead. dmy-all .
  2. Web site: American Le Mans Series Long Beach 2008 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars. www.racingsportscars.com. 2020-02-04.
  3. Web site: 04/19/2008 race: American Le Mans Series at Long Beach (ALMS) - Racing-Reference.info. www.racing-reference.info. 2020-02-04.
  4. Web site: ALMS Qualifying Report . PDF . . 18 April 2008 . 2008-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120218035118/http://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/long%20beach/ALMS_Qual.pdf . 18 February 2012 . dead. dmy-all .