Season results
Overall winner in bold.
The 2008 American Le Mans Series season was the 38th season for the IMSA GT Championship, with the tenth season known as the American Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Tourer (GT) race cars divided into four classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began March 15 and ended October 18 after eleven races.
The Audi Sport North America team wrapped up its title defence of LMP1 class Teams Championship with three races in hand after the Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio in August. Drivers Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr also secured the Drivers Championship after the Detroit Sports Car Challenge. It was a record fifth ALMS drivers title for Luhr and a fourth for Werner.
The Petit Le Mans saw the drivers title for GT1 decided with Jan Magnussen and Johnny O'Connell taking the title while Jörg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler likewise secured the GT2 drivers championship. It was O'Connell's fourth GT1 title and Bergmeisters third GT2 title.
| Rnd | Race | Length | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring | 12 Hours | Sebring International Raceway | March 15 |
| 2 | Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg | 1 Hour 55 Minutes | Streets of St. Petersburg | April 5 |
| 3 | Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach | 1 Hour 40 Minutes | Long Beach Street Circuit | April 19 |
| 4 | Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Miller Motorsports Park | May 18 |
| 5 | Northeast Grand Prix | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Lime Rock Park | July 12 |
| 6 | Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Mid-Ohio | July 19 |
| 7 | Generac 500 at Road America | 4 Hours | Road America | August 9 |
| 8 | Grand Prix of Mosport | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Mosport International Raceway | August 24 |
| 9 | Detroit Sports Car Challenge | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Belle Isle street circuit | August 30 |
| 10 | Petit Le Mans | 1,000 miles (1,600 km) or 10 Hours | Road Atlanta | October 4 |
| 11 | Monterey Sports Car Championships | 4 Hours | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | October 18 |
The Lone Star Grand Prix was originally scheduled to take place on April 26. However, following the merger of the Champ Car World Series and Indy Racing League, the Champ Car Grand Prix of Houston event was initially cancelled. The American Le Mans Series race, as well as the support races, were later cancelled on March 3. [1]
Overall winner in bold.
For races under three hours, points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:
For races between four hours and eight hours, points are awarded in the following order:
For races longer than eight hours, points are awarded in the following order:
Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Unlike the Le Mans Series where teams with multiple entries have each entry number scored separately to the championship, teams with multiple entries only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
| Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Rd7 | Rd8 | Rd9 | Rd10 | Rd11 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Audi Sport North America | Audi R10 TDI | Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | 30 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 25 | 230 | |
| 2 | Intersport Racing | Lola B06/10 Lola B06/10 Lola B07/17 | AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 AER P32C 3.6 L Turbo V8 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 129 | |||
| 3 |  Peugeot Sport Total | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | 20 | 26 | 46 | |||||||||
| 4 | Autocon Motorsports | Creation CA07 Lola B06/10 | Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 41 | ||||||||
| 5 |  Team LNT | Ginetta-Zytek 07S | Zytek 4.5 L V8 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Corsa Motorsports | Zytek 07S | Zytek 2ZG408 4.0 L V8 Zytek 4.5 L V8 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Creation Autosportif | Creation CA07 | AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10 | 15 | 15 |
| Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Rd7 | Rd8 | Rd9 | Rd10 | Rd11 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penske Racing | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 26 | 18 | 210 |
| 2 | Patrón Highcroft Racing | Acura ARX-01B | Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 162 | |
| 3 | Dyson Racing | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 129 |
| 4 | Andretti Green Racing | Acura ARX-01B | Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 25 | 128 |
| 5 |  Lowe's Fernández Racing | Acura ARX-01B | Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 88 | |
| 6 | de Ferran Motorsports | Acura ARX-01B | Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 85 | ||||
| 7 | Penske Motorsports, Inc. | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | 30 | 15 | 45 | |||||||||
| 8 | B-K Motorsport | Lola B07/46 Lola B08/86 | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 40 | |||
| 9 |  Horag Lista Racing | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Van der Steur Racing | Radical SR9 | AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 3 | 3 |
| Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Rd7 | Rd8 | Rd9 | Rd10 | Rd11 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 25 | 250 |
| 2 | Bell Motorsports | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 70 |
| Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Rd7 | Rd8 | Rd9 | Rd10 | Rd11 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 211 |
| 2 | Tafel Racing | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0 L V8 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 195 |
| 3 | Risi Competizione | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0 L V8 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 30 | 21 | 159 |
| 4 | Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 106 | ||||
| 5 | Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 92 | ||
| 6 | Panoz Team PTG | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 52 | ||||
| 7 |  VICI Racing | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 42 | |||||
| 8 |  JMB Racing | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0 L V8 | 18 | 9 | 27 | |||||||||
| 9 | Drayson-Barwell | Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 | Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 24 | |||||||
| 10= | Corsa Motorsports | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0 L V8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 | ||||||||
| 10= | Primetime Race Group | Dodge Viper Comp. Coupe | Dodge 8.3 L V10 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 23 | ||||||||
| 12 | Black Swan Racing | Ford GT-R Mk.VII | Ford 5.0 L V8 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||
| 13 | LG Motorsports | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | Chevrolet 6.3 L V8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| 14 | Robertson Racing | Ford GT-R Mk.VII | Ford 5.0 L V8 | 3 | 3 |
For races under three hours, points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:
For races between four hours and eight hours, points are awarded in the following order:
For races longer than eight hours, points are awarded in the following order:
Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Drivers failing to drive for at least 45 minutes in the race are not awarded points, with the exception of the Long Beach round where drivers need only 30 minutes minimum.
† - Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro were both penalized three championship points for their entry making avoidable contact during Round 4.
† - Sascha Maassen and Patrick Long were both penalized three championship points for their entry making avoidable contact during Round 2.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Johnny O'Connell | Corvette Racing | 30 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 30 | 21 | 238 |
| 1= |  Jan Magnussen | Corvette Racing | 30 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 30 | 21 | 238 |
| 3= | Oliver Gavin | Corvette Racing | 26 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 215 |
| 3= | Olivier Beretta | Corvette Racing | 26 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 215 |
| 5= | Chapman Ducote | Bell Motorsports | 23 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 70 | |||||||
| 5= | Terry Borcheller | Bell Motorsports | 23 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 70 | |||||||
| 7 |  Ron Fellows | Corvette Racing | 30 | 30 | 60 | |||||||||
| 8 |  Max Papis | Corvette Racing | 26 | 26 | 52 | |||||||||
| 9 |  Antonio García | Bell Motorsports | 23 | 23 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Jörg Bergmeister | Flying Lizard Motorsports | 30 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 187 |
| 1= | Wolf Henzler | Flying Lizard Motorsports | 30 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 187 |
| 3= | Dominik Farnbacher | Tafel Racing | 14 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 175 |
| 3= | Dirk Müller | Tafel Racing | 14 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 175 |
| 5= | Johannes van Overbeek | Flying Lizard Motorsports | 13 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 137 |
| 5= | Patrick Pilet | Flying Lizard Motorsports | 13 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 137 |
| 7= |  Mika Salo | Risi Competizione | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 30 | 21 | 121 | ||
| 7= |  Jaime Melo | Risi Competizione | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 30 | 21 | 121 | ||
| 9 | Dirk Werner | Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport | 13 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 98 | |||||
| 10 | Seth Neiman | Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 82 | |||
| 11 | Darren Law | Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 74 | |||||
| 12 | Jim Tafel | Tafel Racing | 20 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 58 | ||||
| 13 | Marc Lieb | Flying Lizard Motorsports | 30 | 26 | 56 | |||||||||
| 14 | Tommy Milner | Panoz Team PTG | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 52 | ||||
| 15 | Richard Westbrook | Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport | 16 | 10 | 25 | 51 | ||||||||
| 16 | Harrison Brix | Risi Competizione Tafel Racing | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 49 | ||||
| 17 | Lonnie Pechnik | Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 45 | ||||||
| 18= | Bryce Miller | Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport | 25 | 18 | 43 | |||||||||
| 18= | Tracy Krohn | Risi Competizione | 23 | 20 | 43 | |||||||||
| 18= |  Niclas Jönsson | Risi Competizione | 23 | 20 | 43 | |||||||||
| 18= |  Eric van de Poele | Risi Competizione | 23 | 20 | 43 | |||||||||
| 18= | Pierre Kaffer | Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport JMB Racing | 16 | 18 | 9 | 43 | ||||||||
| 23 | Marc Basseng | Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport VICI Racing | 13 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 40 | |||||||
| 24 | Alex Figge | Tafel Racing | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 38 | |||||
| 25 | Tom Sutherland | Panoz Team PTG | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 37 | |||||
| 26= |  Alex Davison | Flying Lizard Motorsports Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport | 26 | 8 | 34 | |||||||||
| 26= | Pierre Ehret | Tafel Racing | 20 | 14 | 34 | |||||||||
| 28 | Rob Bell | Tafel Racing Risi Competizione | 14 | 11 | 8 | 33 | ||||||||
| 29 |  Patrick Friesacher | Risi Competizione | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 30 | ||||||
| 30 | Ben Aucott | JMB Racing | 18 | 9 | 27 | |||||||||
| 31= | Paul Drayson | Drayson-Barwell | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 24 | |||||||
| 31= | Jonny Cocker | Drayson-Barwell | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 24 | |||||||
| 33= | Gunnar Jeannette | Corsa Motorsport | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 | ||||||||
| 33= | Johnny Mowlem | Corsa Motorsport | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 | ||||||||
| 33= | Joel Feinberg | Primetime Race Group | 18 | 1 | 4 | 23 | ||||||||
| 33= | Chris Hall | Primetime Race Group | 18 | 1 | 4 | 23 | ||||||||
| 33= |  Nicky Pastorelli | VICI Racing | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | |||||||
| 33= | Francesco Pastorelli | VICI Racing | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | |||||||
| 39= | Allan Simonsen | Tafel Racing | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 39= | Craig Stanton | VICI Racing | 16 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||
| 39= | Nathan Swartzburgh | VICI Racing | 16 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||
| 42 | Stéphane Daoudi | JMB Racing | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 43= | Uwe Alzen | VICI Racing | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 43= | Tim Pappas | Black Swan Racing | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||
| 43= | Anthony Lazzaro | Black Swan Racing | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||
| 46 | Joey Hand | Panoz Team PTG | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 47 | Richard Lietz | Flying Lizard Motorsports | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 48 | Darren Turner | Drayson-Barwell | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 49= | Martin Ragginger | Flying Lizard Motorsports | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 49= | Lou Gigliotti | LG Motorsports | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| 49= | Doug Peterson | LG Motorsports | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| 52 | Bryan Sellers | Panoz Team PTG | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 53 | Andy Pilgrim | Black Swan Racing | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 54 | Eric Curran | LG Motorsports | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 55= | David Robertson | Robertson Racing | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 55= | Andrea Robertson | Robertson Racing | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 55= | David Murry | Robertson Racing | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 58 | Ruben Carrapatoso | VICI Racing | 2 | 2 |
On June 24, 2008, the ALMS has announced for a new challenge called the Green Challenge. The challenge, integrated with the series races, and which will debut at this year's Petit Le Mans, and continuing with the entire full season in 2009, emphasizes on targeting the series for "green racing." The ALMS was the first motorsport racing series in North America to be recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA), the United States Department of Energy and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International) to be recognized as a "Green Racing Series", and these three will take part organizing the challenge. All the teams will be eligible for the Green Challenge. The point system will be the same as the regular ALMS scoring system, but teams start out with the most possible points a team in the ALMS have during the season, and the points are deducted based on the performance of the vehicle. The lowest points at the end of the season would be the Green Challenge season champion. [5]
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