2008 Detroit Sports Car Challenge

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The Raceway on Belle Isle in 2008

The Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch was the ninth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Detroit Belle Isle street circuit, Michigan on August 30, 2008.

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Report

Andretti Green Racing scored their first overall victory, as well as the second overall victory for the Acura program. Audi failed to win the LMP1 category for the first time all season after one car crashed and the other was disqualified for a rule infraction. Intersport Racing, the lone remaining LMP1 competitor, earned the class win. [1] Flying Lizard managed to finish the race with all three of their Porsches in the top four in GT2 to help extend their lead over the Tafel Racing Ferraris, while Corvette Racing easily led the GT1 category.

This race marked the first time since the debut of the Porsche RS Spyder at the 2005 Monterey Sports Car Championships that Porsche failed to finish in a podium position in the LMP2 class; the Acuras of Highcroft Racing and de Ferran Motorsport completed the LMP2 and overall podium behind the Andretti Green Acura, and ahead of the #7 Penske Racing Porsche in fourth.

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). [2]

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP226 Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Green Racing Flag of France.svg Franck Montagny
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter
Acura ARX-01B M 104
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
2LMP29 Flag of the United States.svg Patrón Highcroft Racing Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Acura ARX-01B M 104
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
3LMP266 Flag of the United States.svg de Ferran Motorsports Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran
Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-01B M 104
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4LMP27 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of Germany.svg Timo Bernhard
Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 104
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5LMP26 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 104
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6LMP216 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 103
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7LMP28 Flag of the United States.svg B-K Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Gerardo Bonilla
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Devlin
Lola B07/46 D 103
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
8LMP220 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Flag of the United States.svg Butch Leitzinger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marino Franchitti
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 102
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
9GT14 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 100
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
10GT13 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United States.svg Johnny O'Connell
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 100
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
11GT245 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 98
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12GT246 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 98
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13GT262 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT M 98
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14GT244 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 Flag of the United States.svg Lonnie Pechnik
Flag of Austria.svg Martin Ragginger
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 98
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15GT261 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of the United States.svg Harrison Brix
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rob Bell
Ferrari F430GT M 98
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16GT273 Flag of the United States.svg Tafel Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jim Tafel
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Figge
Ferrari F430GT M 95
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17GT211 Flag of the United States.svg Primetime Race Group Flag of the United States.svg Joel Feinberg
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe H 94
Dodge 8.3 L V10
18GT1008 Flag of the United States.svg Bell Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Terry Borcheller
Flag of the United States.svg Chapman Ducote
Aston Martin DBR9 D 93
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
19GT240 Flag of the United States.svg Robertson Racing Flag of the United States.svg David Robertson
Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Robertson
Flag of the United States.svg David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk.VII D 89
Ford 5.0 L V8
20GT271 Flag of the United States.svg Tafel Racing Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 88
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21
DNF
GT221 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Team PTG Flag of the United States.svg Tom Milner, Jr.
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Sutherland
Panoz Esperante GT-LM D 87
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
22LMP137 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jon Field
Flag of the United States.svg Clint Field
Flag of the United States.svg Richard Berry
Lola B06/10 D 83
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)
23LMP215 Flag of Mexico.svg Lowe's Fernández Racing Flag of Mexico.svg Adrian Fernández
Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B M 83
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
24
DNF
GT254 Flag of the United States.svg Black Swan Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tim Pappas
Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Lazzaro
Ford GT-R Mk.VII F 49
Ford 5.0 L V8
25
DNF
GT218 Flag of Germany.svg VICI Racing Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicky Pastorelli
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Francesco Pastorelli
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Basseng
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K 38
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26
DNF
LMP12 Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner
Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr
Audi R10 TDI M 21
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
27
DNF
GT2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Drayson-Barwell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Drayson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 1
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
DSQLMP11 Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marcel Fässler
Audi R10 TDI M 104
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)

† - The #1 Audi Sport North America entry was disqualified after the car failed post-race technical inspection. The car was under the minimum weight requirement for its class. [1] [2]

Statistics

References

  1. 1 2 "Detroit Domination: Acura, AGR win on Belle Isle". American Le Mans Series. August 30, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 3 "ALMS Final Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. August 30, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2008.
  3. "ALMS Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. August 29, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2008.
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