2008 Road America 500

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The 2008 Generac 500 at Road America presented by Time Warner Cable was the seventh round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America, Wisconsin on August 9, 2008.

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Race results

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
Engine
1LMP12 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 102
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2LMP11 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 102
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
3LMP29 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 102
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 102
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5LMP220 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
6LMP26 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen 		Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 102
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7LMP137 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 101
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)
8LMP28 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 100
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
9LMP216 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 100
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
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 97
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
11
DNF		LMP226 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 96
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
12GT287 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Werner
Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Miller		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 96
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13GT245 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 96
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14GT271 Flag of the United States.svg Tafel Racing Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller 		Ferrari F430GT M 96
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15GT246 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 96
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16GT262 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo 		Ferrari F430GT M 96
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17GT1008 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 95
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
18LMP266 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 94
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
19LMP130 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Lewis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gregor Fisken
Flag of the United States.svg John Faulkner		 Lola B06/10 K 94
AER P32C 3.6 L Turbo V8
20GT261 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rob Bell
Flag of the United States.svg Harrison Brix		 Ferrari F430GT M 94
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21GT244 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 Flag of the United States.svg Darren Law
Flag of the United States.svg Seth Neiman		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 94
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22GT218 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 91
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23GT273 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 91
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
24GT254 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 89
Ford 5.0 L V8
25
DNF		LMP215 Flag of Mexico.svg Lowe's Fernández Racing Flag of Mexico.svg Adrian Fernández
Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Díaz 		Acura ARX-01B M 88
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
26
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 84
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
27GT240 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 80
Ford 5.0 L V8
28
DNF		GT14 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 76
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
29
DNF		GT221 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Team PTG Flag of the United States.svg Tom Milner
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Sutherland
Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand		 Panoz Esperante GT-LM D 50
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
30
DNF		GT211 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 47
Dodge 8.3 L V10
31
DNF		LMP112 Flag of the United States.svg Autocon Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Chris McMurry
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Willman
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Lewis		 Creation CA07 D 35
Judd GV5 5.0 L V10

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