2008 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio

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The layout of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

The 2008 Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio was the sixth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Ohio on July 19, 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]

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
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 111
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2LMP11 Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro
Audi R10 TDI M 111
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
3LMP27 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 111
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
4LMP29 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 111
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
5LMP215 Flag of Mexico.svg Lowe's Fernández Racing Flag of Mexico.svg Adrian Fernández
Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B M 111
Acura AL7R 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 111
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7LMP216 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 111
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
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 111
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
9GT271 Flag of the United States.svg Tafel Racing Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 104
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
10GT246 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 104
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
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 104
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12GT287 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Werner
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 104
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 103
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14LMP226 Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Green Racing Flag of France.svg Franck Montagny
Flag of Brazil.svg Raphael Matos
Acura ARX-01B M 103
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
15LMP130 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg John Faulkner
Lola B06/10 D 103
AER P32C 3.6 L Turbo V8
16GT261 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Austria.svg Patrick Friesacher
Flag of the United States.svg Harrison Brix
Ferrari F430GT M 102
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17GT221 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
Panoz Esperante GT-LM D 102
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
18GT273 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 101
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
19GT218 Flag of Germany.svg VICI Racing Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicky Pastorelli
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Francesco Pastorelli
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K 101
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20LMP28 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 99
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
21GT13 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 98
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
22GT14 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 98
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
23GT2007 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 94
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
24GT240 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 93
Ford 5.0 L V8
25LMP112 Flag of the United States.svg Autocon Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Chris McMurry
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Willman
Creation CA07 D 92
Judd GV5 5.0 L V10
26
DNF
LMP266 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 67
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
27
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 43
Dodge 8.3 L V10
28
DNF
GT244 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 Flag of the United States.svg Lonnie Pechnik
Flag of the United States.svg Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 37
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29
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 27
Ford 5.0 L V8
30
DNF
LMP137 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 23
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)

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References

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  2. "Qualifying Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-07-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
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