2008 Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg Street Circuit

The 2008 Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg was the second round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida on April 5, 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 81
Audi 5.5 L TDI V12
(turbodiesel)
2LMP27 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 81
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
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 81
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4LMP26 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 81
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5LMP216 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 81
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6LMP226 Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Green Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta
Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi
Acura ARX-01B M 80
Acura AL7R 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 Y 80
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
8GT14 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 79
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
9GT13 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 79
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
10LMP215 Flag of Mexico.svg Lowe's Fernández Racing Flag of Mexico.svg Adrian Fernández
Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Diaz
Acura ARX-01B M 78
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
11GT271 Flag of the United States.svg Tafel Racing Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 77
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
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 77
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
13GT287 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Flag of Germany.svg Marc Basseng
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Werner
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 76
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
14GT248 Flag of the United States.svg Corsa Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar Jeannette
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari F430GT D 76
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15GT261 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 75
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16GT221 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Team PTG Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Sutherland
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 75
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
17GT244 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 74
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
18GT228 Flag of the United States.svg LG Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Lou Gigliotti
Flag of the United States.svg Doug Peterson
Chevrolet Corvette C6 K 74
Chevrolet LS3 6.0 L V8
19LMP219 Flag of the United States.svg Van der Steur Racing Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar van der Steur
Flag of the United States.svg Robbie Pecorari
Radical SR9 K 74
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
20
DNF
LMP220 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 71
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
21GT245 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 71
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
22GT262 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT M 69
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
23GT240 Flag of the United States.svg Robertson Racing Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Robertson
Flag of the United States.svg David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk.VII D 64
Ford 5.0 L V8
24
DNF
LMP11 Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro
Audi R10 TDI M 63
Audi 5.5 L TDI V12
(turbodiesel)
25
DNF
GT1008 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 48
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
26
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 33
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)
27
DNF
GT211 Flag of the United States.svg Primetime Race Group Flag of the United States.svg Joel Feinberg
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe M 20
Dodge 8.3 L V10
DNSGT2007 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 DBRS9 D -
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
(E85 ethanol)
DNSGT25 Flag of Germany.svg VICI Racing Flag of the United States.svg Craig Stanton
Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Swartzbaugh
Flag of Brazil.svg Ruben Carrapatoso
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K -
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6

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