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THE AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES - 2008 SEASON
ALMS-MOTORSPORTS NEWS

American Le Mans Series American Le Mans Series 10th anniversary

The ALMS will be at Mosport International Raceway August 21-24, 2008. Included are six great support races:

SPEED World Challenge GT- SPEED World Challenge Touring- Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear- F2000 Championship Series- IMSA Challenge by Michelin- IMSA Lites presented by Hankook

And the whole weekend promises to be great. See our Events and Image pages for last years Grand Prix of Mosport.!!

Check out these images
Mar 15, 2008 - 56th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida
Compilation of pictures from the ALMS race at Sebring by Joseph Foster on YouTube

2007 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX, MOSPORT INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Compilation of pictures from Mosport and the ALMS race at Mosport by Jesse Stoll on YouTube

ALMS 2008 SCHEDULE


Mar 12-15   56th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of     Sebring,FL,US 
            Sebring presented by Fresh 
            from Florida
Apr 4-5     Acura Sports Car Challenge of    St.Petersburg,FL,US
            St. Petersburg
Apr 18-19   Grand Prix of Long Beach         Long Beach,CA,US
May 16-18   Larry H. Miller Dealerships      Tooele,UT,US
            Utah Grand Prix presented by 
            Grand & Little Hotels, Miller
            Motorsports Park
Jul 11-12   American Le Mans Northeast       Lakeville,CT,US
            Grand Prix, Lime Rock Park
Jul 17-19   Acura Sports Car Challenge       Lexington,OH,US 
            of Mid-Ohio
Aug 7-9     Generac 500 at Road America      Elkhart Lake,WI,US  
Aug 21-24   Mobil 1 presents the Grand       Bowmanville,ON,CA
            Prix of Mosport
Aug 29-30   Detroit Sports Car Challenge     Detroit,MI,US
            presented by Bosch
Oct 1-4     Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta      Braselton,GA,US 
Oct 16-18   Monterey Sports Car              Monterey,CA,US
            Championships, Mazda Raceway 
            Laguna Seca

ALMS AWARS BANQUET SUNDAY OCTOBER 19, 2008

The American Le Mans Series honored its drivers, teams, crews and manufacturers Sunday night at the season-ending banquet in Monterey, California. In addition to honoring its champions, the Series also awarded several special awards to deserving recipients.

2008 ALMS AWARD WINNERS
_______________________
Most Popular Driver: David Brabham (American Le Mans Series and MotorsTV)

Rookie of the Year: Scott Sharp

From the Fans: Doug Fehan, Corvette Racing program manager

Crew Chief of the Year: Joe Geldert (LMP1), Joel Svenson (LMP2), Mike West (GT1), Rogerio Reis (GT2)

IMSA Cup: Intersport Racing (LMP1), Patron Highcroft Racing (LMP2), Flying Lizard Motorsports (GT2)

Founder's Cup as top gentleman driver of the year:Intersport Racing's Jon Field

The Mechanic of the Year:Joe Geldert of Autocon Motorsports in LMP1, Patron Highcroft Racing's Joel Svenson in LMP2, Mike West of Corvette Racing in GT1, and Flying Lizard Motorsports' Rogerio Reis in GT2

Promoters' Trophy:Drayson-Barwell's Paul Drayson was presented with the Promoters' Trophy for his outstanding dedication and promotion of the American Le Mans Series and its platform of alternative fuels throughout the season

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was also honored for playing host to the American Le Mans Series in each of its 10 seasons.


      MANUFACTURER CHAMPIONS:
      Tire: Michelin
      GT2:  Porsche
      GT1:  General Motors
      LMP2: Porsche
      LMP1: Audi

      TEAM CHAMPIONS
      GT2:  Flying Lizard Motorsports (1st)
            Tafel Racing (2nd)
            Risi Competizione (3rd)
      GT1:  Corvette Racing (1st)
            Bell Motorsports (2nd)
      LMP2: Penske Racing (1st)
            Patron Highcroft Racing (2nd)
            Dyson Racing (3rd)
      LMP1: Audi Sport North America (1st)
            Intersport Racing (2nd)
            Autocon Motorsports (3rd)

      DRIVER CHAMPIONS
      GT2:  Jorg Bergmeister/Wolf Henzler (1st)
            Dirk Mueller/Dominik Farnbacher (2nd)
            Johannes van Overbeek/Patrick Pilet (3rd)
      GT1:  Jan Magnussen/Johnny O'Connell (1st)
            Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin (2nd)
            Terry Borcheller/Chapman Ducote (3rd)
      LMP2: Romain Dumas/Timo Bernhard (1st)
            David Brabham/Scott Sharp (2nd)
            Patrick Long (3rd)
      LMP1: Lucas Luhr/Marco Werner (1st)
            Emanuele Pirro (2nd)
            Richard Berry (3rd)


ALLAN MCNISH, DRIVER OF THE DECADE SAYS THANK YOU

ALMS fans voted Allen McNish the American Le Mans Series' Driver of the Decade, here's his thank you to all.

"I look forward to the next 10 years of the American Le Mans Series and seeing the championship grow even further again."

"I'd like to thank everybody from the American Le Mans Series who voted for me as the Driver of the Decade," McNish says in a special audio message to fans. "I was very pleasantly surprised when I arrived into Laguna and was told that I had won the overall vote. To be voted No. 1 out of that group is quite a humbling experience. I certainly have enjoyed my time in the Series tremendously. It has been excellent fun, excellent racing, great fans, great circuits and a brilliant championship. I look forward to the next 10 years of the American Le Mans Series and seeing the championship grow even further again."

TO TOMORROW FASTER- STATE OF THE SERIES 2008

See the video feed of the adresses by Don Panoz, Tim Mayer (CEO Le mans + IMSA, and Scott Atherton Pres. + COE of the ALMS - About the future direction for the American Le Mans series.
CLICK ON BUTTON TO SEE




ALMS FINAL SEASON DRIVER STANDINGS AFTER LAGUNA SECA OCTOBER 18, 2008

                
                        S   S   L   M   L   M   R   M   D   P   L       T
                        E   T   B   M   R   -   A   O   E   L   S       O
                        B   P       P   P   O       S   T   M           T
                                                                        A
 P1                                                                     L
POS  DRIVER                
 1 Lucas Luhr          26  20  20  20  20  20  25  20   0  23  25     219
   Marco Werner        26  20  20  20  20  20  25  20   0  23  25     219
 2 Emanuele Pirro       0  16  16  10  10  16  21  16   0  30  21     156
 3 Richard Berry       23   0   0  16  16   0  18   0  20   0  13     106
 4 Jon Field           23   0  10  16  16   0  18   0  20   0   0     103
   Clint Field         23   0  10  16  16   0  18   0  20   0   0     103
 5 Dindo Capello       30   0   0   0  10  16   0  16   0  30   0     102
 6 Allan McNish        30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0      60
 7 Nicolas Minassian   20   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  26   0      46
   Stephane Sarrazin   20   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  26   0      46
 8 Frank Biela          0  16  16  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      42
 9 Chris McMurry       18   0  13   0   0  10   0   0   0   0   0      41
   Ryan Lewis           0   0   0   0   0  13  15   0   0   0  13      41
10 Tom Kristensen      30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      30
11 Bryan Willman       18   0   0   0   0  10   0   0   0   0   0      28
   John Faulkner        0   0   0   0   0  13  15   0   0   0   0      28
12 Mike Rockenfeller   26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      26
   Christian Klien      0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  26   0      26
13 Marcel Fässler       0   0   0   0   0   0  21   0   0   0   0      21
   Christijan Albers    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  21      21
14 Pedro Lamy          20   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      20
   Danny Watts          0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0      20
   Olivier Pla          0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0      20
15 Tony Burgess        18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      18
   Johnny Mowlem        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  18      18
   Stefan Johansson     0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  18      18
16 Gregor Fisken        0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   0   0      15
   Stephen Simpson      0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15      15
   Liz Halliday         0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15      15
17 Michael Lewis        0   0  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      13
_________________________________________________________________________
                        S   S   L   M   L   M   R   M   D   P   L       T
                        E   T   B   M   R   -   A   O   E   L   S       O
                        B   P       P   P   O       S   T   M           T
                                                                        A
                                                                        L
 P2
 1 Romain Dumas        30  20  16  20  16  20  21   6  10  26  18     203
 1 Timo Bernhard       30  20  16  20  16  20  21   6  10  26  18     203
 2 Scott Sharp         20  16  20   2  20  16  25  20  16   0   7     162
   David Brabham       20  16  20   2  20  16  25  20  16   0   7     162
 3 Patrick Long         0  10  13  16  13  10  15  13   8  23   8     129
 4 Sasha Maassen        0  10  13  16  13  10  15  13   0  23   8     121
 5 Butch Leitzinger    26   2   8  10   6   6  18   3   3  20  11     113
   Marino Franchitti   26   2   8  10   6   6  18   3   3  20  11     113
 6 Chris Dyson         23  10   4   6   0   8  11   4   6  16  13     101
   Guy Smith           23  10   4   6   0   8  11   4   6  16  13     101
 7 Franck Montagny      0   0   0   0   8   4   9  10  20  14  25      90
 8 Adrian Fernandez     0   4   6   8  10  13   7  16   2  13   9      88
   Luis Diaz            0   4   6   8  10  13   7  16   2  13   9      88
 9 Gil de Ferran        0   0   0  13   4   0   8   8  13  18  21      85
   Simon Pagenaud       0   0   0  13   4   0   8   8  13  18  21      85
10 Emmanuel Collard    30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  23   0      53
   Ryan Briscoe         0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8  30  15      53
11 Andy Lally          26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0      46
12 Helio Castroneves    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30  15      45
13 Ben Devlin           0   6   3   3   0   3  13   2   4   0   6      40
   Gerardo Bonilla      0   6   3   3   0   3  13   2   4   0   6      40
14 James Rossiter       0   0   0   0   0   0   9  10  20   0   0      39
   Tony Kanaan          0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  14  25      39
15 Bryan Herta         16   8  10   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      38
  Christian Fittipaldi 16   8  10   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      38
   Marco Andretti      16   0   0   0   8   0   0   0   0  14   0      38
16 Stefan Johansson    20   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      20
17 Fredy Lienhard      18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      18
   Didier Theys        18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      18
   Jan Lammers         18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      18
   Scott Dixon          0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  18   0      18
18 Michel Jourdain      0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  13   0      13
19 Rafael Matos         0   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0       4
20 Gunnar van der Steur 0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       3
   Robbie Pecorari      0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       3
_________________________________________________________________________ 
                        S   S   L   M   L   M   R   M   D   P   L       T
                        E   T   B   M   R   -   A   O   E   L   S       O
                        B   P       P   P   O       S   T   M           T
                                                                        A
                                                                        L
 GT1
 1 Jan Magnussen       30  16  20  20  20  20  25  20  16  30  21     238
 1 Johnny O'Connell    30  16  20  20  20  20  25  20  16  30  21     238
 2 Oliver Gavin        26  20  16  16  16  16  18  16  20  26  25     215
   Olivier Beretta     26  20  16  16  16  16  18  16  20  26  25     215
 3 Terry Borcheller    23   0   0   0   0   0  21  13  13   0   0      70
   Chapman Ducote      23   0   0   0   0   0  21  13  13   0   0      70
 4 Ron Fellows         30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0      60
 5 Max Papis           26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  26   0      52
 6 Antonio Garcia      23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      23
_________________________________________________________________________   
                        S   S   L   M   L   M   R   M   D   P   L       T
                        E   T   B   M   R   -   A   O   E   L   S       O
                        B   P       P   P   O       S   T   M           T
                                                                        A
                                                                        L
 GT2
 1 Jorg Bergmeister    30   2  16  20  20  13  21  13  20  26   7     188
 1 Wolf Henzler        30   2  16  20  20  13  21  13  20  26   7     188
 2 Dominik Farnbacher  14  20  20  13  10  20  18  10   2  23  25     175
   Dirk Müller         14  20  20  13  10  20  18  10   2  23  25     175
3 Johannes Van Overbeek 13 16  13  16   4  16  15   2  16  13  15     139
   Patrick Pilet       13  16  13  16   4  16  15   2  16  13  15     139
 4 Mika Salo            0   1   2   0  13   8  13  20  13  30  21     121
   Jamie Melo           0   1   2   0  13   8  13  20  13  30  21     121
 5 Seth Neiman         26   4   4   8   0   0   9   4   0  16  13      84
 6 Dirk Werner          0  13   0   0  16  10  25  16   0   0   0      80
 7 Darren Law          26   4   0   8   0   0   9   0   0  16  13      76
 8 Jim Tafel           20   0   0   0   2   3   7   6   6  14   0      58
 9 Marc Lieb           30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  26   0      56
10 Harrison Brix        0   8   6   4   6   6  11   0   8   0   6      55
   Tommy Milner         0   6   0  10   8   4   0   8   1   0  18      55
11 Richard Westbrook    0   0   0   0  16  10  25   0   0   0   0      51
12 Pierre Kaffer        0   0   0   0   0   0   0  16   0  18  11      45
13 Alex Figge           0   0   0   0   2   3   7   6   6  14   6      44
14 Nic Jonsson         23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0      43
   Tracy Krohn         23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0      43
   Eric van de Poele   23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0      43
15 Marc Basseng         0  13   8   0   0   0   8   0   0  11   0      40
   Pierre Ehret        20   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  14   6      40
16 Tom Sutherland       0   6   0  10   8   4   0   8   1   0   0      37
17 Alex Davison        26   0   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      34
   Lonnie Pechnik       0   0   4   0   0   0   0   4  10  16   0      34
18 Robert Bell         14   0   0   0   0   0  11   0   8   0   0      33
19 Patrick Friesacher   0   8   6   4   6   6   0   0   0   0   0      30
20 Ben Aucott           0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  18  11      29
21 Bryce Miller         0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0   0   0      25
   Paul Drayson         0   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0  12   9      25
   Jonny Cocker         0   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0  12   9      25
22 Johnny Mowlem        0  10  10   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      23
   Gunnar Jeannette     0  10  10   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      23
   Joel Feinberg       18   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4   0   0      23
   Chris Hall          18   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4   0   0      23
   Nicky Pastorelli     0   0   0   2   0   2   8   0   0  11   0      23
   Francesco Pastorelli 0   0   0   2   0   2   8   0   0  11   0      23
23 Allan Simonsen      20   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      20
   Craig Stanton       16   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      20
   Nathan Swartzbaugh  16   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      20
24 Stephane Daoudi      0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  18   0      18
   Joey Hand            0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  18      18
25 Anthony Lazzaro      0   0   0   0   3   0   6   0   0   0   8      17
   Timothy Pappas       0   0   0   0   3   0   6   0   0   0   8      17
26 Uwe Alzen           16   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      16
27 Richard Lietz       13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      13
28 Darren Turner        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0      12
29 Lou Gigliotti        0   3   1   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      10
   Martin Ragginger     0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0   0      10
30 Eric Curran          0   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       6
31 Doug Peterson        0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       4
32 Andrea Robertson     0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0       3
   David Robertson      0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0       3
   David Murry          0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0       3
33 Ruben Carrapatoso    0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       2

ALMS- CORVETTE RACING TO MOVE TO GT2
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008/ Corvette Racing announced Tuesday that it will enter GT2 starting in the second half of the 2009 American Le Mans Series.

PART OF THE ALMS CORVETTE RACING TEAM ARRIVING AT MOSPORT "We do not want to run in a class by ourselves again, and I doubt I could sell it to management again." Those were the words Steve Wesoloski, GM's Road Racing Group Manager about the challenges they'd face in gaining support to spend a third season without any serious competition in the American Le Mans Series GT1 class. After reaching out to rival and potential GT1 manufacturers on joining the rather thin ALMS race class. With no takers GM decided to take a new direction.

GM wasn't willing to spend the tens of millions of dollars required to build a prototype to fight the likes of Audi, Peugeot, and Acura. A step down one class to GT2 was the only logical choice for Wesoloski and his partners at Pratt & Miller Racing.

With Corvette Racing moving their efforts to wrestle Porsche and Ferrari from the top of the GT2 category, fans are in store for a great season next year, but the this change in the American GT landscape will take time for us to adjust to.

Let's hope this isn't the end for Gt2 in North America.

CORVETTE TO MOVE INTO EVO?

CORVETTE LMP1-EVO For some time now there have been rumors that GM is working on LMP1-EVO entry into Le Mans. With the car count in the ALMS LMGT1 class dropping, manufacturers would have more meaningfull competition in the new LMP1-EVO class anounced by the ACO. All indications are that the Corvette EVO could be ready for the 2009 racing season. Word has it that GM will run the existing C6 Corvettes in LMGT1 no matter what, even with out competition in the ALMS for 1 more year.
It would be great to see GM enter their Corvettes in two categories. Let's keep our fingers crossed. This kind of news shows that the LMS and ALMS are the premier sports car series, and are poised to grow even bigger and better.


2009 AMERICAN LE MANS SCHEDULE RELEASED

2009 AMERICAN LE MANS SCHEDULE                                           TV
    January 26-28  AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES WINTER TEST, Sebring, Fla.
 1- March 21       SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, Sebring, Fla.        (SPEED)
 2- April 4        ST. PETERSBURG, St. Petersburg, Fla.                (ABC)
 3- April 18       LONG BEACH, Long Beach, Calif.                      (ABC)
 4- May 17         MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK, Tooele, Utah               (SPEED)
 5- July 18        LIME ROCK PARK, Lakeville, Ct.                      (SPEED)
 6- August 8       MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE, Lexington, Ohio         (NBC Sports)
 7- August 16      ROAD AMERICA, Elkhart Lake, Wis.                    (SPEED)
 8- August 30      MOSPORT INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, Bowmanville,Ontario  (SPEED)
 9- September 5    DETROIT, Belle Isle, Mich.,                         (NBC Sports)
10- September 26   ROAD ATLANTA, Braselton, Ga.                        (SPEED)
11- October 10     MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA, Monterey, Calif.         (SPEED)
_________________________
NON-CHAMIONSHIP ASIA LE MANS SERIES OPPORTUNITIES
November 1 Mt. Fuji, Japan
November 8 Shanghai, China

THE 2008 MONTEREY SPORTS CAR CHAMPIONSHIPS
LAGUNA SECA, GA, USA, OCTOBER 4, 2008

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THE 2008 MONTEREY SPORTS CAR CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL RESULTS, OCTOBER 18, 2008

POS  CAR CLS   DRIVERS             TEAM                       CAR       LAPS
 1    2  LMP1  Lucas Luhr/         AUDI SPORT NORTH AMERICA   Audi       145
               Marco Werner
 2    1  LMP1  Emanuele Pirro/     AUDI SPORT NORTH AMERICA   Audi       145
               Christijan Albers
 3   26  LMP2  Franck Montagny/    ANDRETTI GREEN RACING      Acura      145
               Tony Kanaan
 4   66  LMP2  Gil de Ferran/      DE FERRAN MOTORSPORTS      Acura      145
               Simon Pagenaud
 5    7  LMP2  Timo Bernhard/      PENSKE RACING              Porsche    145
               Romain Dumas 
 6    5  LMP2  Ryan Briscoe/       PENSKE MOTORSPORTS         Porsche    145
               Helio Castroneves
 7   16  LMP2  Chris Dyson/        DYSON RACING               Porsche    145
               Guy Smith 
 8   20  LMP2  Marino Franchitti/  DYSON RACING               Porsche    145
               Butch Leitzinger
 9   15  LMP2  Adrian Fernandez/   LOWE'S FERNANDEZ RACING    Acura      144
               Luis Diaz
10    6  LMP2  Ryan Briscoe/       PENSKE RACING              Porsche    144
               Sascha Maassen
11   48  LMP1  Johnny Mowlem/      CORSA MOTORSPORTS          Zytek      142
               Stefan Johansson
12    4  LMGT1 Olivier Beretta/    CORVETTE RACING            Corvette   139
               Oliver Gavin
13    3  LMGT1 Johnny O'Connell/   CORVETTE RACING            Corvette   139
               Jan Magnussen
14   71  LMGT2 Dominik Farnbacher/ TAFEL RACING               Ferrari    139
               Dirk Muller
15    9  LMP2  David Brabham/      PATRON HIGHCROFT RACING    Acura      139
               Scott Sharp
16   62  LMGT2 Mika Salo/          RISI COMPETIZIONE          Ferrari    139
               Jaime Melo
17   88  LMP1  Liz Halliday/       CREATION AUTOSPORTIF       Creation   138
               Jamie Campbell-Walter/
               Stephen Simpson
18   21  LMGT2 Tom Milner/         PANOZ TEAM PT              Panoz      137
               Joey Hand
19   46  LMGT2 Patrick Pilet/      FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS  Porsche    137
               Johannes van Overbeek
20   44  LMGT2 Seth Neiman/        FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS  Porsche    135
               Lonnie Pechnik/
               Darren Law
21   99  LMGT2 Ben Aucott/         JMB RACING                 Ferrari    134
               Pierre Kaffer/
               Stephane Daoudi
22  007  LMGT2 Jonny Cocker/       DRAYSON-BARWELL          Aston Martin 134
               Paul Drayson
23   54  LMGT2 Tim Pappas/         BLACK SWAN RACING          Ford       133
               Anthony Lazzaro/
               Andy Pilgrim
24   45  LMGT2 Jorg Bergmeister/   FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS  Porsche    133
               Wolf Henzler
25   73  LMGT2 Harrison Brix/      TAFEL RACING               Ferrari    132
               Alex Figge/
               Pierre Ehret
26   61  LMGT2 Nic Jonsson/        RISI COMPETIZIONE          Ferrari    129
               Tracy Krohn
27   40  LMGT2 Andrea Robertson/   ROBERTSON RACING           Ford       129
               David Murry/
               David Robertson
28   11  LMGT2 Joel Feinberg/      PRIMETIME RACE GROUP       Dodge      112
               Chris Hall
29   8   LMP2  Ben Devlin/         B-K MOTORSPORTS            Mazda      106
               Gerardo Bonilla
30   37  LMP1  Jon Field/          INTERSPORT RACING          Lola       102
               Ryan Lewis/
               Richard Berry
31   12  LMP1  Tony Burgess/       AUTOCON MOTORSPORTS        Lola        87
               Chris McMurry
32   10  LMP1  Hideki Noda/        ECO RACING                 Radical     46
               Andrew Prendeville
33   18  LMGT2 Marc Basseng/       VICI RACING                Porsche     17
               Nicky Pastorelli/
               Franceso Pastorelli
34   87  LMGT2 Dirk Werner/        FARNBACHER LOLES RACING    Porsche    138
               Bryce Miller

THE 2008 PETIT LE MANS
BRASELTON, GA, USA, OCTOBER 4, 2008

This will be the eleventh running of the Petit Le Mans at the 2.54-mile, 12-turn world class road course Road Atlanta. The 1000-mile race has been held since 1998 at Road Atlanta in Georgia, USA. It was the foundation for the American Le Mans Series established in 1999 and brings the Le Mans feeling year-in-year-out to the USA.

Of the ten races held so far, eight were won by Audi, one by Ferrari and the other by Panoz.

Here is a list of all Petit Le Mans previous winners:

  1998  Eric van de Poele/ Wayne Taylor/ Emmanuel Collard     Ferrari
  1999  David Brabham/ Eric Bernhard/ Andy Wallace            Panoz
  2000  Michele Alboreto/ Dindo Capello/ Allan McNish         Audi R8
  2001  Frank Biela/ Emanuele Pirro                           Audi R8
  2002  Dindo Capello/ Tom Kristensen                         Audi R8
  2003  Johnny Herbert/ JJ Lehto                              Audi R8
  2004  JJ Lehto/ Marco Werner                                Audi R8
  2005  Frank Biela/ Emanuele Pirro                           Audi R8
  2006  Dindo Capello/ Allan McNish                           Audi R10 TDI
  2007  Dindo Capello/ Allan McNish                           Audi R10 TDI
This year a total of 38 cars are entered for the race, including eleven LM P1 cars. Five automobile manufacturers. Audi, Peugeot, Lola, Creation and Zytek fight for the overall "Petit Le Mans" victory at Road Atlanta in the LM P1 catogory.

Don't count out the cars of the of the LM P1, LM GT1 or the LM GT2 classes to challenge for a win. The include entries from Acura/Honda, Porsche, Lola, Chevrolet, Dodge, Panoz, Ford, Ferrari and Astin Martin.

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THE 2008 PETIT LE MANS FINAL RESULTS, OCTOBER 4, 2008

POS  CAR CLS DRIVERS             TEAM                       CAR       LAPS
 1    1   P1 Dindo Capello       AUDI SPORT NORTH AMERICA   Audi R10   394
             Allan McNish
             Emanuele Pirro
 2   07   P1 Nic Minassian       PEUGEOT SPORT TOTAL        Peugeot    394
             Stephane Sarrazin
             Christian Klien
 3    2   P1 Lucas Luhr          AUDI SPORT NORTH AMERICA   Audi R10   394
             Marco Werner
 4    5   P2 Ryan Briscoe        PENSKE MOTORSPORTS         Porsche    394
             Helio Castroneves
 5    7   P2 Timo Bernhard       PENSKE RACING              Porsche    394
             Romain Dumas
 6    6   P2 Ryan Briscoe        PENSKE RACING              Porsche    392
             Sascha Maassen
             Emmanuel Collard
 7   20   P2 Marino Franchitti   DYSON RACING               Porsche    391
             Butch Leitzinger
             Andy Lally
 8   66   P2 Gil de Ferran       DE FERRAN MOTORSPORTS      Acura      388
             Simon Pagenaud
             Scott Dixon
 9   16   P2 Chris Dyson         DYSON RACING               Porsche    384
             Guy Smith
   
10    3  GT1 Johnny O'Connell    CORVETTE RACING            Corvette   365
             Jan Magnussen
             Ron Fellows
11    4  GT1 Olivier Beretta     CORVETTE RACING            Corvette   359
             Oliver Gavin
             Max Papis
12   62  GT2 Mika Salo           RISI COMPETIZIONE          Ferrari    358
             Jaime Melo  
13   45  GT2 Jorg Bergmeister    FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORT   Porsche    358
             Wolf Henzler
             Marc Lieb
14   50   P1 Olivier Pla         TEAM LNT                   Zytek      355
             Danny Watts
             Stefan Johansson
15   71  GT2 Dominik Farnbacher  TAFEL RACING               Ferrari    355
             Dirk Muller
16   26   P2 Franck Montagny     ANDRETTI GREEN RACING      Acura      347
             Marco Andretti
             Tony Kanaan 
17   61  GT2 Nic Jonsson         RISI COMPETIZIONE          Ferrari    346
             Tracy Krohn
             Eric van de Poele
18   99  GT2 Ben Aucott          JMB RACING                 Ferrari    344
             Pierre Kaffer
             Stephane Daoudi
19   44  GT2 Seth Neiman         FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS  Porsche    339
             Lonnie Pechnik
             Darren Law
20   73  GT2 Jim Tafel           TAFEL RACING               Ferrari    331
             Alex Figge
             Pierre Ehret
21   46  GT2 Patrick Pilet       FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS  Porsche    311
             Johannes van Overbeek
22  007  GT2 Jonny Cocker        DRAYSON-BARWELL          Aston Martin 294
             Paul Drayson
             Darren Turner
23   18  GT2 Marc Basseng        VICI RACING                Porsche    291
             Nicky Pastorelli
             Franceso Pastorelli
24   54  GT2 Tim Pappas          BLACK SWAN RACING          Ford GT    291
             Anthony Lazzaro
             Andy Pilgrim
25   21  GT2 Tom Milner          PANOZ TEAM PTG             Panoz      282
             Joey Hand
26   15   P2 Adrian Fernandez    LOWE'S FERNANDEZ RACING    Acura      281
             Luis Diaz
             Michel Jourdain
27   11  GT2 Joel Feinberg       PRIMETIME RACE GROUP      Dodge Viper 280
             Chris Hall
28   87  GT2 Dirk Werner         FARNBACHER LOLES RACING    Porsche    277
             Bryce Miller
             Joerg Hardt
29   40  GT2 Andrea Robertson    ROBERTSON RACING           Ford GT    263
             David Murry
             David Robertson
30   30   P1 Ryan Lewis          INTERSPORT RACING          Lola       237
             Luke Hines
             Georges Forgeois
   
31   37   P1 Clint Field         INTERSPORT RACING          Lola       160
             Jon Field
             Richard Berry
32   88   P1 Harold Primat       CREATION AUTOSPORTIF       Judd       138
             Jamie Campbell-Walter
             Stephen Simpson
33   12   P1 Tony Burgess        AUTOCON MOTORSPORTS        Lola       122
             Chris McMurry
             Bryan Willman
34  888   P1 Stuart Hall         CREATION AUTOSPORTIF       Judd       113
             Liz Halliday
             Dean Stirling
35   48   P1 Gunnar Jeannette    CORSA MOTORSPORTS          Zytek       73
             Johnny Mowlem
             Stefan Johansson
36   28  GT2 Lou Gigliotti       LG MOTORSPORTS/            Corvette    37
             Tomy Drissi         RILEY TECHNOLOGIES
             Marc Goossens
37    9   P2 David Brabham       PATRON HIGHCROFT RACING    Acura       16
             Scott Sharp
             Dario Franchitti

THE 2008 DETROIT SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE
PRESENTED BY BOSCH
DETROIT BELLE ISLE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, USA, AUGUST 30, 2008

The ALMS will be joined by the Speed GT and IndyCar series this weekend in Detroit.

AGR WIN ON BELLE ISLE

James Rossiter and Franck Montagny won the Detroit Sports Car Challenge.
"The team did a very good job in terms of strategy, which was especially good after Mosport where we struggled," Montagny said. "This time we were a little bit lucky. James did his stint with tires from qualifying and the car looked OK although there was a bit of understeer. The tires looked fine as well. We did put a lot of time on the tires, and I don't think they could have could have lasted another 10 laps or half-stint. It was very close all the time."

The LMP1 victory went to Intersport Racing after the #2 Audi crashed and the #1 race winning Audi R10 of Emanuele Pirro and Marcel Fassler was excluded after it failed to meet the required minimum weight in post-race technical inspection.

After the race the #1 Audi R10 TDI was found to be 2.5 kilograms below the required minimum weight. Following a collision during the warm-up a spare bonnet was used in the race, which had been prepared for both vehicles but was therefore not adapted precisely to car #1.

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THE 2008 DETROIT SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE FINAL RESULTS

POS  CAR CLS DRIVERS             TEAM                       CAR       LAPS
 1   26  P2  Franck Montagny     ANDRETTI GREEN RACING      Acura      104
             James Rossiter                                 ARX-01b
 2    9  P2  David Brabham       PATRON HIGHCROFT RACING    Acura      104
             Scott Sharp                                    ARX-01b
 3   66  P2  Gil de Ferran       DE FERRAN MOTORSPORTS      Acura      104
             Simon Pagenaud                                 ARX-01b
 4    7  P2  Timo Bernhard       PENSKE RACING              Porsche    104
             Romain Dumas                                   RS Spyder
 5    6  P2  Ryan Briscoe        PENSKE RACING              Porsche    104
             Sascha Maassen                                 RS Spyder
 6   16  P2  Chris Dyson         DYSON RACING               Porsche    103
             Guy Smith                                      RS Spyder
 7    8  P2  Ben Devlin          B-K MOTORSPORTS            Lola B07   103
             Gerardo Bonilla                                46-Mazda
 8   20  P2  Marino Franchitti   DYSON RACING               Porsche    102
             Butch Leitzinger                               RS Spyder
 9    4  GT1 Olivier Beretta     CORVETTE RACING            Corvette   100
             Oliver Gavin                                   C6.R
10    3  GT1 Johnny O'Connell    CORVETTE RACING            Corvette   100
             Jan Magnussen                                  C6.R
11   45  GT2 Jorg Bergmeister    FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS  Porsche     98
             Wolf Henzler                                   911 GT3 RSR
12   46  GT2 Patrick Pilet       FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS  Porsche     98
             Johannes van Overbeek                          911 GT3 RSR
13   62  GT2 Mika Salo           RISI COMPETIZIONE          Ferrari     98
             Jaime Melo                                     F430 GT
14   44  GT2 Lonnie Pechnik      FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS  Porsche     98
             Martin Ragginger                               911 GT3 RSR
15   61  GT2 Rob Bell            RISI COMPETIZIONE          Ferrari     98
             Harrison Brix                                  F430 GT
16   73  GT2 Jim Tafel           TAFEL RACING               Ferrari     95
             Alex Figge                                     F430 GT
17   11  GT2 Joel Feinberg       PRIMETIME RACE GROUP       Dodge Viper 94
             Chris Hall                                     Competition Coupe
18  008  GT1 Terry Borcheller    BELL MOTORSPORTS           Aston       93
             Chapman Ducote                                 Martin DBR9
19   40  GT2 Andrea Robertson    ROBERTSON RACING           Doran Ford  89
             David Murry                                    GT-R
             David Robertson
20   71  GT2 Dirk Muller         TAFEL RACING               Ferrari     88
             Dominik Farnbacher                             F430 GT
21   21  GT2 Tom Milner          PANOZ TEAM PTG             Panoz       87
             Tom Sutherland                                 Esperante GTLM
22   37  P1  Clint Field         INTERSPORT RACING          Lola B06    83
             Jon Field                                      10-AER
             Richard Berry
23   15  P2  Luis Diaz           LOWE'S FERNANDEZ RACING    Acura       83
             Adrian Fernandez                               ARX-01b
24   54  GT2 Tim Pappas          BLACK SWAN RACING          Doran Ford  49
             Anthony Lazzaro                                GT-R
25   18  GT2 Marc Basseng        VICI RACING                Porsche     38
             Nicky Pastorelli                               911 GT3 RSR
             Franceso Pastorelli
26    2  P1  Lucas Luhr         AUDI SPORT NORTH AMERICA    Audi        21
             Marco Werner                                   R10 TDI
27  007  GT2 Jonny Cocker       DRAYSON-BARWELL             Aston        1
             Paul Drayson                                   Martin DBRS9
DSQ   1  P1  Marcel Fassler   AUDI SPORT NORTH AMERICA      Audi       104
             Emanuele Pirro                                 R10 TDI
Note:#1 AUDI R10 TDI- excluded after it failed
to meet the required minimum weight in
post-race technical inspection.

THE MOBILE 1 GRAND PRIX OF MOSPORT
MOSPORT INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA, AUGUST 21- 24, 2008

The ALMS will make their one and only stopp in Canada this Year at Mosport International Raceway on Sunday, August 24th 2008.

RolfsRacing.com will be attending. See our EVENTS AND IMAGES Pages after the weekend for full updates.

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Rolfsracing.com just spent an action packed week at Mosport International Raceway.

The AMLS testing on Monday and Tuesday only gave us a taste of things to come for Sunday's race.

As expected both Audi R10's qualifyed for the top 2 spots, and breaking the speed records at Mosport. Dindo Capello reached a qualifying lap record of 1:04.094 in the No 1 Audi, while Marco Werner wasn't far behind with a lap speed of 1:04.188. The next starting row in the grid was filled by the P2 cars Penske No 7 Porsche RS Spyder (Romain Dumas 1:04.318), and the No 9 Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-01b (David Brabham 1:04.603).

In the GT1, it came to no surprise that the Corvettes (#3 Johnny O'Connell 1:13.878 , #4 Olivier Beretta 1:13.947) overpowered their opponent # 008 Aston Martin DBR9 (Terry Borcheller 1:15.611).

The GT2 cars were closely matched in qualifying with the #62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430 GT (Jaime Melo 1:16.863), the #87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Dirk Werner 1:17.053), the #71 Tafel Racing Ferrari 430 GT (Dominik Farnbacher 1:17.232), and the #45 Flying Lizard Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Wolf Henzler 1:17.566).

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On race day, under cloudy skies, the race changed quickly with several of the P2 cars moving into the top spots around the Audi's. Penske Racing, Fernandez Racing, Andretti Green Racing and Highcroft Racing were crowding out Audi P1 cars.

By the 2nd hour of racing # Acura's were in the top 3 spots. The # 26 Andretti Green Racing, the #66 de Ferran Motorsports and the #15 Fernandez Racing entries were ahead of the Audi R10's. For the last half hour of the race the #66 de Ferran Motorsports held the top spot.

In the last lap of the race it all changed. Due to fuel strategies and a lack of cautions on the track the de Ferran entry ran out of fuel near the finish line (they ended up in 7th at the end). Both Audi's ended up in top spot as some of the other P2's ran out of fuel.

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Here is the Audi post race report:

Audi have prematurely clinched the LM P1 Manufacturers' Championship in the American Le Mans Series with their third consecutive 1-2 victory. Before the last three races, the brand with the four rings is out of reach in the classifications for engine and chassis manufacturers.

Team Audi Sport North America's two Audi R10 TDI prototypes were running with different strategies in the closing stages of the Grand Prix of Mosport (Canada). Dindo Capello and Emanuele Pirro used one of the two caution perdiods for an early and final refuelling stop. If another "yellow" had occurred, the strategy might have worked out for the two Italians, but it stayed "green" until the end forcing Pirro to reduce the engine power and save fuel in the final hour. While other cars, opting for a similar strategy, ran out of fuel before the end, the Audi driver was able to take advantage of the low fuel consumption of the TDI engine and crossed the finish line in second position with the last drop of Shell V-Power Diesel.

Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner applied a different strategy in the exciting race. They stayed on track during the second caution period and came to the pits later for their third schedulled refuelling stop. This dropped them to eighth position, but Lucas Luhr was able to make up half a minute in the closing stages with enough fuel and fresh tyres, gradually moving up the race order. Nine laps from the finish he overtook the leading Acura/Honda.

Marco Werner had passed his pole sitting team-mate Dindo Capello on lap seven when the Italian got stuck behind a slower car. He held a 24-second lead when the Safety Car entered the track for the first time. After the driver-change, Lucas Luhr was also able to open a gap before his lead was negated by another caution period.

The only incident for the winning Audi crew occured during the first pit-stop when Marco Werner touched the pit-wall while exciting the pits and damaging the front section of his R10 TDI. The German was nevertheless able to set a new lap-record in 1m 05.823s.

Luhr and Werner celebrated their fifth overall victory in the 2008 American Le Mans Series and their seventh consecutive class win. This means the two Germans have the LM P1 Drivers' title almost in their hands. The next race takes place next Saturday (August 30) in Detroit (U.S. state of Michigan).

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Quotes after the race at Mosport

Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): "It was a fantastic race with a difficult strategic decision in the final phase. All the more beautiful it is that we have now clinched a double victory in the American Le Mans Series for the third time in succession proving ‘Vorsprung durch Technik' - and this being achieved against very strong competition. Congratulations to the whole team, also on prematurely clinching the Manufacturers' Championships."

Lucas Luhr (Audi R10 TDI #2): "That was a real challenge for me when I had to overtake almost all prototypes again at the end of the race. It worked out well. Our car was not in a perfect shape after our little mishap in the pits, and I really had to fight. Our engineer told me on the radio that I had to push like hell. I did, and fortunately it worked out."

Marco Werner (Audi R10 TDI #2): "I've not seen such a great race for quite a while. It was really exciting. It was nail-biting because we were not sure if we could bring the victory home. There were two different strategies for our two cars. It's great that this gave us a 1-2 victory. It was really close in the end for Emanuele (Pirro) who opted for the ‘save fuel' method. We went flat-out but had to pit under ‘green'. I dedicate this victory to our boys who worked a lot this week and put a great car on the wheels for us."

Dindo Capello (Audi R10 TDI #1): "It was a difficult race because we gambled a little bit with the fuel. From one side it was good because we really used the last drop of Diesel that was in our tank. This allowed us to finish second on the very last lap. On the other side we lost the chance to fight for the victory as soon we had to back off and save fuel. This was a little bit frustrating, but it is a great result for Audi and we enjoy it."

Emanuele Pirro (Audi R10 TDI #1): "I really learned to save fuel during the stint. I was two steps of power down, but this was not enough and I had to roll the car into the corners. Despite that my lap times were good enough to keep the LMP 2 cars behind. I'm not happy about the race result because we had a fast car but we gambled and didn't make it. I'm happy on how we managed the situation and I'm happy about the way I drove. I literally ran out of fuel at start and finish. It was good to finish second in these conditions."

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AMERICAN MOBIL 1 GAND PRIX OF MOSPORT FINAL RESULTS

POS  CAR CLS DRIVERS             TEAM                     CAR       LAPS
 1    2  P1  Lucas Luhr          Audi Sport North America Audi R10   127
             Marco Werner
 2    1  P1  Emanuele Pirro      Audi Sport North America Audi R10   127
             Dindo Capello
 3    9  P2  David Brabham       Highcroft Racing Acura   Acura ARX  127
             Scott Sharp
 4   15  P2  Adrian Fernandez    Fernandez Racing         Acura ARX  127
             Luiz Diaz
 5    6  P2  Sascha Maassen      Penske Racing            Porsche    127
             Patrick Long                                 RS Spyder
 6   26  P2  Frank Montagny      Andretti Green Racing    Acura ARX  127
             James Rossiter
 7   66  P2  Gil de Ferran       de Ferran Motorsports    Acura ARX  126
             Simon Pagenaud
 8    7  P2  Romain Dumas        Penske Racing            Porsche    126
             Timo Bernhard                                RS Spyder
 9   16  P2  Chris Dyson         Dyson Racing             Porsche    125
             Guy Smith                                    RS Spyder
10   20  P2  Butch Leitzinger    Dyson Racing             Porsche    125
             Marino Franchitti                            RS Spyder
11    8  P2  Gerardo Bonilla     B-K Motorsports          Mazda Lola 121
             Ben Devlin                                   B07-46
12    3  GT1 Johnny O'Connell    Corvette Racing          Corvette   117
             Jan Magnussen                                C6 R
13    4  GT1 Oliver Gavin        Corvette Racing          Corvette   117
             Olivier Beretta                              C6 R
14  008  GT1 Terry Borcheller    Bell Motorsports         Aston      115
             Chapman Ducote                               Martin DBR9
15   62  GT2 Miko Salo           Risi Competizione        Ferrari    113
             Jamie Melo                                   430 GT
16   87  GT2 Dirk Werner         Farnbacher Loles         Porsche    113
             Richard Westbrook   Racing                   911 GT3 RSR
             B Miller
17   71  GT2 Dominik Farnbacher  Tafel Racing             Ferrari    113
             Dirk Muller                                  430 GT
18   45  GT2 Joerg Bergmeister   Flying Lizard            Porsche    113
             Wolf Henzler        Motorsports              911 GT3 RSR
19   21  GT2 Brian Sellers       Panoz Team PTG           Panoz      112
             Tommy Milner                                 Esperante
             Tom Sutherland
20   73  GT2 Jim Tafel           Tafel Racing             Ferrari    111
             Alex Figge                                   430 GT
21   44  GT2 Seth Neiman         Flying Lizard            Porsche    111
             Darren Law          Motorsports              911 GT3 RSR
22  007  GT2 Paul Drayson        Drayson-Barwell          Aston      109
             Jonny Cocker                                 Martin Vantage
23   46  GT2 Patrick Pilet       Flying Lizard            Porsche    105
             Johannes van Overbeek    Motorsports         911 GT3 RSR
24   11  GT2 Joel Feinberg       Primetime Race Group     Dodge      105
             Chris Hall                                   Viper Comp Coupe
25   37  P1  Jon Field           Intersport Racing        Lola        86
             Clint Field                                  B06/10 AER
             Richard Berry
26   30  P1  Ryan Lewis          Intersport Racing        Lola        64
             John Faulkner                                B06/10 AER
27   12  P1  Tony Burgess        Autocon Motorsports      Creation    42
             Chris McMurry                                CA07-002 Judd
28   18  GT2 Nicky Pastorelli    VICI Racing              Porsche     29
             Mark Basseng                                 911 GT3 RSR

GENERAC 500
ROAD AMERICA
ELKHART LAKE, WI, AUGUST 7- 9, 2008

The 4:00hr race takes place August 9 at 3:00PM EDT and will be seen tape delayed August 10 at 12PM EDT on SPEED Channel.

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AUDI ON POLE

Elkhart Lake/ Lucas Luhr has captured the pole position for Audi in the seventh round of the American Le Mans Series with a record lap at Road America. The German beat the previous track record held by Allan McNish by 0.730 seconds. With an average speed of 136.277 mph, the Audi "factory" driver also recorded the fastest ever qualifying lap in the history of the American Le Mans Series.

HERE'S THE STARTING GRID FOR SATURDAY:

1 Luhr/Werner (Audi R10 TDI) 1m 46.935s
2 Rossiter/Montagny (Acura/Honda) 1m 47.345s
3 Faessler/Pirro (Audi R10 TDI) 1m 47.579s
4 Fernandez/Diaz (Acura/Honda) 1m 47.639s
5 Dumas/Bernhard (Porsche) 1m 47.736s
6 Brabham/Sharp (Acura/Honda) 1m 47.774s
7 de Ferran/Pagenaud (Acura/Honda) 1m 48.160s
8 Field/Field/Berry (Lola-AER) 1m 48.371s
9 Maassen/Long (Porsche) 1m 48.492s
10 Franchitti/Leitzinger (Porsche) 1m 48.586s

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AUDI TAKES TOP TWO SPOTS AT ROAD AMERICA

Here are the Drivers Comments:

Lucas Luhr (Audi R10 TDI #2): "The strategy that we had in our minds before the race did not work out because of the many yellows. Nevertheless I was able to pull away quite well. Unfortunately we always lost the advantage we had due to the caution periods. Thank God in the end it was still enough to win. I'm more than happy. Marcel (Faessler) must also be praised. It was his first race with this car and he was able to catch the two Acura/Hondas and thus make the Audi 1-2 victory perfect. This was again a great race weekend. Thanks to the team of Audi Sport North America, to the boys at home and Michelin."

Marco Werner (Audi R10 TDI #2): "A beautiful 50th race! The race was not easy, especially after the penultimate restart with the two Acura/Hondas in front of me. Behind these cars we lost a lot of down force, so it was incredibly difficult to close the gap to them. Once I even went off the track. At the end it worked well. Thanks to Audi TDI Power we got the Acura/Hondas on the straights. It was a nice race, I spent a lot of time in the car, it was a lot of fun."

Marcel Faessler (Audi R10 TDI #1): "This was a very special race for me. The final restart was unbelievable. It was pretty close between Brabham and the wall. But I said to myself: Now or never! It worked out. I am very happy that I was able to give the second place to the team. It ran very well from the beginning, I am satisfied. Generally speaking, the atmosphere at Audi and in the American Le Mans Series is perfect."

Emanuele Pirro (Audi R10 TDI #1): "I'm really happy. It was a very good and interesting race with many yellows. Some helped us, some did not help us. I think we did a good job. Marcel (Faessler) drove very well and integrated really well into the team. There is nothing to complain about and we can go home with a smile on our faces."

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AMERICAN LE MANS GENERAC 500 FINAL RESULTS

POS  CAR CLS DRIVERS             TEAM                     CAR       LAPS
 1    2  P1  Lucas Luhr          Audi Sport North America Audi R10   102
             Marco Werner                                 TDI
 2    1  P1  Emanuele Pirro      Audi Sport North America Audi R10   102
             Marcel Fassler                               TDI
 3    9  P2  David Brabham       Highcroft Racing Acura   Acura      102
             Scott Sharp                                  ARX-01b
 4    7  P2  Romain Dumas        Penske Racing            Porsche    102
             Timo Bernhard                                RS Spyder
 5   20  P2  Butch Leitzinger    Dyson Racing             Porsche    102
             Marino Franchitti                            RS Spyder
 6    6  P2  Sacha Maassen       Penske Racing            Porsche    102
             Patrick Long                                 RS Spyder
 7   37  P1  Jon Field           Intersport Racing        Lola B06/  101
             Clint Field                                  10 AER
             Richard Berry
 8    8  P2  Gerardo Bonilla     B-K Motorsports          Mazda Lola 100
             Ben Devlin                                   B07-46
 9   16  P2  Chris Dyson         Dyson Racing             Porsche    100
             Guy Smith                                    RS Spyder
10    3  GT1 Johnny O'Connell    Corvette Racing          Corvette    97
             Jan Magnussen                                C6.R
11   26  P2  Franck Montagny     Andretti Green Racing    Acura       96
             James Rossiter                               ARX-01b
12   87  GT2 Dirk Werner         Farnbacher Loles Racing  Porsche 911 96
             Richard Westbrook                            GT3 RSR
             Bryce Miller
13   45  GT2 Joerg Bergmeister   Flying Lizard            Porsche 911 96
             Wolf Henzler        Motorsports              GT3 RSR
14   71  GT2 Dominik Farnbacher  Tafel Racing             Ferrari     96
             Dirk Muller                                  430 GT
15   46  GT2 Patrick Pilet       Flying Lizard            Porsche 911 96
             Johannes van Overbeek    Motorsports         GT3 RSR
16   62  GT2 Mika Salo           Risi Competizione        Ferrari     96
             Jaime Melo                                   430 GT
17  008  GT1 Terry Borcheller    Bell Motorsports         Aston       95
             Chapman Ducote                               Martin DBR9
18   66  P2  Gil de Ferran       de Ferran Motorsports    Acura       94
             Simon Pagenaud                               ARX-01B
19   30  P1  Ryan Lewis          Intersport Racing        Lola B06/   94
             John Faulkner                                10 AER
             Gregor Fisken
20   61  GT2 Harrison Brix       Risi Competizione        Ferrari     94
             Rob Bell                                     430 GT
21   44  GT2 Seth Neiman         Flying Lizard            Porsche 911 94
             Darren Law          Motorsports              GT3 RSR
22   18  GT2 Nicky Pastorelli    VICI Racing              Porsche 911 91
             Francisco Pastorelli                         GT3 RSR
             Marc Basseng
23   73  GT2 Alex Figge          Tafel Racing             Ferrari     91
             Jim Tafel                                    430 GT
             Pierre Ehret
24   54  GT2 Tim Pappas          Black Swan Racing        Doran Ford  89
             Anthony Lazzaro                              GT-R
25   15  P2  Adrian Fernandez    Fernandez Racing         Acura       88
             Luis Diaz                                    ARX-01b
26  007  GT2 Jonny Cocker        Drayson-Barwell          Aston       84
             Paul Drayson                                 Martin Vantage
27   40  GT2 David Robertson     Robertson Racing         Doran Ford  80
             Andrea Robertson                             GT-R
             David Murry
28    4  GT1 Olivier Beretta     Corvette Racing          Corvette    76
             Oliver Gavin                                 C6.R
29   21  GT2 Joey Hand           Panoz Team PTG           Panoz       50
             Tommy Milner                                 Esperante
             Tom Sutherland
30   11  GT2 Joel Feinberg       Primetime Race Group     Dodge Viper 47
             Chris Hall                                   Comp Coupe
31   12  P1  Chris McMurry       Autocon Motorsports      Creation    35
             Bryan Willman                                CA07-002 Judd
             Michael Lewis

ACURA SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
LEXINGTON, OH, JULY 17- 19, 2008

The 2:45hr race takes place July 19 at 2:10PM EDT and will be seen tape delayed July 20 at 12PM EDT on NBC.

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THE AUDIS ARE BACK
Audi Sport North America takes overall 1st and 2nd at Mid-Ohio

A few words from the winners:

Lucas Luhr (Audi R10 TDI #2): "It was a perfect day for Audi! It looks like then, if the boss is there, everything goes well. He should come over to some more races Audi R10 TDI at Mid-Ohio ... Seriously: I'm super-happy. Our car engineer and the whole team did a great job. The strategy was perfect. First, I had a bit of doubt. But when I did not see any car behind me two laps after the first caution period I knew that nobody would catch us today. Marco (Werner) drove a fantastic first stint. My thanks go to Audi Sport North America, Team Champion and everybody at home in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm."

Marco Werner (Audi R10 TDI #2): "A fantastic Audi day and a fine double victory! I started to believe in it after yesterday's qualifying, when the gap to the front was quite small, which usually means we are well sorted for the race. This was really the case today. Lucas (Luhr) completed his stint on one set of tyres which is not easy. This means that the set-up of our R10 TDI was perfect. The timing of the pit stops was also good. Today, everything fitted together. We are happy - thanks to the whole Audi team."

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Our thoughts are with De Ferran Motorsports fueler Keith Jones and his family.

He was injured in a pit fire during the American Le Mans Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Simon Pagenaud was at the wheel when the team's Acura ARX-01B pulled away after a stop with the fuel hose still attached to the car. Safety workers quickly put out the fire, but not before Jones, wearing a helmet and fire-retardant clothing, was briefly caught up in the flames. He is now at the Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center at Wishard in the Wishard Health Services in Indianapolis.

De Ferran's No. 66 was parked after the fire and was scored 26th in the 30-car field.

The team has asked that all wishes and cards for Keith Jones be sent to the de Ferran Motorsports headquarters in Brownsburg, Ind. The team headquarters are listed below:
Keith Jones
c/o De Ferran Motorsports
485 Southpoint Circle, Suite 900
Brownsburg, IN 46112

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AMERICAN LE MANS ACURA SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE FINAL RESULTS

POS  CAR CLS DRIVERS             TEAM                     CAR       LAPS
 1    2  P1  Lucas Luhr          Audi Sport North America Audi R10   111
             Marco Werner                                 TDI
 2    1  P1  Dindo Capello       Audi Sport North America Audi R10   111
             Emanuele Pirro                               TDI
 3    7  P2  Timo Bernhard       Penske Racing            Porsche    111
             Romain Dumas                                 RS Spyder
 4    9  P2  David Brabham       Highcroft Racing Acura   Acura      111
             Scott Sharp                                  ARX-01b
 5   15  P2  Adrian Fernandez    Fernandez Racing         Acura      111
             Luis Diaz                                    ARX-01b
 6    6  P2  Sascha Maassen      Penske Racing            Porsche    111
             Patrick Long                                 RS Spyder
 7   16  P2  Chris Dyson         Dyson Racing             Porsche    111
             Guy Smith                                    RS Spyder
 8   20  P2  Butch Leitzinger    Dyson Racing             Porsche    111
             Marino Franchitti                            RS Spyder
 9   71  GT2 Dominik Farnbacher  Tafel Racing             Ferrari    104
             Dirk Muller                                  430 GT
10   46  GT2 Patrick Pilet       Flying Lizard            Porsche    104
             Johannes van Overbeek      Motorsports       911 GT3 RSR
11   45  GT2 Jorg Bergmeister    Flying Lizard            Porsche    104
             Wolf Henzler               Motorsports       911 GT3 RSR
12   87  GT2 Richard Westbrook   Farnbacher Loles         Porsche    104
             Dirk Werner         Racing                   911 GT3 RSR
13   62  GT2 Mika Salo           Risi Competizione        Ferrari    103
             Jaime Melo                                   430 GT
14   26  P2  Franck Montagny     Andretti Green Racing    Acura      103
             Marco Andretti                               ARX-01b
15   30  P1  Ryan Lewis          Intersport Racing        Lola B06/  103
             John Faulkner                                10 AER
16   61  GT2 Harrison Brix       Risi Competizione        Ferrari    102
             Patrick Friesacher                           430 GT
17   21  GT2 Tommy Milner        Panoz Team PTG           Panoz      102
             Tom Sutherland                               Esperante
18   73  GT2 Alex Figge          Tafel Racing             Ferrari    101
             Jim Tafel                                    430 GT
19   18  GT2 Nicky Pastorelli    VICI Racing              Porsche    101
             Francisco Pastorelli                         911 GT3 RSR
20    8  P2  Ben Devlin          B-K Motorsports          Mazda       99
             Gerardo Bonilla                              Lola B07-46
21    3  GT1 Johnny O'Connell    Corvette Racing          Corvette    98
             Jan Magnussen                                C6.R
22    4  GT1 Olivier Beretta     Corvette Racing          Corvette    98
             Oliver Gavin                                 C6.R
23  007  GT2 Jonny Cocker        Drayson-Barwell          Aston       94
             Paul Drayson                                 Martin Vantage
24   40  GT2 David Robertson     Robertson Racing         Doran       93
             Andrea Robertson                             Ford GT-R
             David Murry
25   12  P1  Chris McMurry       Autocon Motorsports      Creation    92
             Bryan Willman                                CA07-002 Judd
26   66  P2  Gil de Ferran       de Ferran Motorsports    Acura       67
             Simon Pagenaud                               ARX-01B
27   11  GT2 Joel Feinberg       Primetime Race Group     Dodge Viper 43
             Chris Hall                                   Comp Coupe
28   44  GT2 Seth Neiman         Flying Lizard            Porsche     37
             Darren Law          Motorsports              911 GT3 RSR
29   54  GT2 Tim Pappas          Black Swan Racing        Doran       27
             Anthony Lazzaro                              Ford GT-R
30   37  P1  Clint Field         Intersport Racing        Lola        23
             Jon Field                                    B06/10 AER
             Richard Berry

AMERICAN LE MANS NORTHEAST GRAND PRIX
LIME ROCK PARK
LAKEVILLE, CT, JULY 11- 12, 2008

The ALMS returns to Lime Rock Park. Joining them this weekend will be the Formula BMW Americas and the IMSA Lites.
The 2:45 hr race takes place at 2:05 PM EDT July 12th, and will be telecast tape delayed at 12:00 PM EDT July 13th. on SPEED Channel.

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DAVID BRABHAM AND SCOTT SHARP WIN AT LIME ROCK

David Brabham did it again. With 90 seconds left in the race Brabham passed Penske Racing's Timo Bernhard to win the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix this Saturday. This was an over all race win for Sharp and Brabham in their P1 car.

The 1st LMP1 car across the finish line was the Audi Sport North America Audi R10 TDI of Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner.

Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in their Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R won the LMGT1 class.

In the LMGT2 class, the win was taken by Jorg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler in their Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.

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AMERICAN LE MANS NORTHEAST GRAND PRIX FINAL RESULTS

POS  CAR CLS DRIVERS             TEAM                     CAR      LAPS
 1    9  P2  David Brabham       Highcroft Racing Acura   Acura     168
             Sciott Sharp
 2    7  P2  Romain Dumas        Penske Racing            Porsche   168
             Timo Bernhard
 3    6  P2  Sascha Maassen      Penske Racing            Porsche   168
             Patrick Long
 4    2  P1  Lucas Luhr          Audi Sport North America Audi      167
             Marco Werner
 5   15  P2  Adrian Fernandez    Fernandez Racing         Acura     166
             Luiz Diaz
 6   26  P2  Franck Montagny     Andretti Green Racing    Acura     165
             Marco Andretti
 7   20  P2  Butch Leitzinger    Dyson Racing             Porsche   164
             Marino Franchitti
 8    3  GT1 Johnny O'Connell    Corvette Racing          Corvette  157
             Jan Magnussen
 9   45  GT2 Jorg Bergmeister    Flying Lizard            Porsche   154
             Wolf Henzler        Motorsports
10   37  P1  Jon Field           Intersport Racing        Lola      154
             Clint Field
             Richard Berry
11   87  GT2 Dirk Werner         Farnbacher Loles Racing  Porsche   153
             Richard Westbrook
12   62  GT2 Mika Salo           Risi Competizione        Ferrari   153
             Jaime Melo
13   71  GT2 Dominik Farnbacher  Tafel Racing             Ferrari   152
             Dirk Muller
14   66  P2  Gil de Ferran       de Ferran Motorsports    Acura     151
             Simon Pagenaud
15   21  GT2 Tommy Milner        Panoz Team PTG           Panoz     150
             Tom Sutherland
16    4  GT1 Oliver Gavin        Corvette Racing          Corvette  146
             Olivier Beretta
17   61  GT2 Harrison Brix       Risi Competizione        Ferrari   145
             Patrick Friesacher
18   46  GT2 Patrick Pilet       Flying Lizard            Porsche   144
             Johannes van Overbeek     Motorsports
19   54  GT2 Tim Pappas          Black Swan Racing        Ford GT   142
             Anthony Lazzaro
20   73  GT2 Jim Tafel           Tafel Racing             Ferrari   142
             Alex Figge
21    1  P1  Emanuele Pirro      Audi Sport North America Audi      137
             Dindo Capello
22   11  GT2 Joel Feinberg       Primetime Race Group     Dodge     107
             Chris Hall
23   16  P2  Chris Dyson         Dyson Racing             Porsche    94
             Guy Smith
24   44  GT2 Seth Neiman         Flying Lizard            Porsche    81
             Darren Law          Motorsports
25    8  P2  Gerardo Bonilla     B-K Motorsports          Mazda      74
             Ben Devlin
26  008  GT1 Terry Borcheller    Bell Motorsports         Aston      61
             Chapman Ducote                               Martin
27  007  GT2 Paul Drayson        Drayson-Barwell          Aston      24
             Jonny Cocker                                 Martin
             Jonny Cocker

UTAH GRAND PRIX PRESENTED BY GRAND &
LITTLE HOTELS, MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK
TOOELE, UTAH (May 18, 2008)

In an upset six P2 class cars were ahead of the first place P1 Audi Sport North America Audi R10 of Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner.

The fields are starting to be under represented by P1 and GT1 cars. It's about time to change incentives or rules to give these two classes a better edge. Our suggestion is to make P1 and GT1 factory efforts, and the P2 and GT2 classes privateers. That should level the playing field more than added weight, fuel tank sizes and restrictors. Possibly this would bring more factory entrants back to the series.

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UTAH GRAND PRIX FINAL RESULTS

Pos  Car Cls Drivers             Team                     Car      Laps
 1    7  P2  Romain Dumas        Penske Racing            Porsche   96
             Timo Bernhard
 2    6  P2  Sascha Maassen      Penske Racing            Porsche   96
             Patrick Long
 3   66  P2  Gil de Ferran       de Ferran Motorsports    Acura     96
             Simon Pagenaud
 4   20  P2  Butch Leitzinger    Dyson Racing             Porsche   96
             Marino Franchitti
 5   15  P2  Adrian Fernandez    Fernandez Racing         Acura     96
             Luiz Diaz
 6   16  P2  Chris Dyson         Dyson Racing             Porsche   95
             Guy Smith
 7    2  P1  Lucas Luhr          Audi Sport North America Audi      95
             Marco Werner
 8   26  P2  Bryan Herta         Andretti Green Racing    Acura     94
             Christian Fittipaldi
 9    8  P2  Gerardo Bonilla     B-K Motorsports          Mazda     93
             Ben Devlin
10    3 GT1  Johnny O'Connell    Corvette Racing          Corvette  88
             Jan Magnussen
11    4 GT1  Oliver Gavin        Corvette Racing          Corvette  88
             Olivier Beretta
12   37  P1  Jon Field           Intersport Racing        Lola      88
             Duncan Dayton
             Richard Berry
13   45 GT2  Jorg Bergmeister    Flying Lizard            Porsche  87
             Wolf Henzler
14   46 GT2  Johannes van Overbeek   Flying Lizard        Porsche   86
             Patrick Pilet
15   87 GT2  Dirk Werner         Farnbacher Loles Racing  Porsche   85
             Marc Basseng
16   71 GT2  Dominik Farnbacher  Tafel Racing             Ferrari   85
             Dirk Muller
17   21 GT2  Tommy Milner        Panoz Team PTG           Panoz     84
             Tom Sutherland
18   44 GT2  Seth Neiman         Flying Lizard            Porsche   84
             Darren Law
19   28 GT2  Lou Gigliotti       LG Motorsports           Corvette  83
20   61 GT2  Harrison Brix       Risi Competizione        Ferrari   83
             Patrick Friesacher
21    1  P1  Frank Biela         Audi Sport North America Audi      79
             Emanuele Pirro
22   48 GT2  Gunnar Jeannette    Corsa Motorsports        Ferrari   79
             Johnny Mowlem
23   18 GT2  Ruben Carrapatoso   VICI Racing              Porsche   79
             Nicky Pastorelli
             Francesco Pastorelli
24    5 GT2  Nathan Swartzbaugh  VICI Racing              Porsche   77
             Craig Stanton
25    9  P2  David Brabham       Highcroft Racing Acura   Acura     70
             Scott Sharp
26   40 GT2  Andrea Robertson    Robertson Racing         Ford GT   62
             David Murry
             David Robertson
27   62 GT2  Mika Salo           Risi Competizione        Ferrari   60
             Jaime Melo
28   11 GT2  Joel Feinberg       Primetime Race Group     Viper     35
             Chis Hall
29  007 GT2  Paul Drayson        Drayson-Barwell          Aston     27
             Jonny Cocker
30   73 GT2  Jim Tafel           Tafel Racing             Ferrari   25
             Alex Figge

TEQUILA PATRON
GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH (Apr 20, 2008)

#7 RS Spyder
#7 RS Spyder takes LMP2 pole at Long Beach (Image coutesy of porsche.com)


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AUDI'S MARCO WERNER AND LUCAS LUHR WIN IN LONG BEACH

After a difficult start in the season the two Audi R10 TDIs finished 1-2 at Long Beach. Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner won their second straight American Le Mans Series victory by winning at Long Beach in their #2 Audi.

The winners of the LMP2 Class were David Brabham and Scott Sharp in their #9 Patron Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-01b. The LMGT1 title was taken by Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R. The top LMGT2 spot went to Dominik Farnbacher and Dirk Muller in the Tafel Racing Ferrari F430 GT. Congatulations to them and all the other participants for a great race.

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TEQUILA PATRON AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES AT LONG BEACH April 19, 2008 - OFFICIAL RESULTS

Pos  Car Cls Drivers             Team                     Car      Laps
 1    2  P1  Lucas Luhr          Audi Sport North America Audi R10  71
             Marco Werner
 2    1  P1  Frank Biela         Audi Sport North America Audi R10  71
             Emanuele Pirro
 3    9  P2  David Brabham       Highcroft Racing Acura   Acura ARX 71
             Scott Sharp
 4    7  P2  Romain Dumas        Penske Racing            Porsche   71
             Timo Bernhard
 5    6  P2  Sascha Maassen      Penske Racing            Porsche   71
             Patrick Long
 6   26  P2  Bryan Herta         Andretti Green Racing    Acura ARX 71
             Christian Fittipaldi
 7   20  P2  Butch Leitzinger    Dyson Racing             Porsche   71
             Marino Franchitti
 8   15  P2  Adrian Fernandez    Fernandez Racing         Acura ARX 71
             Luiz Diaz
 9   16  P2  Chris Dyson         Dyson Racing             Porsche   71
             Guy Smith
10    8  P2  Gerardo Bonilla     B-K Motorsports         Mazda Lola 70
             Ben Devlin
11    3 GT1  Johnny O'Connell    Corvette Racing         Corvette   70
             Jan Magnussen
12    4 GT1  Oliver Gavin        Corvette Racing         Corvette   70
             Olivier Beretta
13   71 GT2  Doninik Farnbacher  Tafel Racing            Ferrari    68
             Dirk Muller
14   45 GT2  Joerg Bergmeister   Flying Lizard           Porsche    68
             Wolf Henzler
15   46 GT2  Johannes van Overbeek Flying Lizard         Porsche    68
             Patrick Pilet
16   12  P1  Michael Lewis       Autocon Motorsports     Creation   67
             Chris McMurry
17   48 GT2  Gunnar Jeannette    Corsa Motorsports       Ferrari    67
             Johnny Mowlem
18   87 GT2  Alex Davison        Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche    66
             Marc Basseng         
19   61 GT2  Harrison Brix       Risi Competizione       Ferrari    66
             Patrick Friesacher
20  44  GT2  Seth Neiman         Flying Lizard           Porsche    65
             Lonnie Pechnik
21   5  GT2  Ruben Carrapatoso   VICI Racing             Porsche    65
             Nathan Swartzbaugh
             Craig Stanton
22  62  GT2  Mika Salo           Risi Competizione       Ferrari    65
             Jamie Melo
23  28  GT2  Lou Gigliotti       LG Motorsports          Corvette   64
             Doug Peterson
24 007  GT2  Paul Drayson        Drayson-Barwell      Aston Martin  64
             Jonny Cocker
25  40  GT2  David Robertson     Robertson Racing        Ford GT    63
             David Murry
26  37   P1  Clint Field         Intersport Racing       Lola       62
             Jon Field
             Richard Berry
27  21  GT2  Tom Milner          Panoz Team PTG          Panoz      51
             Tom Sutherland
28  11  GT2  Joel Feinberg       Primetime Race Group   Dodge Viper  2
             Chris Hall

ACURA SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE OF SAINT PETERSBURG April 5, 2008 - OFFICIAL RESULTS
Pos  Car Cls Drivers             Team                     Car      Laps
 1    2  P1  Lucas Luhr          Audi Sport North America Audi R10  81
             Marco Werner
 2    7  P2  Romain Dumas        Penske Racing            Porsche   81
             Timo Bernhard
 3    9  P2  David Brabham       Highcroft Racing Acura   Acura ARX 81
             Scott Sharp
 4    6  P2  Sascha Maassen      Penske Racing            Porsche   81
             Patrick Long
 5   16  P2  Chris Dyson         Dyson Racing             Porsche   81
             Guy Smith
 6   26  P2  Bryan Herta         Andretti Green Racing    Acura ARX 80
             Christian Fittipaldi
 7    8  P2  Geraldo Bonilla     B-K Motorsports          Mazda     80
             Ben Devlin
 8    4  GT1 Oliver Gavin        Corvette Racing          Corvette  79
             Olivier Beretta
 9    3  GT1 Johnny O'Connell    Corvette Racing          Corvette  79
             Jan Magnussen
10   15  P2  Adrian Fernandez    Fernandez Racing         Acura ARX 78
             Luiz Diaz
11   71  GT2 Dominik Farnbacher  Tafel Racing             Ferrari   77
             Dirk Mueller
12   46  GT2 Johannes van Overbeek Flying Lizard          Porsche   77
             Patrick Pilet
13   87  GT2 Dirk Werner         Farnbacher Loles Racing  Porsche   76
             Marc Basseng
14   48  GT2 Gunnar Jeannette    Corsa Motorsports        Ferrari   76
             Johnny Mowlem
15   61  GT2 Harrison Brix       Risi Competizione        Ferrari   75
             Patrick Friesacher
16   21  GT2 Joey Hand           Panoz Team PTG           Panoz     75
             Tommy Milner
             Tom Sutherland
17   44  GT2 Seth Neiman         Flying Lizard            Porsche   74
             Darren Law
18   28  GT2 Lou Gigliotti       LG Motorsports           Corvette  74
             Doug Peterson
19   19  P2  G.van der Steur     van der Steur Racing     Radical   74
             R.Pecorari
Ret  20  P2  Butch Leitzinger    Dyson Racing             Porsche   71
             Marino Franchitti
Pit  45  GT2 Joerg Bergmeister   Flying Lizard            Porsche   71
             Wolf Henzler
22   62  GT2 Mika Salo           Risi Competizione        Ferrari   69
             Jaime Melo
23   40  GT2 Andrea Robertson    Robertson Racing         Ford GT   64
             David Murry
Ret   1  P1  Frank Biela         Audi Sport North America Audi R10  63
             Emanuele Pirro
Ret 008  GT1 Terry Borcheller    Bell Motorsports     Aston Martin  48
             Chapman Ducote
Ret  37  P1  Jon Field           Intersport Racing        Lola      33
             Clint Field
             Richard Berry
Ret  11  GT2 Joel Feinberg       Primetime Race Group     Viper     20
DNQ   5  GT2 Ruben Carrapatoso   VICI Racing              Porsche    -
             Nathan Swartzbaugh
             Craig Stanton
DNS 007  GT2 Paul Drayson        Drayson-Barwell      Aston Martin   -
             Jonny Cocker

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