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.

Race results[edit]

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

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 2 United States Audi Sport North America Germany Marco Werner
Germany Lucas Luhr
Audi R10 TDI M 102
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2 LMP1 1 United States Audi Sport North America Italy Emanuele Pirro
Switzerland Marcel Fässler
Audi R10 TDI M 102
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
3 LMP2 9 United States Patrón Highcroft Racing United States Scott Sharp
Australia David Brabham
Acura ARX-01B M 102
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4 LMP2 7 United States Penske Racing Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 102
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5 LMP2 20 United States Dyson Racing United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 102
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6 LMP2 6 United States Penske Racing United States Patrick Long
Germany Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 102
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7 LMP1 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Jon Field
United States Clint Field
United States Richard Berry
Lola B06/10 D 101
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)
8 LMP2 8 United States B-K Motorsports United States Gerardo Bonilla
United Kingdom Ben Devlin
Lola B07/46 D 100
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
9 LMP2 16 United States Dyson Racing United States Chris Dyson
United Kingdom Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 100
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
10 GT1 3 United States Corvette Racing United States Johnny O'Connell
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 97
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
11
DNF
LMP2 26 United States Andretti Green Racing France Franck Montagny
United Kingdom James Rossiter
Acura ARX-01B M 96
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
12 GT2 87 United States Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Germany Dirk Werner
United States Bryce Miller
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 96
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GT2 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Germany Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 96
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14 GT2 71 United States Tafel Racing Germany Dominik Farnbacher
Germany Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 96
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15 GT2 46 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Johannes van Overbeek
France Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 96
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 GT2 62 United States Risi Competizione Brazil Jaime Melo
Finland Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT M 96
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17 GT1 008 United States Bell Motorsports United States Terry Borcheller
United States Chapman Ducote
Aston Martin DBR9 D 95
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
18 LMP2 66 United States de Ferran Motorsports Brazil Gil de Ferran
France Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-01B M 94
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
19 LMP1 30 United States Intersport Racing United Kingdom Ryan Lewis
United Kingdom Gregor Fisken
United States John Faulkner
Lola B06/10 K 94
AER P32C 3.6 L Turbo V8
20 GT2 61 United States Risi Competizione United Kingdom Rob Bell
United States Harrison Brix
Ferrari F430GT M 94
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21 GT2 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 United States Darren Law
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 94
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GT2 18 Germany VICI Racing Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
Netherlands Francesco Pastorelli
Germany Marc Basseng
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K 91
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 GT2 73 United States Tafel Racing United States Jim Tafel
United States Alex Figge
Ferrari F430GT M 91
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
24 GT2 54 United States Black Swan Racing United States Tim Pappas
United States Anthony Lazzaro
Ford GT-R Mk.VII F 89
Ford 5.0 L V8
25
DNF
LMP2 15 Mexico Lowe's Fernández Racing Mexico Adrian Fernández
Mexico Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B M 88
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
26
DNF
GT2 007 United Kingdom Drayson-Barwell United Kingdom Paul Drayson
United Kingdom Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 84
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
27 GT2 40 United States Robertson Racing United States David Robertson
United States Andrea Robertson
United States David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk.VII D 80
Ford 5.0 L V8
28
DNF
GT1 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 76
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
29
DNF
GT2 21 United States Panoz Team PTG United States Tom Milner
United States Tom Sutherland
United States Joey Hand
Panoz Esperante GT-LM D 50
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
30
DNF
GT2 11 United States Primetime Race Group United States Joel Feinberg
United Kingdom Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe H 47
Dodge 8.3 L V10
31
DNF
LMP1 12 United States Autocon Motorsports United States Chris McMurry
United States Bryan Willman
United States Michael Lewis
Creation CA07 D 35
Judd GV5 5.0 L V10

Statistics[edit]

  • Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:46.935[2]
  • Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:48.723[1]
  • Average Speed - 134.036 mph (215.710 km/h)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "ALMS Final Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-08-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  2. ^ "ALMS Qualifying Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-08-08. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-08-10.


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