2008 Northeast Grand Prix

February 2025 thumb|right|240px|Track map of Lime Rock Park The 2008 American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Lime Rock Park, Connecticut on July 12, 2008. It was the first event to take place at Lime Rock since portions of the track were redesigned and the entire surface repaved. http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=4406 Michelin Ready to Attack Fresh Lime Rock Track American Le Mans Series 2008-07-08 2008-07-13 October 2010 H3llBot Race summary Acura scored their first overall win in the American Le Mans Series since they debuted their ARX-01 program in 2007. The #9 Highcroft Racing Acura of Scott Sharp and David Brabham managed to accomplish the feat with Brabham making a late charge and taking the overall lead in the final 90 seconds of the race, passing the #7 Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder of Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas. http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=4446 Victory for Brabham, Sharp at Lime Rock American Le Mans Series 2008-07-12 2008-07-13 October 2010 H3llBot Race results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). http://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/lime%20rock/2008%20Lime%20Rock%20Results.pdf 2008 Race Results International Motor Sports Association PDF 2008-07-12 2008-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20080920152409/http://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/lime%20rock/2008%20Lime%20Rock%20Results.pdf 2008-09-20 dead Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 LMP2 9 USA Patrón Highcroft Racing USA Scott SharpAUS David Brabham Acura ARX-01B Michelin 168 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 2 LMP2 7 USA Penske Racing DEU Timo BernhardFRA Romain Dumas Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 168 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 3 LMP2 6 USA Penske Racing USA Patrick LongDEU Sascha Maassen Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 168 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 4 LMP1 2 USA Audi Sport North America DEU Marco WernerDEU Lucas Luhr Audi R10 TDI Michelin 167 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 5 LMP2 15 MEX Lowe's Fernández Racing MEX Adrian FernándezMEX Luis Díaz Acura ARX-01B Michelin 166 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 6 LMP2 26 USA Andretti Green Racing FRA Franck MontagnyUSA Marco Andretti Acura ARX-01B Michelin 165 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 7DNF LMP2 20 USA Dyson Racing USA Butch LeitzingerGBR Marino Franchitti Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 164 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 8 GT1 3 USA Corvette Racing USA Johnny O'ConnellDEN Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 157 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8(E85 ethanol) 9 GT2 45 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports DEU Jörg BergmeisterDEU Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 154 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 10 LMP1 37 USA Intersport Racing USA Jon FieldUSA Clint FieldUSA Richard Berry Lola B06/10 Dunlop 154 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8(E85 ethanol) 11 GT2 87 USA Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports GBR Richard WestbrookDEU Dirk Werner Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 153 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 GT2 62 USA Risi Competizione BRA Jaime MeloFIN Mika Salo Ferrari F430GT Michelin 153 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 13 GT2 71 USA Tafel Racing DEU Dominik FarnbacherDEU Dirk Müller Ferrari F430GT Michelin 152 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 14 LMP2 66 USA de Ferran Motorsports BRA Gil de FerranFRA Simon Pagenaud Acura ARX-01B Michelin 151 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 15 GT2 21 USA Panoz Team PTG USA Tommy MilnerUSA Tom Sutherland Panoz Esperante GT-LM Dunlop 150 Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8 16DNF GT1 4 USA Corvette Racing GBR Oliver GavinMON Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 146 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8(E85 ethanol) 17 GT2 61 USA Risi Competizione AUT Patrick FriesacherUSA Harrison Brix Ferrari F430GT Michelin 145 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 18DNF GT2 46 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Johannes van OverbeekFRA Patrick Pilet Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 144 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 GT2 54 USA Black Swan Racing USA Tim PappasUSA Anthony Lazzaro Ford GT-R Mk.VII Falken 142 Ford 5.0 L V8 20 GT2 73 USA Tafel Racing USA Jim TafelUSA Alex Figge Ferrari F430GT Michelin 142 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 21 LMP1 1 USA Audi Sport North America ITA Rinaldo CapelloITA Emanuele Pirro Audi R10 TDI Michelin 137 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 22NC GT2 11 USA Primetime Race Group USA Joel FeinbergUSA Chris Hall Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Hankook 107 Dodge 8.3 L V10 23DNF LMP2 16 USA Dyson Racing USA Chris DysonGBR Guy Smith Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 94 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 24DNF GT2 44 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 USA Darren LawUSA Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 81 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 25DNF LMP2 8 USA B-K Motorsports USA Gerardo BonillaGBR Ben Devlin Lola B07/46 Yokohama 74 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(E85 ethanol) 26DNF GT1 008 USA Bell Motorsports USA Terry BorchellerUSA Chapman Ducote Aston Martin DBR9 Dunlop 61 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 27DNF GT2 007 GBR Drayson-Barwell GBR Paul DraysonGBR Jonny Cocker Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Dunlop 24 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8(E85 ethanol) DNS GT2 40 USA Robertson Racing USA David RobertsonUSA Andrea RobertsonUSA David Murry Ford GT-R Mk.VII Dunlop - Ford 5.0 L V8 Statistics Pole Position - #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing - 0:46.696 http://www.americanlemans.com/Competition/SessionDetail.aspx?ID=53LimeRock-FridayQualifying Lime Rock-Friday Qualifying 2008-07-13 October 2010 H3llBot Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 0:48.007 Average Speed - 91.105 mph References 2008 American Le Mans Series 2008 Utah Grand Prix 2008 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio Northeast Grand Prix Category:Northeast Grand Prix Grand Category:July 2008 sports events in the United States