2008 Detroit Sports Car Challenge

Car race January 2025 thumb|right|230px|The Raceway on Belle Isle in 2008 The Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch was the ninth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Detroit Belle Isle street circuit, Michigan on August 30, 2008. Report Andretti Green Racing scored their first overall victory, as well as the second overall victory for the Acura program. Audi failed to win the LMP1 category for the first time all season after one car crashed and the other was disqualified for a rule infraction. Intersport Racing, the lone remaining LMP1 competitor, earned the class win.2008-08-30 Detroit Domination: Acura, AGR win on Belle Isle http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=4759 2008-09-02 American Le Mans Series October 2010 H3llBot yes Flying Lizard managed to finish the race with all three of their Porsches in the top four in GT2 to help extend their lead over the Tafel Racing Ferraris, while Corvette Racing easily led the GT1 category. This race marked the first time since the debut of the Porsche RS Spyder at the 2005 Monterey Sports Car Championships that Porsche failed to finish in a podium position in the LMP2 class; the Acuras of Highcroft Racing and de Ferran Motorsport completed the LMP2 and overall podium behind the Andretti Green Acura, and ahead of the #7 Penske Racing Porsche in fourth. 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/detroit/ALMS_FinalRace.pdf ALMS Final Race Report International Motor Sports Association PDF 2008-08-30 2008-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120218035423/http://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/detroit/ALMS_FinalRace.pdf 2012-02-18 dead Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP2 26 USA Andretti Green Racing FRA Franck MontagnyGBR James Rossiter Acura ARX-01B Michelin 104 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 2 LMP2 9 USA Patrón Highcroft Racing USA Scott SharpAUS David Brabham Acura ARX-01B Michelin 104 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 3 LMP2 66 USA de Ferran Motorsports BRA Gil de FerranFRA Simon Pagenaud Acura ARX-01B Michelin 104 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 4 LMP2 7 USA Penske Racing DEU Timo BernhardFRA Romain Dumas Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 104 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 5 LMP2 6 USA Penske Racing USA Patrick LongAUS Ryan Briscoe Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 104 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 6 LMP2 16 USA Dyson Racing USA Chris DysonGBR Guy Smith Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 103 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 7 LMP2 8 USA B-K Motorsports USA Gerardo BonillaGBR Ben Devlin Lola B07/46 Dunlop 103 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(E85 ethanol) 8 LMP2 20 USA Dyson Racing USA Butch LeitzingerGBR Marino Franchitti Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 102 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 9 GT1 4 USA Corvette Racing GBR Oliver GavinMON Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 100 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8(E85 ethanol) 10 GT1 3 USA Corvette Racing USA Johnny O'ConnellDEN Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 100 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8(E85 ethanol) 11 GT2 45 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports DEU Jörg BergmeisterDEU Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 98 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 GT2 46 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Johannes van OverbeekFRA Patrick Pilet Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 98 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GT2 62 USA Risi Competizione BRA Jaime MeloFIN Mika Salo Ferrari F430GT Michelin 98 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 14 GT2 44 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 USA Lonnie PechnikAUT Martin Ragginger Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 98 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 15 GT2 61 USA Risi Competizione USA Harrison BrixGBR Rob Bell Ferrari F430GT Michelin 98 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 16 GT2 73 USA Tafel Racing USA Jim TafelUSA Alex Figge Ferrari F430GT Michelin 95 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 17 GT2 11 USA Primetime Race Group USA Joel FeinbergGBR Chris Hall Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Hankook 94 Dodge 8.3 L V10 18 GT1 008 USA Bell Motorsports USA Terry BorchellerUSA Chapman Ducote Aston Martin DBR9 Dunlop 93 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 19 GT2 40 USA Robertson Racing USA David RobertsonUSA Andrea RobertsonUSA David Murry Ford GT-R Mk.VII Dunlop 89 Ford 5.0 L V8 20 GT2 71 USA Tafel Racing DEU Dominik FarnbacherDEU Dirk Müller Ferrari F430GT Michelin 88 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 21DNF GT2 21 USA Panoz Team PTG USA Tom Milner, Jr.USA Tom Sutherland Panoz Esperante GT-LM Dunlop 87 Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8 22 LMP1 37 USA Intersport Racing USA Jon FieldUSA Clint FieldUSA Richard Berry Lola B06/10 Dunlop 83 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8(E85 ethanol) 23 LMP2 15 MEX Lowe's Fernández Racing MEX Adrian FernándezMEX Luis Díaz Acura ARX-01B Michelin 83 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 24DNF GT2 54 USA Black Swan Racing USA Tim PappasUSA Anthony Lazzaro Ford GT-R Mk.VII Falken 49 Ford 5.0 L V8 25DNF GT2 18 DEU VICI Racing NED Nicky PastorelliNED Francesco PastorelliDEU Marc Basseng Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Kumho 38 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26DNF LMP1 2 USA Audi Sport North America DEU Marco WernerDEU Lucas Luhr Audi R10 TDI Michelin 21 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 27DNF GT2 007 GBR Drayson-Barwell GBR Paul DraysonGBR Jonny Cocker Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Dunlop 1 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8(E85 ethanol) DSQ† LMP1 1 USA Audi Sport North America ITA Emanuele PirroSUI Marcel Fässler Audi R10 TDI Michelin 104 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) † - The #1 Audi Sport North America entry was disqualified after the car failed post-race technical inspection. The car was under the minimum weight requirement for its class. Statistics Pole Position - #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing - 1:13.483 http://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/detroit/ALMS_Qual.pdf ALMS Qualifying Report PDF International Motor Sports Association 2008-08-29 2008-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120218035428/http://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/detroit/ALMS_Qual.pdf 2012-02-18 dead Fastest Lap - #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing - 1:15.540 References 2008 American Le Mans Series 2008 Grand Prix of Mosport 2008 Petit Le Mans Detroit Category:Detroit Grand Prix (IndyCar) Category:2008 in Detroit Detroit Sports Car Challenge Detroit Sports Car Challenge Category:Detroit Sports Car Classic