2008 Detroit Sports Car Challenge

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 Belle Isle temporary 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.^[1] 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).^[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	LMP2	26	Andretti Green Racing	Franck Montagny James Rossiter	Acura ARX-01B	M	104
1	LMP2	26	Andretti Green Racing	Franck Montagny James Rossiter	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	M	104
2	LMP2	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Scott Sharp David Brabham	Acura ARX-01B	M	104
2	LMP2	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Scott Sharp David Brabham	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	M	104
3	LMP2	66	de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-01B	M	104
3	LMP2	66	de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	M	104
4	LMP2	7	Penske Racing	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	104
4	LMP2	7	Penske Racing	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	M	104
5	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Patrick Long Ryan Briscoe	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	104
5	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Patrick Long Ryan Briscoe	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	M	104
6	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	103
6	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	M	103
7	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsports	Gerardo Bonilla Ben Devlin	Lola B07/46	D	103
7	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsports	Gerardo Bonilla Ben Devlin	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (E85 ethanol)	D	103
8	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	102
8	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	M	102
9	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	100
9	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol)	M	100
10	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	100
10	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol)	M	100
11	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	98
11	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	98
12	GT2	46	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Pilet	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	98
12	GT2	46	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Pilet	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	98
13	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Mika Salo	Ferrari F430GT	M	98
13	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Mika Salo	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	98
14	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports 44	Lonnie Pechnik Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	98
14	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports 44	Lonnie Pechnik Martin Ragginger	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	98
15	GT2	61	Risi Competizione	Harrison Brix Rob Bell	Ferrari F430GT	M	98
15	GT2	61	Risi Competizione	Harrison Brix Rob Bell	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	98
16	GT2	73	Tafel Racing	Jim Tafel Alex Figge	Ferrari F430GT	M	95
16	GT2	73	Tafel Racing	Jim Tafel Alex Figge	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	95
17	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	H	94
17	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge 8.3 L V10	H	94
18	GT1	008	Bell Motorsports	Terry Borcheller Chapman Ducote	Aston Martin DBR9	D	93
18	GT1	008	Bell Motorsports	Terry Borcheller Chapman Ducote	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	D	93
19	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk.VII	D	89
19	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford 5.0 L V8	D	89
20	GT2	71	Tafel Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller	Ferrari F430GT	M	88
20	GT2	71	Tafel Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	88
21 DNF	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Tom Milner, Jr. Tom Sutherland	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	D	87
21 DNF	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Tom Milner, Jr. Tom Sutherland	Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8	D	87
22	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Richard Berry	Lola B06/10	D	83
22	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Richard Berry	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 (E85 ethanol)	D	83
23	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz	Acura ARX-01B	M	83
23	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	M	83
24 DNF	GT2	54	Black Swan Racing	Tim Pappas Anthony Lazzaro	Ford GT-R Mk.VII	F	49
24 DNF	GT2	54	Black Swan Racing	Tim Pappas Anthony Lazzaro	Ford 5.0 L V8	F	49
25 DNF	GT2	18	VICI Racing	Nicky Pastorelli Francesco Pastorelli Marc Basseng	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	K	38
25 DNF	GT2	18	VICI Racing	Nicky Pastorelli Francesco Pastorelli Marc Basseng	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	K	38
26 DNF	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Audi R10 TDI	M	21
26 DNF	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	21
27 DNF	GT2	007	Drayson-Barwell	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D	1
27 DNF	GT2	007	Drayson-Barwell	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 (E85 ethanol)	D	1
DSQ^†	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Emanuele Pirro Marcel Fässler	Audi R10 TDI	M	104
DSQ^†	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Emanuele Pirro Marcel Fässler	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	104

† - 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.^[1]^[2]

Statistics

Pole Position - #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing - 1:13.483^[3]
Fastest Lap - #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing - 1:15.540^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Detroit Domination: Acura, AGR win on Belle Isle". American Le Mans Series. 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-09-02. ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "ALMS Final Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-08-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
^ "ALMS Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-08-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-09-02.

American Le Mans Series
Previous race: 2008 Grand Prix of Mosport	2008 season	Next race: 2008 Petit Le Mans

[Report-1] "Detroit Domination: Acura, AGR win on Belle Isle". American Le Mans Series. 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-09-02. ^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Results-2] "ALMS Final Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-08-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-09-02.

[Qualifying-3] "ALMS Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-08-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-09-02.

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