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.
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.
Race results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 LMP2 9 Patrón Highcroft Racing Scott Sharp David Brabham Acura ARX-01B 168 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 2 LMP2 7 Penske Racing Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Porsche RS Spyder Evo 168 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 3 LMP2 6 Penske Racing Patrick Long Sascha Maassen Porsche RS Spyder Evo 168 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 4 LMP1 2 Audi Sport North America Marco Werner Lucas Luhr Audi R10 TDI 167 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 5 LMP2 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz Acura ARX-01B 166 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 6 LMP2 26 Andretti Green Racing Franck Montagny Marco Andretti Acura ARX-01B 165 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 7DNF LMP2 20 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti Porsche RS Spyder Evo 164 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 8 GT1 3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 157 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8(E85 ethanol) 9 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 154 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 10 LMP1 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field Clint Field Richard Berry Lola B06/10 154 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8(E85 ethanol) 11 GT2 87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Richard Westbrook Dirk Werner Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 153 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 GT2 62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo Mika Salo Ferrari F430GT 153 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 13 GT2 71 Tafel Racing Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller Ferrari F430GT 152 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 14 LMP2 66 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud Acura ARX-01B 151 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 15 GT2 21 Panoz Team PTG Tommy Milner Tom Sutherland Panoz Esperante GT-LM 150 Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8 16DNF GT1 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 146 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8(E85 ethanol) 17 GT2 61 Risi Competizione Patrick Friesacher Harrison Brix Ferrari F430GT 145 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 18DNF GT2 46 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Pilet Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 144 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 GT2 54 Black Swan Racing Tim Pappas Anthony Lazzaro Ford GT-R Mk.VII 142 Ford 5.0 L V8 20 GT2 73 Tafel Racing Jim Tafel Alex Figge Ferrari F430GT 142 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 21 LMP1 1 Audi Sport North America Rinaldo Capello Emanuele Pirro Audi R10 TDI 137 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 22NC GT2 11 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg Chris Hall Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 107 Dodge 8.3 L V10 23DNF LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson Guy Smith Porsche RS Spyder Evo 94 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 24DNF GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 Darren Law Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 81 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 25DNF LMP2 8 B-K Motorsports Gerardo Bonilla Ben Devlin Lola B07/46 74 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(E85 ethanol) 26DNF GT1 008 Bell Motorsports Terry Borcheller Chapman Ducote Aston Martin DBR9 61 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 27DNF GT2 007 Drayson-Barwell Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 24 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8(E85 ethanol) DNS GT2 40 Robertson Racing David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry Ford GT-R Mk.VII - Ford 5.0 L V8
Statistics Pole Position - #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing - 0:46.696 Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 0:48.007 Average Speed - 91.105 mph
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