2008 Utah Grand Prix

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Track map of Miller Motorsports Park outer circuit
The race-winning Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder

The 2008 Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Miller Motorsports Park, Utah on May 18, 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 Tire Laps
Engine
1 LMP2 7 United States Penske Racing Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 96
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
2 LMP2 6 United States Penske Racing United States Patrick Long
Germany Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 96
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
3 LMP2 66 United States de Ferran Motorsport Brazil Gil de Ferran
France Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-01B M 96
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4 LMP2 20 United States Dyson Racing United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 96
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5 LMP2 15 Mexico Lowe's Fernández Racing Mexico Adrian Fernández
Mexico Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B M 96
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
6 LMP2 16 United States Dyson Racing United States Chris Dyson
United Kingdom Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 95
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7 LMP1 2 United States Audi Sport North America Germany Marco Werner
Germany Lucas Luhr
Audi R10 TDI M 95
Audi 5.5 L TDI V12
(turbodiesel)
8 LMP2 26 United States Andretti Green Racing United States Bryan Herta
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Acura ARX-01B M 94
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
9 LMP2 8 United States B-K Motorsports United States Gerardo Bonilla
United Kingdom Ben Devlin
Lola B07/46 Y 93
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
10 GT1 3 United States Corvette Racing United States Johnny O'Connell
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 88
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
11 GT1 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 88
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
12 LMP1 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Jon Field
United States Clint Field
United States Richard Berry
Lola B06/10 D 88
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)
13 GT2 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Germany Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 87
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
14 GT2 46 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Johannes van Overbeek
France Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 86
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
15 GT2 71 United States Tafel Racing Germany Dominik Farnbacher
Germany Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 85
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16 GT2 21 United States Panoz Team PTG United States Tommy Milner
United States Tom Sutherland
Panoz Esperante GT-LM D 84
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
17 GT2 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 United States Darren Law
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 84
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
18 GT2 28 United States LG Motorsports United States Lou Gigliotti
United States Doug Peterson
United States Eric Curran
Chevrolet Corvette C6 D 83
Chevrolet LS3 6.0 L V8
19 GT2 61 United States Risi Competizione Austria Patrick Friesacher
United States Harrison Brix
Ferrari F430GT M 83
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20
DNF
LMP1 1 United States Audi Sport North America Germany Frank Biela
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Audi R10 TDI M 79
Audi 5.5 L TDI V12
(turbodiesel)
21
DNF
GT2 48 United States Corsa Motorsport United States Gunnar Jeannette
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari F430GT D 79
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22
DNF
GT2 18 Germany VICI Racing Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
Netherlands Francisco Pastorelli
Brazil Ruben Carrapatoso
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K 79
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
23
DNF
GT2 5 Germany VICI Racing United States Craig Stanton
United States Nathan Swatzbaugh
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K 77
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
24 LMP2 9 United States Patrón Highcroft Racing United States Scott Sharp
Australia David Brabham
Acura ARX-01B M 70
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
25
DNF
GT2 40 United States Robertson Racing United States David Robertson
United States Andrea Robertson
United States David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk.VII D 62
Ford 5.0 L V8
26
DNF
GT2 62 United States Risi Competizione Brazil Jaime Melo
Finland Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT M 60
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
27
DNF
GT2 11 United States Primetime Race Group United States Joel Feinberg
United States Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe H 35
Dodge 8.3 L V10
28
DNF
GT2 007 United Kingdom Drayson-Barwell United Kingdom Paul Drayson
United Kingdom Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 27
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
29
DNF
GT2 73 United States Tafel Racing United States Jim Tafel
United States Alex Figge
Ferrari F430GT M 25
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
DSQ GT2 87 United States Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Germany Marc Basseng
Germany Dirk Werner
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 85
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6

† - #1 Audi Sport North America was docked three championship points for an avoidable on-track incident.[2]

‡ - #87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports was disqualified after failing post-race technical inspection. The car's fuel cell was too large.[2]

Statistics[edit]

  • Pole Position - #7 Penske Racing - 1:31.050[3]
  • Fastest Lap - #66 de Ferran Motorsport - 1:32.816[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "ALMS Provisional Race Report" (PDF). American Le Mans Series. 18 May 1008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  2. ^ a b "ALMS Final Race Report" (PDF). American Le Mans Series. 18 May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  3. ^ "ALMS Qualifying Report" (PDF). American Le Mans Series. 17 May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2008.


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