American Le Mans Series Detroit 2008

Event: Detroit Sports Car Challenge		Date: 30.8.2008
Track: Belle Isle Street Circuit, Detroit (United States), 3.331 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Detroit
American Le Mans Series (round 9)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:35
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	28
Practiced:	28
Qualified:	28
Started:	28
Finished:	23

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	3	3
Le Mans Prototype 2	9	9
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	3	3
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	13	13

No Photos Yet Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
4 full-course cautions: laps 3-7 (no.007 off course), laps 23-31 (no.2 off course), laps 56-61 (no.54 off course), laps 92-94 (debris on track)

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 150 minutes on 29/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 29/8
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	26	Acura ARX-01b	Rossiter / Montagny
Le Mans Prototype 1:	37	Lola B06/10 AER	Field / Field / Berry
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Gavin / Beretta
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	45	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Henzler / Bergmeister
Leaders:
laps 1 - 48:	9	Acura ARX-01b	Scott Sharp
laps 49 - 56:	66	Acura ARX-01b	Simon Pagenaud
laps 57 - 57:	9	Acura ARX-01b	David Brabham
laps 58 - 104:	26	Acura ARX-01b	Franck Montagny
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	9	Acura ARX-01b	David Brabham (AUS)	1:15.5400	158.7618 km/h	lap 88
Le Mans Prototype 1:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:17.5810	154.5839 km/h	lap 13
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:22.0990	146.0769 km/h	lap 81
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	71	Ferrari F430 GTC	Dirk Müller (D)	1:25.0820	140.9560 km/h	lap 54
Pole Positions:
Overall:	9	Acura ARX-01b	David Brabham (AUS)	1:13.4830	163.2052 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 1:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:15.8790	158.0521 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Jan Magnussen (DK)	1:24.4770	141.9651 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	45	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Wolf Henzler (D)	1:24.9410	141.1894 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), Acura (4), Ferrari (4), Lola (2), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2), Ford (2), Audi (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (8), Acura (4), Ferrari (4), Ford (3), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2), Audi (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Acura ARX-01 (4), Porsche RS Spyder (4), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (4), Ferrari F430 (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (24), GB (9), D (8), F (4), AUS (2), BR (2), MEX (2), NL (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (64%), front-engined (21%), rear-engined (15%)
Average engine size:	4165 cc (with regard to 13% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4381 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Jon Field (53), David Murry (51), Paul Drayson (48)
Youngest known drivers:	Martin Ragginger (20), Jonny Cocker (22), Dominik Farnbacher (24)
Female drivers:	Andrea Robertson

Official Race Programme:

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