American Le Mans Series Lime Rock 2008

Event: American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix		Date: 12.7.2008
Track: Lime Rock Park (United States), 2.414 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Lime Rock
American Le Mans Series (round 5)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:05
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	31
Practiced:	28
Qualified:	28
Started:	27
Finished:	19

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	12

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
3 full-course cautions: laps 72-84 (no.008 and no.1 off course), laps 95-102 (no.16 and no.44 off course), laps 120-122 (debris on track)

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 11/7
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 11/7
15 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	9	Acura ARX-01b	Sharp / Brabham
Le Mans Prototype 1:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Werner / Luhr
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Magnussen / O'Connell
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	45	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Bergmeister / Henzler
Leaders:
laps 1-7:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Patrick Long
laps 8-64:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Emanuele Pirro
laps 65-74:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Patrick Long
laps 75-165:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Timo Bernhard
laps 166-168:	9	Acura ARX-01b	David Brabham
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Rinaldo Capello (I)	48.0070	181.0255 km/h	lap 127
Le Mans Prototype 2:	26	Acura ARX-01b	Franck Montagny (F)	48.2210	180.2208 km/h	lap 141
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	53.3670	162.8431 km/h	lap 140
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Jaime Melo (BR)	54.9390	158.1840 km/h	lap 148
Pole Positions:
Overall:	9	Acura ARX-01b	David Brabham (AUS)	46.6960	186.1078 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 1:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Emanuele Pirro (I)	47.4030	183.3316 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	52.7920	164.6166 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	87	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Dirk Werner (D)	54.1540	160.4774 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), Acura (4), Ferrari (4), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Lola (2), Aston Martin (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (8), Acura (4), Ferrari (4), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Ford (2), Aston Martin (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 (23), D (9), GB (8), F (4), I (2), BR (2), MEX (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (62%), front-engined (22%), rear-engined (16%)
Average engine size:	4165 cc (with regard to 13% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4381 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (54), Jon Field (53), Emanuele Pirro (46)
Youngest known drivers:	Marco Andretti (21), Dirk Werner (21), Dominik Farnbacher (24)

Official Race Programme:

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