Long Beach 100 Minutes 2008 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach		Date: 19.4.2008
Track: Long Beach Street Circuit (United States), 3.167 kms	Organiser: unknown
Long Beach 100 Minutes
American Le Mans Series (round 3)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	16:10
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	100 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	29
Practiced:	28
Qualified:	28
Started:	28
Finished:	26

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	4	4
Le Mans Prototype 2	8	8
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	2	2
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	14	14

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Race notes:
3 full-course cautions: laps 4-6 (no.11 off course), laps 45-48 (debris on course), laps 58-60 (no.37 off course)

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held in two sessions for a total of 120 minutes on 17/4
1 non-qualifying practice session held for a total of 40 minutes on 18/4
1 qualifying session held for a total of 25 minutes on 18/4
15 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Werner / Luhr
Le Mans Prototype 2:	9	Acura ARX-01b	Sharp / Brabham
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Magnussen / O'Connell
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	71	Ferrari F430 GTC	Farnbacher / Müller
Leaders:
laps 1-40:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Patrick Long
laps 41-41:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Timo Bernhard
laps 42-43:	15	Acura ARX-01b	Luis Diaz
laps 44-46:	9	Acura ARX-01b	Scott Sharp
laps 47-56:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas
laps 57-71:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Patrick Long (USA)	1:12.3830	157.5210 km/h	lap 11
Le Mans Prototype 1:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:12.5990	157.0527 km/h	lap 14
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:17.4150	147.2823 km/h	lap 16
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	46	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Patrick Pilet (F)	1:20.6050	141.4533 km/h	lap 53
Pole Positions:
Overall:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:11.3300	159.8465 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 1:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:11.7650	158.8777 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Jan Magnussen (DK)	1:17.0590	147.9631 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	46	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Johannes Van Overbeek (USA)	1:19.7050	143.0514 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Ferrari (4), Acura (3), Chevrolet (3), Audi (2), Lola (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (9), Ferrari (4), Acura (3), Chevrolet (3), Audi (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (5), Porsche RS Spyder (4), Ferrari F430 (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (25), D (10), GB (8), F (2), AUS (2), BR (2), MEX (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (60%), front-engined (21%), rear-engined (19%)
Average engine size:	4100 cc (with regard to 13% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4313 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (54), Jon Field (53), David Murry (51)
Youngest known drivers:	Dominik Farnbacher (24), Clint Field (25), Gunnar Jeannette (26)

Official Race Programme:

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