American Le Mans Series Mid-Ohio 2008

Event: Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid Ohio		Date: 19.7.2008
Track: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (United States), 3.634 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Mid-Ohio
American Le Mans Series (round 6)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:10
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	30
Practiced:	30
Qualified:	30
Started:	30
Finished:	25

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	5	5
Le Mans Prototype 2	9	9
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	2	2
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	14	14

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Race notes:
3 full-course cautions: lap 1 (yellow start), laps 39-43 (no.11 off course), laps 57-61 (no.11 off course), laps 67-79 (no.30 off course)

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held in two sessions for a total of 90 minutes on 17/7
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 18/7
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 18/7
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Werner / Luhr
Le Mans Prototype 2:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Bernhard / Dumas
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	O'Connell / Magnussen
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	71	Ferrari F430 GTC	Farnbacher / Müller
Leaders:
laps 1 - 4:	66	Acura ARX-01b	Gil de Ferran
laps 5 - 41:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner
laps 42 - 111:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner (D)	1:10.034	186.795 km/h	lap 7
Le Mans Prototype 2:	9	Acura ARX-01b	David Brabham (AUS)	1:10.200	186.354 km/h	lap 91
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:18.068	167.573 km/h	lap 16
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	71	Ferrari F430 GTC	Dominik Farnbacher (D)	1:21.175	161.158 km/h	lap 5
Pole Positions:
Overall:	66	Acura ARX-01b	Gil de Ferran (USA)	1:07.969	192.471 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 1:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner (D)	1:08.357	191.378 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Johnny O'Connell (USA)	1:17.900	167.933 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Jaime Melo (BR)	1:20.025	163.474 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Acura (4), Ferrari (4), Lola (3), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Ford (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (9), Acura (4), Ferrari (4), Ford (3), Audi (2), AER (2), Chevrolet (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (5), Porsche RS Spyder (4), Acura ARX-01 (4), Ferrari F430 (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (27), D (9), GB (9), F (4), I (2), BR (2), MEX (2), NL (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (66%), rear-engined (16%), front-engined (18%)
Average engine size:	4069 cc (with regard to 13% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4280 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (54), Jon Field (53), David Murry (51)
Youngest known drivers:	Dirk Werner (21), Dominik Farnbacher (24), Clint Field (25)
Female drivers:	Andrea Robertson

Official Race Programme:

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