American Le Mans Series St. Petersburg 2008

Event: Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg		Date: 5.4.2008
Track: Temporary Street Course, St Petersburg (United States), 2.897 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series St. Petersburg
American Le Mans Series (round 2)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:25
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	1 hour 55 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	29
Practiced:	29
Started:	28
Finished:	21

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	14	13

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

Race notes:
4 full-course cautions: laps 0-1 (no.007 off course), laps 35-41 (no.6 & no.37 off course), laps 52-59 (no.11 & no.008 off course), laps 72-77 (no.20 & no.45 off course)

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 4/4
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 4/4
25 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:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Beretta / Gavin
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	71	Ferrari F430 GTC	Farnbacher / Müller
Leaders:
laps 1-36:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner
laps 37-37:	20	Porsche RS Spyder	Butch Leitzinger
laps 38-62:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas
laps 63-66:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr
laps 67-78:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas
laps 79-81:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Emanuele Pirro (I)	1:04.9420	160.5820 km/h	lap 50
Le Mans Prototype 2:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas (F)	1:05.1210	160.1410 km/h	lap 49
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:09.7700	149.4710 km/h	lap 68
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	71	Ferrari F430 GTC	Dirk Müller (D)	1:12.7370	143.3732 km/h	lap 46
Pole Positions:
Overall:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner (D)	1:02.8250	165.9942 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas (F)	1:03.5780	164.0276 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:09.7270	149.5628 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	45	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Wolf Henzler (D)	1:11.7450	145.3560 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), Ferrari (4), Acura (3), Chevrolet (3), Audi (2), Lola (2), Aston Martin (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (8), Ferrari (4), Acura (3), Chevrolet (3), Audi (2), Ford (2), AER (2), Aston Martin (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche RS Spyder (4), Ferrari F430 (4), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (25), D (11), GB (8), F (2), BR (2), MEX (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (60%), front-engined (25%), rear-engined (15%)
Average engine size:	4266 cc (with regard to 13% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4487 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (54), Jon Field (53), David Murry (51)
Youngest known drivers:	Dirk Werner (21), Jonny Cocker (22), Dominik Farnbacher (24)
Female drivers:	Andrea Robertson

Official Race Programme:

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