2008 Utah Grand Prix

The 2008 Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Miller Motorsports Park, Utah on May 18, 2008.

The race-winning Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[1]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 LMP2 7 Penske Racing Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 96
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
2 LMP2 6 Penske Racing Patrick Long
Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 96
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
3 LMP2 66 de Ferran Motorsport Gil de Ferran
Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-01B M 96
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4 LMP2 20 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger
Marino Franchitti
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 96
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5 LMP2 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández
Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B M 96
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
6 LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson
Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 95
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7 LMP1 2 Audi Sport North America Marco Werner
Lucas Luhr
Audi R10 TDI M 95
Audi 5.5 L TDI V12
(turbodiesel)
8 LMP2 26 Andretti Green Racing Bryan Herta
Christian Fittipaldi
Acura ARX-01B M 94
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
9 LMP2 8 B-K Motorsports Gerardo Bonilla
Ben Devlin
Lola B07/46 Y 93
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
10 GT1 3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 88
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
11 GT1 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 88
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
12 LMP1 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field
Richard Berry
Lola B06/10 D 88
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)
13 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister
Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 87
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
14 GT2 46 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek
Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 86
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
15 GT2 71 Tafel Racing Dominik Farnbacher
Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 85
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16 GT2 21 Panoz Team PTG Tommy Milner
Tom Sutherland
Panoz Esperante GT-LM D 84
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
17 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 Darren Law
Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 84
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
18 GT2 28 LG Motorsports Lou Gigliotti
Doug Peterson
Eric Curran
Chevrolet Corvette C6 D 83
Chevrolet LS3 6.0 L V8
19 GT2 61 Risi Competizione Patrick Friesacher
Harrison Brix
Ferrari F430GT M 83
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20
DNF
LMP1 1 Audi Sport North America Frank Biela
Emanuele Pirro
Audi R10 TDI M 79
Audi 5.5 L TDI V12
(turbodiesel)
21
DNF
GT2 48 Corsa Motorsport Gunnar Jeannette
Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari F430GT D 79
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22
DNF
GT2 18 VICI Racing Nicky Pastorelli
Francisco Pastorelli
Ruben Carrapatoso
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K 79
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
23
DNF
GT2 5 VICI Racing Craig Stanton
Nathan Swatzbaugh
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K 77
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
24 LMP2 9 Patrón Highcroft Racing Scott Sharp
David Brabham
Acura ARX-01B M 70
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
25
DNF
GT2 40 Robertson Racing David Robertson
Andrea Robertson
David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk.VII D 62
Ford 5.0 L V8
26
DNF
GT2 62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo
Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT M 60
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
27
DNF
GT2 11 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg
Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe H 35
Dodge 8.3 L V10
28
DNF
GT2 007 Drayson-Barwell Paul Drayson
Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 27
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
29
DNF
GT2 73 Tafel Racing Jim Tafel
Alex Figge
Ferrari F430GT M 25
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
DSQ GT2 87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Marc Basseng
Dirk Werner
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 85
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6

† - #1 Audi Sport North America was docked three championship points for an avoidable on-track incident.[2]

‡ - #87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports was disqualified after failing post-race technical inspection. The car's fuel cell was too large.[2]

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #7 Penske Racing - 1:31.050[3]
  • Fastest Lap - #66 de Ferran Motorsport - 1:32.816[1]

References

  1. "ALMS Provisional Race Report" (PDF). American Le Mans Series. 18 May 1008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  2. "ALMS Final Race Report" (PDF). American Le Mans Series. 18 May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  3. "ALMS Qualifying Report" (PDF). American Le Mans Series. 17 May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
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