2008 Detroit Sports Car Challenge


The Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch was the ninth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Belle Isle temporary street circuit, Michigan on August 30, 2008.

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scored their first overall victory, as well as the second overall victory for the Acura program. Audi failed to win the LMP1 category for the first time all season after one car crashed and the other was disqualified for a rule infraction. Intersport Racing, the lone remaining LMP1 competitor, earned the class win. Flying Lizard managed to finish the race with all three of their Porsches in the top four in GT2 to help extend their lead over the Tafel Racing Ferraris, while Corvette Racing easily led the GT1 category.
This race marked the first time since the debut of the Porsche RS Spyder at the 2005 Monterey Sports Car Championships that Porsche failed to finish in a podium position in the LMP2 class; the Acuras of Highcroft Racing and de Ferran Motorsport completed the LMP2 and overall podium behind the Andretti Green Acura, and ahead of the #7 Penske Racing Porsche in fourth.

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified.
PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
PosClassNoTeamDriversEngineTireLaps
1LMP226 Andretti Green Racing Franck Montagny
James Rossiter
Acura ARX-01B104
1LMP226 Andretti Green Racing Franck Montagny
James Rossiter
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8104
2LMP29 Patrón Highcroft Racing Scott Sharp
David Brabham
Acura ARX-01B104
2LMP29 Patrón Highcroft Racing Scott Sharp
David Brabham
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8104
3LMP266 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran
Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-01B104
3LMP266 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran
Simon Pagenaud
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8104
4LMP27 Penske Racing Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder Evo104
4LMP27 Penske Racing Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8104
5LMP26 Penske Racing Patrick Long
Ryan Briscoe
Porsche RS Spyder Evo104
5LMP26 Penske Racing Patrick Long
Ryan Briscoe
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8104
6LMP216 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson
Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo103
6LMP216 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson
Guy Smith
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8103
7LMP28 B-K Motorsports Gerardo Bonilla
Ben Devlin
Lola B07/46103
7LMP28 B-K Motorsports Gerardo Bonilla
Ben Devlin
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
103
8LMP220 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger
Marino Franchitti
Porsche RS Spyder Evo102
8LMP220 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger
Marino Franchitti
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8102
9GT14 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R100
9GT14 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
100
10GT13 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R100
10GT13 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
100
11GT245 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister
Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR98
11GT245 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister
Wolf Henzler
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-698
12GT246 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek
Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR98
12GT246 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek
Patrick Pilet
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-698
13GT262 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo
Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT98
13GT262 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo
Mika Salo
Ferrari 4.0 L V898
14GT244 Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 Lonnie Pechnik
Martin Ragginger
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR98
14GT244 Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 Lonnie Pechnik
Martin Ragginger
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-698
15GT261 Risi Competizione Harrison Brix
Rob Bell
Ferrari F430GT98
15GT261 Risi Competizione Harrison Brix
Rob Bell
Ferrari 4.0 L V898
16GT273 Tafel Racing Jim Tafel
Alex Figge
Ferrari F430GT95
16GT273 Tafel Racing Jim Tafel
Alex Figge
Ferrari 4.0 L V895
17GT211 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg
Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe94
17GT211 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg
Chris Hall
Dodge 8.3 L V1094
18GT1008 Bell Motorsports Terry Borcheller
Chapman Ducote
Aston Martin DBR993
18GT1008 Bell Motorsports Terry Borcheller
Chapman Ducote
Aston Martin 6.0 L V1293
19GT240 Robertson Racing David Robertson
Andrea Robertson
David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk.VII89
19GT240 Robertson Racing David Robertson
Andrea Robertson
David Murry
Ford 5.0 L V889
20GT271 Tafel Racing Dominik Farnbacher
Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT88
20GT271 Tafel Racing Dominik Farnbacher
Dirk Müller
Ferrari 4.0 L V888
21
DNF
GT221 Panoz Team PTG Tom Milner, Jr.
Tom Sutherland
Panoz Esperante GT-LM87
21
DNF
GT221 Panoz Team PTG Tom Milner, Jr.
Tom Sutherland
Ford 5.0 L V887
22LMP137 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field
Richard Berry
Lola B06/1083
22LMP137 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field
Richard Berry
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
83
23LMP215 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández
Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B83
23LMP215 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández
Luis Díaz
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V883
24
DNF
GT254 Black Swan Racing Tim Pappas
Anthony Lazzaro
Ford GT-R Mk.VII49
24
DNF
GT254 Black Swan Racing Tim Pappas
Anthony Lazzaro
Ford 5.0 L V849
25
DNF
GT218 VICI Racing Nicky Pastorelli
Francesco Pastorelli
Marc Basseng
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR38
25
DNF
GT218 VICI Racing Nicky Pastorelli
Francesco Pastorelli
Marc Basseng
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-638
26
DNF
LMP12 Audi Sport North America Marco Werner
Lucas Luhr
Audi R10 TDI21
26
DNF
LMP12 Audi Sport North America Marco Werner
Lucas Luhr
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
21
27
DNF
GT2007 Drayson-Barwell Paul Drayson
Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT21
27
DNF
GT2007 Drayson-Barwell Paul Drayson
Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
1
DSQLMP11 Audi Sport North America Emanuele Pirro
Marcel Fässler
Audi R10 TDI104
DSQLMP11 Audi Sport North America Emanuele Pirro
Marcel Fässler
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
104

† - The #1 Audi Sport North America entry was disqualified after the car failed post-race technical inspection. The car was under the minimum weight requirement for its class.

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