The 2008 Generac 500 at Road America presented by Time Warner Cable was the seventh round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America, Wisconsin on August 9, 2008.

Track map of Road America.

Race results

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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 Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 2   Audi Sport North America   Marco Werner
  Lucas Luhr
Audi R10 TDI M 102
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2 LMP1 1   Audi Sport North America   Emanuele Pirro
  Marcel Fässler
Audi R10 TDI M 102
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
3 LMP2 9   Patrón Highcroft Racing   Scott Sharp
  David Brabham
Acura ARX-01B M 102
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4 LMP2 7   Penske Racing   Timo Bernhard
  Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 102
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5 LMP2 20   Dyson Racing   Butch Leitzinger
  Marino Franchitti
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 102
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6 LMP2 6   Penske Racing   Patrick Long
  Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 102
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7 LMP1 37   Intersport Racing   Jon Field
  Clint Field
  Richard Berry
Lola B06/10 D 101
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)
8 LMP2 8   B-K Motorsports   Gerardo Bonilla
  Ben Devlin
Lola B07/46 D 100
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
9 LMP2 16   Dyson Racing   Chris Dyson
  Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 100
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
10 GT1 3   Corvette Racing   Johnny O'Connell
  Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 97
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
11
DNF
LMP2 26   Andretti Green Racing   Franck Montagny
  James Rossiter
Acura ARX-01B M 96
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
12 GT2 87   Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports   Richard Westbrook
  Dirk Werner
  Bryce Miller
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 96
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GT2 45   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Jörg Bergmeister
  Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 96
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14 GT2 71   Tafel Racing   Dominik Farnbacher
  Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 96
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15 GT2 46   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Johannes van Overbeek
  Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 96
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 GT2 62   Risi Competizione   Jaime Melo
  Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT M 96
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17 GT1 008   Bell Motorsports   Terry Borcheller
  Chapman Ducote
Aston Martin DBR9 D 95
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
18 LMP2 66   de Ferran Motorsports   Gil de Ferran
  Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-01B M 94
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
19 LMP1 30   Intersport Racing   Ryan Lewis
  Gregor Fisken
  John Faulkner
Lola B06/10 K 94
AER P32C 3.6 L Turbo V8
20 GT2 61   Risi Competizione   Rob Bell
  Harrison Brix
Ferrari F430GT M 94
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21 GT2 44   Flying Lizard Motorsports 44   Darren Law
  Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 94
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GT2 18   VICI Racing   Nicky Pastorelli
  Francesco Pastorelli
  Marc Basseng
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K 91
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 GT2 73   Tafel Racing   Jim Tafel
  Alex Figge
Ferrari F430GT M 91
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
24 GT2 54   Black Swan Racing   Tim Pappas
  Anthony Lazzaro
Ford GT-R Mk.VII F 89
Ford 5.0 L V8
25
DNF
LMP2 15   Lowe's Fernández Racing   Adrian Fernández
  Luis Díaz
Acura ARX-01B M 88
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
26
DNF
GT2 007   Drayson-Barwell   Paul Drayson
  Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 84
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
27 GT2 40   Robertson Racing   David Robertson
  Andrea Robertson
  David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk.VII D 80
Ford 5.0 L V8
28
DNF
GT1 4   Corvette Racing   Oliver Gavin
  Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 76
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
(E85 ethanol)
29
DNF
GT2 21   Panoz Team PTG   Tom Milner
  Tom Sutherland
  Joey Hand
Panoz Esperante GT-LM D 50
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
30
DNF
GT2 11   Primetime Race Group   Joel Feinberg
  Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe H 47
Dodge 8.3 L V10
31
DNF
LMP1 12   Autocon Motorsports   Chris McMurry
  Bryan Willman
  Michael Lewis
Creation CA07 D 35
Judd GV5 5.0 L V10

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:46.935[2]
  • Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:48.723[1]
  • Average Speed - 134.036 mph (215.710 km/h)

References

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  1. ^ a b "ALMS Final Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-08-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  2. ^ "ALMS Qualifying Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-08-08. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-08-10.


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