2008 Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg

The 2008 Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg was the second round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida on April 5, 2008.

St. Petersburg Street Circuit

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	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Audi R10 TDI	M	81
					Audi 5.5 L TDI V12 (turbodiesel)
2	LMP2	7	Penske Racing	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	81
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
3	LMP2	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Scott Sharp David Brabham	Acura ARX-01B	M	81
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Patrick Long Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	81
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	81
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6	LMP2	26	Andretti Green Racing	Bryan Herta Christian Fittipaldi	Acura ARX-01B	M	80
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
7	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsports	Gerardo Bonilla Ben Devlin	Lola B07/46	Y	80
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (E85 ethanol)
8	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	79
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol)
9	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	79
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol)
10	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Diaz	Acura ARX-01B	M	78
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
11	GT2	71	Tafel Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller	Ferrari F430GT	M	77
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
12	GT2	46	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Pilet	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	77
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
13	GT2	87	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Marc Basseng Dirk Werner	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	76
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
14	GT2	48	Corsa Motorsport	Gunnar Jeannette Johnny Mowlem	Ferrari F430GT	D	76
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15	GT2	61	Risi Competizione	Patrick Friesacher Harrison Brix	Ferrari F430GT	M	75
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Joey Hand Tommy Milner Tom Sutherland	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Y	75
					Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
17	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports 44	Darren Law Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	74
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
18	GT2	28	LG Motorsports	Lou Gigliotti Doug Peterson	Chevrolet Corvette C6	K	74
					Chevrolet LS3 6.0 L V8
19	LMP2	19	Van der Steur Racing	Gunnar van der Steur Robbie Pecorari	Radical SR9	K	74
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
20 DNF	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	71
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
21	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	71
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
22	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Mika Salo	Ferrari F430GT	M	69
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
23	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk.VII	D	64
					Ford 5.0 L V8
24 DNF	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Audi R10 TDI	M	63
					Audi 5.5 L TDI V12 (turbodiesel)
25 DNF	GT1	008	Bell Motorsports	Terry Borcheller Chapman Ducote	Aston Martin DBR9	D	48
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
26 DNF	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Richard Berry	Lola B06/10	D	33
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 (E85 ethanol)
27 DNF	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	M	20
					Dodge 8.3 L V10
DNS	GT2	007	Drayson-Barwell	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker	Aston Martin DBRS9	D	-
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 (E85 ethanol)
DNS	GT2	5	VICI Racing	Craig Stanton Nathan Swartzbaugh Ruben Carrapatoso	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	K	-
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6

Statistics

• Pole Position - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:02.825^[2]
• Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:04.942^[1]