2008 Northeast Grand Prix

2008 Northeast Grand Prix

The 2008 American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Lime Rock Park, Connecticut on July 12, 2008. It was the first event to take place at Lime Rock since portions of the track were redesigned and the entire surface repaved.citeweb | url = http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=4406 | title = Michelin Ready to Attack Fresh Lime Rock Track | publisher = American Le Mans Series | date = 2008-07-08 | accessdate = 2008-07-13]

Race summary

Acura scored their first overall win in the American Le Mans Series since they debuted their ARX-01 program in 2007. The #9 Highcroft Racing Acura of Scott Sharp and David Brabham managed to accomplish the feat with Brabham making a late charge and taking the overall lead in the final 90 seconds of the race, passing the #7 Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder of Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas. [citeweb | url = http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=4446 | title = Victory for Brabham, Sharp at Lime Rock | publisher = American Le Mans Series | date = 2008-07-12 | accessdate = 2008-07-13]

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).citeweb | url = http://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/lime%20rock/2008%20Lime%20Rock%20Results.pdf | title = 2008 Race Results | publisher = International Motor Sports Association | format = PDF | date = 2008-07-12 | accessdate = 2008-07-13]

tatistics

* Pole Position - #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing - 0:46.696citeweb | url = http://www.americanlemans.com/Competition/SessionDetail.aspx?ID=53LimeRock-FridayQualifying | title = Lime Rock-Friday Qualifying | accessdate = 2008-07-13]
* Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 0:48.007
* Average Speed - 91.105 mph

References

Sportscar Race Report
Year_of_race = 2008
Sportscar_Series = American Le Mans Series
Previous_race_in_season = 2008 Utah Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 2008 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio


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