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The 2008 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was the third round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on the streets of Long Beach, California on April 19, 2008.

Race results

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

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Audi R10 TDI	M	71	1:40:37.791
					Audi 5.5 L TDI V12 (turbodiesel)
2	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Audi R10 TDI	M	71	+ 1.964
					Audi 5.5 L TDI V12 (turbodiesel)
3	LMP2	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Scott Sharp David Brabham	Acura ARX-01B	M	71	+ 3.786
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
4	LMP2	7	Penske Racing	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	71	+ 4.822
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Patrick Long Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	71	+ 5.440
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6	LMP2	26	Andretti Green Racing	Bryan Herta Christian Fittipaldi	Acura ARX-01B	M	71	+ 15.252
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
7	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	71	+ 19.212
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
8	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Diaz	Acura ARX-01B	M	71	+ 19.780
					Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
9	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	71	+ 20.517
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
10	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsports	Gerardo Bonilla Ben Devlin	Lola B07/46	Y	70	+ 1 Lap
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (E85 ethanol)
11	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	70	+ 1 Lap
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol)
12	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	70	+ 1 Lap
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol)
13	GT2	71	Tafel Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller	Ferrari F430GT	M	68	+ 3 Laps
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	68	+ 3 Laps
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
15	GT2	46	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Pilet	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	68	+ 3 Laps
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
16	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Michael Lewis Chris McMurry	Creation CA07	D	67	+ 4 Laps
					Judd GV5 5.0 L V10
17	GT2	48	Corsa Motorsport	Gunnar Jeannette Johnny Mowlem	Ferrari F430GT	D	67	+ 4 Laps
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18	GT2	87	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Marc Basseng Alex Davison	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	66	+ 5 Laps
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
19	GT2	61	Risi Competizione	Patrick Friesacher Harrison Brix	Ferrari F430GT	M	66	+ 5 Laps
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports 44	Darren Law Lonnie Pechnik	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	65	+ 6 Laps
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
21	GT2	5	VICI Racing	Craig Stanton Nathan Swatzbaugh	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	K	65	+ 6 Laps
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
22	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Mika Salo	Ferrari F430GT	M	65	+ 6 Laps
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
23	GT2	28	LG Motorsports	Lou Gigliotti Doug Peterson	Chevrolet Corvette C6	K	64	+ 7 Laps
					Chevrolet LS3 6.0 L V8
24	GT2	007	Drayson-Barwell	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D	64	+ 7 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 (E85 ethanol)
25	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk.VII	D	63	+8 Laps
					Ford 5.0 L V8
26	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field	Lola B06/10	D	62	+ 9 Laps
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 (E85 ethanol)
27 DNF	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Tom Milner Tom Sutherland	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Y	51	mechanical
					Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
28 DNF	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	M	2	excluded
					Dodge 8.3 L V10

Statistics

• Pole Position - #7 Penske Racing - 1:11.330
• Fastest Lap - #6 Penske Racing - 1:12.383

References

1. ^ "ALMS Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 19 April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
2. "American Le Mans Series Long Beach 2008 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
3. "04/19/2008 race: American Le Mans Series at Long Beach (ALMS) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
4. "ALMS Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 18 April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2008.

• 2008 American Le Mans Series
• Grand Prix of Long Beach
• 2008 in sports in Los Angeles County, California