This week’s American Le Mans Series event took the racers to Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, where the #66 of Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud came up first overall for the second consecutive race. In fact, the top three finishers earlier today were a direct repeat from the last event in Long Beach (1. #66 P1 Acura – Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud, 2. #9 P1 Acura – Scott Sharp and David Brabham, 3. #15 P2 Acura – Luis Diaz and Adrian Fernandez), giving Acura another podium sweep as manufacturer.

Luis Diaz and Adrian Fernandez once again won class honors in the P2 division. This marks their fourth class win of the season, in just as many races. Coming up short to the line was Marino Franchitti and Butch Leitzinger in their #20 Mazda Lola B08 machine.

GT1 was again missing in action with the Compuware Corvettes sitting out another race, but to fill the void, the new Challenge class was added to the mix, bringing in another five entries – all Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. Of the five, two teams suffered mechanical issues (#02 Carl Skerlong and Nick Parker / #36 Bob Faieta and Wesley Hoaglund), two teams were disqualified due to ride height (#47 John Baker and Guy Cosmo / #08 Ed Brown and Bill Sweedler), and one team managed to complete the race – the #57 entry of Melanie Snow and Martin Snow who took the class victory.

As for the GT2 class, the #45 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR of Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long took the checkered flag for a third consecutive class win. Close behind were fellow Porsche drivers, Marc Lieb and Wolf Henzler in their #87 entry.

The top finishers included:

Pos   No  Class  Car                  Drivers
  1  #66     P1  Acura ARX-02a        Simon Pagenaud
                                      Gil de Ferran

  2   #9     P1  Acura ARX-02a        Scott Sharp
                                      David Brabham

  3  #15     P2  Acura ARX-01B        Luis Diaz
                                      Adrian Fernandez

  4  #20     P2  Mazda / Lola B08     Marino Franchitti
                                      Butch Leitzinger

  5  #37     P1  Lola B06             Jon Field
                                      Clint Field
                                      Chapman Ducote

  6  #16     P2  Mazda / Lola B09     Chris Dyson
                                      Guy Smith

  7  #45    GT2  Porsche 911 GT3 RSR  Jörg Bergmeister
                                      Patrick Long

  8  #87    GT2  Porsche 911 GT3 RSR  Marc Lieb
                                      Wolf Henzler

  9  #62    GT2  Ferrari 430 GT       Pierre Kaffer
                                      Jaime Melo

 10  #21    GT2  Panoz Esperante      Ian James
                                      Dominik Farnbacher

Related Links:
American Le Mans Series: Schedule, Standings, Latest News, Videos

The overall winners of this week’s KONI Challenge Series race at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah were Matt Alhadeff and Bill Auberlen of Turner Motorsport. Just behind them in second was the TRG Porsche driven by Duncan Ende and Spencer Pumpelly.

Eric Curran and Jamie Holtom, the leaders in the Street Tuner (ST) class, finished 17th overall in the final results.

The Top-5 Finishers Included:

1. Turner Motorsport – BMW M3 Coupe – Matt Alhadeff, Bill Auberlen
2. TRG – Porsche 997 – Duncan Ende, Spencer Pumpelly
3. Rehagen Racing – Ford Mustang GT – Billy Johnson, Ray Mason
4. Hyper Sport – Ford Mustang GT – Joe Foster, Scott Maxwell
5. Rehagen Racing – Ford Mustang GT – Mike Canney, Hugh Plumb

To view the full results from this race, please use this link:

2008 Miller Motorsports Park Results

Updated standings are now available at:

2008 Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series Standings

The Daytona Prototype of Michael Shank Racing that was driven by Ian James, Raphael Matos and John Pew won the race at Miller Motorsports Park earlier today. This race marked the end of the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season.

Memo Rojas and Scott Pruett went away with a championship, despite their second 9th place finish in row.

The Leading Prototype Teams Were:

1. Michael Shank Racing – Ford Riley – Ian James, Raphael Matos, John Pew
2. SunTrust Racing – Pontiac Dallara – Max Angelelli, Michael Valiante
3. GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing – Pontiac Riley – Jon Fogarty, Alex Gurney, Jimmy Vasser
4. Brumos Racing – Porsche Riley – Joao Barbosa, JC France
5. Krohn Racing – Pontiac Lola – Nic Jonsson, Ricardo Zonta

Full results are now available at:

2008 Miller Motorsports Park Results

The final points standings can be found here:

2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Standings