October 20, 2008
Penske American Le Mans Series Team Secures Manufacturer's Title For Porsche
Penske Racing
MONTEREY, Calif.
The DHL Penske Porsche American Le Mans Series (ALMS) teams entered Saturday’s Monterey Sports Car Challenge, the final round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series, with the LMP2 prototype driver’s and team championships already clinched, but the manufacturers title was still up for grabs.
In a four-hour race which featured 13 caution periods and a racing surface filled with gravel due to many off-track incidents, Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) guided the No. 7 DHL Penske Porsche RS Spyder to a third-place LMP2 class finish (fifth overall) – high enough to edge Acura by a single point in the final standings.
Porsche ended the season with 214 points, and Acura, with a one-two finish at the 2.238-mile, 11-turn Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca road course, finished second with 213.
Team Penske IndyCar Series drivers Ryan Briscoe (Australia) and Helio Castroneves (Brazil) finished fourth in the LMP2 class (fifth overall) in the No. 5 DHL Penske Porsche RS Spyder, and Sascha Maassen (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) finished eighth in class (10th overall) in the No. 6 DHL Penske Porsche RS Spyder.
Earlier this month at the 2008 Petit Le Mans, Penske Racing had secured the LMP2 team title – their third straight – and the second consecutive driver’s title for Bernhard and Dumas.
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