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. It took place at

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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.

Race summary

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scored their first overall win in the American Le Mans Series since they debuted their ARX-01 program in 2007. The #9

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Acura of

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and

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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

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and

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Race results

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

Statistics

* Pole Position - #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing - 0:46.696 * Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 0:48.007 * Average Speed - 91.105 mph

References

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Northeast Grand Prix The Northeast Grand Prix (until 2006: New England Grand Prix) was a professional sports car racing, sports car race held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States as part of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Previous editions of t ...

Northeast Grand Prix

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