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Joerg Bergmeister qualified the No. 45 fifth in GT for Saturday’s four-hour Road Race Showcase at Road America with a time of 2:06.379 on the four-mile circuit. Teammate Marco Holzer was ninth in the No. 44 with a 2:06.838. Dirk Mueller of the No. 56 BMW is on the GT pole with a time of 2:05.447, a new class track record. Continue reading ‘Flying Lizard qualifies fifth and ninth for Road America’
Porsche Napleton Racing (PNR) and lead driver David Heinemeier Hansson will make their American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron debut in the No. 97 PNR/37signals Porsche 911 GT3 Cup at the upcoming Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase event at Road America, August 18-20. Hansson and PNR will compete in the GT Challenge class and have signed international sports car talent Dominik Farnbacher to co-drive in Saturday’s featured four-hour race. Continue reading ‘ALMS GTC Road America debut for Porsche Napleton Racing and David Heinemeier Hansson’
The GTC category is often dizzy with lead changes and it was more of the same at Mid-Ohio. Spencer Pumpelly and Duncan Ende were one of the few duos to avoid penalties or spinning in the rain, thus enabling them to score their second GTC win in a row and third straight for TRG. Continue reading ‘Spencer Pumpelly brings home GTC win at Mid-Ohio’
The Porsche 911 GT3 RSR’s were showing good pace at Mid-Ohio during qualifying. In the end, Joerg Bergmeister put the no45 Flying Lizard Porsche on second row, forth in the session. Once again, the BMW’s are first and second. Bergmeister was 0.378 off of Joey Hands 1:20.539 around the 2.24 mile course. Continue reading ‘Two 911 GT3 RSRs in the top ten for Mid-Ohio ALMS’
This Saturday’s American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Conn. may be the most important event on the nine-race 2011 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón schedule for Paul Miller Racing, which fields the Yokohama-shod No. 48 Marquis Jet/TOTAL/IPC Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the ALMS GT class. Continue reading ‘ALMS Northeast Grand Prix is Important Event for Paul Miller Racing’
The high-consequence Long Beach circuit claimed the No. 45 of Patrick Long and Joerg Bergmeister nearing the halfway point of the race after an impact with the concrete wall damaged the suspension beyond what could be repaired during the short two-hour race. Darren Law and Seth Neiman fared better, bringing the No. 44 to an 8th place GT finish from its 13th place start. The No. 56 BMW won in GT, the No. 4 Corvette finished in P2 and the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari was P3. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Terrible ending for Flying Lizard Motorsports at Long Beach’
Living near the Grand Prix Circuit in Long Beach, Craig Stanton was more than a little motivated about competing in this weekend’s American Le Mans Series race at the world famous street circuit. His no. 77 Magnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, which was sponsored for the weekend by local hotspot Roscoe’s House of Chicken ‘n Waffles, would line up fourth in the GT-C class for Saturday’s two-hour ALMS contest. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Magnus Racing Finishes third in Long Beach GT-C’
