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Long, Bergmeister, Lizards Triumph in Six-Hour Squeaker at Laguna Muscle Milk Porsche RS Spyder Second Overall Monterey, Calif. - May 23 - Four Ferraris, two Corvettes, two BMWs and two Porsches, all running within ten seconds of each other during much of the six-hour American Le Mans Series Monterey race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca yesterday, continue to provide fans at the track and a national TV audience the finest sports car racing ever seen in North America. With nine minutes and 20 seconds left in the endurance event, Patrick Long (USA), driving the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, overtook the factory BMW on the re-start after a late yellow flag to score a three-tenths of a second GT class win - the team's second straight victory.
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Corvette, Ferrari, Corvette, Porsche, BMW and Ferrari - in that order. Porsche now leads the manufacturers' championship points with 65, while Ferrari has 55 and BMW 50. In the drivers' points chase, Bergmeister/Long enjoy a tenpoint lead over the Ferrari drivers Melo/Bruni, while BMW drivers Mueller/Hand are third. While this exciting battle was raging in the GT class, a smaller, but just as intriguing competition was taking place for the overall race win. The Muscle Milk Porsche RS Spyder, with Klaus Graf/Sascha Maassen/Memo Gidley aboard, led the race overall at several junctions, and looked like they would compete for the overall win when bad luck struck. Memo Gidley, the
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Inside: Laguna Seca ALMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Greystone Entry Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Late News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Greystone Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 New Members & Anniversaries . . . . . . . 4 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 LA & Z8 Events Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 last-minute substitution of car owner Greg Pickett, spun the car during his first lap out in the middle of the race, going through the gravel trap. A small piece of gravel had lodged itself behind the shift paddle, causing the car to stay stuck in gear. Once the American was towed Continued on Page 4.
Long, and co-driver and fellow Porsche factory pilot Joerg Bergmeister (Germany), overcame an eighth-place grid position after a troublesome qualifying session to gain the season points advantage over their rivals. The pair won five races in a row last year en route to the GT class championship. Referring to his battles with first the Ferraris, then the Corvettes, and final the BMWs in the closing 60 minutes of the race, the usually calm and articulate Long was almost speechless. "I can't even describe the last hour of this race. I was on everyone's bumper, and they were on mine. We were fast enough to compete, but would have not been fast enough to win if the Flying Lizard crew didn't put us in that position by minimizing our time in the pits and calling perfect strategy. The Porsche 911 GT3 RSR was perfect, and Joerg and I kept the mistakes to a minimum. I've never been in a race that was a pressure-cooker from green flag to checkered flag like this one," said Long. With 10 yellow flags for various incidents during the race, the green flag re-starts played as critical role in teams' final finishing positions as efficient pit stops did. Long pointed out that when the green flag drops for the first car, it's time to race for everyone - you don't have to wait until your car gets to the starter stand. "On that final re-start, Joey (Hand, the BMW driver) left a bit of a door open for me, and I took it three- wide through the last corner," Long said. "Then it was all about running away because I knew Joey wouldn't be happy. We came from eighth on the starting grid and worked our way through a very competitive field," Long said. The final standings in GT showed Porsche, BMW,
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LATE NEWS: Five Porsche Factory Drivers Top Podium At 78th LeMans; 9th 2010 GT2 Win From PCNA Stuttgart/Atlanta - June 13 —The success story of the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR race continues
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Laguna Seca (cont.) back to pit lane, the crew immediately assessed the problem, but had unfortunately fallen seven laps down to the leaders, and to 18th place overall. But Maassen and Graf peddled hard through the field, aided by attrition at the top of the standings, and earned a second place finish overall. "It 'ain't' over until it's over! That's what they say. I think these kinds of races are the sweetest, when there is a little bit of a setback and you have to recover. Fun is not a straight line and we were up and down and in the end to finish second is, I think, a great achievement," said Maassen, who won the first race ever for the RS Spyder at Laguna Seca in 2005. The American Le Mans Series takes its traditional mid-season break for teams who participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans (June 12 - 13), and returns on July 11 to Miller Motorsports Park in Salt Lake City for round #4.
at the 78 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans as factory drivers Marc Lieb (Germany), Richard Lietz (Austria) and Wolf Henzler (Germany) piloted their German Felbermayr-Proton Porsche to a two-lap GT2 win over the second-place Ferrari earlier today.
—helped lead Audi's sweep of the overall podium. They drove with former Porsche factory pilot Mike Rockenfeller (Germany) to a one-lap victory in their Audi R15 TDI. All six LMP1 and GT2winning drivers have either victories or championships in the American Le Mans Series as well.
Two other Porsche factory drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) —on loan from Porsche to Audi's factory prototype effort
As for the worldwide performance of the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR so far this year, the car Continued on Page 7.
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LeMans (cont.) that won the 24 hour race in Dubai and holds the championship lead of the Le Mans Series (Europe) and the American Le Mans Series, and was the most successful GT race car of 2009 has now won the GT2 class of the Le Mans 24 hour race. This victory at Le Mans marks the 98th win (class and overall) for Porsche at the prestigious long distance classic. For the ninth time, a race car based on the street legal 911 GT3 prevailed over its rivals. Positions three, five, seven and eight also went to drivers of the 450 hp Porsche. Moreover, the winning 911 also clinched the environmental "Michelin Green X Challenge" award as the GT car with the best efficiency.
Ed.Note Look for more on this LeMans story and hopefully some photos from the legendary venue next month. There are surely some stories and photos on the Internet if that’s too long to wait.
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