I don't want to jinx things, but I feel comfortable in my prediction that Porsche will take the checkered flag in some way, shape or form this coming Saturday during the second Grand-Am race of the season at VIR. Where does this confidence come from? Simple, Porsche's not so secret recipe for success (lots of cars, the best drivers in the world …
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Porsche, Bergmeister, Long Celebrate Second Victory in ALMS
The US street circuits seem to be good turf for Porsche: At round three of the American Le Mans Series in Long Beach/California, Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) celebrated their second win of the season. Driving a Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR they won the GT2 class - repeating their success in St. …
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Showing auto racing for the real team sport that is it, the race and tire engineers, pit crew, and drivers of the #45 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – piloted by Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) – scored a two lap GT2 class win at the Acura Sport Car Challenge on the 1.9-mile street course through downtown …
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL – The promise of exciting, production-based auto racing from the world’s most sophisticated sports cars showed great promise at the season opener last month at Sebring, and has already delivered during today’s action-packed qualifying session for tomorrow’s American Le Mans Series race through the streets of St. Petersburg. The …
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For 2009’s Grand-Am Rolex 24 at Daytona champion Joerg Bergmeister, the love affair with motorsports began early. “Motorsport was a family thing,” Bergmeister tells us. “My grandfather was a motorcycle racer and my dad was a very successful driver.” Indeed, Joerg's grandfather was a Sachs factory motorcycle driver, and his father raced touring …
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