Dempsey/Del Piero Racing announced today that factory Porsche driver Patrick Long will join team drivers Patrick Dempsey and Joe Foster at the wheel of the Dempsey Del Piero Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR for next month’s 90th Annual 24 Hours …
In just the second race of its existence, the three-car, Dallas-based Park Place Motorsports Porsche GT3 stable of racecars and drivers has shown it could be a serious contender for a GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series title before all is said and done in 2013 after a solid performance in Saturday’s inaugural GRAND-AM of The Americas at the beautiful, new Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas.
On Sunday afternoon after 24 hours of hard-fought wheel-to-wheel racing, Patrick Long and Mike Skeen crossed the finish line together at the 51st Rolex 24 At Daytona. Long was behind the wheel of the Park Place Motorsports No. 73 Racing4Research Porsche GT, and Skeen was piloting the No. 72 Vess Energy Services Porsche GT3. After 24 grueling hours, they placed 16th and 14th respectively.
Back-to-back American Le Mans Series PC class champions CORE autosport will take on an additional challenge in 2013 with a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTE class assault headlined by Porsche factory star, Patrick Long and three-time Le Mans class winner, Tom Kimber-Smith. The new entry will be in addition to the team’s confirmed return to the PC class where team owner/driver Jon Bennett and young star Colin Braun are targeting CORE’s third consecutive championship.
Porsches, Audis, Ferraris, BMWs, Camaros, Corvettes and Vipers; after the Rolex 24 at Daytona the end of this month, who knows who will be at the top of the podium for the 51st running of what has become a sprint …
Patrick Long and his teammates Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Pilet wrapped up the 2012 American Le Mans Series season with a 5th place in the hyper-competitive GT class. Having started in 6th position, the first four hours of the race went well, as the #45 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR climbed as high as 3rd in class.
Patrick Long and teammate Jörg Bergmeister drove a strong and consistent race at Virginia International Raceway Saturday, avoiding trouble at the outset of the race and going on to finish 2nd, their 4th podium finish of the season. Their result, combined with strong race finishes in the second half of the racing season, mean that the duo now sit 3rd in the driver’s championship, and importantly, 2nd in the manufacturer’s championship with one race remaining at Road Atlanta in October.
In an odd race which would see Patrick Long drive both his normal #45 Flying Lizard Porsche as well as the team #44 car, Long went on to finish 5th and 7th in class. Sister Porsche team Falken Motorsport claimed their second straight win on the streets of Baltimore, cheering the Porsche faithful.
With a 2nd place finish at the scenic Road America course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Patrick Long and Flying Lizard recorded their third podium finish of the season on Saturday. In a race filled with caution periods, the Lizards started from 2nd position and led most of the race.