August 23, 2010
2nd Place at Road America, Long Extends Championship Lead
Patrick Long finished 2nd at Road America today, extending his ALMS GT championship lead by 10 points with two races left to run. In an incredibly closely-contested race, the top nine finishing GT-class cars finished on the lead lap, and were covered by just 31 seconds.
Patrick Long and his teammate Jörg Bergmeister retained their 2010 ALMS GT Championship lead today with a fourth place finish at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. In an incredibly close race, Patrick’s teammate finished just .4 second behind the 3rd place finisher, and only 5.298 seconds behind the winner. The top six cars in GT were covered by a scant 6.736 seconds. 
Patrick Long, fresh off a win in American Le Mans Series competition at Lime Rock, Connecticut, rejoined his longtime French team IMSA Performance MATMUT to take 2nd overall at the FIA-GT Total 24 Hours of Spa in Belgium. Driving the #16 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR with fellow Porsche works drivers Patrick Pilet, Richard Lietz and team owner Raymond Narac, Long qualified second in the GT2 category, and completed a 1-2 finish for Porsche, coming home 1:16.822 behind the overall winner. 
Patrick Long and teammate Jörg Bergmeister claimed their third win of the 2010 ALMS season and second consecutive win at Lime Rock, crucially helping them regain the GT2 Driver’s Championship lead. Long, who started the race from pole, drove two stints in the race and held off two BMWs and the #61 Ferrari for the last 45 minutes of the race to win by a scant 1.495 seconds. 
Patrick Long was fastest in qualifying for tomorrow’s ALMS Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock, setting a fast lap of 1:03:904, good for a .474 second gap to his closest competition. Long and his teammate Jörg Bergmeister will seek to regain the championship lead at the scene of one of their six 2009 victories.