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Victory at St. Petersburg!
Patrick Long and teammate Jörg Bergmeister stormed to their first victory of the 2009 ALMS season, winning the GT2 class by more than 2 full laps at the St. Petersburg Grand Prix. In doing so, Long and Bergmeister gained sole possession of the ALMS GT2 driver’s championship, and take considerable momentum into the third round of the season, to be held April 16–18 at the Long Beach Grand Prix. After a slight error in qualifying, Long started the #45 Flying Lizard Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3RSR in 5th place, and methodically worked his way through the competition, taking the lead at around the 45-minute mark of the one hour, 55 minute race. Some of Flying Lizard’s key competition for the season encountered mechanical gremlins during the race, making the championship push that much easier for Long and Bergmeister.
Flying Lizard No. 45 Fourth and 44 Fifth at Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring
The Flying Lizard No. 45 and No. 44 Porsches finished their sixth consecutive Sebring race fourth and fifth in GT2, respectively. The twelve-hour race was another contest of will and endurance: nearly half of the starting cars were no longer running by the end of the race.
St. Pete GP and SPEEDTV.com
Coming off of a stirring 4th-place finish at the 12 Hours of Sebring — a race which saw Patrick and his teammates Jörg Bergmeister and Marc Lieb survive two big incidents and several laps lost in the pits — Patrick and Flying Lizard Motorsport are headed to the streets of St. Petersburg, FL for Round 2 of the American Le Mans Series this weekend.
Long has made his home in the Tampa / St. Petersburg area for the past couple of years, so with a visit to Long Beach coming up in two weeks, the SoCal native gets to run two “home” races back to back.
SPEEDtv.com Partnership
Patrick Long, whose recent triumph at the Rolex 24 At Daytona makes him the youngest-ever American to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex 24 at Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans, announced today a new partnership with SPEEDtv.com for the 2009 season. SPEEDtv.com, the definitive motorsports and vehicle enthusiast website, features a number of “Voices of Speed”, giving visitors and fans a wide variety of perspectives and expert opinions about motorsports and automotive culture.
Victory at the Rolex 24 At Daytona!
Porsche’s sole American factory driver Patrick Long captured a long-sought win at the Rolex 24 At Daytona Sunday, driving the GT-class #67 TRG Porsche GT3 Cup Car with Jörg Bergmeister, RJ Valentine, Andy Lally and Justin Marks. The win rounds out Patrick’s career resume of “classics”, after his wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2004, 2007), 12 Hours of Sebring (2005) and Petit Le Mans (2005, 2006, 2007). Patrick and his teammates headed a dominant race for TRG; the sister #66 car finished 2nd, driven by fellow Porsche factory drivers Richard Lietz, Emmanuel Collard and Tim George Jr., Spencer Pumpelly and Ted Ballou.
2009 Season Plans Announced
Photo courtesy of Flying Lizard Motorsports. Porsche announced today that factory driver Patrick Long, 2-time winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, will return to action in the American Le Mans Series in 2009, driving the #45 Flying Lizard …
2008 Season Wrap Up
Patrick Long put the wraps on a successful season a few weeks ago at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, a season in which he and teammate Sascha Maassen claimed four podium finishes and helped Porsche claim another manufacturer’s championship in the …
Patrick Long is the 24HR Racer
29HD Network launches the first episodes of the 12-part Broadband HD Short Documentary Series “24HR Racer” with 2-time Le Mans winner and current Porsche Factory Driver Patrick Long as the racer whose life is being showcased in a series shot …