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#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR: Jörg Bergmeister, Patrick Long

Flying Lizard Returns to ALMS Season with Round Three at Lime Rock

Back from the 24 Heures du Mans and a sixth place GTE Pro class finish for the No. 80 Porsche, Flying Lizard returns to their North American racing season at the Northeast Grand Prix on July 9. The driver lineup is Joerg Bergmeister and Patrick Long in the No. 45 Porsche and Seth Neiman and Marco Holzer in the No. 44. (Holzer will trade-off with Darren Law as Neiman's co-driver for the remainder of the ALMS season in the No. 44.)

#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR: Jörg Bergmeister, Patrick Long

Photo by: Adriano Manocchia

It has been a challenging start to the ALMS season for the Lizards. At Sebring, the No. 45 finished sixth and the No. 44 seventh. At Long Beach, the No. 44 finished eighth but the No. 45 was retired following an early-race accident (the No. 45 was in the lead at the time). Heading into the third of nine ALMS races, Bergmeister and Long are tenth in the drivers' championship; Law and Neiman are ninth and Holzer is eleventh. Flying Lizard is fourth in the team championship.

Flying Lizard chief strategist Thomas Blam gave his perspective, "We aren't where we'd like to be in the standings, but we've been through rough season starts like this in the past; we have to keep focused on the big picture and create our own momentum at this point."

He explained, "We've had our one DNF for the season; we can't afford anything outside of a top five GT finish from here on out. BMW has won the first two races and has a large points lead. Historically we've been very strong at Lime Rock: Joerg has won here with the Lizards four years in a row, the last two with Patrick, who was on the pole in 2010. We need to keep the Lime Rock streak going and build from there. There are six races to go, including three long races (Road America, Laguna Seca, and Petit) - a lot can still happen."

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