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LE MANS: Flying Lizard Confirms LM24 Lineups
American Le Mans Series veterans bring unchanged lineup from 2011 to this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans...
Flying Lizard Motorsports will again field a pair of Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. (Photo: John Dagys)
Flying Lizard announced today the preliminary driver lineups for the 2012 24 Heures du Mans, to be run June 16-17 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. Joerg Bergmeister, Patrick Long and Marco Holzer will run the Flying Lizard No. 80 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the GTE Pro class. Seth Neiman, Spencer Pumpelly, and Darren Law will pilot the Flying Lizard No. 79 2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the GTE Am class. (All six drivers are confirmed, however details of Law's participation are still to be finalized.)
Bergmeister, Long and Holzer are Porsche factory drivers. Bergmeister and Long team in the Flying Lizard No. 45 Porsche in the American Le Mans Series. With Flying Lizard, Bergmeister has won three consecutive ALMS GT driver championships (2008-2010); two of those with Patrick Long (2009- 2010).
Bergmeister is five-time ALMS GT driver champion and Long has won the title three times. Bergmeister has competed at Le Mans ten times; five years with Flying Lizard (2007-2011). He won Le Mans in GT2 in 2004 (with Long) and has finished on the podium three times. Bergmeister has also won the Rolex 24 at Daytona three times: GT in 2009, both GT and overall in 2003 and GT in 2002.
Long has competed at Le Mans eight times and has won the race twice in GT (2004 and 2007). In 2011, Long and Bergmeister finished sixth in GTE Pro in the No. 80 Flying Lizard Porsche (with Lucas Luhr). Among other notable results, Long has won Daytona in 2009, Petit Le Mans three times (2005-2007) and Sebring in 2005.
Holzer, also a Porsche factory driver, will join the Lizards in 2012. This is Holzer's third Le Mans: he finished third in GT in 2010 and eighth in GTE Pro in 2011. In the ALMS, Holzer pilots the No. 44 Flying Lizard Porsche with Seth Neiman.
In the No. 79 Porsche, Law, Neiman and Pumpelly will team up for the second consecutive Le Mans together in the GTE Am class. In 2011, the No. 81 Porsche was retired at hour 18 due to a mechanical problem; it was running second in class at the time.
2012 will be Neiman's eighth Le Mans entry; in 2005 he finished third in class in the Flying Lizard No. 80 (with Johannes van Overbeek and Lonnie Pechnik). Among his distance race results, Neiman has finished second in class twice at Daytona (2010 and 2004) and second at Sebring in 2008.
Law has competed three times at Le Mans, all with Flying Lizard. In 2009, Law won overall at the 2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona; notable ALMS results include second at Sebring (with Neiman and Alex Davison) in 2008 in the No. 44, second in GT2 at Long Beach and Detroit (with Long) in 2007, and six podiums in 2004 including a win at Mid-Ohio.
For the last six years, Pumpelly has competed in the Grand-Am Series with The Racer's Group. He has won twice in GT at the Rolex 24 at Daytona (2011 and 2006) and finished second and third in 2009 and 2008, respectively. In the American Le Mans Series, Pumpelly has competed in events since 1999. In the 2011 ALMS GTC season, he had three class wins.
Bergmeister, Long and Holzer are Porsche factory drivers. Bergmeister and Long team in the Flying Lizard No. 45 Porsche in the American Le Mans Series. With Flying Lizard, Bergmeister has won three consecutive ALMS GT driver championships (2008-2010); two of those with Patrick Long (2009- 2010).
Bergmeister is five-time ALMS GT driver champion and Long has won the title three times. Bergmeister has competed at Le Mans ten times; five years with Flying Lizard (2007-2011). He won Le Mans in GT2 in 2004 (with Long) and has finished on the podium three times. Bergmeister has also won the Rolex 24 at Daytona three times: GT in 2009, both GT and overall in 2003 and GT in 2002.
Long has competed at Le Mans eight times and has won the race twice in GT (2004 and 2007). In 2011, Long and Bergmeister finished sixth in GTE Pro in the No. 80 Flying Lizard Porsche (with Lucas Luhr). Among other notable results, Long has won Daytona in 2009, Petit Le Mans three times (2005-2007) and Sebring in 2005.
Holzer, also a Porsche factory driver, will join the Lizards in 2012. This is Holzer's third Le Mans: he finished third in GT in 2010 and eighth in GTE Pro in 2011. In the ALMS, Holzer pilots the No. 44 Flying Lizard Porsche with Seth Neiman.
In the No. 79 Porsche, Law, Neiman and Pumpelly will team up for the second consecutive Le Mans together in the GTE Am class. In 2011, the No. 81 Porsche was retired at hour 18 due to a mechanical problem; it was running second in class at the time.
2012 will be Neiman's eighth Le Mans entry; in 2005 he finished third in class in the Flying Lizard No. 80 (with Johannes van Overbeek and Lonnie Pechnik). Among his distance race results, Neiman has finished second in class twice at Daytona (2010 and 2004) and second at Sebring in 2008.
Law has competed three times at Le Mans, all with Flying Lizard. In 2009, Law won overall at the 2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona; notable ALMS results include second at Sebring (with Neiman and Alex Davison) in 2008 in the No. 44, second in GT2 at Long Beach and Detroit (with Long) in 2007, and six podiums in 2004 including a win at Mid-Ohio.
For the last six years, Pumpelly has competed in the Grand-Am Series with The Racer's Group. He has won twice in GT at the Rolex 24 at Daytona (2011 and 2006) and finished second and third in 2009 and 2008, respectively. In the American Le Mans Series, Pumpelly has competed in events since 1999. In the 2011 ALMS GTC season, he had three class wins.
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