Flying Lizard Qualifies Fifth and Eleventh in GT2 for Sports Car
Challenge of St. Petersburg
April 3, 2009 -- The Flying Lizard No. 45 and No. 44 Porsches qualified
fifth and eleventh, respectively, in GT2 today for the Acura Sports Car
Challenge of St. Petersburg. Following close on the heels of the
season-opener, the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the St. Petersburg
event is a short, 1 hour and 55 minute race held on a 1.8 mile, 14-turn
temporary street course established in downtown.
In the No. 45, Patrick Long had the fifth fastest time of the session,
which ended early for the No. 45 when Long slid into the tire wall in
Turn 10. Long commented, "We were out there to squeeze every inch out of
the car. I did two 1:13.4s in a row, but to move up a position, I knew
I'd really have to push it. On my last attempt, I ended up in the tire
wall. Luckily, there doesn't appear to be too much damage to the car, but
obviously, it was not the result we wanted out of the session. We still
have some balance to find in the car but in qualifying it was the best
it's been all day."
In the No. 44, Seth Neiman used the session to finalize race setup, and
qualified eleventh. Joining Long and Neiman for the race will be Joerg
Bergmeister in the No. 45 and Darren Law in the No. 44.
On the pole is the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari, with a time of
1:12.892 (Jaime Melo).
Follow the Race
The Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Pete will get the green flag on
April 4 at 1:20 pm ET. The race will be broadcast live on ABC, starting
at 1:30 pm ET and tape-delayed on MotorsTV in Europe on Sunday, April 5,
starting at 4:00 pm CET (Central European Time).
Flying Lizard will broadcast the team radio live during the race and
update the team blog throughout race week. For details and schedule, see
www.lizardms.com.
-credit: flm
