German Bergmeister started the auto from 4th on the grid and was able to hold his position
German Bergmeister started the auto from 4th on the grid and was able to hold his position over the no.4 Corvette for the first 3rd of the hundred minute race round the Long Beach street circuit, before the Olivier Beretta vehicle was in a position to pass him, though the Flying Lizard automobile was shortly into 4th when the Corvette hit the tyre wall.
The stuck auto brought out the 3rd and last caution flag of the race, with a significant percentage of the field diving into the pitlane for their compulsory driver change, Patrick Long climbing into the now sole remaining Flying Lizard automobile. Maybe regretting that selection Long was shortly into 2nd past the no.90 BMW and pressuring the no.92, also dealing with the lead battle in the speedier LMP class, before finally slithering past with only 10 mins left to take the win.
“It actually came down to a battle of pit stops when almost all of the GT field pitted under yellow, ” asserted Long of his race-winning stint. “The No forty five crew was unbelievable everybody hit their marks and I sailed out of pit lane before the majority of the remainder of the GT field.
It made my job far easier I was able to target the BMWs in front of me and reel them in. I knew they did not have much left in their tires, and was in a position to get by Joey [Hand].
At the end, Tom [Milner] failed to make it easy.”.
