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| Road America Race Notes: Farnbacher Loles |
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Farnbacher Loles Racing celebrated its first American Le Mans Series win Saturday evening, topping the GT2 class at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. Bryce Miller of Summit, N.J., Dirk Werner of Kissenbrück, Germany, and Richard Westbrook of London, England, took the No. 87 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR to the head of the class, backed by a strong crew effort and an effective strategy team.
Miller drove the first stint, starting fourth on the GT2 grid. He pitted from sixth and handed off to Westbrook, who returned to the track fifth in class. Despite a penalty for exceeding the pit-lane speed limit, Westbrook moved up to take the class lead just before the halfway mark of the four-hour race, then stopped for a driver change.
Werner drove the last half of the race, returning to the track fifth. He gained three positions on his final stop for fuel and tires, then held second in class until the last minute of the race. He passed the class-leading Ferrari of Mika Salo, who then regained the lead, but braked too late on the fifth turn of the 4.048-mile road course and spun, leaving Werner to take the checkered flag.
race report
car time driver action
87 start Miller
34m change pit - Westbrook in, four tires, fuel
51m Westbrook stop/go penalty for 5 mph over pit-lane speed limit
56m Westbrook pit - fuel
1h58 Westbrook GT2 lead
2h01 change pit - Werner in, four tires, fuel
2h44 Werner pit - four tires, fuel
3h59 Werner GT2 lead
Gregory Loles, team owner: "We've been knocking on the door for the last couple of races. Today we put it all together - an excellent car, terrific driving, perfect pit stops and strategy. I want to thank all our sponsors and Porsche Motorsport for all their support. Congratulations to our crew and engineers, and a special thanks to Mike Evans and Mike Spinti for providing us with superb strategy in their first race with us. We feel now the team is poised for more success."
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