Mid-Ohio - Friday Practices July 18, 2008

6:20 - Wolf pits for an additional change.

6:12 - Johannes is in the pits again. He is currently P4. Patrick will get in the car to finish out the session. There are apparently some beacon problems so I'm not sure if all times are being recorded.

6:06 - The crew calls Seth in for a driver change to Lonnie Pechnik.

6:04 - Johannes is out again in the No. 46.

6:00 - 30 minutes to go in the session. Joerg pits for driver change to Wolf. Johannesis also pitting for a setup change.

5:56 - Joerg is out again. After a few more timed laps, he will do a driver change to Wolf.

5:53 - Joerg is pitting again for another change.

5:51 - Johannes and Joerg are both out again. Joerg is still P1. Johannes is now P3.

4:47 pm - Johannes and Joerg are both pitting. No. 45 received a speeding warning for speeding out of pit exit on his last exit.

4:41 - Joerg in the No. 45 is pitting for a setup adjustment. Johannes spun in the No. 46 after hitting soem dirt, but no damage and is continuing.

4:35 - No. 12 car was briefly slow through turn 8, but now back up to speed. After the first few laps, Joerg is P1 in GT2, Johannes is P2.

4:33 - Seth radioed in that water pressure is zero - he is near pit lane and pits for the crew to check it out. The crew has not found a problem so it could be a sensor problem - he is heading out again.

4:31 - Green flag. The session is starting a few minutes late - they have extended it to 5:30 from the original 5:25 ending time, but it will still be shortened by a few minutes.

4:26 pm- The Lizards are heading out for the session. This is the final practice prior to qualifying, which begins at 5:40 pm. Temperatures are still very high - in the 90s - but it is slightly cooler than yesterday.

4:23 pm - We are just about ready for the green flag for this afternoon's session.
Joerg will go out first in the No. 45, Seth in the No. 44 and Johannes in the No. 46.


1:25 - Checkered flag on the session. We'll be back for the second pracdtice session of the day at 4:25 pm ET. Qualifying starts just after the second session - at 5:40 pm ET.

1:20 pm - Five minutes left in the session. No. 46 now 2, No. 45 P5, No. 44 P6. The No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche is now P1.

1:12 pm - Joerg spun on course into the grass and continued. He's pitting.

1:02 pm - Wolf pits for a setup change. Joerg is taking over and heading out for his second session.

July 18, 2008 - 1:00 pm ET - Good afternoon from Mid-Ohio. Sorry I'm a bit late getting out the blog for the first practice session today. We have about 30 minutes left in the 1 hour session. It's hot today - even hotter than yesterday, but thankfully there is a breeze today. In the first 30 mins, Patrick Pilet is P1 in the GT2 session with a 1:20.607, just ahead of the No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari and the No. 62 Risi Ferrari. Joerg was P5 and Lonnie Pechnik in the No. 44 was P6. Johannes van Overbeek is out now in the No. 46, Wolf Henzler is out now in the No. 45 and Seth Neiman in the No. 44. We had a few mechandical issues in yesterday's test session but everything has been resolved. A new race motor was put in the No. 45 last night, I believe that's the last major change we have on the three cars before tomorrow's race.
So far in the two sessions, the times in GT have been extraordinarily close - just a few hundreths of a second - very close considering the length of the track.

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