Mid-Ohio - Thursday Test Session July 17

5:11 pm - Checkered flag on GT session - now prototypes only. We'll be back with you tomorrow for the morning practice session at 12:25 pm ET.


5:10 pm - No. 3 Corvette is off in turn 7 after a spin but is continuing.

5:07 pm - No. 62 spun in Turn 11 and went into the dirt but continued.

5:06 pm - Just over five minutes left in the session.

5:04 pm - The No. 45 pits for a wing adjustment.

5:02 pm - the No. 46 is back in the pits and Patrick Pilet is heading out again.

4:55 - Green flag. All three Lizard Porsches are out agian. Wolf still P4, Johannes still P5. Seth is P9.

4:44 - Seth is back in the No. 44. The No. 007 is in the gravel in turn 8. 25 minutes left in the session.

4:38 - Wolf now P4 in the No. 45. Johannes P4. Lonnie is P9. Johannes and Lonnie both pit for setup changes.

4:36 - No. 45 completed his install lap and is back in the pits for another quick check.

4:30 - Red flag to remove a car from the track. All three cars are back in pit lane.
35 minutes left in the session. the No. 45 had a water leak so they are working on fixing that now. No. 46 is back out with Johannes in P5. No. 44 is out with Lonnie and is P9. Wolf is heading out in the No. 45 now.

4:20 - We are P4 (No. 45) and P5 (No. 46).The No. 44 with Lonnie Pechnik behind the wheel is now P9. Johannes is in the No. 46, Joerg still in the No. 45.The No. 66 car spun in Turn 10 but continued. The top six Gt2 are withing five tenths of a second of one another.

4:13 - The No. 44 is in the pits for a setup change. The No. 46 is pitting for driver change to Johannes.

4:09 pm- The No. 45 has restarted and he is cycling through the gears. Seth radios in that he has almost no grip in the No. 44 - like "skating on ice"

3:59 - No. 46 is now P2. No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari is P1. It is extremely hot...

3:53 - The No. 11 Viper went off in Turn 2 but is continuing. No. 44 sped in pit lane and has a start and go penalty. We are only a few yards from pit out, so that seems a bit weird. Correction, it was speeding on pit exit. Seth is back in the pits for his stop and go.

3:52 - The No. 44 repair is conplete and Seth is heading out again.

3:49 pm - A hose appears to have come loose on the No. 44, which caused the water problem. They are fixing it now and Seth should be on his way shortly. The No. 45 appears to have a broken axle. The crew is working to repair it in the pits but this may take some time. The No. 46 is in P6 right now, out of 12 GT2 cars.

3:44 pm - The NO. 44 is back in the pits - looks like there's a water leak and he's leeaking fluid out the back which was probably the cause of the spin. The No. 45 is in the pits with some type of mechanical problem - we don't know yet what it is. The No. 46 is still out.

3:42 pm - Joerg radios in that he can't shift there's a problem with the gearbox. he says it feels almost like the driveshaft. He just left pit lane, and is still rolling but can't shift. Seth spun in the No. 44 but continued.

July 17, 2008 - 3:35 pm - Hello from Mid-Ohio Sports Course in beautiful Lexington, Ohio. It is hot, hot, hot here today - thankfully not as humid as Lime Rock, but definitely hot. We are getting ready for this afternoon's first session - it's a test session that was scheduled to start at 3:35 - looks like the session is running late - from one of the earlier support series session.
Patrick Pilet will go out first in the No. 46, Seth Neiman in the No. 44 and Joerg Bergmeister in the No. 45.

The crew stayed on the East Coast after Lime Rock last weekend - they worked on repairing the No. 44 from its crash at Lime Rock with the No. 16 Dyson Prototype, and the repairs on the No. 45 from the contact with the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche. We have a bit more track time here at Mid-Ohio than we did at Lime Rock which will definitely help with setup.

The cars are in pit lane, getting ready for the session.