Road America - Lizards P2, P 4, P 7 !

***No 45 is second, No. 46 fourth and No. 44 seventh in GT2. Congratulations to the team! **

8:17 pm - The No. 87 passed the No. 62 - the No. 62 tried to repass and spun. Wolf passed the No. 71 Tafel Ferrari to move to P2. No. 87 won in GT2. Patrick is P4.
Congratulations to the Lizards on a great result in a frustrating race. Great, clean pass by Wolf on the last lap to take second.

P1 No. 87; P 2 No. 45; P 3 No. 71; P 4 No. 46. No. 44 is P7.

8:14 pm - Wolf is putting as much pressure as he can on the No. 71. He almost had him but had to go wide and lost the gap.

8:13 pm CT - Green flag.

8:12 pm - 4 minutes left. Still yellow. P1 No. 62; P 2 No. 87; P 3 No. 71; P 4 No. 45; P 5 No. 46; P 5 No. 61; P 7 No. 44.

8:05 pm CT - The No. 26 Acura and the 007 Aston Martin are in the gravel after colliding on course. Yellow flag. The No. 71 passed Patrick in the No. 46 to take P3. The No. 45 also passed Patrick to take P4. No. 44 is P 7. Positions: P1 No. 62; P 2 No. 87; P 3. No. 71; P 4 No. 45; P 5 No. 46. P 5 No. 61; P 7 No. 44. Nine minutes remaining. The race, most of which was run under yellow, may finish under yellow.

8:00 pm CT. 15 minutes left in the race. P1 No. 62; P 2 No. 87; P3 No. 46; P 4 No. 71; P 5 No. 45. Darren in the No. 44 is P7. The No. 71 is pushing hard on Patrick. Heard from the feed that the No. 62 does not need to stop again for fuel.

7:48 pm CT both the No. 71 and the No. 45 got stuck behind the No. 18 Porsche which is several laps back. They were finally able to thread safely by him but got separated from the pack. Wolf is stuck now behind a slow prototype that the No. 71 was able to get by. So there's now a gap between the No. 71 and Wolf in P5.

7:55 pm CT - Green Flag.

7:50 - All three Lizard Porsches are good on fuel through the end of the race. With the many cautions, they have been able to conserve fuel and can make it to the end. I believe that the No. 62 Risi Ferrari, which is in the lead, will have to stop again for fuel. I don't know the status of the No. 87, which is in P2. The No. 71 is in P4 and the No. 45 is P5. Darren in the No. 44 is in P7. We believe that the No 61 Ferrari, which is in P6, but one lap ahead of Darren, will have to stop for fuel before the end of the race. 24 minutes left.

7:42 - The No. 15 is off in the gravel in Turn 3 and it's double yellow. Looks like a broken wheel or rear suspension caused the problem. A very frustrating race so far with all of the yellows and issues.

7:41 - Unfortunately both the No. 71 and the No. 46 both went by the No. 45 on the restart. Not sure what happened, but Wolf may have been hit during the restart, forcing him wide. Positions: P1 No. 62; P 2 No. 87; P 3 No. 71; P 4 No. 46; P 5 No. 45. No. 44 P 7. 35 minutes left.

7:39 pm - Green flag.

7:35 pm - Still yellow. P1 No. 62; P 2 No. 87; P 3 No. 45; P 4 No. 71; P 5 No. 46. No. 44 P7 but is 2 laps down on the GT2 leader. The wave by has begun to get to the overall race leader.

7:32 pm - The No. 44 pits for a short splash of fuel. The No. 45 and No. 46 may be able to make it to the end of the race without having to come in for fuel. I believe that the No. 62 Risi Ferrari, which is now P1, will have to pit again. I don't know about the No. 87 which is in P2. Because timing and scoring was not functioning properly at the start, we don't have a correct read on pit stops.

7:28 pm - Still yellow.

7:23 pm - The No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche in P2 is putting a lot of pressure on the No. 62 Risi Ferrari in the lead. One of the corvettes went off course and collected some signage and looks like he is out. Double yellow.


7:21 pm - In the No. 44, Darren is nose to tail with the No. 61 Ferrari, who is one lap up from him but once Darren gets past him, he will now be on his lap, and just one lap down on the GT2 leaders.

7:17 pm. No. 62 still P1. No. 87 P2. No. 45 P3. No. 71 P4. No. 46 P5. No. 44 P7.

7:13 pm - Green flag.

7:10 am - Green next time by. The No. 62, which did not pit yet under this yellow, is P1. No. 87 is P2. No. 45 is P3. No 46 is P4. No. 71 is P5. No. 44 is P7. The top 5 GT2 cars are all bunched up so this will be a very challenging restart.

7:06 pm - All three Lizard cars pit simultaneously. No. 44 does a driver change. No. 45 Wolf stays in; No. 46 Patrick stays in . No. 45 is quickly out of the pits ahead of the No. 46. Both cars got out of the pits ahead of the No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari, which had also pitted.

7:03 pm - In the No. 45, Wolf now in the lead. No. 71 is P2; No. 62 is P3. No. 46 P 4; No. 87 P5. No. 44 is now P 7.

6:59 pm - Still yellow. Lizards are staying out for now. In the No. 45, it looks like Wolf will stay in the car during his pit stop but Joerg will change the drink bottle. In the No. 44, Darren will take over for Seth. In the No. 46, Patrick will stay in the car.

6:54 pm - A car is off in Turn 12, looks like the No. 73 Tafel Racing Ferrari was involved in the incident. Double yellow. All Lizard cars will pit under this yellow. It looks like Joerg will get into the No. 45, Darren in the NO. 44 and Patrick will stay in the No. 46.

6:49 pm - Wolf now under 4 seconds back from the No. 62. Under 90 minutes left in the stint.

6:46 - The No. 87 passed the No. 46 to move into fourth. Patrick in the No. 46 is now fifth. Positions: P1 No. 62; P 2 No. 45; P 3 No. 71; P4 No. 87; P 5 No. 46. No. 44 is P8.

6:44 pm - Wolf, in the No. 45 in P2 has closed the gap even further to the No. 62 Risi which is in P1. Patrick in the No. 46 is P4.

6:41 pm - Looks like the No. 71 Tafel Ferrari is by the No. 46 to take P3. The No. 87, which is on a faster pace than the No. 46, is now pushing hard on the No. 46.

6:33 - 1 hour and 43 minutes left in the race. No. 62 Ferrari in the lead. Wolf in the No. 45 is P2; P 3 No. 46. No. 44 is P8. All three Lizard cars will need to stop again for fuel (they can run about 1 hour here per full fueling). Wolf is slowly closing the gap between him and the No. 62 Risi Ferrari. He is now 6 seconds back. The No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari in fourth is right behind Patrick in the No. 46, in third.


6:26 pm - The No. 007 has a small fire under the car. They have extinguished it in the pits. A car is also partially blocking pit in - the GT2 Dodge viper, I think.

6:23 pm - Positions: P1 No. 62; P2 No. 45; P 3 No. 46; P 4 No. 87; P 5 No. 71; P 6 No. 73. No. 44 is P8. Patrick radios in that the car is good and he is going to try to push.

6:18 - Wolf in the No. 45 now P2.

6:16 pm - The No. 87 is now in the lead. No. 62 Risi Ferrari is P2. No. 45 is P3. No. 46 is P4. No. 71 is P5. No. 44 is P8.

6:13 pm - The No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferari is in the pits for tires and fuel. I think they did a driver change to Dirk Mueller. I will report positions next lap after the field settles back in.

6:12 pm - The No. 45 has a very clean stop and Wolf is out quickly. The No. 46 is out just a few seconds later with Patrick Pilet at the wheel.

6:11 pm - No. 45 pits for driver change to Wolf Henzler, tires and fuel. No. 46 pits Just after him for driver change to Patrick Pilet, tires and fuel.

6:09 pm - After positions settled a bit after the 62 pit stop- No. 45 is P1; No. 87 P2; No. 46 P3; No. 71 P4; No. 62 P5.

6:07 pm - No. 62, the GT2 leader, pits and No. 45 moves into the lead. No. 87 is P3. No. 46 is P4, No. 71 is P5. No. 44 is P8.

6:04 pm - No. 45 is getting ready to pit. No. 46 will also pit.

5:58 pm - The No. 87 got past Johannes to take P3. Johannes now P4. Wolf is getting his helmet on so they are getting close to the pit stop for the No. 45, which is in P2.

5:57 - The No. 44 is in the pits for tires and fuel. Darren did a driver change to Seth Neiman in the No. 44. No. 45 with Joerg still on his first stint, is P2. No. 46, with Johannes still on his first stint is P3. Both the No. 45 and No. 46 are close to their driver change windows. If we don't have a yellow, they should pit within 15 to 20 minutes.

5:53 pm - Darren flat spotted one of the rear tires and needs to pit for new tires. In the No. 46, Johannes has the No. 61 Ferrari behind him (not for position he is one lap back) and the No. 87 right behind the ferrari. The FErrari has just passed Johannes, and now the No. 87 is right on his tail.

5:48 - No. 62 is P1; No. 45 P2; No. 46 P3; No. 87 P4; No. 71 P5. No. 44 P8. Joerg is 8 seconds back from the No. 62, and is running a slightly slower pace. Johannes is wrestling with the No. 46 and is significantly off the pace. Johannes is holding on to P3, but No. 87 is right behind him.

5:44 - The No. 21 is in the pits to serve a penalty for a violation during its last pit stop.

5:38 - The timing and scoring that we can see is not functioning properly so apologies if coverage is a bit spotty. The No. 62 Risi Ferrari is in the lead. Joerg in the No. 45 is P2. Johannes in No. 46 is now P3, after the P 4 car, the No. 21, just pitted. Darren is in P9 in the No. 44. Darren is one lap down from the GT2 lead pack. We have 2 hours and 42 minutes left in the race - just under the normal race length.

5:36 pm - The No. 30 just went off course into the gravel but continued. Quite a lot of gravel on the track near the kink. No. 21, which was in P3 is in the pits.

5:29 pm - Joerg in the No. 45 is minus 3.3 from the No. 62 Risi Ferrari. The No. 62 is on a slightly faster pace than the No. 45.

5:26 pm - Joerg has passed the No. 21 to move into P2. No. 62 Risi Ferrari in P2. Johannes still P4. Darren P8.

5:22 pm - The No. 62 Risi Ferrari has moved past the No. 21 to take the lead. Joerg is starting to put pressure on the No. 21 Panoz. Johannes in P4. Darren is in P8.

5:18 pm CT - Positions (I think) are: P1 No. 21; P 2 No. 62; P 3 No. 46; P 4 No. 73. Joerg moved past the No. 73 to take fourth and is waiting for a chance to move past Johannes - yes, he just passed him to to take P3. The No. 46 is slightly off the pace right now.

5:18 pm CT - Green flag.

5:13 pm - The No. 71, which was in P2, finally pits for fuel - not sure if they did tires, but I don't think so. Still yellow. The NO. 21, in the lead, has not yet pitted.

5:11 pm CT - Well, nearly an hour into the race and most of it has been run under yellow. Hopefully we'll get through this and have a solid rest of the 3 hours. REminder that we are broadcasting our team radios - see the "Follow the RAce" tab on the home page.

5:10 pm - Johannes in the No. 46 has moved to P3. Joerg in the No. 45 is in P 6. Still yellow.

5:09 pm - The No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche just served a penalty for speeding in pit lane. Positions: P1 No. 21; P2 No. 71; P 3 No. 73; P 4 No. 46; P 5 No. 62; P 6 No. 45. None of the top three cars have pitted. No. 44 is P10. The course is double yellow because the No. 12 prorotype is slow on course.

5:07 pm CT - Green flag.

5:00 pm CT - Joerg is out again after pitting for the quick repair. Meanwhile the No. 44 pitted for tires, fuel and driver change to Darren Law. I will report positions in a minute. Still yellow.

4:57 - We have an issue on the No. 45 - a bolt may be missing or loose on the right front suspension so he must take the car around carefully and pit again for them to fix it.

4:54 - Both the No. 45 and the No. 46 are pitting for fuel and tires. Still yellow for the earlier No. 40 incident. Both cars are out quickly. The No 62 Risi Ferrari, which was in P2 also pitted. Confirmed that the No. 71 did not pit.

4:48 - The No. 40 Doran Ford is deep in the gravel after apparently being punted off by a prototype. Double yellow. This could be bad news for Joerg in the No. 45 in P1 because it will allow the No. 62 which is now in P2 and the No. 71 in P3 to close the gap that Joerg has built. But it could help the No. 46 which is in P4, allowing him to close the gap to No. 71 in P3. Seth in the No. 44 is now in P 11. Looks like Seth got the wave by under yellow, so he gets the lap back that he lost earlier.

4:42 - Joerg passed the No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari to take the lead. Johannes is P4. No. 71 is now P2 and No. 62 P3. Seth in No. 44 is P13.

4:41 - Green flag.

4:38 - still yellow flag. Timing and scoring is back up in the pits so it will be easier to figure out where we are now. Out of the 14 car field, Joerg in the No. 45 is P2, Johannes in the No. 46 is is P4 and Seth in the NO. 44 is P 10. Unfortunately, Seth was in position just behind the overall leader, which will allow the lead GT2 pack to gain a lap on him - so he and the GT2 cars behind him are now one lap down on the GT2 leaders.


4:30 pm CT - Positions P1 No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari, P2 No. 45, P3 No. 62 Risi Ferrari, P4 No. 46.

4:28 pm CT - Yellow flag, the No. 66 is in the tire wall. It is so early in the race that most likely all three cars will stayout.
Correction - Joerg was able to pass the No. 62 in the first few laps so he is P2.
4:25 pm CT - It looks like Johannes in the No. 45, who started in fifth, was able to get by the 87 Farnbacher Porsche, which started in fourth. Joerg is P3 - behind the No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari, which started on the pole, and the No. 62 Risi Ferrari, which started P2.

4:19 pm CT - It was a clean race start for the field. We are holding our starting positions - Joerg is P3 and Johannes is P5. Unfortunately we do not have timing and scoring in the pits right now due to to a technical issue so it will be a bit difficult to report positions.

4:15 pm CT - Joerg Bergmeister starting in the No. 45. Seth Neiman in the No. 44, Johannes van Overbeek in the No. 46. Green flag this time by.

4:13 pm - Pace cars is out - one pace lap. Green flag shortly.

4:07 pm CT - We are on a hold for a technical issue - it may be a timing and scoring issue. We don't know how long it will be but hopefully we'll get underway soon.

*** 3:55 pm CT - Five minutes to engine start. ** We are having connection problems here due to cloud cover so blog and radio may be intermittent.


11:30 am CT - Checkered flag on the session. All went well during the session for the Lizards. The No. 45 was P1 in a time set by Joerg early in the session. Darren is P5 in the No. 44 and Johannes is P7 in the No. 46.

11:28 am - Johannes pits for a setup change in the No. 46. Just 2 minutes left in the session so this will be a fast change.

** Reminder that we are broadcasting our radio live today during this morning's session and during the race. The race begins at 4 pm CT today. it will be broadcast tape-delayed on Speed TV - broadcast is Sunday, August 10 at 1 pm CT. **

11:22 - Darren is apparently having fun and doesn't want to get out of the car - he requested one more lap then will turn the car over to Seth Neiman who will finish out the session. Darren just came into town last night after finishing third in the yesterday's Grand-Am race.

11:21 - Patrick pits for a driver change to Johannes van Overbeek. Patick is P6, Darren is P4, Wolf still P1. 10 minutes left in the session. Wolf radios in that he went off in the grass in the exit of Turn 7 but all seems OK. He will stay out.

11:18 - Darren now P3. Wolf Henzler is now in the No. 45, still P1 from Joerg's earlier fast lap. Patrick Pilet is P5.

11:14 - Darren now P4 in the No. 44. Looks like he is happy with the setup that Seth worked on over the last few days. Patrick now P5.

11:11 am CT - Joerg is now P1 in the No. 45. Patrick is P4 and Darren is P7.

11:05 am CT - Good morning from Road America. Morning warmup is underway. Darren Law has arrived and is out in the No. 44 Porsche for his first run here. Joerg Bergmeister is in the No. 45, and Patrick Pilet in the No. 46. It is a beautiful day here and should be perfect racing weather. This morning's session will be a short 25 minutes - just enough time for us to check the setup changes that we made to the cars post-qualifying.