Wolf Henzler and Jörg Bergmeister took their second straight GT2 victory and third of the season for Flying Lizard Motorsports and Porsche. Henzler got around team-mate Johannes van Overbeek with 37 minutes remaining after Farnbacher Loles Racing's Dirk Werner slammed into van Overbeek's side on a restart.
The collision sent van Overbeek off track and Henzler into first place where he stayed for the remainder.
"I was on the right side of Dirk and I don't know what happened," Henzler said. "I think a prototype came out of the pits and maybe that affected something. I saw later that Johannes was not behind me any more and didn't know what was going on. When we had a one-lap lead, there wasn't much more for me to do except cruise around and bring the car back home. The key was at the beginning when we showed the car was very good. When we lost the position and I gained it back, the main objective was to bring the car back home."
The Lizard Porsche crossed the finish line a lap ahead of class pole-winner Werner and team-mate Richard Westbrook. Risi Competizione's Jaime Melo and Mika Salo were third in their first race since winning the class championship at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Henzler and Bergmeister increased their lead in the class championship to 11 points over Tafel Racing's Dirk Mueller and Dominik Farnbacher after the duo made a last minute stop for fuel and finished fourth. That's where Bergmeister and Henzler started after a subpar qualifying session Friday.
"We didn't qualify where we wanted to qualify because we had a little issue with the car," said Bergmeister, who won for the third straight year at Lime Rock. "It was very good in the morning warm-up. Not starting up front is not an easy task. I tried to stay out of trouble and not make mistakes. Once I got the lead, I tried to control it. I have tried to stay out of trouble the last two years and Wolf did it this year. I think we were the only car that didn't have a mark on it."
