Flying Lizard's Jorg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler took the spoils in the GT2 class at the Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park on Saturday, the latest round in the American Le Mans Series.
It was the team's second consecutive win at Lime Rock and the duo's third win so far this season from five races.
The result sees Bergmeister and Henzler increase their lead in the ALMS drivers' championship and they are now eleven points ahead of Tafel Racing's Dirk Mueller and Dominik Farnbacher. The team has also retained the ALMS team championship lead.
"We didn't qualify where we wanted to because of set-up problems, but once we got the lead - thanks to quick work by our crew - we tried to control the race, and led by as many as two laps near the end," said Bergmeister.
"Wolf did a good job of keeping the car out of trouble during the last part of the race, and bringing home the victory. We had too much lock on the differential, but once we corrected that problem, we had a good car."
The #45 Porsche was one of the few GT2 cars that emerged unscathed from the narrow, challenging track that claimed nearly one-third of the total starting field, including the two sister Flying Lizard Porsches.
Podium hopes for the #46 Flying Lizard of Johannes van Overbeek and Patrick Pilet were dashed with just 40 minutes left to go in the 2 hour and 45 minute race when an incident with the #87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche damaged the right front radiator.
The #46 had been leading at the time, just ahead of the #45, and both cars were 2 laps ahead of the next closest GT2 car. After pitting to add water, the #46, now in fourth position, struggled to stay in the race, but with the radiator damaged and no time for a radiator replacement, the #46 was forced to finish the race in the pits, finishing seventh in the points.
At least they were classified though, as Seth Neiman and Darren Law were forced to retire in the #44 machine. The #44 Porsche had been in a solid seventh at the half-way point, until it was collected by the #16 Dyson prototype, causing significant damage.
