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| Farnbacher Loles Racing - Rolex 24 final |
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| Sunday, 27 January 2008 | |
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Farnbacher Loles Racing showed its championship form during the Rolex 24 At Daytona, although the race didn't go the way they had hoped. The team had the momentum of the 2007 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series GT team and driver championships, a strong 32-man driver lineup and a talented, cohesive crew. But wins at Daytona require an element of luck, as well, and it wasn't with Farnbacher Loles on Saturday and Sunday. Farnbacher Loles set the two fastest GT laps during the race and led the fast-lap stats for 18 hours of the 24-hour race. 2007 Rolex Series GT champion Dirk Werner posted the fastest lap in the No. 87 (GT Champion) Porsche 911 GT3 Cup – one minute 51.240 seconds – at the six-hour mark. He held it until Wolf Henzler, driving the No. 86 (Power) Porsche passed him at 10h15 with a time of 1:51.285.
Four Farnbacher Loles drivers (Henzler, Jörg Bergmeister, Leh Keen and Werner) and two cars (Nos. 86 and 87) led the GT class five times during the first half of the race.
The race settled down for most of the team cars during the final six hours of the race, but the No. 86 (Power) Porsche was plagued by issues with the car's clutch hydraulic system. The No. 83 (Fitness) car also encountered problems and retired from the race.
The No. 87 (GT Champion) Porsche topped the Farnbacher Loles finishers with an eighth-place finish, giving full-season drivers Dominik Farnbacher and Dirk Werner a solid start in Rolex Series GT points. The No. 88 (Doncaster Racing) Porsche demonstrated Doncaster's consistency and finished 12th, with the No. 84 (Team Seattle) car right behind in 13th. The No. 86 (Power) Porsche was a disappointing 19th after a leading performance in the race, and the No. 85 (Team Seattle) car finished 21st. The No. 83 (Fitness) car and the No. 89 (Italian) Porsche retired from the race before the finish.
race positions
car start 6h 12h 18h 24h
83 28 28 84 33 19 85 30 20 86 14 1 87 13 21 88 10 31 89 12 18
race report
car time driver action
83 start T Bergmeister 45m T Bergmeister garage – broken driveshaft 1h20 change McCrackin in, back on track 1h27 McCrackin no radio 1h47 change pit – tires, fuel, radio repair attempt 2h40 change pit – Ludwig in, four tires, fuel, radio fuse 3h44 change pit – Walker in, four tires, fuel, radio repair 4h30 Walker pit – fuel, oil 5h15 change pit – Crews in, four rain tires, fuel
84 start Bingham 31m Bingham pit – fuel 1h49 change pit – Pennington in, fuel 3h12 change pit – Pickering in, fuel, oil 5h12 Pickering fuel 6h31 change pit – Cotter in, fuel, oil
85 start Bentley 31m Bentley pit – fuel 1h35 change pit – Kitch Jr in, four tires, fuel 2h50 change pit – Miller in, four tires, fuel 4h08 change pit – Pallis in, four tires, fuel 4h30 Pallis pit – fuel 5h15 Pallis pit – fuel 5h34 Pallis pit – clutch adjustment
86 start Henzler 36m Henzler pit – four tires, fuel 1h36 Henzler class lead 1h46 change pit - J. Bergmeister in, four tires, fuel 2h47 J Bergmeister class lead 3h58 change pit – Keen in, four tires, fuel 4h19 Keen class lead 5h12 Keen pit – four tires, fuel
87 start Werner 40m Werner class lead 50m change pit – damaged left-front control arm; Farnbacher in 1h7 Farnbacher back on track 1h10 Farnbacher pit – alignment adjustment 1h12 Farnbacher back on track 1h50 Farnbacher pit – four tires, fuel, alignment 2h12 Farnbacher pit – alignment 3h11 change pit – Ehret in, four tires, fuel, alignment 4h10 change pit – Bernhard in, four tires, fuel 4h30 Bernhard pit – left-front tire, fuel, alignment 4h34 Bernhard pit – alignment 5h15 change pit – Werner in, tires, fuel, alignment
88 start Stippler 37m Stippler pit – four tires, fuel 1h25 change pit – Lacey in, four tires, fuel 2h42 change pit – Wilkins in, four tires, fuel 3h02 Wilkins pit – radiator damage 4h24 change pit – Curran in, four tires, fuel 5h50 change pit – Kaffer in, four tires, fuel
89 start Hardt 1h22 change pit – Drudi in, four tires, fuel 1h56 Drudi pit – tires, fuel 2h15 change pit – Giammaria in, four tires, fuel 3h15 change pit – Petrobelli in, four tires, fuel 4h15 Petrobelli roll bar bracket broke 5h12 change pit – Hardt in, fuel 5h20 Hardt pit – four rain tires, roll bar taken off
car start 6h 12h 18h 24h
83 28 28 31 84 33 19 12 85 30 20 21 86 14 1 7 87 13 21 13 88 10 31 16 89 12 18 out race report
car time driver action
83 6h Crews 7h50 change pit – Bergmeister in, four tires, fuel 9h07 change pit – McCrackin in, four tires, fuel 10h17 change pit – Ludwig in, four tires, fuel 10h28 Ludwig pit – check damaged front bodywork, fuel 10h41 Ludwig pit, garage; repaired front bodywork, replaced hose 11h24 Ludwig garage – front bodywork damage
84 6h Cotter 6h31 change pit – Cotter in, fuel, oil 7h25 Cotter left-front puncture; pit – four tires, fuel 8h15 change pit – Bingham in, fuel 9h04 Bingham pit – four tires, fuel 10h17 change pit – Pennington in, fuel 10h55 Pennington pit – fuel
85 6h Pallis 6h41 change pit – Bentley in, four tires, fuel 7h48 Bentley pit – fuel 8h13 Bentley pit – fuel 9h04 change pit – Kitch Jr in, fuel 9h50 Kitch Jr garage – radiator replacement 10h40 Kitch Jr back on track; pit – fuel
86 6h Keen 6h23 change pit – Maassen in, four tires, fuel 8h10 change pit – Lux in, four tires, fuel 9h04 change pit – J Bergmeister in, four tires, fuel; class lead 9h35 J Bergmeister 60-second penalty for hitting a tire during the pit stop 10h12 change pit – Henzler in, four tires, fuel 10h18 Henzler class lead 10h47 Henzler pit – four tires, fuel, rear lower control arm, brakes
87 6h Werner fastest GT lap (1:51.420) 7h50 change pit – Farnbacher in, four tires, fuel 8h13 Farnbacher pit – fuel 9h07 Farnbacher pit – four tires, fuel 10h16 change pit – Ehret in, four tires, fuel 10h57 Ehret pit – fuel 11h32 change pit – Bernard in, tires, fuel
88 6h Kaffer 7h46 change pit – Stippler in, four tires, fuel 9h04 Stippler pit – four tires, fuel 10h16 change pit – Lacey in, four tires, fuel 10h56 Lacey pit – fuel
89 6h Hardt 6h57 change pit – Drudi in, four tires, fuel 8h13 Drudi pit – four tires, fuel, front brakes, front and rear roll bar 9h05 change pit – Giammaria in, rear tires, fuel 9h48 Giammaria hit by another car left right 9h49 Giammaria pit – tires and front bodywork checked, fuel 10h11 Giammaria pit – replaced front bodywork, front tires, fuel 10h22 Giammaria back on track 10h48 change pit – Petrobelli in, fuel, repair shifter cable 11h09 Petrobelli stop/go penalty for pitstop at start of full-course caution 11h23 Petrobelli left-front tire down, damage to radiator, front bodywork, chassis bent – out of race
race positions
car start 6h 12h 18h 24h
83 28 28 31 32 84 33 19 12 15 85 30 20 21 29 86 14 1 7 18 87 13 21 13 10 88 10 31 16 14 89 12 18 out
race report
car time driver action
83 12h Ludwig 13h12 change pit – Crews in, fuel 13h50 Crews pit – fuel 14h11 Crews pit – rain tires, fuel 16h09 change pit – McCrackin in, rain tires, fuel 17h01 McCrackin garage – tire down, front bodywork
84 12h Pennington 12h39 change pit – Pickering in, fuel 13h50 Pickering pit – four tires, fuel 13h55 Pickering pit – rain tires 15h00 change pit – Cotter in, rain tires, fuel 16h18 Cotter pit – fuel 16h57 change pit – Bingham in, fuel 17h12 Bingham pit – rear suspension 18h Bingham pit – fuel
85 12h Kitch Jr. 12h08 change pit – Miller in, four tires, fuel 13h07 Miller garage – left-front tire down, radiator damage 13h56 Miller one lap, back to garage 14h33 change Pallis in; back on track 16h08 change pit – Bentley in, tires, fuel 16h51 Bentley pit – four tires, fuel 17h56 Bentley pit – four tires, fuel
86 12h Henzler 13h09 change pit – Keen in, four tires, fuel 13h31 Keen pit – rear suspension 13h47 Keen pit – four tires 14h01 Keen pit – rain tires 15h20 change pit – Lux in, rain tires, fuel 16h12 change pit – Maassen in, rain tires, fuel 16h45 Maassen garage – clutch hydraulic failure 17h30 Maassen back on track 17h56 Maassen pit – fuel
87 12h Bernhard 12h36 change pit – Werner in, four tires, fuel 13h34 Werner pit – right tires, fuel 14h12 Werner pit – rain tires, fuel 15h00 change pit – Farnbacher in, rain tires, fuel 16h12 Farnbacher pit – fuel, dry tires, left front suspension work 17h16 Farnbacher pit – fuel 17h56 change pit – Bernhard in, four tires, fuel
88 12h Lacey 13h6 change pit – Curran in, tires, fuel 13h52 Curran pit – fuel 15h00 Curran pit – rear rain tires 16h12 change pit – Kaffer in, rain tires, fuel 17h12 Kaffer pit – fuel 17h56 change pit – Stippler in, four tires, fuel
race positions
car start 6h 12h 18h 24h
83 28 28 31 out 84 33 19 12 15 13 85 30 20 21 29 21 86 14 1 7 18 19 87 13 21 13 10 8 88 10 31 16 14 12 89 12 18 out
race report
car time driver action
83 17h01 McCrackin garage – out of race (updates previous report)
84 18h Bingham 18h42 change pit – Don Pennington in, four tires, fuel 20h57 change pit – Pickering in, fuel 22h08 Pickering pit – four tires, fuel 22h50 change pit – Cotter in, fuel 23h57 Cotter pit – check tires
85 17h56 change pit – Kitch in, four tires, fuel (updates previous report) 18h56 Kitch pit – four tires, fuel 19h15 Kitch pit – fuel 20h07 change pit – Miller in, fuel 21h13 Miller pit – fuel 22h19 change pit – Pallis in, fuel 23h34 change pit – Kitch Jr in, fuel
86 18h Maassen 18h54 change pit – Bergmeister in, four tires, fuel 19h41 Bergmeister pit – radiator, fuel 20h01 Bergmeister garage – replace clutch slave cylinder (master cylinder was replaced during 16h75 garage stop) 20h46 change pit – Lux in, four tires, fuel, back on track 21h13 change pit – Farnbacher in, four tires, fuel 22h21 change pit – Ehret in, four tires, fuel 22h57 Ehret pit – fuel, hydraulic pump line adjustment
87 18h Bernhard 19h00 change pit – Werner in, four tires, fuel 19h45 Werner pit – fuel 20h14 Werner pit – fuel 21h13 change pit – Farnbacher in, four tires, fuel 22h11 Farnbacher pit – fuel
88 18 Stippler 19h07 Stippler pit – clean oil off windshield 20h52 change pit – Wilkins in, four tires, fuel 21h13 change pit – Curran in, four tires, fuel 23h09 Curran pit – four tires, fuel
Gregory Loles, team owner: "I want to offer big, big congratulations to Mazda. I'm sure they're going to be a very worthy opponent all season. And my heartfelt congratulations to TRG. They represented the Porsche marque incredibly well. Unfortunately, we didn't have the luck ourselves this time, but we're very happy with the performance of all our drivers and our crew. Monday morning we'll start preparing for race two – it's a long season. Ironically, we're better off coming out of Daytona this year than we were last year, so we're looking forward to another strong fight. "
Tim Bergmeister, No. 83 driver: "It was a new experience for me in Daytona, my first 24-hour race here in the U.S. It's different. I know the 24 hours of the Nordschleife [Nürburgring], of Tokachi, of Bahrain, but this one is special. I had really good teammates and the car worked well, but we had a lot of bad luck during the race. But that's the way it is."
Chris Bingham, No. 84 driver: "The car was great all night. We spent a total of maybe 20 minutes of out-time, but it was all in the pit area. We didn't go into the garage one time. Our longest time out was maybe 10 minutes, so it's a testament to this crew, our drivers and everything about this team this year. We really put together a great program with Farnbacher Loles and all the Team Seattle guys, and everything we did for the Children's Hospital is incredible."
Ross Bentley, No. 85 driver: "I guess we broke rule No. 1, which is stay out of the pits and the garage. Other than that, we had a good race. But the coolest thing about this race is there will be close to half a million dollars going back to the Children's Hospital. Personally, to see Don [Kitch Jr, Team Seattle founder] drive the wheels off the car through the race – better than he ever has – and for him to finally get to take the checkered flag is great. He deserves it."
Wolf Henzler, No. 86 driver: "The crew did a very good job. It's always very hard for them. We are five drivers so we can go and have some rest, but the crew can't. They have to work the whole 24 hours. Unfortunately, we didn't get the result everybody wanted. We wanted to win the race, but you need a lot of luck also, not only a fast car. I'm not happy for Eric and Lee – they're running the season together and they're starting without a good result, they don't get many points. I hope and I wish that they will have better results during the season and hope they will be back in the championship."
Dirk Werner, No. 87 driver: "It's not the result we hoped for. For the championship, it's not so bad – last year we started worse. But you don't come to Daytona just to be part of it, you come to win the race. It looked good from the beginning, but then soon we had some problems and through the whole race, the problems never ended. I think we are pretty lucky to get an eighth-place in the end, and for the championship, nothing is lost."
Greg Wilkins, No. 88 driver: "The end result doesn't show how well the car performed. We were very unlucky in the early going of the race, so that really set us back, but we have been on the pace since then. It's a tribute to the Farnbacher Loles team, Greg Loles and our team – the guys did a great job. And to our co-drivers. We'd never driven together before and the chemistry was really good. They're very nice guys and very quick guys. Maybe we can get together again later in the year."
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