Farnbacher Loles Racing Captures Victory at Road America

August 9, 2008 — Elkhart Lake, WI — 

Farnbacher Loles Racing celebrated its first American Le Mans Series win Saturday evening, topping the GT2 class at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. Bryce Miller of Summit, N.J., Dirk Werner of Kissenbrück, Germany, and Richard Westbrook of London, England, took the No. 87 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR to the head of the class, backed by a strong crew effort and an effective strategy team.

Miller drove the first stint, starting fourth on the GT2 grid. He pitted from sixth and handed off to Westbrook, who returned to the track fifth in class. Despite a penalty for exceeding the pit-lane speed limit, Westbrook moved up to take the class lead just before the halfway mark of the four-hour race, then stopped for a driver change.

Werner drove the last half of the race, returning to the track fifth. He gained three positions on his final stop for fuel and tires, then held second in class until the last minute of the race. He passed the class-leading Ferrari of Mika Salo, who then regained the lead, but braked too late on the fifth turn of the 4.048-mile road course and spun, leaving Werner to take the checkered flag.

CDOC CEO Colin Dougherty said, "It's great to see our friends and customers at Farnbacher Loles do so well against the best competition in the world. All of us at CDOC are happy to help support the world-class teams in the ALMS and Grand-Am Series, and having so many friends in the series make it hard to know who to cheer for. Darren Law again showed his talents this weekend, wrapping up another double-header race weekend with a solid 3rd in Watkins Glen and a 7th place finish at Road America."

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