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Horag Racing's Lammers to Start Eighth in LMP2
In Saturday's Twelve Hours of Sebring
 
SEBRING, Fla., March 13 - Ben Devlin escaped injury but his crash wiped out 
qualifying for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Thursday afternoon at 
Sebring International Raceway. The official starting line-up was determined by each 
entry's fastest time set during any of the three practice sessions, so Horag 
Racing ended up eighth in the LMP2 class and 12th overall on the starting grid 
for Saturday's 35-car American Le Mans Series (ALMS) season opener.
 
Jan Lammers of Katwyk, the Netherlands was behind the wheel of Horag Racing's 
brand-new Porsche RS Spyder No. 27 when its fastest practice time prior to 
qualifications was posted in the Thursday morning session.  That lap was run in 
1:48.522 for an average speed of 122.740 miles per hour for the 3.7-mile, 
17-turn road course, so that turns out to be the team's qualifying time and speed.
 
Lammers was ready to try to go even faster in the 20-minute qualifying 
session Thursday afternoon, but he didn't get the chance, as IMSA officials 
abandoned the session when it seemed that the clean-up of the Devlin accident would be 
lengthy.  Lammers didn't get even one flying lap in, as the team's strategy 
was not to start the qualifying session right away, waiting a bit to try to get 
a better spot in traffic. 
 
The team's fastest lap in the first practice session was a 1:49.220 (121.956 
mph), which was eighth in LMP2 and 11th overall.  Its fastest lap in the 
second practice session was a 1:51.273 (119.706 mph) that was ninth in LMP2 and 
13th overall. The one that counted for the starting line-up, the third practice 
session, put the team eighth in class and 12th overall for that session as well 
as for the starting grid.
 
Horag Racing owner Markus Hotz said that Lammers will start the race Saturday 
at 10:05 a.m. Eastern time, with Fredy Lienhard of Niederteufen, Switzerland 
and Didier Theys of Scottsdale, Ariz., following in the driver rotation for 
his team.  It is sponsored by Lista, Making Workspace Work, and Lista Office LO.
 
This event is the first ever for the team's brand-new Porsche RS Spyder.  The 
team has been working hard to learn as much as possible about its new car 
here, and all the drivers say it's a pleasure to drive.
 
Although Lammers lives in Europe, he has ties to Florida.  His children live 
in Kissimmee, near Walt Disney World.
 
SPEED plans a special pre-race show from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern tonight.  
Night practice is slated for 7:15 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern tonight too.
 
The live race coverage on SPEED runs from 9:30 a.m. to noon Eastern and then 
again from 2 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Eastern Saturday.
 
Live timing and scoring will be available on imsaracing.net.  The schedule 
can be found on the series' Web site at americanlemans.com.  Horag Racing's Web 
site is at horag-racing.com.