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Horag Racing's Lienhard to Retire as Driver
Following Sunday's LMS Season Finale
At Silverstone
 
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, England, Sept. 12 - Sunday's 1,000 Kilometers of 
Silverstone will not only bring the 2008 Le Mans Series (LMS) to an end, but it will 
also mark the last race for Horag Racing driver Fredy Lienhard. 
 
Lienhard, of Niederteufen, Switzerland, has told his fellow teammates that he 
will retire from the cockpit of the Lista Office LO Porsche RS Spyder 
following Sunday's race, which falls on his actual 61st birthday. 
 
"It's simply a matter of my age, which I think that everyone understands," 
Lienhard said.  "Some drivers say that they decide to retire due to health 
reasons, but I'm in better shape now than I was a few years ago. I wanted to go out 
at the top of my game, and I'm happy to say that our team is one of the top 
LMP2 teams around."
 
Horag Racing is fourth in the LMP2 class going into Sunday's race.
 
"Although it was not an easy decision to make, I know the time is right," 
Lienhard added.  "I want to end my driving career on this top level, and be 
thankful for all the good times and special moments that I was privileged to live 
over all these years."
 
In addition to sharing the cockpit with drivers Didier Theys and Jan Lammers, 
Lienhard owns the Porsche RS Spyder that the team campaigns.  He has agreed 
to allow Horag Racing team owner Markus Hotz to use the car during the 2009 Le 
Mans Series season, after which the car will also retire and take up residence 
at the state-of-the-art racing museum that Lienhard is building in 
Romanshorn, Switzerland.  Details about the museum, which is slated to open early in 
2009, can be found on its Web site at autobau.ch.
 
Hotz is looking for primary sponsorship for the 2009 season.  Lista Office, a 
state-of-the-art office furniture company that Lienhard also owns, will take 
an associate sponsorship position on the team next year.
 
"The chemistry of the Horag Racing team is incredible," Lienhard noted. "It's 
an international team with a great deal of spirit. No matter what their 
nationalities, everyone comes in on the racing weekend and works well together. 
This is all due to the fine direction we have from Markus Hotz.  It is an 
excellent team that delivers results to all of its sponsors."
 
More information is available on horag-racing.com, autobau.ch and 
lemans-series.com.