ILMC/ALMS, Twelve Hours Of Sebring - Late Race Quotes
From Pit Lane

Johnny Mowlem - "We had a great start.  The car was quick and I was able to take the lead in class.  I built about a 30 second gap and was a legitimate 12th overall.  Then I pitted and it all fell apart.  The floor was damaged and needs to be replaced.  I'm not sure if they will make the repairs to rejoin the race."

Spencer Pumpelly - "We lost two laps early with a clutch problem.  Luckily that was a quick fix and didn't cost us anymore than it did.  We were able to recover one of the laps during a yellow flag so now we are in 2nd place and one lap down.  Since then it's been a clean run, the car's been good."

Oliver Gavin - "It's been a tough 12-hrs so far. The GT class is brutal; non-stop. I said earlier that the one car that have a completely clean run, will be the car that wins the race.  Right now that looks like the BMWs. We're now only one lap down after the contact with Patrick Long, but that is going to be tough to make up. A lot can happen - there's 2:45 left and that's an entire normal ALMS race.  We'll just need a little luck."

Loic Duval - "Very good so far.  We've had no trouble and have had a clean race. I was a little disappointed after qualifying, but our pace during the race has been good. Our plan was to run with no mistakes.  For sure we it has helped that both factory Audi and Peugeot have had some troubles, but we have just run our race and not worried about what they are doing. I'm enjoying Sebring very much and will even more if we can stay out in front."

Gunnar Jeannette - "Honestly, the car was shit at the beginning of the race. What was happening was the power steering was losing fluid and the fluid was being shot onto the left rear tire. Finally the power steering gave out completely and we had to stop for repairs. A brand new cooler had split in half. The car was awesome for my last stint. There's still a long way to go.  We're back up to 3rd in class, so we'll keep pushing and make the best of it."

Tracy Krohn - "We can't be too unhappy with where we are right now, but we need to improve one more position. We are contending for the lead (GTE-AM class) heading into the final hours so that is good. Finding the right tire combinations has been our struggle all day."

Marino Franchitti - "The diesel definitely have a speed advantage over us. But with the yellows, solid strategy by he team and the three of us pushing as hard as possible, we've been able to stay up front. It's a testament to the job HPD and Highcroft have done preparing this car. It's impressive. We've been trying hard to keep in clean, which is very hard with all the traffic and different classes. The track too, does not have a lot of grip.  I had not done many laps in this car prior to this race.  The beginning part of my first stint I was still learning how the car wanted to be driven. It had changed a lot since I drove Thursday night.  But by my second stint I felt much more comfortable and had no problems."

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