The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach at all times brings out a number of additional gamers desirous to drive the long-lasting Southern California avenue circuit, and this yr is not any exception. Flying Lizard Motorsports will make its return to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Elias Sabo and Andy Lee in a No. 28 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 within the Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) class for this yr’s occasion.
A neighborhood to the Long Beach space, Sabo has lengthy wished to race within the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship occasion in entrance of his home crowd.
“I couldn’t be more excited to be driving in the Long Beach Grand Prix this year,” stated Sabo, a resident of Newport Beach. “This race is at my home track. It’s so exciting to be able to compete in front of a number of my friends and family who will be in attendance. Andy and I had originally entered the race in 2020 but it was canceled due to Covid. Now four years later we get a chance to compete in a bucket list race for me.”
For many years a stalwarts of IMSA competitors, Flying Lizard Motorsports is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The now 24-time sports activities automobile racing championship program began racing within the American Le Mans Series in 2004. For many years a Porsche manufacturing facility workforce, famously with Joerg Bergmeister and Patrick Long piloting the purple and silver 911s, in 2014, the Lizards turned a buyer racing workforce after proprietor and founder Seth Neiman bought the outfit to longtime Lizards Darren Law, Thomas Blam, and Tommy Sadler.
Sabo and Lee have been taking part in SRO America for a number of years, primarily within the Pirelli GT4 America collection however stepping as much as Fanatec GT World Challenge America this season.
“From the moment I started working with Elias, Long Beach was always a huge goal for us,” stated Lee. “It’s basically Elias’ hometown race since it’s so close to his business and family. We came close to competing in 2020 in the GT4 division before the event was cancelled during the pandemic. I can’t tell you how excited we are for the opportunity to compete this year and to do so in the IMSA WeatherTech GTD class is extra special.”
The 1h40m race for the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship takes place Saturday afternoon at 1:35 p.m. Pacific time, that includes the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) and GTD courses.
