Petersen/ White Lightning Driver Bergmeister Comments on Le Mans Incident

Petersen/ White Lightning Driver Jörg Bergmeister Comments on Incident

LE MANS, France, June 17, 2006 – Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning
Racing driver Jörg Bergmeister (Langenfeld, Germany) returned to the paddock
and offered more insight into the incident that eliminated he and the No. 90
Krohn/ Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning/ Michelin Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
from the 74th Annual 24 Heures du Mans. 

 

Jörg Bergmeister: “I was looking at the dash for fuel consumption and
switching modes when I missed a braking point. It wasn’t that I pushed too
hard – I just made a mistake.” 

 

The 2004 Le Mans GT2 class winner and 2005 American Le Mans Series GT2
Driver champion suffered only minor bruising in the incident which took
place at the first chicane of the Mulsanne Straight of the Circuit de la
Sarthe. Bergmeister will be ready to rejoin the Petersen/ White Lightning
team at the next round of the American Le Mans Series, the New England Grand
Prix at Lime Rock Park on July, 1st.

 

Minutes into the 11th hour of the 74th Annual 24 Hours of Le Mans, the car
of the two-time Le Mans winning team owned by Michael Petersen (Las Vegas,
Nev., USA) and managed by Dale White (Bozeman, MT, USA) left the racing line
on the it’s 148th lap of the Circuit de la Sarthe. Bergmeister reported the
car “destroyed” at that time. Bergmeister was sharing the car with Nic
Jönsson (a native of Sweden currently living in Buford, Georgia, USA) and
Tracy Krohn (Houston, Texas, USA). He was running fifth in class at the time
of the incident. The No. 90 is currently listed ninth in class, 35th
overall. 

 

Philippa Neilson of Krohn Racing contributed to this release.

 

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