Cumming, Georgia -- Tafel Racing is going directly from Long Beach to Houston for round four of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Houston Grand Prix to be run this Saturday.

The Lone Star state will play host for the second year to the ALMS cars on the grounds of Reliant Stadium, home of the Houston Texans.  The race also marks the third consecutive street race for the series.

Coming off top five finishes at St. Petersburg and Long Beach, the Tafel team is hungry for another podium finish like they were able to put together at the season opener in Sebring.  Wolf Henzler and Robin Liddell have shown great speed at these street circuits, having lead significant laps in each event.  The duo are currently third in the GT2 points standing with teammates Jim Tafel and Dominik Farnbacher in sixth.

Long Beach, Calif. -- Tafel Racing finished fourth and seventh today in GT2 in round three of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.  The No. 71 of Wolf Henzler and Robin Liddell came home fourth and Jim Tafel and Dominik Farnbacher were seventh in the No. 73.

The race distance of 100-minutes is the shortest duration the ALMS series has ever run.  This made strategy and pit stops a premium on the closed 1.9-mile, 11-turn street course.   The race played out with only one caution period which came out on lap 14 and lasted six laps.

Henzler started the No. 71 Tafel Porsche from the third row of the GT2 grid.  The German maintained a steady pace and took over the lead on lap 31.  He then proceeded to turn fast laps and gap the second place GT2 car by eight seconds before handing over to Liddell.

“The car was a lot better than in qualifying,” Henzler said.  “I was able to move up through the field with the help of some the front cars pitting under the first caution.  I passed the leading car into turn one when I got a good run off of the last turn.  I had pretty clear laps and was able to put a lot of time to the second place car.  Fourth place is a good result; we just needed a little luck at the end which did not come to get on the podium.”