Jörg Bergmeister
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Jörg Bergmeister (born February 13, 1976 in Leverkusen) is a race car driver from Germany.
His father, Willi Bergmeister, owns a workshop and dealership where Michael Schumacher learned his trade as a car mechanic in the 1980s.
Since 1996, Jörg has raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup. In 2006 he won the Grand-American Rolex Series Championship. He also won the 2003 Rolex 24 at Daytona overall in a Porsche 911 GT3-RS.
He also won the Porsche Supercup in 2001, and the German Cup in 2000.He is one of the tallest sport car drivers at 6'7" He also has a degree in economics. As of 2007, Jörg drives for Flying Lizard Motorsports in the American Le Mans Series and the Le Mans 24 Hours
[edit] Career
- 2006 - 1st place ALMS GT2 Class Driver's Championship (Porsche 911 GT3-RSR)
- 2006 - 1st place Grand-Am Daytona Prototype Driver's Championship
- 2005 - 1st place ALMS GT2 Class (Porsche 911 GT3-RSR), 4th Place Daytona Prototype Grand-Am
- 2004 - 1st place GT Class 24 Hours of Le Mans
- 2003 - 3rd place ALMS GT Class (Porsche 911 GT3-RS), 1st place Rolex 24 at Daytona Overall win
- 2002 - 4th place ALMS GT Class (Porsche 911 GT3-RS), 1st place GT Class Rolex 24 at Daytona
- 2001 - 2nd place Porsche Carrera Cup, 1st place Porsche Supercup
- 2000 - 1st place Porsche Carrera Cup, 6th place Porsche Pirelli Supercup
- 1999 - 3rd place Porsche Carrera Cup
- 1998 - 9th place Porsche Carrera Cup
- 1997 - 6th place Formula Opel Euroseries
- 1996 - 7th place Porsche Carrera Cup
- 1995 - 2nd place Formula Opel
- 1994 - Deutsche Formula Renault Masterseries
- 1993 - 1st place Formula König
- 1992 - 3rd place Formula König
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