Seth Neiman

Seth Neiman

Nationality	American
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2005 -
Teams	Flying Lizard Motorsports
Best finish	13th (3rd in class)(2005)
Class wins	0

Seth Neiman (born June 27, 1954) is a businessman and professional racing driver. He races for and is the team principal of Flying Lizard Motorsports in the American Le Mans Series.

Racing career

Neiman joined Flying Lizard Motorsports in 2005 and competed in the ALMS GT2 class for the team as well as finishing third in GT2 class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He finished 4th at Le Mans the following year and finished 9th in ALMS GT2 points for the same team in 2006. He also drove in four SCCA World Challenge races in the Touring Car class. In 2007, he finished 10th in ALMS and the car failed to finish at Le Mans. In 2008 he captured a career best 5th place in ALMS GT2 points and finished 6th at Le Mans. In 2009 he again failed to finish at Le Mans and finished 7th in ALMS points.^[1] He has returned to the team in 2010 and competed in his first 24 Hours of Daytona, finishing 9th overall and 2nd in GT.^[2]

Biographical

Seth Neiman was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, and grew up in Dayton. His mother was Judith Klapper Neiman and father was Ralph Bernard Neiman.^[3] The second child of four, he had two sisters and a younger brother. His pastimes included science, throwing discus, and running track.^{[citation needed]} He graduated from the Ohio State University in philosophy and attended graduate school there.^[4]

Neiman was involved with Maxitron Corporation and Dahlgren Control Systems before becoming vice-president of the Sun Microsystems division developing TOPS. He joined the venture capital firm Crosspoint Venture Partners in 1994, and was as a founder of Brocade Communications Systems in 1995.^[4] Neiman served as a lead investor and board member of networking companies, such as Foundry Networks, Avanex, iPass, Shoreline, Juniper Networks and NexPrise.^[5]

He currently resides in San Francisco, California.^{[citation needed]}

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2005	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Lonnie Pechnik	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	323	13th	3rd
2006	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Long	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	309	18th	4th
2007	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Johannes van Overbeek	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	124	DNF	DNF
2008	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Johannes van Overbeek	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	289	32nd	6th
2009	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Darren Law	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	194	DNF	DNF
2010	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Darren Law	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	61	DNF	DNF
2011	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Am	211	DNF	DNF
2012	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Pilet Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Am	313	27th	4th

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