2012 Speed.com Sports Car driver of the year Ryan Dalziel battled the bumps of the iconic Sebring International Raceway to give SRT Motorsports a fighting fifth place finish in the Twelve Hours of Sebring.Ryanoriginally from Airdrie in Lanarkshireshowed he has maintained the form that took him the FIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 team title and second place in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Cars Series with two flawless stints in Florida.He handed over to Dominik Farnbacher in second place, but an electrical glitch in the Viper GTS-R meant they lost three laps and dropped to fifth before the German star could get back out on track.They still fought hard to bring the car home in one piece, but it was scant reward after Ryanwho lives in Windermere, FloridaMarc Goossens and Farnbacher produced some stunning laps to take the car from its tenth-place start on the grid into the lead.    RYAN SAYS: I think we were pretty confident in our package. The car has been pretty well balanced all weekend. As much as were disappointed, weve got to be proud of the job we did. Its really great for SRT starting their full season campaign.We passed the lead cars a number of times and we deserved to be up there. We have speed in the car and now we just need to work on all the little things. Its the little things that come together and win championships. When I signed up for this deal, I knew the people at Riley and the people at SRT wanted to win. I came here after winning this race last year and I expected nothing less than victory. Im really proud to be part of this program. Its really an amazing deal for me.Im a little sad that I dont get to go to the rest of the races but Im looking forward to seeing the progress of the team. Were going to take a lot of positives away from today because the whole team did an incredible job. The crew did an amazing job. We had great pit stops and a really good car so we move on to the next one. GARY JOHNSON - SRT MOTORSPORTS RACING MANAGERSAYS: The speed was fantastic. Of course were not going to be happy until we win one of these races but the speed was there. The drivers did a great job and the team was flawless on all our pit stops.Just a few items to go back on to the drawing board with and well get those corrected. The next race ought to be that much better. I think it proved that the cars have potential and the drivers are key to that. They brought it home without any contact with any other cars. Thats a good thing to have. NOTES: Ryan will next be in Grand-Am Rolex action for Starworks Motorsport at Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama, April 3-6, 2013.Ryan managed a career-best second place in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2012, with a win at Watkins Glen, second place in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and third at Sahlens Six Hours Of  The Glen and Laguna Seca. He also won the Rolex 24 in 2010.He had four Rolex Grand-Am podiums in 2011a win at Mid-Ohio and third at Barber, Lime Rock and Watkins Glen. He also had three fourth-place finishes. Ryan also gave Starworks Motorsport its first DP victory, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, in 2008.Ryan and Starworks Motorsport won the FIA World Endurance LMP2 Championship, thanks to class wins at Sebring in Florida, the Le Mans 24 Hours and Brazil. They were also on the podium at Silverstone in the UK, Japan, China and Bahrain.He also grabbed an American Le Mans Series LMPC class wins at Petit Le Mans, Baltimore and Long Beach in California as well as a third place in class at Mosport in Canada.