Flying Lizard Qualifies 3rd, 5th and 7th in GT2 for Mid-Ohio

July 18, 2008--Lexington, OH-- The Flying Lizard No. 45, 46 and 44 Porsches qualified third, fifth and seventh, respectively, in GT2 for tomorrow's Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, the sixth of eleven races in the 2008 ALMS season.

All three Lizard Porsches headed out at the start of the 20-minute qualifying session, with Wolf Henzler behind the wheel of the No. 45, Patrick Pilet in the No. 46 and Lonnie Pechnik in the No. 44. Scorching temperatures in the 90's made for a very hot qualifying session on the 2.25-mile circuit, with track temperatures nearing 115 degrees.

In the No. 45, Wolf's fastest time of 1:20.226 was just two-tenths of a second off of the pole sitter, Jaime Melo in the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari.

Crew chief and co-technical director Tommy Sadler commented on the session, "We still have the morning warmup tomorrow to make some changes and finalize the setups, but in general today's results are a solid starting point for the team. It's great to see Risi back at the front of the grid and we look forward to giving them a good race tomorrow."

Follow the Race
The 2-hour and 45-minute Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio starts at 2:10 pm ET on Saturday, July 19. The race will be broadcast tape-delayed on NBC, starting at 12:00 pm ET on Sunday July 20. It will be broadcast in Europe on MotorsTV, tape-delayed starting at 7:00 pm CET on Sunday, July 20.

Radio coverage is tape-delayed on XM Satellite Radio Channel 144 starting at 5:00 pm ET, Sunday July 20, and live on Radio Le Mans at www.radiolemans.com.

The Lizards will broadcast their team radio live on raceday and provide a real-time blog of pit notes. For more info, go to www.lizardms.com.

About Flying Lizard Motorsports
2008 is the fifth consecutive ALMS season for the Sonoma, California-based GT2 team. Since its first year of competition in 2004, the team has finished in the top three in the ALMS GT2 team and drivers' championships, but has not yet won the GT2 title. In 2007, the team was second in the ALMS GT2 team championship and drivers Johannes van Overbeek and Joerg Bergmeister finished second in the ALMS GT2 drivers' championship.

Flying Lizard is sponsored by ShoreTel, a leading provider of enterprise IP telephony solutions, and eSilicon, a semiconductor company, both based in Sunnyvale, California. Team partners include Porsche and Michelin.

Visit the Flying Lizard website and online store at www.lizardms.com.

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