Flying Lizard Launches Porsche Motorsports-Branded Apparel Program

May 13, 2009 -- Sonoma, Calif. -- Flying Lizard Motorsports launched today a program with Porsche Motorsports which authorizes the team to create and market team apparel bearing the official Porsche 911 GT3 RSR logo in combination with the Flying Lizard team logo. The sports car racing team--which is defending GT2 champion in the 2009 American Le Mans Series and recently announced their fifth consecutive 24 Heures du Mans entry in France--is partnering with Porsche to offer the silver, red and black Porsche 911 GT3 RSR logo on select Flying Lizard team merchandise.

"Our fans think of us as a Porsche team; they love Porsches and love the team and want to proudly display that," said Paul Pillitteri, Flying Lizard merchandise director. "We've had an overwhelming number of requests to put the Flying Lizard and Porsche Motorsports brands together on our gear. After working closely with Porsche on a co-branding program we are now launching the first products. Our men's full-button camp shirt is a fan favorite for casual evenings out, and now looks even classier with the addition of the Porsche logo. Our brand new charcoal-grey racing tee-shirt features a popular 'all-over' printing technique on the front with the No. 45 Porsche and both logos."

President of Porsche Motorsports North America Paul Ritchie commented, "Our long-standing relationship with Flying Lizard was a key part of our decision to license the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR logo. The team operates at the highest level of professionalism in one of the toughest forms of racing out there today. We support Flying Lizard's goal to offer high-quality merchandise that both celebrates their fan's favorite racing team and their favorite marque - Porsche."

The first jointly branded apparel items are available today at the Flying Lizard online store and will be available at the Flying Lizard booth at most ALMS racing events.

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American Le Mans Series - Up Next
Up next for the Lizards in the ALMS is the Utah Grand Prix, at Miller Motorsports Park May 17. For more info, see www.lizardms.com.

The 24 Heures du Mans
The 24-hour endurance race gets the green flag on Saturday June 13 at 15:00 CET. For race details, see www.lemans.org.

About Flying Lizard Motorsports
2009 is the sixth consecutive ALMS season for the Sonoma, California-based GT2 team. Since its first year of competition in 2004, the team has finished every year in the top three in the ALMS GT2 team and drivers' championships. Notably, in 2008, the team won both the ALMS GT2 drivers' (No. 45 Porsche of Joerg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler) and team championships. In 2007, Flying Lizard was second in the ALMS GT2 team championship and No. 45 drivers Johannes van Overbeek and Joerg Bergmeister finished second in the ALMS GT2 drivers' championship.

Flying Lizard has also competed in the 24 Heures du Mans from 2005 through 2008, finishing third in 2005, fourth in 2006, and sixth in 2008.

Flying Lizard is sponsored in the American Le Mans Series by ShoreTel, a leading provider of enterprise IP telephony solutions and eSilicon, a semiconductor company, both based in Sunnyvale, California; and RedlineCoffee.com, a premium coffee company dedicated to motorsport enthusiasts, based in Boulder, Colorado. Team partners include Porsche and Michelin.

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