Flying Lizard No. 45 on the Pole for the Utah Grand Prix, No. 44 Qualifies Ninth

May 16, 2009 -- Toole, Utah -- It's the first pole of the season for Joerg Bergmeister, who set a new track qualifying lap record in GT2 in the No. 45. Teammate Seth Neiman qualified ninth out of the 15-car combined GT2 and challenge class field.

It's also the first pole for Joerg with the Lizards, and his first ALMS pole since Road America in 2006. He commented on the session: "We tested at Miller Motorsports Park a few weeks ago and arrived here pretty dialed in. So over the last few days, we've been able to focus on the setup details. We've been the fastest in class at every session so far but we've seen the competition narrow the gap over the last two days - now we have to carry it through to the race tomorrow.

The GT2 field is going to be tough and we'll definitely have our work cut out for us."

Joerg's fastest time in qualifying was a 1:47.120 on the 3.048 mile, 15-turn circuit. He ran just a few laps in the qualifying session, then was called into the pits to wait it out as the rest of the GT2 field worked to beat his fast time. The top three GT2 cars finished with a spread of just two-tenths of a second but Joerg's fast time held. He will start from the pole in Sunday's Utah Grand Prix, which gets the green flag at 2:15 MT.

Flying Lizard is currently leading in the GT2 team championship. Joining Joerg Bergmeister in the No. 45 is Patrick Long and joining Seth Neiman in the No. 44 is Johannes van Overbeek. Following two wins in a row at St. Petersburg and Long Beach, Bergmeister and Long are currently leading in the GT2 drivers' championship. Neiman is currently in fourth in the drivers points chase.

Race Details
The Utah Grand Prix gets the green flag Sunday, May 17 at 2:15 pm Mountain Time. It will be broadcast, tape-delayed, on SPEEDTV starting Sunday May 17 at 7:00 pm PT/10:00 pm ET. For a full schedule, see www.lizardms.com

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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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