July 21, 2012 – Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada – Joerg Bergmeister set the fifth fastest time of 1:16:212 in GT qualifying today for the Grand Prix of Mosport, which gets the green flag Sunday, July 22 at noon ET. In the No. 44, Seth Neiman was 11th in class. The No. 3 Corvette is on the GT pole with a time of 1:15.478, which is more than 1.5 seconds faster than the 2011 GT pole.

Bergmeister’s take on the qualifying session: “Overall, I’m pretty happy with the car. We improved our time this year by more than a second (over last year’s qualifying time) and have had solid practice sessions yesterday and today. Obviously the competition has something more than we do, at least on a short run. We’ll see how things sort out tomorrow in the race.”

Bergmeister will be joined by teammate Patrick Long in the No. 45 and in the No. 44, Andy Lally joins Seth Neiman, filling in this weekend for Marco Holzer. Long and Bergmeister are now fourth in the GT drivers’ championship with 39 points (Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner lead in the No. 4 Corvette with 72 points); the team is third in the team championship with 44 points (Corvette Racing leads with 78 points). There is a maximum total of 128 points that is achievable over the remaining six races.

Follow the Lizards
Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport gets the green flag at noon ET on July 22 from the 2.459-mile, 10-turn Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. ESPN2’s broadcast featuring live coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET. Full, live coverage is available starting at 11:45 a.m. ET on ESPN3.

The race will be broadcast live in Europe on MotorsTV, in Latin America/Middle East on Fox and in Canada on Rogers Sports Net. Flying Lizard will broadcast the team radio live throughout the race; read the team race blog for frequent team updates at www.lizardms.com.

About Flying Lizard Motorsports
Flying Lizard returns to the American Le Mans Series for their ninth season and the fourth consecutive season for Bergmeister and Long together in the No. 45. The Lizards have won two ALMS GT team championships (2008 and 2009) and have finished in the top three each year since 2004. The team has secured three ALMS GT drivers’ championships: Bergmeister and Long took the title together in 2009 and 2010 and Bergmeister with Wolf Henzler in 2008. Bergmeister is five-time ALMS GT drivers’ champion (2005-2006 and 2008-2010) and Long has won the title three times (2005, and 2009-2010), all with Bergmeister. Bergmeister is the only driver in Grand-Am and ALMS history to win the championship in both series in the same year (2006).

Flying Lizard has also competed in the 24 Heures du Mans from 2005 through 2012, finishing third in 2005, fourth in 2006, sixth in 2008, sixth in 2011, and fourth in 2012.

Visit the team website at www.lizardms.com.

For the latest team racing apparel and Porsche gear visit the Flying Lizard stores online and in the paddock.

The privateer team is based in Sonoma, California.

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