March 17, 2007, 10:10pm ET — Sebring, Florida — It was a classic manufacturers’ battle between Porsche and Ferrari in GT2 in today’s twelve-hour endurance classic, the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring. In one of the largest GT2 fields in ALMS history, the Flying Lizard No. 45 Porsche (Jörg Bergmeister/Johannes van Overbeek/Marc Lieb) battled the entire race against the No. 62 Risi Ferrari, playing a cat and mouse game in which the two cars switched positions more than a dozen times. It became a contest of wills, playing out in an unbelievable near photo finish between Jörg Bergmeister and Jaime Melo.

In the last 30 minutes of the race, Jörg gained more than 30 seconds on the Ferrari, finally passing Melo on the final turn just yards before the finish, only to have Melo regain the position with a hard bump to Jörg which nearly sent him into the wall. Jörg finished the 12-hour race just two-tenths of a second behind the No. 62, the closest finish in Sebring class history. The No. 45 was eight laps ahead of the third place finisher, the No. 71 Tafel Racing Porsche.

“I wanted that win,” said Jörg, “and I pushed with everything I had to overtake Melo. I’m proud that I was able to get cleanly by him in the last few seconds and that our new car could perform at that level. In the end, they crossed the finish ahead of me. I don’t agree with the way that Ferrari achieved their win, but I’m really proud of what we did as a team. My first race with the Lizards was something I will never forget.”

Sister Porsche No. 44 (Darren Law/Lonnie Pechnik/Seth Neiman) had a tough race: spending more than 90 minutes in the team’ garage for repairs after the No. 61 Krohn Racing Ferrari collided with Lonnie Pechnik on track, severely damaging the left rear suspension. The No. 44 crew wrestled with the repairs and re-alignment of the car before they were back up to speed. “It really was a tough day for the No. 44 car today. Unfortunately, we really put the No. 44 crew to the test. Not surprisingly, the crew really did an awesome job in getting us back on track after the suspension repair, and keeping us on track even with the number of problems we had.”

For full notes on the race, visit the Sebring blog at www.lizardms.com

Flying Lizard worked hard over the winter to adapt to the technical challenges of the new 997 RSR, with the results showing in the first race of the ALMS season. The team now turns its attention to preparation for the street race March 31 at St. Petersburg, Florida.

For the full Lizard schedule see www.lizardms.com.

About Flying Lizard Motorsports
Founded in 2003, the Sonoma, Calif-based Flying Lizard team is now in its fourth season of sports car racing with the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). In 2007, the team will again field two Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs — the No. 44 and the No. 45 — in the 12-race ALMS season.

The Flying Lizard squad has finished in the top three in the ALMS drivers’ and team championships in every season to date. In 2006, Johannes van Overbeek was second in the ALMS GT2 drivers’ championship and the team finished third. In 2005, van Overbeek was third in the ALMS GT2 drivers’ championship and the team finished in third. In 2004, in their inaugural year, Johannes and the team finished in second place. Flying Lizard has completed two contests at the historic 24 Heures du Mans, finishing fourth in GT2 in 2006 and third in 2005.

Visit the team website at www.lizardms.com.