Flying Lizard No. 45 Porsche Qualifies Fourth in GT2 for Road America

Flying Lizard No. 45 Porsche Qualifies Fourth in GT2 for Road America

August 10, 2007 — Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin — Joerg Bergmeister qualified the Flying Lizard No. 45 Porsche fourth in GT2 today, the fastest of the six Porsches in the GT2 field. Joerg and teammate Johannes van Overbeek head into tomorrow’s four-hour Generac 500 at Road America race with the goal to hold their lead in the ALMS GT2 drivers’ championship. van Overbeek commented, “Although we don’t have the outright speed of the Ferraris, we’ve proven that can we execute well and with a bit of luck we can finish on the podium on Saturday.”

The No. 44 Lizard Porsche of Seth Neiman and Darren Law will start from the rear of the grid. Darren, who is competing today at Watkins Glen, was unable to get to the track in time for the practice sessions. IMSA regulations require that drivers set one lap time during one of the official test or practice sessions. Cars with drivers who cannot meet this requirement are allowed to compete but must start from the back of the grid. Eric Ingraham, team manager and strategist for the No. 44 Porsche, added “Regardless of our qualifying result, we would have to start from the back. We decided that there wasn’t much more we could achieve from running the qualifying session, so we elected to sit out.”

The race will get the green flag on Saturday, August 11, at 4 pm Central Time. Follow the race live through Flying Lizard team radio and the race blog at www.lizardms.com. The race will be broadcast on NBC tape delayed on Sunday August 12 starting at 1:30 pm Central Time.

About Flying Lizard Motorsports

Founded in 2003, the Sonoma, Calif-based team is competing in its fourth season of sports car racing with the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). The team fields two Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs: the No. 44 and the No. 45. Seth Neiman, Lonnie Pechnik and Darren Law are sharing driving duties in the No. 44 Porsche for the 2007 season, and Johannes van Overbeek and Joerg Bergmeister are teaming in the No. 45 Porsche. Heading into round nine of the 2007 ALMS 12-race season, van Overbeek and Bergmeister are leading in the ALMS drivers’ championship, and the team leads in the ALMS team 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, Michelin, Troy Lee Designs, KW Automotive, Hella, and Crystal Geyser Water.

The 2007 ALMS season spans 12 races throughout North America and concludes with the season finale at Laguna Seca on October 20. Races are broadcast on CBS, NBC, and Speed Channel. For schedule and broadcast details see www.americanlemans.com.

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

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