Flying Lizard Qualifies 3rd and 6th in GT2 at Road America
Flying Lizard Qualifies 3rd and 6th in GT2 at Road America
August 20, 2005 — Elkhart Lake, WI — The Flying Lizard Motorsports No. 45 and No. 44 Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs qualified third and sixth respectively in the GT2 field today for this weekend’s Generac 500 at Road America race.
Jon Fogarty commented on the session, “I’m pleased with our qualifying result for the No. 45. The car is running the best it has all weekend. Third on the grid gives us a solid starting position for the race. We’ve been focused on our race setup today, so we are pretty happy to be just 8/10ths of a second from the GT2 pole position.”
In the No. 44, teammate Lonnie Pechnik qualified sixth in GT2. He added, “We aren’t yet where we want to be in setup, but we have tomorrow’s warmup for final race setup adjustments.”
The Generac 500 at Road America gets the green flag on Sunday, August 21 at 2:00 pm local time. The race will be broadcast by Speed Channel. For live updates during the race, visit the team website at www.lizardms.com. Radio coverage is at www.americanlemans.com.
About Flying Lizard Motorsports
In 2005, their second year of competition, Flying Lizard competes in the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). This follows the team’s successful inaugural season in which they finished second in class in both Drivers’ and Team points in the 2004 ALMS championship.
The red, black and silver No. 44 and No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs will run the entire 10-race ALMS 2005 season. The Porsches are sponsored by eSilicon, a semiconductor company that manufactures and designs custom chips for the world’s leading electronics companies, and ShoreTel, a leading provider of enterprise IP telephony solutions.
The team is managed by six principals: drivers Johannes van Overbeek, Lonnie Pechnik and Seth Neiman; chief engineer Craig Watkins; crew chief Tommy Sadler; and team manager Eric Ingraham. Visit the team website at www.lizardms.com.
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