September 12, 2012 – Alton, VA – The Lizards continue the final east coast swing of the 2012 ALMS season with the inaugural VIR 240 race at Virginia International Raceway. This will be the ALMS’ first time competing at the beautiful circuit in Southern Virginia. The four-hour event gets the green flag Saturday, Sept 15 at 2:30 pm Eastern Time. The driver lineup is Joerg Bergmeister and Patrick Long in the No. 45 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR and Marco Holzer and Seth Neiman in the No. 44.

With just two races to go in the 10-race ALMS season, Bergmeister and Long are sixth in the ALMS GT drivers’ championship with 81 points. Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner of the No. 4 Corvette lead with 124 points. The Lizards are third in the team championship with 92 points; Corvette Racing leads with 145 points. There are 46 points possible left in the season.

Flying Lizard chief strategist Thomas Blam gave his perspective on Saturday’s race: “VIR is a fast track, but narrow, and some sections will demand single-file racing through the corners, at least initially. Everyone will just have to be patient in managing traffic until they can find a place to pass. We’re happy to be back to the longer race format: hopefully we can use the additional pit stops to our advantage since we’ve had fast, consistent stops all season. The Lizards had a successful test here last week and I’m cautiously optimistic about the race. At Road America (the last high-speed track that we ran) we had a front-row starting position and I expect we’ll have a similar pace here.”

The VIR 240 gets the green flag at 2:30 pm ET Saturday September 15, 2012. Qualifying is broadcast live on EPSN and ALMS.com. The race will be broadcast live on ESPN3.com and ALMS.com and tape-delayed on ESPN2 on Sun., Sept. 16, from 5 to 7 pm. The race will also be broadcast live in Europe on MotorsTV, in Latin America/Middle East on Fox and tape delayed in Canada on Sports Net, starting Sun. Sept 16 at 5 pm ET. 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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