July 6, 2012 – Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Connecticut – Patrick Long brought the No. 45 in fourth with a time of 51.483 in today’s GT qualifying for the 2012 Northeast Grand Prix, which gets the green flag this Saturday, July 7 at Lime Rock Park. In the No. 44 Flying Lizard Porsche, Marco Holzer clocked the second fastest GT time of 51.299 in the qualifying session but the car did not meet the ride height minimum during post-qual technical inspection. As a result, the No. 44 will start from the rear of the grid. The No. 55 BMW is on the GT pole.

Long commented on the session: “One word to describe it would be eventful. Early in the qual session we went to P1, but from then on I wasn’t able to get a clear lap because of some wild moments with traffic. I was disappointed that I didn’t get the maximum out of the Porsche during the session but I think we’ll have a very balanced car for tomorrow’s race.”

Holzer added: “It was an interesting day for the No. 44. In the practice sessions before qualifying we struggled to get to the right setup, but were able to get things ready before we went out for qualifying. I had a great lap and I think we’ll have a solid car for the race. This year we have a longer warmup on raceday so we’ll have one last chance to finalize things before racestart.”

Follow the Lizards
The Northeast Grand Prix will get the green flag at 3:05 pm ET Saturday July 7. The race will be broadcast live in ESPN3.com and in car footage will be available live on ALMS.com. ESPN2 will broadcast the race on Saturday from 4:00pm – 6:00pm ET. 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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