May 11, 2012 – Salinas, California – Patrick Long qualified the No. 45 fourth in GT today for Saturday’s American Le Mans Series Monterey race at Mazda Raceway Laguna with a time of 1:22.919. Teammate Seth Neiman was twelfth in the No. 44. Porsche factory drivers Joerg Bergmeister and Marco Holzer will join Long and Neiman for tomorrow’s race in the No. 45 and No. 44 Porsches, respectively.

Long commented on the session, “Our plan was to run three timed laps; those three laps were clean and I was really happy with our pace. We came off the track in P1, and ultimately we ended up P4. To be P1 for that run on the track was a great accomplishment after some challenging days of practice this week. We’re dealing with a new aero package and have had to reestablish a balance for everything from tire pressures to spring rates. It’s a lot to get through in a small amount of time. It is an incredibly close field this year: some of the best GT racing in ALMS history has been here at Laguna Seca and all signs point to it being another fantastic race.”

The No. 007 Aston Martin is on the GT pole.

For details on the team’s Laguna Seca program, read the preview release.

Follow the Lizards
The ALMS Monterey at Laguna Seca will get the green flag at 1:30 pm PT Saturday May 12. The race will be broadcast live on ESPN3.com and in-car footage will be available live on ALMS.com. ESPN2 will broadcast the race on Sunday May 13 from 2:00-4:00pm PT. In Europe MotorsTV will broadcast live, in Latin America/Middle East there will be live coverage on Fox and in Canada live coverage 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 2011, finishing third in 2005, fourth in 2006, sixth in 2008, and sixth in 2011.

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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