April 20, 2013 – Long Beach, California – Flying Lizard completed yesterday’s GTC qualifying session with the third and seventh fastest times in class. Spencer Pumpelly qualified in third place in the No 45 911 GT3 Cup car with a time of 1:23.014, and Dion von Moltke clocked a 1:24.239 in the No 44, good for seventh place in class. Nelson Canache Jr. will start the No 45 in today’s race, with Brian Wong starting the No 44.

Steve Conover, Chief Engineer, looked forward to the race, saying “I think we have a good setup on the cars. The cars have ended up much closer to one another than usual and I think that the setups suit both the drivers and the track, something which isn’t always possible to achieve in an abbreviated weekend schedule like this one. Tire life also should be very good and we will be competitive. All three 45 car drivers from the 12 Hours of Sebring are back for this race and that familiarity has helped us in this compressed schedule. In the 44 car it’s our first time working with Dion and although we haven’t had much time to get to know one another yet it’s already clear that he is an excellent driver to work with and he has given very good feedback. He is a very astute and focused driver.”

The 2013 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach gets the green flag at 4:30pm PT on Saturday, April 20th. The race will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and ALMS.com on Saturday, April 20th from 4:15pm to 6:45pm PT, and tape delayed on ABC on Sunday, April 21st from 10:00am to 12:00pm PT. Internationally the race will be broadcast live on ALMS.com from 4:15pm to 6:45pm PT and on MotorsTV from 1:30am to 3:30am CET.

About Flying Lizard Motorsports
Flying Lizard is based on Sonoma, California, and has competed in the American Le Mans Series for ten consecutive seasons, from 2004 to 2012 in the GT class and in 2013 in GTC. The Lizards have won two ALMS GT team championships (2008 and 2009) and have secured three ALMS GT Drivers’ championships (2008, 2009, and 2010).

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.

Please visit the team website at www.lizardms.com and the team store at www.flyinglizardstore.com.

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