Lizards Land in Florida for Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring

March 13, 2006 - Sonoma, CA - The Flying Lizard Motorsports team arrives in Florida today for their third consecutive Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring endurance classic. This year, the two-car GT2 team hopes to best their 2005 third-in-class podium finish by Johannes van Overbeek, Jon Fogarty, and Darren Law in the team's No. 45 Porsche.

Sebring kicks off the 2006 10-race ALMS season. It will be the first race for the Lizards this year, together with a newly revamped GT2 field that makes up nearly half the cars in the race and spans five manufacturers, including Porsche, BMW, Ferrari, and Panoz. "This is an extremely important race, both in points and in setting the pace and tone for the year," said Tommy Sadler, Flying Lizard crew chief. "It's great to see a 16-car GT2 field for the first race of the season. Having new competitors in our class this year will definitely keep things interesting. Sebring is a tough way to start the year: it's 3.7 miles of bumps, sand, and grit, and traffic can get ugly. It's hard on the drivers, the cars, and the crew, and really shakes out the field, fast."

In addition, the Lizards announced that Marc Lieb, a Porsche factory driver since 2003 and GT2 winner at the 2005 24 Heures du Mans with Alex Job Racing/BAM!, will join Johannes van Overbeek and Jon Fogarty in the team's No. 45 Porsche. Sister car No. 44 will be driven by Darren Law, Seth Neiman, and Lonnie Pechnik. Lieb is looking forward to driving with the Lizards at Sebring, "After running against the Lizards at Le Mans last year, I was impressed by their commitment and attention to detail; it certainly showed in their podium finish. This will be my fourth Sebring race and I'm excited to get a chance to drive with Johannes and Jon. It will be our first time driving together, but we have complementary driving styles and I think we'll make a great team." This will be the first ALMS race in which a Porsche factory driver has joined the Lizard squad.

The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring gets the green flag at 10:43 am ET Saturday March 18. The race will be broadcast live in North America on SPEED Channel, with coverage beginning at 10:30 am ET. MotorsTV will broadcast live in Europe starting at 4:30 pm CET (Central European Time). Live radio broadcast is available through American Le Mans Radio at www.americanlemans.com.

Live updates from the Lizards will be available on race day on the team's Sebring race blog at www.lizardms.com.

Members of the media may access an online media kit at www.lizardms.com/mediakit/

About Flying Lizard Motorsports
Founded in 2003, the Sonoma, Calif-based Flying Lizard team is heading into its third season of sports car racing with the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). The team will run two Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs--the No. 44 and the No. 45--in the 10 race ALMS season in North America.

The Flying Lizard squad finished second in GT2 in the 2004 ALMS Drivers' and team championships and third in 2005. In 2005, the team also enjoyed a hard-earned podium finish at their first competition in the historic 24 Heures du Mans race in Le Mans, France.

Flying Lizard is sponsored by PortalPlayer, based in San Jose, Calif., a leading supplier of semiconductor, firmware and software solutions for personal media players and secondary display-enabled notebook computers.

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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