Flying Lizard Sebring 2006 Qualifying

Flying Lizard Qualifies Sixth and Tenth in GT2 for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring

March 16, 2006 - Sebring, Florida - Flying Lizard drivers Marc Lieb and Darren Law qualified the team's No. 45 and No. 44 Porsches sixth and tenth, respectively, in GT2 in today's qualifying session for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

Tommy Sadler, Flying Lizard crew chief, said, "We'd like to be starting higher on the grid of course. But for the last few days of testing we've been fully focused on race setup. It's a 12-hour endurance race and the cars need to be consistently fast and be able to make the distance. We're looking forward to a great race tomorrow with a very competitive 16-car field."

The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring starts 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 is running 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.