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Flying Lizard Heads to Laguna Seca for ALMS Championship Showdown

October 17, 2006--Sonoma, Calif.--The Flying Lizard Motorsports squad arrives in Monterey today for the final race of the season: the 2006 Monterey Sports Car Championships at Laguna Seca. After nine races over eight months, the Flying Lizard team is in contention for both the GT2 drivers' and team championships. In the No. 45 Porsche, Johannes van Overbeek leads in the drivers' championship, followed closely by Jörg Bergmeister of Petersen White Lightning. For the team championship, the Lizards will battle it out with Risi Team Competizione, which is now six points ahead of Flying Lizard, and Petersen, which is four points behind in third place.

"After nine races it all comes down to one 4-hour race," said Johannes van Overbeek. "With just a four-point lead, and a maximum of 23 points for first place, to win the drivers' championship Wolf (Henzler) and I will need to either win the race or finish no more than one position behind Jörg and Patrick (Long). And if Jörg wins the race, I'll be second even though we are tied in points, because he has won more individual races. There is a lot of pressure going into Laguna Seca, but we started the season with the goal of winning both championships and we are going to do everything we can to make that a reality."

Although the Lizards are now second in the team points chase after a disappointing 5th/7th place finish at Petit Le Mans, it is still possible for them to win the team title. "We are six points behind Risi and four ahead of Petersen. There are only a few scenarios in which we could win the championship: the most clear cut would be to win the race with both Ferraris finishing no better than third," added Flying Lizard chief strategist Thomas Blam. "Laguna Seca is four hours long; more than a third longer than our standard races. The length means a minimum of two stops for everyone, so there are more opportunities for strategic decisions which could affect the outcome."

The driver line up for the race will be van Overbeek and Henzler in the Flying Lizard No. 45 Porsche and Seth Neiman and Darren Law in the No. 44 Porsche.

From the Pits
The race starts at 2:45 pm Pacific Time on Saturday, October 21 and will be broadcast live on SpeedTV. MotorsTV will provide live coverage in Europe. You can listen to radio coverage and access live timing and scoring at www.americanlemans.com.

On raceday, the team will broadcast their radio transmissions live and offer real-time pit notes in the Lizard blog. Go to www.lizardms.com for details.

A new feature is also now available for fans: text messaging of race updates during race weekend. Sign up at www.lizardms.com.

About Flying Lizard Motorsports
Founded in 2003, the Sonoma, Calif-based Flying Lizard team is competing in 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. The team was fourth in GT2 at the 2006 24 Heures du Mans.

Flying Lizard is sponsored by several leading technology companies. PortalPlayer, based in San Jose, Calif., is a leading supplier of semiconductor, firmware and software solutions for personal media players and secondary display-enabled notebook computers. iPass, based in Redwood Shores, Calif., provides trusted connectivity services that help enterprises maximize their return on investment in workforce mobility. ShoreTel, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., provides IP telephony solutions and is the fastest growing IP PBX company in the world. eSilicon, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., designs and manufactures custom integrated circuits for the world's leading electronics companies.

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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