Flying Lizard Announces Two-Car
Program for 2012 24 Heures De Mans
Flying Lizard announced today that the team has received two entries
for the 2012 24 Heures du Mans in Le Mans, France, on June 16-17,
2012. The full entry list was unveiled today by the Automobile
Club de l'Ouest (ACO) in a press conference in Paris.
The Flying Lizard entries will be the No. 80, which will compete in the
GTE Pro class, and the No. 79, which will compete in the GTE Am
class. Both racecars will be Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs.
Flying Lizard team principal Seth Neiman commented, "It's an honor to
be invited to participate at this prestigious event. 2011 was our
first year fielding two entries and we are pleased to be able to return
in 2012 with the No. 80 and No. 79 Porsches."
Flying Lizard has competed in the 24 Heures du Mans for seven
consecutive years: 2005 to 2011. The Flying Lizard No. 80 finished
third in 2005, fourth in 2006, sixth in 2008 and sixth in 2011.
The driver lineup will be announced later this Spring.
About Flying Lizard Motorsports
Flying Lizard also recently announced their return to the American Le
Mans Series for the 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.
In 2011, the team was sponsored in
the ALMS by Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), a global software
innovator delivering context-aware mediation and messaging solutions
for communication service providers and eSilicon, a semiconductor
company.
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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