Anyone who's been around motorsports, whether on two wheels or four, will recognize the work of Troy Lee if not his name. Perhaps every "big name" in F1, sports cars, motorcross, NASCAR, and open-wheel racing has a Troy Lee-designed helmet. Today the American artist unveiled his "art cars" for the Flying Lizard team, the two-car Porsche 911 GT3 RSR effort in the American Le Mans Series. Lee is also designing new Lizard Gear, which will be sold to the public this year.

Flying Lizard Partners with Troy Lee for 2007 SeasonMarch 12, 2007 -- Sebring, Florida -- The business card says helmet painter, but don't let that fool you. For Troy Lee, what began 25 years ago as a hobby painting motocross helmets in his garage has evolved into an iconic racing design and gear business. Troy is famous in these circles: he's worked with some of the most prominent athletes in racing from F1 to NASCAR, Motocross to Enduro to Freestyle, Dirt Track to Road Racing, MTB to BMX. A racer himself, Troy has been a major proponent of motocross and an important part of its resurgence in the U.S. The Team TLD/Honda professional AMA Supermoto team won both the Supermoto and the Supermoto Lites championships in 2006.

Not surprisingly, many Lizards are attracted to or participate in the world of extreme sports. According to 24-year old Lizard mechanic Travis Lewis, "I work in road racing and in my spare time I compete on my dirt bike in amateur events. I see a lot of parallels between the two sports. The technology is cool -- both motocross and sports car racing have the latest and greatest. Mainly it's the extreme part of it. Endurance racing is a set of extremes: to win, you need extreme skill and have to perform on the extreme edge, for a long time. To excel at either sport you have to be part of a great team and be a great athlete. The races are fun -- it's loud, exciting, there's always something happening and you get to be part of the action in the paddock instead of sitting in a grandstand."

When Jennifer Hart, Lizard marketing director, first saw the aggressive profile of the new 2007 Porsches, she finally saw her opportunity to push the Lizards' look to match the new car. "We contacted Troy to see if there was any interest in working with us. When we met with him, it was immediately clear that both organizations' commitment to performance and love of their respective sports could make us natural collaborators."

Starting with the Porsche 911 GT3 RSRS, Troy quickly got his arms around the project, pushing the team on a new design for their transporters and even Seth's helmet. "When I look at any design project, whether it's two wheels or 18, I want to make it look like it's going 200 mph while standing still.
This is my first project in the American Le Mans Series and it's been great to work with Flying Lizard. I got my start working on Porsches back in Laguna Beach in the early 80's, and I'm happy to be working on Porsches again now."

Another exciting dimension of the collaboration is some new LizardGear designed by Troy Lee. Check out the new gear at our online store at www.lizardms.com.

Sports car fans look for Troy's Supermoto team at some upcoming ALMS events and Supermoto fans look for the Lizards at some AMA events near you.

For more on Troy Lee, see www.troyleedesigns.com.

Sebring Race Details
The Lizards hit the track this week for the ALMS season opener, the 55th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in Sebring, Florida, March 17. The green flag will fall shortly after 10 a.m. with SPEED TV providing live coverage.
The race also will be broadcast by ALMS Radio with Live Timing & Scoring available at americanlemans.com. Flying Lizard will broadcast their radio transmissions live during the race. For more on this and on the team's 2007 schedule, see www.lizardms.com.

About Flying Lizard Motorsports
Founded in 2003, the Sonoma, Calif-based Flying Lizard team is readying for its fourth season of sports car racing with the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). In 2007, the team will again field two Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs -- the No. 44 and the No. 45 -- in the 12-race ALMS season.

The Flying Lizard squad has finished in the top three in the ALMS drivers'
and team championships in every season to date. In 2006, Johannes van Overbeek was second in the ALMS GT2 drivers' championship and the team finished third. In 2005, van Overbeek was third in the ALMS GT2 drivers'
championship and the team finished in third. In 2004, in their inaugural year, Johannes and the team finished in second place. Flying Lizard has completed two contests at the historic 24 Heures du Mans, finishing fourth in GT2 in 2006 and third in 2005.

Visit the team website at www.lizardms.com.