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Flying Lizard Announces Two Team Sponsors

Flying Lizard Announces Two 2005 Team Sponsors February 1, 2005-SONOMA, Calif.--Flying Lizard Motorsports announced today two sponsor partners for the 2005 racing season. Leading technology companies eSilicon and ShoreTel will partner with Flying ...

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Flying Lizard Announces Two 2005 Team Sponsors

February 1, 2005-SONOMA, Calif.--Flying Lizard Motorsports announced today two sponsor partners for the 2005 racing season. Leading technology companies eSilicon and ShoreTel will partner with Flying Lizard to sponsor the team's Porsches, including the No. 44 and No. 45 Porsches which will compete in the American Le Mans Series. Both companies are returning sponsors from the 2004 season.

eSilicon CEO Jack Harding said, "Being part of the Flying Lizard program will be a large part of our marketing initiatives for 2005. There are some strong parallels between being a leading race team and being a leader in the technology industry: you need perseverance, the highest skill, and probably most importantly, teamwork. And a day at the races is the perfect venue for us to offer our customers and employees a thank you for their investment in eSilicon."

"Sponsoring a sports car team like Flying Lizard is a unique opportunity to promote our company and our brand worldwide. We renewed our partnership with the Lizards this year in part to gain the broad visibility to the millions of fans worldwide who tune in to races on T.V. and at the racetrack. Working with the Lizards will also give us a perfect foundation for our reseller marketing and incentive programs," said Steve Timmerman, ShoreTel VP of Marketing.

About eSilicon

eSilicon Corporation is a semiconductor company that manufactures and designs custom chips for the world's leading electronics companies. eSilicon acts as a general contractor for custom chip development, integrating the capabilities of an outsourced, tier-one global supply chain with its own deep domain expertise. Offering the industry's most flexible engagement practices, the company's experienced manufacturing and design teams provide complete support at each step along the way to qualified packaged, tested, custom chips. eSilicon patented software systems also provide 24x7 visibility throughout the manufacturing phase. For more information, visit www.esilicon.com.

About ShoreTel

ShoreTel is the innovation leader in delivering IP telephony solutions to the enterprise. The company has shipped its groundbreaking solutions since 1998 and continues to outpace the rapidly expanding VoIP market with technological advances and 100% year-over-year growth. A uniquely distributed architecture extends enterprise-class voice services to every office and outpost, keeping employees fully connected wherever they go. For more information, visit www.shoretel.com or call 1-877-80SHORE.

About Flying Lizard Motorsports

In 2005, their second year of competition as a team, Flying Lizard will compete in the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), running the entire 10-race ALMS season this year. This follows their highly successful inaugural season in which the team finished second in class in both Drivers' and Team points in the 2004 ALMS championship. For more information on the ALMS, visit www.americanlemans.com.

The team is managed by six principals, including drivers Johannes van Overbeek, Lonnie Pechnik and Seth Neiman; chief engineer Craig Watkins; crew chief Tommy Sadler; and team manager Eric Ingraham.

-www.lizardms.com-

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