This car was first purchased by Flying Lizard Motorsports, securing three 2007 American Le Mans Series class wins in classic silver/red livery on the way to 2nd in the GT2 standings and 3rd for Jörg Bergmeister and Johannes Van Overbeek. For some, the RSR’s most memorable ALMS finish that year was a 2nd place at the 12 Hours of Sebring that featured a head-to-head battle in the closing laps between Jaime Melo’s Ferrari F430 GT and Bergmeister.
At Le Mans in 2007, the Lizards took a new artistic approach to the liveries for their two-car team. Troy Lee, the California-based motorsport artist, created an “art car” design for the 997 RSR’s newly aggressive profile just for Le Mans. After the June Le Mans test with Patrick Long, the car qualified 4th in LMGT2. It set the fastest GT2 lap of the race, running well until around midnight, when it retired after 124 laps.
After retiring in 2007, the RSR returned to Porsche Motorsport in Germany for a refresh. Today, the Flying Lizard art car appears very much as it did after restoration, with only two private owners since. An attendee of Rennsport Reunion VI and VII, it was serviced in September 2023 by Alegra Motorsports with new race belts, all-new fluids, a certified fire bottle, engine refresh (five hours of use since), and a new clutch since 2018. It is sold with a spares package, which will be made available to the winning bidder, with shipping to be paid for by the buyer.
