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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, 2011 NGT MOTORSPORT TO COMPETE IN REMAINING ALMS ENDURANCE EVENTS MIAMI, FL (August 12, 2011) – NGT Motorsport announced today that it will compete in the three remaining GTC endurance events in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón – Road America, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Capitalizing on an impressive debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring, where they finished third in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, NGT Motorsport will return with the same line up they had at Sebring – Porsche Supercup title leader Sean Edwards, 2010 IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama Gold Cup champion and current Platinum Cup leader Henrique Cisneros and his GT3 teammate, Carlos Kauffmann. “NGT might be relatively new to ALMS but we have been competing with IMSA since 2005,” noted team owner Ramez Wahab. “And I think we have the best crew out there – guys from Germany, Italy, Monaco and all over the United States. Our team engineer, Konstantine Kotitsas, led multiple teams to Porsche Supercup and Carrera Cup titles. Our crew members have a great deal of national and international endurance experience, winning titles in numerous FIA and ALMS Championships and in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with teams such as the Audi LMP1 Team. So I think we are ready for the remaining GTC season.” NGT Motorsport has enjoyed a steady trajectory through the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama, preparing them for the jump to GTC. The team finished second in the GT3 championship in 2006 and won the Gold Cup title last season as Cisneros took the series by storm, with two victories, 11 podium finishes and eight pole positions in 14 races. Cisneros currently leads the Platinum Cup championship with three victories and five pole positions. Teammate Kauffmann finished third in the Gold Cup championship in 2010, earning six victories and eight pole positions, and has two podium finishes in six Platinum Cup events this year. British hot shoe Edwards leads the Porsche Supercup driver standings with a victory at Barcelona and a fourth place finish in the 96car Porsche Carrera World Cup at the Nürburgring. Wahab looks forward to the team’s return to ALMS action, since he believes the result from Sebring left the team with some unfinished business. “We entered our first ALMS race at the 12 Hours of Sebring and led the pace from the first session on. Everything was going according to plan until an unfortunate incident in the last session prior to qualifying. We had to rebuild the heavily damaged Cup Car overnight – we decided to skip qualifying and used that extra time to ensure we had a perfect car for the 12 hour race.

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Page 1: NGT GTC ALMS PR3 Seasonngtmotorsport.com/news/NGT_GTC_ALMS_PR3_Season.pdf · “We!started!last!in!class!and!had!the!fastest!race!lap!(2:07.798),!but!got!a!four!minute,!20second!penalty!for!

 

 

 

 

     

   FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  August  12,  2011    

NGT  MOTORSPORT  TO  COMPETE  IN  REMAINING  ALMS  ENDURANCE  EVENTS    MIAMI,  FL    (August  12,  2011)  –  NGT  Motorsport  announced  today  that  it  will  compete  in  the  three  remaining  GTC  endurance  events   in   the  American  Le  Mans  Series  presented  by  Tequila  Patrón  –  Road  America,  Mazda  Raceway  Laguna  Seca  and  Petit  Le  Mans  at  Road  Atlanta.    Capitalizing  on  an  impressive  debut  at  the  12  Hours  of  Sebring,  where  they  finished  third  in  a  Porsche  911  GT3  Cup  car,  NGT  Motorsport  will  return  with  the  same  line  up  they  had  at  Sebring  –  Porsche  Supercup  title  leader  Sean   Edwards,   2010   IMSA   GT3   Cup   Challenge   by   Yokohama   Gold   Cup   champion   and   current   Platinum   Cup  leader  Henrique  Cisneros  and  his  GT3  teammate,  Carlos  Kauffmann.    “NGT  might  be  relatively  new  to  ALMS  but  we  have  been  competing  with  IMSA  since  2005,”  noted  team  owner  Ramez  Wahab.  “And  I  think  we  have  the  best  crew  out  there  –  guys  from  Germany,  Italy,  Monaco  and  all  over  the   United   States.   Our   team   engineer,   Konstantine   Kotitsas,   led   multiple   teams   to   Porsche   Supercup   and  Carrera  Cup  titles.  Our  crew  members  have  a  great  deal  of  national  and   international  endurance  experience,  winning  titles  in  numerous  FIA  and  ALMS  Championships  and  in  the  24  Hours  of  Le  Mans  with  teams  such  as  the  Audi  LMP1  Team.  So  I  think  we  are  ready  for  the  remaining  GTC  season.”    

 

NGT   Motorsport   has   enjoyed   a   steady   trajectory   through   the   IMSA   GT3   Cup  Challenge  by  Yokohama,  preparing  them  for  the  jump  to  GTC.  The  team  finished  second   in  the  GT3  championship   in  2006  and  won  the  Gold  Cup  title   last  season  as  Cisneros  took  the  series  by  storm,  with   two  victories,  11  podium  finishes  and  eight   pole   positions   in   14   races.   Cisneros   currently   leads   the   Platinum   Cup  championship  with  three  victories  and  five  pole  positions.  Teammate  Kauffmann    

finished  third  in  the  Gold  Cup  championship  in  2010,  earning  six  victories  and  eight  pole  positions,  and  has  two  podium  finishes  in  six  Platinum  Cup  events  this  year.    British  hot  shoe  Edwards  leads  the  Porsche  Supercup  driver  standings  with  a  victory  at  Barcelona  and  a  fourth  place  finish  in  the  96-­‐car  Porsche  Carrera  World  Cup  at  the  Nürburgring.      Wahab  looks  forward  to   the  team’s  return  to  ALMS  action,  since  he  believes  the  result  from  Sebring   left  the  team  with  some  unfinished  business.    “We   entered   our   first   ALMS   race   at   the   12   Hours   of   Sebring   and   led   the   pace   from   the   first   session   on.  Everything  was  going  according  to  plan  until  an  unfortunate  incident  in  the  last  session  prior  to  qualifying.  We  had  to  rebuild  the  heavily  damaged  Cup  Car  overnight  –  we  decided  to  skip  qualifying  and  used  that  extra  time  to  ensure  we  had  a  perfect  car  for  the  12  hour  race.          

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“We  started  last  in  class  and  had  the  fastest  race  lap  (2:07.798),  but  got  a  four  minute,  20  second  penalty  for  an  incorrect  pass  around.  And  yet,  we  finished  third  -­‐  and  without  any  pit  lane  violations.  We  learned  a  great  deal  at  Sebring  and  we  know  where  our  strengths  and  weaknesses  are,  and  are  now  prepared  better  than  ever  for  the  remaining  GT3  endurance  races  this  season.”    The  Time  Warner  Cable  Road  Race  Showcase  will  be  broadcast  live  on  ESPN3.com  at  3:45pm  EDT  on  Saturday,  August  20.  An  edited  version  of  the  event  will  be  broadcast  on  ABC  Sunday,  August  21  at  4:30pm  EDT.  NGT’s  five-­‐car   IMSA  GT3  Cup  Challenge  by  Yokohama  team  will  also  be  in  action,  with  races  on  Friday  and  Saturday.  To  see  all  the  results  for  NGT  Motorsport  and  for  more  information,  visit  http://www.ngtmotorsport.com/.    

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