FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, 2011
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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 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. “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/. ### .