After 12 hours in the 50th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the No. 26 Momo NGT Motorsport Porsche GT3 is running in 9th place. Co-drivers Henrique Cisneros, Carlos Kauffmann, Nick Tandy and Sean Edwards have done a great job so far.
The MOMO NGT Motorsport team led by Ramez Wahab continues to run fast at Daytona. The 26 car got penalized and lost a lap for a racing incident earlier in the race but the MOMO drivers are very motivated and are using all their driving skills to compete with the fastest GT cars.
Two time Indy 500 champion, Arie Luyendyk, visited the MOMO team and met with the four MOMO NGT drivers before the start of the race. Arie told Henrique Cisneros, Carlos Kauffmann, Nick Tandy and Sean Edwards to do their best to win the race in their GT class. Arie won the race overall in 1998 when he was co-driving the No. 30 MOMO 333 with MOMO founder, Gianpiero Moretti.
After 14 attempts, the late MOMO driver Gianpiero Moretti took the checkered flag in 1st place at the 1998 Rolex 24 At Daytona. This would remain his biggest racing achievement. He shared that special day with MOMO teammates Arie Luyendyk, Mauro Baldi and Didier Theys. 14 years after this Daytona MOMO racing moment that will remain one of the most popular victories in the history of the Rolex 24, MOMO made a Rolex 24 at Daytona come back today.
MOMO recently decided to sponsor a car for the 50th anniversary of the Rolex 24 At Daytona to continue the tradition of a brand closely associated with the great history of that race.
SPEED television coverage resumes at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 29, running through 4 p.m. - including 30 minutes of interviews following the checkered flag.
Follow the MOMO NGT Motorsport throughout the 2012 Rolex 24 At Daytona practice, qualifying and the race on Facebook.com/Momomotorsport and on Twitter @MomoMotorsport.
ABOUT MOMO: Founded by the late Gianpiero Moretti in 1964, MOMO currently sells its products in over 20 countries with the top five markets being USA, Italy, Japan, France, and Germany.Although the company sells predominantly after-market wheels nowadays, and will push to expand its range of wheels to new market segments, it also intends to re-establish itself as a supplier of racing accessories, both with a traditional range of products (steering wheels, seats, suits, gloves, shoes, etc...) and, in the coming years, new products, with a highly innovative content directly derived from the feedback of professional drivers and teams associated with MOMO. MOMO also intends to re-establish close links with top-tier automobile manufacturers active in motorsports, to jointly develop products that will ultimately meet the requirements of racers all over the world.
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