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VICI Racing™ is delighted to announce today an
exciting new partnership with T-Mobile USA, Inc., to
take up the challenge of one of global motor sports
most professional championships, the American Le
Mans Series (ALMS).
T-Mobile® and VICI Racing™ will kick-off the
multi-year relationship, and the 2009 racing
program, at the ALMS race in Long Beach, Calif., on
April 18th. The team will run the Porsche 911 GT3
RSR, and then contest the remaining rounds of the
premier sports car series.
VICI Racing™ is a long time established German/US
racing team which will be setting out on its second
year in the prestigious series. T-Mobile USA is a
leading innovator and provider of mobile
communications. At the end of 2008, T-Mobile USA
served more than 32.8 million customers. T-Mobile
USA is the U.S. operation of Deutsche Telekom AG’s
Mobile Communications Business, and a wholly owned
subsidiary of T-Mobile International, one of the
world’s leading companies in mobile communications.
Ron C Meixner, President VICI Racing™: “VICI Racing
is setting out on this ambitious new partnership,
and starting what will be an important new chapter
for our company that has all the ingredients in
place to achieve success at the highest levels; so
I’m really delighted to be able to announce this
exciting partnership. T-Mobile is truly a
world-class brand, and its ambition and drive make
it a perfect fit for top-level motor racing. I can
safely say that both parties are raring to go out
and achieve success. I must also express my deep
thanks to Porsche and Michelin who have been very
supportive of us as ever. It has quite simply been
an unrivalled opportunity which necessitated a swift
tweak to our 2009 programme and so everyone is now
looking forward to getting our year underway at Long
Beach. Now we must all work very hard together to
ensure we deliver the results.”
Paul Ritchie, President and CEO Porsche Motorsports
North America: “I’m delighted to welcome Ronny
Meixner and VICI Racing back to the American Le Mans
Series with a Porsche in 2009. We are pleased that
he has signed such a strong team sponsor – T-Mobile
- which, like Porsche, is a global household name
and a terrific success story. We are gratified to
see Ronny Meixner and VICI Racing, names associated
with Porsche for 20 years continuing their
commitment and participation in the ALMS in what
promises to be a successful year for the team.”
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