The first game in the conduct of mother-son team for Rolex 24

Wright Motorsports and Racing Snow joined forces for an unusual entry in the Rolex 51 at Daytona 24. The No. 62 Porsche GT3 Cup entry will be the first to have a mother and a son to drive and Melanie Snow and his 17 year old son, Madison are two of the five team drivers driving effort sponsored by Universal Industrial Sales and Bilstein.

The other three pilots training team are veteran Porsche factory driver Sascha Maassen, 43, Junior Porsche driver Klaus Bachler, 21, who was competing in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, Porsche pilot and instructor and Marco Seefried, 36. Wright Motorsports / Racing Snow white, red and black Porsche is currently one of 36 entries in the Grand Touring class (GT) for the Rolex 24.

Both Melanie and Madison Snow Rolex make their first 24 games, but they have extensive experience in other series. With her husband, Martin Snow, and another pilot, Patrick Huisman, Melanie Snow was part of the winning entry in the 12 Hours of Sebring GTS n 1999 in a Porsche 911 Turbo.

Madison Snow started running at the age of 4 years in karting. He finished second overall last year in the first class of IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama with three victories in a car prepared by Wright Motorsports. When he won the Gold Cup championship series "in 2011, when he was 15, he became the youngest champion of the Copa do a Porsche in history. Though it will not be the youngest driver to participate the Rolex 24, yet he is the youngest driver entered the race this year, according to officials of the Grand Am.

Maassen won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice and the Twelve Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans four times. He was the champion ALMS GT twice and he also won the LMP2 ALMS Championship and the FIA ​​GT Championship. He is also an instructor for the Porsche, and one of his students is Bachler.

All five riders participated in the event for the official test on January 4-6 Daytona 279 when connected laps around the 3.56 route miles, 12 turn.

"There were 12 hours of testing available, and we have 11 hours in the car," said Wright Motorsports owner John Wright, who participates in this race against the clock 19. He was on the podium in this event several times in various roles, most recently in 2009, when he was the team owner / manager of the car that finished third in the GT division. Maassen was one of the pilots that effort.

"The car was strong, we were quick in the test," said Wright. "All riders showed good pace, there is a weak link in our driver line, and the team is gelling."