Mouser Electronics Sponsors Ho-Pin Tung at the Indy Grand Prix at Sonoma

“We’re really excited to have the opportunity to sponsor a talented driver like Ho-Pin,” says Larry Johannes, Mouser Electronics’ Vice President of Strategic Marketing. “His focus and drive on the track reflects our own dedication to bringing customers a speed-to-market advantage. Our partnership with Sam Schmidt Motorsports and Ho-Pin Tung, who is already well known in China, can help us build global awareness for Mouser and our valued supplier partners.”



Co-sponsoring the Sam Schmidt Motorsports team is Mouser’s Berkshire Hathaway partner company, TTI Inc. Joining them in sponsorship are top manufacturers Panasonic, TE Connectivity, Littelfuse, Amphenol, Phoenix Contact, Ohmite, Murata, Avago. Kemet, Vishay, On Semiconductor, and Luscombe Engineering.



Race fans can tune to a full weekend of racing events during the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma Valley, California, Aug. 26-28 on Versus. Tung, who started his career kart-racing in the Netherlands, will race the Mouser Electronics-sponsored #88 Dallara IndyCar for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Sam Schmidt Motorsports has visited victory lane 37 times in the various Indycar and Indylights series and has fielded cars that sat on the pole consecutively at the 2011 Indianapolis 500 and Texas Twin 275.



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