Nick Tandy will rejoin Team Falken Tire for Petit Le Mans, bookending the season with the team he last raced for at Sebring alongside season long drivers Bryan Sellers and Wolf Henzler.
“I’m really looking forward to coming back to the American Le Mans Series, back to Falken and also back to Road Atlanta,” said Tandy. “After the team’s great performance and result at Sebring when I last competed with Falken I’m hoping for more success and will be pushing flat out to achieve this.”
“It’s great to have Nick Tandy back,” said fellow Porsche Factory driver Wolf Henzler. “He is a good addition and is a perfect fit to us. Many months have gone by since Sebring. We had many races and did quite a number of tire tests on various tracks in the US. We’ve made progress in some areas since he last drove with us, and now we have the 2010 car for him to race as well.”
”It’s great to have Nick returning to our program,” said Bryan Sellers. “We had a great result in Sebring with him accompanying us. He brings a lot of experience and knowledge. He fits in great and is fun to have around.”
The team will also feature another eye-catching change with a one-off competition winning livery.
Earlier this year, Falken Tire joined forces with Microsoft and Turn 10 studios to utilize the popular Xbox 360 game Forza Motorsport, for a worldwide contest. The month-long competition called for Xbox users to use the game to submit their own livery designs for the Team Falken Tire Porsche GT3 RSR. Over 200 designs were submitted, then narrowed down to six finalists which were posted on Falken’s Facebook page, where fan voting determined the winner.
In the 2013 Petit Le Mans, the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR will trade its iconic teal and blue livery to the winning Forza design by Kevin Neuville of Belgium. The new look will also be on display at SEMA 5-8 November.
