Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet's IMSA SportsCar Championship GTP title aspirations took a catastrophic hit after a multi-car accident damaged their #6 Porsche early in the Petit Le Mans finale.
Tandy was at the wheel of their works #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 heading down Road Atlanta's long straight toward Turn 10 while pushing through traffic when a pair of cars made contact ahead and triggered the incident. Dennis Andersen was occupying the middle of the track and moved slightly right, but his High Class Racing LMP2 ORECA-Gibson 07 hip-checked Triarsi Competizione’s Ferrari 296 GT3 of Charles Scardina.
All I needed was a little pull onto the grass, I could drive to the pitlane, and we could maybe repair it. But now we've lost 10 laps for the car to get back.” #20 High Class Racing Oreca LMP2 07: Dennis Andersen, Ed Jones, Anders Fjordbach Photo by: Michael L. Levitt / Motorsport Images He added: “At least we've got it back but it's damaged. We'll try and get it back out. It's a bit of a shame.
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