VeloRUSH VeloPOINT Motorsports Magazine Fall 2013 | Page 24

AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES, ROUND IN SEBRING, FLORIDA USA
Henzler, Tandy, Sellers Third in GT at 12 Hours of Sebring in Falken Porsche

At the wheel of the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR fielded by the Falken Tire squad, Porsche works driver Wolf Henzler (Germany) and his teammate Bryan Sellers (USA) and works driver Nick Tandy (GB) finished the opening round of the American Le Mans Series season on the GT podium in third place. With this result, they were the best of the Porsche pilots on the bumpy 17-turn Sebring circuit which hosts America’s oldest endurance race. The team qualified in 12th place in class, but Henzler timed his acceleration at the green flag perfectly, scooting to sixth place in the 500 meters between the start line and turn one. Then, with perfect pit stops and some great driving in traffic from all three racers, the customer Porsche entry outran and outlasted factory teams from Corvette, BMW, SRT Viper and Aston Martin. “When the week began, I wouldn’t have thought we had a chance to make it on the podium
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