Just as Nick Tandy's Porsche 963 was storming back into contention in the Rolex24 Hours at Daytona, disaster struck 😱 Here's what happened 👇
– was forced off track at The Kink, damaging the car’s front and rear as he spun through the grass at high speed.
Later on, with 2hr 45mins to go, Tandy stopped on track at the exit of Turn 1 for a power recycle. He rejoined after losing 40secs, getting back up to speed, only for a loud bang to be heard from the in-car camera footage as he drove around the Superspeedway banking of NASCAR Turn 2, and white smoke was emitted from the back of the car.
Tandy stopped again on the approach to the Le Mans chicane, having been told to shut down the car’s engine, and then he drove slowly back to the pits on electric power only. Mechanics went to work at the rear of the car, rather than in the engine bay ahead of it, but soon made the call to push the car into the garage.
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