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Nick Tandy, the Farmer, Is Now Also the Endurance Champion Driver
He became the first driver to win the grand slam of 24-hour racing when he took Daytona this year.
For a farmer, Nick Tandy has not done too badly for himself in motorsport.
In January, Tandy made history by becoming the first driver to win the grand slam of 24-hour racing with his victory at Daytona. It added to his wins in previous years at Le Mans, Spa and Nürburgring, all with Porsche.
“For the last three years, I’ve been trying desperately to win it,” Tandy said in an interview in February, referring to his win at Daytona with Porsche Penske Motorsport. “This year it’s come true.
“Honestly, you don’t really think about the size of the achievement until people start talking about it, or asking questions about it. It’s a massive thing for me because it’s my world and it’s what I do, but I’m just one person in that massive world.”
Tandy said he did not realize the scale of his achievements until the following weeks.
“It brought home what I’ve done, something that nobody’s ever done, let alone a little farmer from the north of Bedfordshire that just decided to go racing one day,” he said, referring to a county in England.
Tandy, 40, has followed his father, Joe, into farming. When not at a racetrack, Tandy supports his father in running a 250-acre farm, swapping the 205 m.p.h. top speed of his Porsche 963 for the snail’s pace of a combine harvester.
