DETROIT — One driver set to compete at the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Presented by Lear has a chance to complete a full set of victories at every current track the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races.
That’d be Nick Tandy, who’s shifted back into GT this year as part of the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) in Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO).
Tandy’s endurance race accolades generated headlines in early 2025, as his overall win at the Rolex 24 At Daytona launched the “Tandy Slam” as he became the first driver to claim four major overall 24-hour race wins (Daytona, Le Mans, Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps).
But what may have been overlooked is his full IMSA career in totality. It dates back more than a decade to the early 2010s, and he has achieved 25 career IMSA wins (23 in the WeatherTech Championship, two in the American Le Mans Series, and one non-points event that doesn’t count toward official records).
The new 1.645-mile Detroit Street Circuit is the last track he needs to conquer, and he’ll be the first driver on the grid to complete the current set.
Jordan Taylor or Colin Braun can do so too if either driver wins both at Detroit and at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway later this year, but Tandy is the first to have this attempt.
Tandy’s won overall and/or in class at the following:
Daytona International Speedway
Sebring International Raceway
Streets of Long Beach
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Watkins Glen International
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Road America
VIRginia International Raceway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta
That aforementioned caveat of one non-points win for Tandy came in Detroit. He shared the winning GT Le Mans Corvette entry at The Raceway on Belle Isle Park in 2021 with Tommy Milner, but the race was considered non-points for the class and thus doesn’t count officially toward the record books.
Having only made the two starts at “new” Detroit, with fewer opportunities to conquer the shortest track on the calendar, Tandy is yet to break through. But there’s good potential he could do so this week based on both his own and AO Racing’s street course record.
Tandy scored the first pole at the track in Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) and currently holds the track record, with a lap of 1 minute, 5.390 seconds (90.564 mph) set in 2024 aboard the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963.
That same year, AO Racing won its first street course race with Laurin Heinrich and Seb Priaulx sharing the No. 77 Porsche in GTD PRO.
Tandy’s most recent IMSA win also came on the streets, the streets of Long Beach in 2025 overall – a race AO also won with Laurens Vanthoor and Jonny Edgar sharing the renumbered No. 177 AO Porsche in GTD.
The new-look AO lineup is rounding into form early in 2026, too, as Tandy and IMSA rookie Harry King have scored back-to-back podiums in second and third at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring and StubHub Monterey SportsCar Championship, respectively.
That puts them third in GTD PRO points, 63 behind the leading entry of Milner and Nicky Catsburg in the No. 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3.R.
AO’s livery has been on rotation through the first three races, with its primary green “Rexy” colors at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the pink “Roxy” filling in at Sebring after front end damage in Daytona, and the creative “Sketchy” – the pencil-drawn green and white sketch of “Rexy’s” origins – utilized in Monterey. “Rexy” is set to return this week in Detroit.
Whatever the livery and whatever the lineup, both AO and Tandy are off to a solid 2026 start. It could be a fitting result if they score their first win together in Detroit and Tandy adds a new record to his resume.
