Falken have come on leaps and bounds in the American Le Mans Series with their Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, taking on the big factory teams and major tyre manufacturers at the sharp end of the GT grid. The bumpy streets of Baltimore at the beginning of September provided an X Games-style challenge for low-slung GT cars, and Falken’s #17 crew of Bryan Sellers and Wolf Henzler somehow avoided all the street-fighting mayhem to come through and take the win – their second in the two races held at Baltimore since 2011.
Here’s their story from the winning weekend, which shows off the incredibly tight and twisty nature of the impressive Baltimore street course and the lethal kerbs and bumps – and close attention from the chasing GTs – the Falken crew had to survive to take the victory.
Jonathan Moore