Duncan Ende to Join Silicon Tech/Dempsey Racing and Henri Richard for 2012 ALMS Season
Signing Reunites Former Winning Teammates Richard and Ende for Full 2012 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Season
ATLANTA, Georgia (November 29, 2011) – Just two weeks after the announcement of the new Silicon Tech/Dempsey Racing collaboration and its full-season participation in the 2012 American Le Mans Series (ALMS), the team announced today the signing of Duncan Ende to partner lead driver and Silicon Tech Racing Founder and Principal Henri Richard as co-drivers in its Le Mans Prototype Challenge (LMPC) entry.
Ende, 26, is no stranger to success in the ALMS and joined Richard for a convincing GTC class victory in the 2010 Petit Le Mans, in addition to teaming with Richard in that year’s season-opening race at Sebring. Ende followed up 2010’s strong end-of-season result with three victories and an overall second-place finish in this year’s GTC championship.
“I’m very excited to see Duncan rejoin our team for the 2012 season,” Richard said. “We had a great time driving together in 2010 at Sebring and Petit Le Mans, and obviously the results at Petit spoke for themselves. Duncan is a young, talented, and extremely affable young man, and I believe he will represent the Silicon Tech Racing brand very well. He’ll be a great asset to us on and off the track, and I look forward to the coming season.”
Ende, who lives in Los Angeles, is coming off of a five-year campaign in GT competition, most notably in Porsche GT3s in the ALMS and GRAND-AM Road Racing ranks. His return to prototype competition is in many ways a return to his roots. As Ende is no stranger to lightweight, downforce-oriented vehicles. He began his career in the Skip Barber National Series, graduated to Formula Atlantic and made his first big impression with five victories in the 2006 IMSA Lites series, driving a car that shares a similar but downsized resemblance to the Oreca FLM09 he will drive in 2012.
ATLANTA, Georgia (November 29, 2011) – Just two weeks after the announcement of the new Silicon Tech/Dempsey Racing collaboration and its full-season participation in the 2012 American Le Mans Series (ALMS), the team announced today the signing of Duncan Ende to partner lead driver and Silicon Tech Racing Founder and Principal Henri Richard as co-drivers in its Le Mans Prototype Challenge (LMPC) entry.Ende, 26, is no stranger to success in the ALMS and joined Richard for a convincing GTC class victory in the 2010 Petit Le Mans, in addition to teaming with Richard in that year’s season-opening race at Sebring. Ende followed up 2010’s strong end-of-season result with three victories and an overall second-place finish in this year’s GTC championship.
“I’m very excited to see Duncan rejoin our team for the 2012 season,” Richard said. “We had a great time driving together in 2010 at Sebring and Petit Le Mans, and obviously the results at Petit spoke for themselves. Duncan is a young, talented, and extremely affable young man, and I believe he will represent the Silicon Tech Racing brand very well. He’ll be a great asset to us on and off the track, and I look forward to the coming season.”
Ende, who lives in Los Angeles, is coming off of a five-year campaign in GT competition, most notably in Porsche GT3s in the ALMS and GRAND-AM Road Racing ranks. His return to prototype competition is in many ways a return to his roots. As Ende is no stranger to lightweight, downforce-oriented vehicles. He began his career in the Skip Barber National Series, graduated to Formula Atlantic and made his first big impression with five victories in the 2006 IMSA Lites series, driving a car that shares a similar but downsized resemblance to the Oreca FLM09 he will drive in 2012.
