Under heavily contentious circumstance, Joe Tandy Racing won this years Formula Ford Festival at its first stab at the prestigious event. Driver Nick Tandy took Pole position for his Heat and duly won it in style, meaning Pole for the Semi Final. in treacherous conditions Nick pulled clear of the field and won by a margin of 2 seconds from James Nash, But an early safety car meant that his semi was the slower of the two and Nathan Freke, winner of the other semi took Pole for the Final with Nick starting in P2. As the Final got underway in horrendous conditions, an altercation with Freke put Nick down in 19th and last position, and seemingly out of contention. A simply storming drive ensued, which saw Nick back in the top 10 with 10 laps to go, when a safety car was dispatched due to an incident involving Peter Dempsy. As he saw the safety car, Nick had to check up quickly and spun on the exit of Graham Hill, and as he did a number if cars passed him under the yellow flag. As he didn't leave the circuit of come to a standstill at any point, Nick slowly and safely reinstated himself back in the 6th position he held before the safety car was deployed.

On the restart Nick was able to lap between 1 and 2 seconds quicker than anybody else on the circuit, and quickly overthrew Richard Tannahill for the lead with 3 laps to go. At the flag Nick won by 3.6 seconds, sealing a simply amazing drive. After the race had finished, the Clerk of the Course imposed a 10 second penalty for his actions under the safety car, but JTR protested and now the case will be heard at an MSA tribunal before the result is declared.

Joe Tandy 'it is such a shame the result is still up in the air, Nick was easily the fastest all weekend and with such a storming drive in the final he really deserves to keep hold of his win. This is simply amazing for JTR also - to come out so late in the year and win the festival first time is magic, over the last 7 races of the season we have taken five wins, two 2nd places, three pole positions and three fastest laps. Based on this level of success straight out of the box we will continue to run the team for the '07 season in the UK Formula Ford Championship' 'I would like to extend my most sincere thanks to our chassis partner RayEngineering, our engine supplier Premier Power and all the members of the team, including Rob Elmer, Michael Beckett and Joe Tandy Snr who provided Nick with such a superb package'