Michael Shank Racing revealed in a Tweet on Friday the livery for their No. 60 Ligier JS P2 Honda for the upcoming penultimate round of the 2015 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season at Circuit of The Americas which features a tribute to Justin Wilson.
Wilson drove for the team over the course of many years, aided in the team's Rolex 24 at Daytona win in 2012. He also was set to share the No. 60 with full-time drivers Ozz Negri and John Pew in this year's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, but an accident in the opening hours of the race saw him never get behind the wheel.
"The biggest thing I've been stressing is Justin Wilson was a true friend, which came before driving, and he was a rockstar in the car," Shank told RACER. "I'm proud to have known him, to have had so much success with him, and look forward to honoring him."
In the two pictures of the car posted on Twitter on Friday, various tributes to the British driver are evident around the Honda-powered LMP2-style Prototype car. Wilson's helmet on the nose assembly and sides of the rear wing, the UK flag on the fin of the engine cover as well as a JWill strip along the side of the car will be along for the ride during the two-hour, 40-minute race at COTA.
Shank also stated that the team will honor Wilson throughout the weekend by selling tribute T-shirts and IMSA has tributes in place for the weekend as well.
Follow @VAVELSportsCar on Twitter for coverage of the Lone Star Le Mans weekend.
Aaron Durant is the editor of the VAVEL USA Racing section. Follow him on Twitter at @DoubleA291.