Grand-Am: Ricardo Zonta and Nic Jonsson take their second victory

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Ricardo Zonta and Nic Jonsson gave the No. 76 Krohn Racing Ford Lola its second victory of the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season Friday at Watkins Glen International, winning the Crown Royal 200 at The Glen.

Ricardo Zonta

Zonta led the final 21 circuits, holding off Scott Pruett by 3.325 seconds to win the two-hour event on the Watkins Glen 2.45-mile short circuit despite flat-spotting his tires on the final restart.

The second-place finish gave Pruett and Memo Rojas sole possession of the point lead with only three races remaining in the Daytona Prototype championship. The drivers took a four-point lead over fourth-place finishers Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty  (248-244), after entering the event tied for the lead.

Fogarty led the opening five laps from the pole before being passed by Rojas. Timo Bernhard led five laps before pitting. Other leaders included Brian Frisselle, Ricky Taylor and Mark Wilkins.

Scott Tucker and Christophe Bouchut gave Supercar Life Racing its first podium finish by placing third in the No. 55 BMW Riley, while Bill Lester and Ryan Dalziel placed fifth in the No. 45 car.

Rolex 24 At Daytona winners David Donohue and Darren Law took sixth.

In GT, Jeff Segal held off Dirk Werner by 0.774 seconds to win in the  class.

Werner finished second in the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche GT3 started by Leh Keen, and the position - which came despite a close call to avoid a spinning Daytona Prototype early - extended the duo's lead to 31 points (279-248) over Kelly Collins in the point standings.

Dane Cameron and Tom Sutherland took first-ever podium finish by placing third. Andrew Davis finished fourth as Collins finished fifth.

Rolex 24 At Daytona GT winners Justin Marks and Andy Lally finished sixth in the No. 66 car usually raced by Pumpelly, who did not drive  due to lack of sponsorship.

Scott Pruett

The next stop for the Grand-Am Rolex Series will be the Aug. 29 Montreal 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.