Grand Am press release
Scott Pruett wins the 100th Daytona Prototype race - the Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona - with co-driver Memo Rojas, piloting the No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley. Drivers Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas of the TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates team celebrated the 100th race for the Daytona Prototype class by scoring an impressive victory in Saturday's Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway, adding to their record win totals in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series' leading division. Pruett took the lead with one hour remaining and led all but one of the remaining laps in the No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley started by Rojas. Pruett beat Rolex 24 At Daytona winner Ryan Dalziel to the checkered flag by 24.304 seconds, extending his DP-leading total to 28 victories; it was the 29th triumph for the Ganassi team. The victory came only four days after a penalty resulting from post-race inspection at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course cost the team 25 points, cutting their lead to seven points in the battle for the DP championship title. Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas now lead Ryan Dalziel by 13 points. Dalziel - who won the season-opening Rolex 24 with Action Express Racing - joined Mike Forest in the No. 8 Corsa Car Care BMW/Riley. Both drivers led the race for a total of 13 laps; their efforts came one day after they missed qualifying due to an accident in opening practice. It was Dalziel's third consecutive podium finish with three different teams at Daytona. He finished third in last year's Brumos Porsche 250, co-driving with Bill Lester for Orbit Racing. Ozz Negri and John Pew took third in the No. 60 Crown Royal XR Ford/Riley, their third podium finish of the season. Negri held off David Donohue, who co-drove with HYPERLINK "http://www.grand-am.com/drivers/driver.cfm?series=r&did=1251" "_blank" Darren Law in the No. 59 Brumos Porsche/Riley. Memo Gidley and Dion von Moltke finished fifth in the No. 77 McDonald's/PR Newswire Ford/Dallara. Negri, Donohue and Law participated in the first Daytona Prototype race, the 2003 Rolex 24. Donohue and Law have run in all 100 races. In the GT class, Andy Lally passed Joey Hand with nine laps remaining to win his third race of the season, joining RJ Valentine in the No. 66 TRG Porsche GT3. Race classification: 1 - Pruett/Rojas (Riley-BMW) - Ganassi - 82 laps in 2.10'56" 2 - Dalziel/Forest (Riley-BMW) - Starworks - 24"304 3 - Pew/Negri (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 44"346 4 - Donohue/Law (Riley-Porsche) - Brumos - 47"422 5 - Gidley/Von Moltke (Dallara-Ford) - Doran - 1 lap 6 - Jonsson/Krohn (Coyote-Porsche) - Krohn - 1 lap 7 - Gurney/Fogarty (Riley-Chevy - Stallings - 1 lap 8 - Garcia/Rice (Coyote-Porsche) - Spirit Of Daytona - 2 laps etc.
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