Grand-Am: Detroit win moves Angelelli and Taylor into championship lead

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A win in this weekend's contest in the streets of Detroit has moved Max Angelelli and Jordan Taylor into the lead of the Daytona Prototype category standings.

The Velocity Motorsports duo beat Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi to the finish line, in a Corvette 1-2.

Former championship leaders Memo Rojas and Scott Pruett dropped to fourth in the standings when the Rojas crashed out of the race.

John Edwards and Robin Liddell gave Chevrolet its second home win of the weekend by winning the GT category aboard their No. 57 Camaro.

Scuderia Corsa Ferrari duo Jeff Westphal and Alessandro Balzan finished second ahead of Max Papis and Jeff Segal in the Aim Autosport Ferrari.

Joel Miller and Tristan Nunez are the GX class winners.

Photo: Grand-Am.com

Race results – Detroit (Grand-Am)
1 - Angelelli-Taylor (Corvette DP/Dallara) - Taylor - 61 laps
2 - Barbosa-Fittipaldi (Corvette DP/Coyote) - ActionEx -0"486
3 - Dalziel-Popow (Riley-Ford) - Starworks -0"825
4 - Cameron-Nonnamaker (Riley-BMW) - Sahlen - 1"469
5 - Taylor-Westbrook (Corvette DP/Coyote) - SpiritOfDaytona - 8"811
6 - Fogarty-Gurney (Corvette DP/Riley) - Stallings - 8"997
7 - Pizzonia-Yacaman (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 17"707
8 - Hartley-Mayer (Porsche 997) - Starworks - 1 lap
9 - Nonnamaker-Nonnamaker-Sahlen (Riley-BMW) - Sahlen - 1 lap
10 - Edwards-Liddell (Chevy Camaro) - Stevenson - 1 lap
11 - Balzan-Westphal (Ferrari 458) - Corsa - 1 lap
12 - Papis-Segal (Ferrari 458) - AIM - 1 lap
13 - Lally-Potter (Porsche 997) - Magnus - 1 lap
14 - Curran-Said (Corvette Z06) - Marsh - 1 lap
15 - Lindsey-Long (Porsche 997) - Park Place - 1 lap
16 - Assentato-Lazzaro (Ferrari 458) - AIM - 1 lap
17 - Johnson-Marsal-Schaldach (BMW M3) - Turner - 2 laps
18 - Drissi-Von Moltke (Porsche 997) - Muehlner - 3 laps
19 - Miller-Nunez (Mazda 6) - Speedsource - 5 laps
20 - Norman-Pumpelly (Porsche Cayman) - BGB - 5 laps

Retirements
Lap 48 - Long-Tremblay
Lap 47 - Lamy-Sarrazin
Lap 44 - Frisselle-Frisselle
Lap 33 - Johnson-Auberlen
Lap 1 - Pruett-Rojas
Lap 1 - Pew-Valiante