While it poured Saturday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the No. 99 car of Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney found a ray of sunshine. Gurney passed Matt Plumb on the outside with nine laps remaining in the 76-lap (two hours and 45 minutes) and went on to win his first Grand-Am Rolex victory of 2008. Gurney and Fogarty, the defending Daytona Prototype champions, had not visited the podium since finishing second in the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona. Meanwhile, Eric Lux and Leh Keen drove to victory in GT in the No. 86 Farnbacher Loles Porsche GT3, giving Porsche its first triumph of the season in eight races. A heavy rain began pouring only seven laps into the two hour, 45-minute event, leading to a multi-car spin that involved numerous contenders in both classes. Darren Law finished second in the No. 58 Porsche Riley that David Donohue put on the pole. He took the position on the final lap of racing, before a two-car incident caused the race to end under caution. Plumb and Gene Sigal finished third in the No. 7 BMW Riley. In all, there were eight caution periods for 35 laps. The next Grand-Am Rolex Series race will be the July 3 Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
Grand Am: Gurney, Fogarty shine in Mid-Ohio rain for first victory of 2008