Source: Grand-Am After nearly two months away from the track, the drivers and teams of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 are itching to get back into action at Saturday's GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-Miami Speedway (3 p.m. ET). At the top of the Daytona Prototype standings following the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona are some familiar faces, beginning with 2004 Rolex Series co-Champ Scott Pruett and his season-long teammate Memo Rojas in the No. 01 TELMEX/Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus Riley. Rojas and Pruett lead the championship standings after their win at Daytona, Pruett's third overall win in the endurance classic. Hot on their heels entering round two of the season are the defending champions, Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty, in the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley. Homestead-Miami Speedway was one of the few black marks on the 2007 season for the team after an 11th-place finish, with a top finish in front of the team's key sponsor a priority at this year's GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami. Dallara makes its debut as a chassis manufacturer in the Rolex Series this weekend. Max Angelelli and Michael Valiante will pilot the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Pontiac Dallara following a runner-up finish for the team a season ago in South Florida. Memo Gidley and Brad Jaeger will pilot the No. 77 Doran Racing Kodak Ford Dallara as a second Dallara entry at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Cheever Group-built Coyotes will return to the track after making their debut during the most difficult race on the schedule, the Rolex 24. In addition to the No. 16 Cheever Racing Crown Royal Cask Pontiac Coyote piloted by Matteo Bobbi and Antonio Garcia, the No. 09 Spirit of Daytona Racing Porsche Coyote driven by Guy Cosmo and Marc-Antoine Camirand has been converted from the old FABCAR chassis to the new Coyote. In total, 19 Daytona Prototypes combined with 26 GT machines are entered in the 45 car field. The two-car effort of SpeedSource returns to its home track with a points lead after the No. 70 MazdaSpeed Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8 captured the GT class title in the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Championship points leaders Sylvain Tremblay and Nick Ham return behind the wheel of that machine, while Emil Assentato and Jeff Segal will pilot the team's No. 69 FXDD Mazda RX-8. A two-car effort from Blackforest Motorsports represents Ford in the GT class, with Jean-Francois Dumoulin, Tom Nastasi and John Farano among those behind the wheel of the No. 15 USG Sheetrock and No. 50 Ford Mustangs. Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey will co-drive the No. 40 Hyper Sport Mazda RX-8 with Joe Foster, while the No. 30 Racer's Edge Motorsports Mazda RX-8 will be piloted by Craig Stone and Robert Thorne.
Grand-Am returns to action in Miami