There was plenty of bumping and banging up front in Saturday's Mexico City 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Riley Matthews Motorsports teammates Jim Matthews and Marc Goossens bided their time before making their move, leading the final 28 laps to score their second career victory in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16.
Pole winner Memo Rojas and Scott Pruett were seeking their third consecutive triumph in the No. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus Riley, with both drivers involved in controversial bumping incidents.
Goossens made his move on a strong outside pass of Pruett with 28 laps remaining, and managed to hold off Pruett, Ricardo Zonta and Alex Gurney down the stretch to claim the team's first victory since the 2007 season finale at Miller Motorsports Park in Salt Lake City, when they were joined by Ryan Hunter-Reay.
The top three finishers -- joined at times by Gurney -- battled nose-to-tail throughout the final 20 laps.
In GT, Stephenson Motorsports took its first Rolex Series victory, with Andrew Davis and Robin Liddell stretching the fuel mileage in the No. 57 Pontiac GXP.R to hold off the new division's point leaders, Kelly Collins and Paul Edwards in the No. 07 Banner Engineering Pontiac GXP.R.
Pole winner Memo Rojas and Scott Pruett were seeking their third consecutive triumph in the No. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus Riley, with both drivers involved in controversial bumping incidents.
Goossens made his move on a strong outside pass of Pruett with 28 laps remaining, and managed to hold off Pruett, Ricardo Zonta and Alex Gurney down the stretch to claim the team's first victory since the 2007 season finale at Miller Motorsports Park in Salt Lake City, when they were joined by Ryan Hunter-Reay.
The top three finishers -- joined at times by Gurney -- battled nose-to-tail throughout the final 20 laps.
In GT, Stephenson Motorsports took its first Rolex Series victory, with Andrew Davis and Robin Liddell stretching the fuel mileage in the No. 57 Pontiac GXP.R to hold off the new division's point leaders, Kelly Collins and Paul Edwards in the No. 07 Banner Engineering Pontiac GXP.R.