From Grand-Am Series; Michael Harker
America's newest road circuit is set to hold its first professional racing weekend, as the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series visits New Jersey Motorsports Park for Sunday's Supercar Life 250.
The Daytona Prototype and GT classes will tackle the 14-turn, 2.25-mile Thunderbolt Raceway in the event - which will cover 250 miles (112 laps) with a two-hour and 45-minute time limit - at 1:07 p.m. Sunday.
With only the season finale remaining following Sunday's race, the Supercar Life 250 will play a major role in determining the respective Rolex Series champions.
Defending Daytona Prototype titlists Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty have been able to trim the lead owned by Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas from 63 to 42 points (364-322) over the last two events.
In GT, three teams are battling for the lead with only the Sunchaser 1000 on Sept. 20 at Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, Utah, following the New Jersey race.
Pruett and Rojas lead the Daytona Prototypes with six victories in addition to second and third-place finishes in the No. 01 Lexus Riley. However, they followed up their season-worst finish - 13th in the Crown Royal 200 at Watkins Glen International - with a sixth-place outing in last weekend's event, the Armed Forces 250 at Infineon Raceway.
While Gurney and Fogarty have won only one race this year in the No. 99 Pontiac Riley, they have four runner-up finishes, including both of the last two rounds.
The competition in the GT category tightens among three teams. With only two races remaining in the 2008 season, now is the time to show their best talent to earn the coveted championship title.
Sylvain Tremblay and co-driver Nick Ham are inching their way closer to GT point leaders Kelly Collins and Paul Edwards, with only six points separating the teams (316-310). Ham and Tremblay have two victories and a second place finish in the past three races in the No. 70 Mazda RX-8.
After winning three races early in the season, Collins and Edwards have been off the podium in four straight events in the No. 07Pontiac GXP.R. However, they have the most top 10s of any GT team this year with 10 of 11 starts.
Also in contention is the No. 57 team of Andrew Davis and Robin Liddell, and they hope to capture another victory as they did in Montreal. The duo is sitting first in number of GT class podium finishes for this season with seven, including three victories. The pair is tied for fifth in points with 300, only 16 behind the leaders.
America's newest road circuit is set to hold its first professional racing weekend, as the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series visits New Jersey Motorsports Park for Sunday's Supercar Life 250.
The Daytona Prototype and GT classes will tackle the 14-turn, 2.25-mile Thunderbolt Raceway in the event - which will cover 250 miles (112 laps) with a two-hour and 45-minute time limit - at 1:07 p.m. Sunday.
With only the season finale remaining following Sunday's race, the Supercar Life 250 will play a major role in determining the respective Rolex Series champions.
Defending Daytona Prototype titlists Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty have been able to trim the lead owned by Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas from 63 to 42 points (364-322) over the last two events.
In GT, three teams are battling for the lead with only the Sunchaser 1000 on Sept. 20 at Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, Utah, following the New Jersey race.
Pruett and Rojas lead the Daytona Prototypes with six victories in addition to second and third-place finishes in the No. 01 Lexus Riley. However, they followed up their season-worst finish - 13th in the Crown Royal 200 at Watkins Glen International - with a sixth-place outing in last weekend's event, the Armed Forces 250 at Infineon Raceway.
While Gurney and Fogarty have won only one race this year in the No. 99 Pontiac Riley, they have four runner-up finishes, including both of the last two rounds.
The competition in the GT category tightens among three teams. With only two races remaining in the 2008 season, now is the time to show their best talent to earn the coveted championship title.
Sylvain Tremblay and co-driver Nick Ham are inching their way closer to GT point leaders Kelly Collins and Paul Edwards, with only six points separating the teams (316-310). Ham and Tremblay have two victories and a second place finish in the past three races in the No. 70 Mazda RX-8.
After winning three races early in the season, Collins and Edwards have been off the podium in four straight events in the No. 07Pontiac GXP.R. However, they have the most top 10s of any GT team this year with 10 of 11 starts.
Also in contention is the No. 57 team of Andrew Davis and Robin Liddell, and they hope to capture another victory as they did in Montreal. The duo is sitting first in number of GT class podium finishes for this season with seven, including three victories. The pair is tied for fifth in points with 300, only 16 behind the leaders.