Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas extended their Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 point lead Saturday with their second consecutive Rolex Series win in Saturday's GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Auberlen and Hand finished second in the No. 23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Porsche Crawford. Auberlen avoided trouble from the early cautions throughout his stint before passing off to Hand.
Rounding out the Daytona Prototype podium were Oswaldo Negri and Mark Patterson in the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley. Patterson qualified ninth and drove a trouble-free first stint before passing the car to Negri, who brought the No. 60 machine home on the podium after holding off Marc Goossens in the No. 91 Riley-Matthews Pontiac Riley over the last several laps.
Goossens and teammate Jim Matthews finished fourth after sneaking by Matt Plumb in the No. 7 late in the race.
Five Daytona Prototypes led overall and nine Daytona Prototype cars finished on the lead lap.
Michael Valiante led 20 laps early in the race in the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Pontiac Dallara in the Dallara's Rolex Series debut before a spinning Daytona Prototype collected Valiante and sent the team to the garage for repairs. Valiante and teammate Max Angelelli finished 14th in class.
It also marked Pruett's record-extending 16th Daytona Prototype victory in Grand-Am competition.
Rojas earned his third career Rolex Series win in a race that was slowed by nine full course caution periods for 40 laps.
Race Classification :
1 - Pruett/Rojas (Lexus Riley) - Ganassi
2 - Auberlen/Hand (Porsche Crawford) - Alex Job
3 - Negri/Patterson (Ford Riley) - Shank
4 - Goossens/Matthews (Pontiac Riley) - Stallings
5 - Plumb/Sigal (BMW Riley) - Sigalsport
6 - Fogarty/Gurney (Riley-Matthews) - Stallings
7 - Barbosa/France (Pontiac Riley) - Brumos
8 - Frisselle/Wilkins (Ford Riley) - AIM
9 - Lester/Lewis (Lexus Riley) - Southard
10 - Collins/Edwards (Pontiac GXP.R) - Banner
11 - George Jr/Pumpelly (Porsche GT3 Cup) - TRG
12 - Magnussen/Reese (Pontiac GXP.R) - Banner Racing
13 - Farnbacher/Werner (Porsche GT3 Cup) - Farnbacher
14 - Ham/Tremblay (Mazda RX-8) - SpeedSource
15 - Aschenbach/Lewis Jr (Pontiac GXP.R) - Autohaus
16 - Empringham/Farano (Ford Mustang) - Blackforest
17 - Assentato/Segal (Mazda RX-8) - SpeedSource
18 - Sellers/Valentine (Porsche GT3 Cup) - TRG
19 - Dumoulin/Nastasi (Ford Mustang) - Blackforest
20 - Dalziel/Zogaib (BMW Riley) - SAMAX
etc.
Auberlen and Hand finished second in the No. 23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Porsche Crawford. Auberlen avoided trouble from the early cautions throughout his stint before passing off to Hand.
Rounding out the Daytona Prototype podium were Oswaldo Negri and Mark Patterson in the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley. Patterson qualified ninth and drove a trouble-free first stint before passing the car to Negri, who brought the No. 60 machine home on the podium after holding off Marc Goossens in the No. 91 Riley-Matthews Pontiac Riley over the last several laps.
Goossens and teammate Jim Matthews finished fourth after sneaking by Matt Plumb in the No. 7 late in the race.
Five Daytona Prototypes led overall and nine Daytona Prototype cars finished on the lead lap.
Michael Valiante led 20 laps early in the race in the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Pontiac Dallara in the Dallara's Rolex Series debut before a spinning Daytona Prototype collected Valiante and sent the team to the garage for repairs. Valiante and teammate Max Angelelli finished 14th in class.
It also marked Pruett's record-extending 16th Daytona Prototype victory in Grand-Am competition.
Rojas earned his third career Rolex Series win in a race that was slowed by nine full course caution periods for 40 laps.
Race Classification :
1 - Pruett/Rojas (Lexus Riley) - Ganassi
2 - Auberlen/Hand (Porsche Crawford) - Alex Job
3 - Negri/Patterson (Ford Riley) - Shank
4 - Goossens/Matthews (Pontiac Riley) - Stallings
5 - Plumb/Sigal (BMW Riley) - Sigalsport
6 - Fogarty/Gurney (Riley-Matthews) - Stallings
7 - Barbosa/France (Pontiac Riley) - Brumos
8 - Frisselle/Wilkins (Ford Riley) - AIM
9 - Lester/Lewis (Lexus Riley) - Southard
10 - Collins/Edwards (Pontiac GXP.R) - Banner
11 - George Jr/Pumpelly (Porsche GT3 Cup) - TRG
12 - Magnussen/Reese (Pontiac GXP.R) - Banner Racing
13 - Farnbacher/Werner (Porsche GT3 Cup) - Farnbacher
14 - Ham/Tremblay (Mazda RX-8) - SpeedSource
15 - Aschenbach/Lewis Jr (Pontiac GXP.R) - Autohaus
16 - Empringham/Farano (Ford Mustang) - Blackforest
17 - Assentato/Segal (Mazda RX-8) - SpeedSource
18 - Sellers/Valentine (Porsche GT3 Cup) - TRG
19 - Dumoulin/Nastasi (Ford Mustang) - Blackforest
20 - Dalziel/Zogaib (BMW Riley) - SAMAX
etc.