Source: Grand-Am.com
The Daytona Prototype and GT championships will be on the line as the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series visits Miller Motorsports Park for Saturday's season-ending SunRichGourmet.com 1000 presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels.
The Rolex Series tackles the mammoth 24-turn, 4.486-mile circuit in the Salt Lake City, Utah, suburb of Tooele in the 139-lap, 1,000-kilometer event, with a seven-hour time limit.
TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates teammates Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas need to drive at least 30 minutes each in the No 01 Lexus Riley to share the Daytona Prototype championship. Pruett, who shared the 2004 title with Max Papis, is looking to become the first repeat champion in the Grand-Am Rolex Series' premier division.
The Ganassi team has already locked up its third title, leading the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley team of Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty by 38 points.
Pruett and Rojas opened the year by winning the Rolex 24 At Daytona - joined by Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti - and added five additional victories on their march to the championship. Gurney and Fogarty won only one race this year after winning seven races and the title in 2007, but are guaranteed second place in the team championship and a tie for third in the driver points.
With the top two positions in the Daytona Prototype team championship locked up, third place is up for grabs as six teams are within 18 points.
The GT championship is expected to come down to the final lap of the season, with Paul Edwards and Kelly Collins - drivers of the No. 07 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R - leading No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R co-drivers Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis by six points. Also in contention are Sylvain Tremblay and Nick Ham, who are 13 points out of the lead in the No. 70 SpeedSource Mazdaspeed Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8.
photo:Philippe Champoux - Auto123.com
The Daytona Prototype and GT championships will be on the line as the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series visits Miller Motorsports Park for Saturday's season-ending SunRichGourmet.com 1000 presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels.
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The Rolex Series tackles the mammoth 24-turn, 4.486-mile circuit in the Salt Lake City, Utah, suburb of Tooele in the 139-lap, 1,000-kilometer event, with a seven-hour time limit.
TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates teammates Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas need to drive at least 30 minutes each in the No 01 Lexus Riley to share the Daytona Prototype championship. Pruett, who shared the 2004 title with Max Papis, is looking to become the first repeat champion in the Grand-Am Rolex Series' premier division.
The Ganassi team has already locked up its third title, leading the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley team of Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty by 38 points.
Pruett and Rojas opened the year by winning the Rolex 24 At Daytona - joined by Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti - and added five additional victories on their march to the championship. Gurney and Fogarty won only one race this year after winning seven races and the title in 2007, but are guaranteed second place in the team championship and a tie for third in the driver points.
With the top two positions in the Daytona Prototype team championship locked up, third place is up for grabs as six teams are within 18 points.
The GT championship is expected to come down to the final lap of the season, with Paul Edwards and Kelly Collins - drivers of the No. 07 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R - leading No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R co-drivers Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis by six points. Also in contention are Sylvain Tremblay and Nick Ham, who are 13 points out of the lead in the No. 70 SpeedSource Mazdaspeed Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8.
photo:Philippe Champoux - Auto123.com