Pruett, Rojas rebound from penalty to win Daytona Grand-Am race 

Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(July 3, 2010)

DAYTONA BEACH , Fla.—Only four days after having their Daytona Prototype championship points lead decimated by a 25-point penalty, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas co-drove to victory in Saturday’s Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the eighth race of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season—and the 100th race in the history of the DP class.

Pruett took the lead with one hour remaining and led all but one of the remaining laps in the Chip Ganassi-owned No. 01 BMW/Riley. Pruett beat Ryan Dalziel to the checkered flag by 24.304 seconds.

The mid-week penalty, which resulted from an engine rule infraction at the series’ previous race at Mid-Ohio, had cut the Ganassi team’s lead to seven points in the battle for the DP title. Pruett and Rojas now lead Dalziel—who co-drove the No. 8 BMW/Riley with Mike Forest—by 13 points.

Ozz Negri and John Pew took third in the No. 60 Ford/Riley, their third podium finish of the season.

Andy Lally won his third race of the season in the production-based GT class, co-driving with RJ Valentine in the No. 66 TRG Porsche GT3.

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
Brumos Porsche 250 results

Daytona International Speedway

DAYTONA BEACH , Fla.—Final results from Saturday’s Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway with drivers’ starting position in parentheses, drivers, car and laps completed.

1. (4) Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas, BMW Riley, 83.

2. (12) Mike Forest/Ryan Dalziel, BMW Riley, 83.

3. (9) John Pew/Ozz Negri, Ford Riley, 83.

4. (3) Darren Law/David Donohue, Porsche Riley, 83.

5. (7) Memo Gidley/Dion von Moltke, Ford Dallara, 83.

6. (10) Tracy Krohn/Nic Jonsson, Ford Lola, 82.

7. (2) Jon Fogarty/Alex Gurney, Chevrolet Riley, 82.

8. (6) Antonio Garcia/Buddy Rice, Porsche Coyote, 82.

9. (1) Max Angelelli/Ricky Taylor, Ford Dallara, 81.

10. (8) Terry Borcheller/Joao Barbosa, Porsche Riley, 81.

11. (25) RJ Valentine/Andy Lally, Porsche GT3, 79.

12. (29) Bill Auberlen/Paul Dalla Lana/Joey Hand, BMW M6, 79.

13. (30) Robin Liddell/Andrew Davis, Camaro GT.R, 78.

14. (20) Emil Assentato/Jeff Segal, Mazda RX-8, 78.

15. (16) John Edwards/Adam Christodoulou, Mazda RX-8, 78.

16. (14) Sylvain Tremblay/Jonathan Bomarito, Mazda RX-8, 78.

17. (17) James Gue/Leh Keen, Mazda RX-8, 78.

18. (15) Todd Lamb/Jordan Taylor, Mazda RX-8, 78.

19. (22) Gunter Schaldach/Jan Magnussen, Camaro GT.R, 78.

20. (27) Wayne Nonnamaker/Joe Nonnamaker, Mazda RX-8, 78.

21. (23) Eric Lux/Kelly Collins, Corvette, 77.

22. (26) Will Nonnamaker/Andy Wallace, Mazda RX-8, 77.

23. (28) Peter Bassett/Spencer Pumpelly, Porsche GT3, 76.

24. (5) Burt Frisselle/Mark Wilkins, Ford Riley, 76.

25. (13) Michael Valiante/Brian Frisselle, Ford Dallara, 58.

26. (21) Joe Foster/Charles Espenlaub, Mazda RX-8, 55.

27. (24) Julian Martinez/Sebastien Martinez , Mazda RX-8, 45.

28. (19) John Potter/Craig Stanton, Porsche GT3, 38.

29. (11) Bill Lester/Nelson Philippe, BMW Riley, 34.

30. (18) Paul Edwards/Scott Russell, Corvette, 26.

31. (31) Boris Said, Corvette, 0.