HOOSIER AT VIR WITH
THE GRAND AMERICAN ROAD RACING SERIES

ALTON, Va. (Sunday, April 29, 2007) -- As a tribute to fallen team owner Bob Snodgrass, who was also Vice Chairman of Grand-Am, the No. 58 Red Bull/Brumos Racing Porsche Riley driven by Darren Law and the No. 59 Brumos Porsche/Kendall Porsche Riley driven by JC France led the field on the first pace lap before dropping back into their grid position. After finishing third, Law's co-driver, David Donohue, pulled to the edge of the course and waited for Hurley Haywood in the No. 59 to catch up, and the two cars completed the cool-down lap and returned to the pits together.
 

A wonderful weekend of racing continued as the No. 10 SunTrust Pontiac Riley co-drivers Max Angelelli and Jan Magnussen took over the 2007 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve Daytona Prototype points lead with their first victory of the season in the VIR 400 at Virginia International Raceway. Coming in with a best lap time of 1:47.151 and an average speed of 102.171.

Followed by the #75 Pontiac/Riley of Krohn Racing Papis and Braun picked up their second runner-up trophy in three races with their second-place performance. In third was the #58 Porsche/Riley for Brumos Racing. Capping an emotional weekend following the death of Brumos Racing President and CEO Bob Snodgrass on Tuesday evening. Co-drivers Darren Law and David Donohue finished third "It's been a tough weekend for everybody," Law said. "We're really proud of the team. They've done a great job. We were up late last night working on the car. I've already said that it's great to have a podium, but it's even more special this weekend because of what's happened to Bob. There were a lot of happy people today."

Twenty Daytona Prototypes (DPs) started the race. Racing Sunday afternoon started at 1:15 pm, finishing the 77 laps in 2:27:51.875.
 

Werner and Miller Score First Career Grand-Am Rolex Series (GT) Win in VIR 400

ALTON, Va. (Saturday, April 28, 2007) -- After running near the front of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve GT class throughout the early portion of the 2007 season, No. 87 Marquis Jet/IPC/Recaro Porsche GT3 co-drivers Bryce Miller and Dirk Werner broke through for their first career Rolex Series victory in Saturday's VIR 400, to win by just 5.501 seconds. 

Sylvain Tremblay's co-driver Nick Ham, in the No. 70, led a race-high 28 laps before turning the Mazda RX-8 over to Tremblay, but the SpeedSource teammates came up short in their bid to claim their third consecutive GT class victory

For the first time since the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona, No. 07 Banner Engineering Pontiac GXP.R co-drivers Paul Edwards and Kelly Collins earned a podium result with a third-place run.

With four of fourteen races now in the books the next race is at Laguna Seca May 17 – 20, 2007 for both the Koni and Rolex Series.

For more information about Rolex Road Racing Series please visit the official Grand American website – www.grandamerican.com.

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