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THIRD LONGEST RACE OF THE YEAR,
SAHLEN'S SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN

6-12-07
By: Paula Nate
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 9, 2007) -- Polesitter Alex Gurney and co-driver Jon Fogarty became the first pair of drivers to record multiple Daytona Prototype victories in the 2007 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve season Saturday with a win in the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International.

In the Daytona Prototypes (DP) Alex Gurney passed Scott Pruett with 25 minutes remaining in the six-hour classic (Lap 153 of 167) to cruise to a 7.069-second victory in the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley.

Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, marked their second straight runner-up finish, in the No. 01 Telmex Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates Lexus Riley.

Finishing third was the team of Wayne Taylor, Max Angelelli and Jonathan Cochet, in the No. 10 Sun Trust Racing Pontiac Riley. Max Angelelli was a contender throughout the afternoon, leading 15 laps and setting some of the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Pontiac Riley's fastest times during the second half of the race.
 

In Grand Touring (GT) action, Andy Lally and RJ Valentine welcomed Spencer Pumpelly to the No. 66 TRG GRC/Maxter Porsche GT3 and the team scored its second victory in three races.

"It was absolutely wild out there; the GT class has just gotten so strong," Lally said. "During the last few laps I was alongside two of the best Porsche drivers out there, passing Richard Westbrook, who is a super driver, and then had Dirk Werner come up on me and battle until the very end. It was great; I was able to hold them off on older tires. I grew up in New York so winning here and having my family watching really means a lot to me."

Dirk Werner, Bryce Miller and Craig Stanton combined to take a second place finish for the Farnbacher Loles Motorsports team, in the No. 87 Porsche GT2 Cup car.

No. 07 Banner Racing/Banner Engineering Pontiac GXP.R co-drivers Kelly Collins and Paul Edwards earned their third podium finish of the season after an eventful day.

The Rolex Sports Car Series continues its season June 22-24 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. For more information about Grand American Road Racing please visit www.grandamerican.com

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