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 Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney battled through a tight but
cleanly fought race to capture a 1.937-second win over David Donohue and Darren
Law in the No. 58 Red Bull Brumos Porsche in the 97-lap race.
Alex Gurney secured the seventh win of the season for himself
and Fogarty, a Rolex Series single-season record previously set by Terry
Borcheller in 2003.
Scott Pruett, in the No. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with
Felix Sabates Lexus Riley, dove into the pits for his second stop on Lap 66,
changing tires and filling the tank for a final run for the checkered flag. But
a gamble on the first stop forced the team to take more fuel on the second
stop, dropping Pruett back to third after the second round of stops cycled
through.
No. 10 SunTrust Racing Pontiac Riley driver Max Angelelli
kept his championship hopes alive by grinding his way to a fourth-place finish.
Angelelli and teammate Memo Gidley struggled at Gidley's hometown race during
the first two days of the three-day weekend, but an up-and-down race from a
sixth-place starting position ended with Angelelli just three points in arrears
of the championship.
Fogarty and Gurney pulled into the championship lead for the
first time this season, just one point ahead of Scott Pruett and three ahead of
Max Angelelli. The finish sets up a one-race showdown at the season finale, the
Sunchaser 1000k at the 4.486-mile, 24-turn Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele,
Utah in three weeks - Sept. 15. The Daytona Prototypes will be joined by the GT
class in the season's final race.
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SONOMA, Calif. (August 25, 2007) -- A
hard-fought weekend by the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley
team has given Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve single-season win record and placed
the duo in the Daytona Prototype championship lead with a win Saturday during
the Armed Forces Grand-Am 250 at Infineon Raceway.
