For the first time in the current season of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16, GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing was able to record a long-overdue victory. The NJMP 250 presented by Crown Royal, which was held at New Jersey Motorsports Park last weekend became the stage for GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing’s No. 99 “Red Dragon” Chevrolet Riley’s impressive performance. Alex Gurney was feeling the rush of victory, more so with the fact that they have beaten one of the strongest teams in this year’s Rolex Series. He said that Chip Ganassi Racing always seemed to do everything right, and being able to beat them says a lot about the potential of their Red Dragon car.
During the latter part of the race, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates’ Scott Pruett was negotiating with the GT traffic on their No. 01 TELMEX BMW Riley, which unfortunately ended in a mishap with Ozz Negri’s No. 60 Crown Royal XR Ford Riley. Scott Pruett was forced to slow down to prevent further damage, and Alex Gurney took advantage of this to finish for first. Despite this, Scott Pruett was still able to finish behind Alex Gurney, just 3.674 seconds behind. Scott Pruett was disappointed with the results, but he acknowledged that a second place finish was still satisfactory.
The GT class was dominated once again by the SpeedSource teams, with the first place finish won by the No. 70 Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8 driven by Jonathan Bomarito and Team Owner Sylvain Tremblay. Second spot was filled by Mazda Ladder graduates Adam Christodoulou and John Edwards on the No. 68 car. They were followed by Emil Assentato, Nick Longhi, and Jeff Segal’s No. 69 car.
Round 10 of the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 will be the Crown Royal 200 at the Glen, to be held at Watkins Glen International Short Course on August 6th to 7th. SPEEDTV will be covering the event live August 7th, starting 6:00pm ET.
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