Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty (GAINSCO Pontiac Riley) achieved the title of the Grand-Am Daytona Prototypes in the category after a great year, where they managed 4 victories and after a final comfortable in Homestead where only dedicated to arrive. In the GT category Dirk Werner and Leh Keen (Farnbacher-Loles Porsche) is consabraron champions after finishing 3 rd in Homestead, repeating Fogarty / Gurney achievement obtained in 2007 as Werner in the same category. Meanwhile, the last race was for Barboza / Haywood (Brumos Porsche Riley) in the DP and Edwards / Collins (Drinkin'Mate Pontiac) on the GT.
DP The cars came with a greater difference between them, although that would take the good show they would witness. Starts on pole Fogarty / Gurney but quickly lose their privileged position and turned to get the defending champions while Pruett / Rojas (Ganassi-Sabates Lexus Riley) advanced in positions and began to consolidate the tip. But lacking 16 laps Barboza / Haywood scored very well on the backstretch and moved to the champions, taking the lead and secure the victory thanks to a red flag that went missing 6 minutes after a huge cannon. 2 ° were Pruett / Rojas, 3 ° Negri / Patterson (Michael Shank Ford Riley) and 4 ° reached Fogarty / Gurney to secure the championship title 2009. This was achieved after 4 wins (Virginia, Laguna Seca, Barber and Miller), replaying the award that had been in 2007. "We fought hard this year, this title was a prize," said Alex Gurney.
In the GT category Ham / Tremblay (SpeedSource Mazda RX-8) starts on pole, but the fight would concentrate between Keen / Werner and Edwards / Collins who fought the tournament but with a clear advantage for Porsche duo. Is that if they reached the half-hour ensured the title race no matter what they did the pilots of Pontiac. The competition was very stuck, with 6 yellow, but while Edwards / Collins advanced and climbed to the top of the race, the arrival of Keen / Werner on the half hour they spoiled the party and gave the title duo-Farnbahcer Loles, who won the title after winning 4 races in the year (New Jersey, 6 hours of Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio and Daytona 250) capped a great year. In the race won Edwards / Collins, 2 ° were Davis / Liddell (Stevenson Pontiac) and 3 ° the brand new champions, Keen / Werner. "This year we start with the intention to win and achieve more victories," said Greg Loles, team co-owner of champion.
After this season's Grand-Am, I want to thank those who followed us this year for the few races that we cover. The fact is that no thought of writing about the Rolex Series in 2009 but been able to go 24 hours without problem spurred me on to this class and share my findings later this year. Although professional circumstances then me prevented to continue after mid-season, I thought it was wrong to hand over summaries 3 or 4 days after the competition (due to my time) and just left him. We hope to retake it by 2010 although it will cover 24 hours of Daytona. For those who want to follow the entire season, the 2010 calendar is as follows:
30 and January 31 - 24 Hours of Daytona
March 7 - Homestead
April 10 - Barber
April 25 - Virginia
May 31 - Lime Rock
June 6 - 6 hours of Watkins Glen
June 20 - Mid-Ohio
July 3 - Daytona 250
July 18 - New Jersey
7 August - Watkins Glen (NASCAR short track or variant)
August 29 - Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal
September 12 - Miller
see, the only change is the Laguna dry out and turn the small (but intense) Lime Rock circuit. The rest are just a change of date because Homestead is passed in March and the new season finale will be at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah, where it runs (for example) the World Superbikes. Until next year.
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