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New_Mexico_Sunset_on_Rt66 · 08-27-2007, 10:40 AM

Scott Pruett in the #01 Luxus Riley has led in the points for a good part of the season. Although the Gainsco Pontiac has won 7 races, and has had podium finishes the whole year. It was a great race. Gurney was 4 seconds behind Pruett, then kept having great laps and was just 1 second behind. Pruett had to pit, and then Gurney passed the Bruhmos Red Bull Porsche following a mistake after a yellow on the final white/green lap. The Red Bull Porsche hadn't won all year. I think this was their best finish at second.

I was at the race in Newton, Iowa when Pruett won. In that race, Jan Magnussen in the Suntrust Ponitac missed a shift and went off the course. They never got back in Newton.

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.

The tops in points this year are Gurney (Pontiac), Pruett (Lexus) and Angelleli (SunTrust Pontiac).

As a note: I'm confident Pontiac is collecting reams of data to flow back into production cars.

08-27-2007, 10:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
New_Mexico_Sunset_on_Rt66 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cedar Rapids, IA (formerly sunny New Mexico (y muchacho lo falto)) Drives: '02 Corvette Z06, '01 Silverado LT 4x4 Ext Cab, 19 Posts: 5,695	Re: Alex Gurney and the Gainsco Pontiac take points lead in the Rolex Series Scott Pruett in the #01 Luxus Riley has led in the points for a good part of the season. Although the Gainsco Pontiac has won 7 races, and has had podium finishes the whole year. It was a great race. Gurney was 4 seconds behind Pruett, then kept having great laps and was just 1 second behind. Pruett had to pit, and then Gurney passed the Bruhmos Red Bull Porsche following a mistake after a yellow on the final white/green lap. The Red Bull Porsche hadn't won all year. I think this was their best finish at second. I was at the race in Newton, Iowa when Pruett won. In that race, Jan Magnussen in the Suntrust Ponitac missed a shift and went off the course. They never got back in Newton. 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. The tops in points this year are Gurney (Pontiac), Pruett (Lexus) and Angelleli (SunTrust Pontiac). As a note: I'm confident Pontiac is collecting reams of data to flow back into production cars. __________________ 1979 Chevy Van 1978 Pontiac Firebird 1985 GMC S-15 Jimmy 1992 Pontiac Grand Am 1998 Oldmobile Intrigue 2002 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 1972 Chevrolet C-10 P/U 1979 Chevrolet K5 Blazer 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 2001 Chevrolet Silverado LT 4x4 Ext Cab "Sometimes you gotta say, 'What the *******'. "What the ******* gives you freedom, freedom creates opportunity, ... opportunity - makes your future." - 'Risky Business' 1983