As they did a pair ago of weeks in the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen in the Watkins Glen International, the pilots of car no. 99 Bob Stallings Racing GAINSCO Pontiac Riley, Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney dominated the rest of the competitors of the Series Grand-A.m. Rolex Sports Car presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve in race EMCO Gears Classic presented by disputed KeyBank east Saturday in the circuit of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, leading all, less six returns in an event that did not have yellow flags.

Fogarty/Gurney leads the squad during the test

Fogarty, that already had established a record of track in classification, led from pole and throughout its turn to the steering wheel, and soon it observed as Gurney abría an advantage of more than 30 seconds in last the 20 returns, crossing the goal a margin of 31,629 seconds on Scott Pruett. This is the second consecutive victory of Gurney and Fogarty in the Daytona Prototypes and third of the season, turns which them into most winning of 2007 since the Rodriguez in City of Mexico also prevailed in the Automobile race track Brother, another event without precaution flags.
“Obvious, it is a great day”, said Gurney, that led the first 74 returns of the race. “It was a race without errors. I did not have problems with the strategy, we had very good shutdowns in pits, simply a concerted effort like equipment. I hope that they continue arriving the victories”.
After which it was shaken the green flag Fogarty never was threatened while it separated of the pilot of car no. 39 Cheever Racing Crown Royal Special Reserve Porsche Fabcar, Christian Fittipaldi and during the first 35 minutes it maintained a distance of more than two seconds with respect to the Brazilian.
But when the moment arrived from the shutdowns in pits, their competitors could not equal it. Gurney left more quickly than the no. 58 Waxes Porsche Red Bull Porsche Riley handled by David Donohue, and removed an advantage from 10 seconds that soon would extend to more than 20 before returning to pits in return 82.

The winning car #99

Although Gurney lost the leadership during the shutdown in pits leaving to Donohue in a first place that recovered in return 85 when Donohue and the Brauns made their last shutdown. From then it was a subject to maintain the car outside problems. Even after the shutdown in pits, Gurney demonstrated that the car was so good in the end as at the beginning of the race, since it marked to the fastest return of the event -1:18.485 (103,571 mph) - in turn 84.
“He was excellent”, said Fogarty. “Throughout the weekend worried the position to us in the track, because it is a site where the advancements are difficult. To start in pole was key. I could maintain the leadership during the turn to the steering wheel and pass the car to him to Alex. I gave the car him in the first place. There were no yellows, one stayed green all along, and we were ahead. He was incredible. The motor warmed up a little, but it was not problem, the Pontiac was a solid piece”.
The pilot of car no. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, Pruett, that extended to 12 its gust of wind of results between the 10 first, put pressure on Donohue in last the 10 returns until he happened when Donohue entered by pits for a fuel refreshment. Pruett fixed them to finish in second position, a place that shares with its coequipero Red Memo, that took the race in fifth place. With this result, Pruett extends the advantage as leader of the championship takes and it to 11 points with respect to Angelelli.

Red Pruett/of TELMEX Ganassi Chip with Felix Sabates

“That was everything what we had today”, said Pruett. “Probably we had a car for the second place, to be between the five first. We are in this by the championship and worked hard. It had to be a great show for the fanatics. The TELMEX car was very good. Toyota/Lexus gave a good motor again us, as always, and really we are satisfied with the performance of the equipment and Memo. There was a pile of strategy. When we came for here we said that we could not commit any error and we did not commit them. That is everything what we could do. There was a battle of four or five cars competing there outside (by the second place of the race). You could not work ahead to the one of so duro as you wanted because that meant to leave the door back open”.
Red it ran between the five first during its segment and said that it obtained what hoped.
“He was quite good, right what we planned”, said Red. “There were no errors. I passed the car to Scott without scratches and in the end we were by the best thing than it could”.
Colins the Brauns and Max Papis, who share 75 car no. Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley, stayed in the hunting during all evening fighting by a place in podio. Papis began the race in sixth position and it stayed there until Braun took the control. Braun - who advanced when Donohue entered pits- seemed to go course to a fourth final place before happening to Donohue near the end.

Braun/Papis de Krohn Racing

“It was a great race”, said Braun. “David Brown, our engineer, did a great work and Max, also, during the first turn of handling and we began to advance. It is not a easy weekend, like in Homestead, VIR and City of Mexico. They really worked very hard east weekend. This result is for them”.
Papis, one of the 2004 champions - the title with Pruett- won, was in agreement with the feelings of Braun.
“Our boys really deserve this”, said Papis. “We stretched everything to the limit. We did not begin the weekend from the best position, but Colin handled of excellent form and the strategy was spectacular. We use each drop of fuel and fodder that today we maximized everything”.
Like the rest of the five first, Angelelli and its coequipero Jonathan Cochet (10 no. SunTrust Racing Pontiac Riley) they were contenders by podio from the beginning of the event. Cochet ran between the three first, during 45 minutes, before passing the car to Angelelli. The Italian pilot tried to reach to Braun in last the five returns but he could not find a site where to advance it. Finally another result between the five first in six crossed the line in fourth place giving to Angelelli of the seven events of the year.
Donohue - that led two returns before the second shutdown in pits of the equipment was part of the best battle of the race, when leading the train of four cars del that comprised Pruett, Braun and Angelelli in most of last the 25 returns. Donohue needed a little fuel at the end of the race and fell to the fifth place. It took the control from Darren Law - that ran third party most of its turn and was almost all along in second position. This it is the third result between the five first for Donohue and Law in 2007.
Fittipaldi was unique the another pilot who led the race, when commanding a turn before giving no. 39 to its coequipero, Harrison Brix, next to that finished in eighth square, behind the other vehicle of Chip Ganassi, no. 19 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Z-Lines Designs/Missional Residential Lexus Riley handled by Michael Valiante and Rob Finlay.

Finlay/Valiante de Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates arrived seventh

The equipment Michael Shank Racing, whose it soothes is in Columbus, Ohio, finished in the ninth place thanks to car no. 60 Michael Shank Racing Lexus Riley and to pilots Oswaldo Negri Jr. and Mark Patterson. In the tenth position they crossed the Ian goal James and James Pew (no. 6 Michael Shank Racing Playboy Lexus Riley. Southard Motorsports). Another equipment of the zone, also of Columbus, finalized 15º thanks to the work of Shane Lewis and Randy Ruhlman (3 no. Preformed Line Products/TrueChoice Motorsports Lexus Riley). Escudería of Cincinnati, Ohio, Feed The Need/Gilds Racing passed in front of the flag to pictures in 13º place (Memo Gidley and Guy 77 Cosmo/no. Kodak Ford Gilds).
Eighteen of the 19 that started, finished the race. The no. 05 Luggage Express Team Sigalsport BMW Riley de Matthew Alhadeff and Bill Auberlen, that gained the third round of the year in the Homestead-Miami Speedway, was the unique one that retired. In spite of the dominion of the no. 99 Pontiac Riley and to the absence of yellow flags, seven cars finished in the return of the leader.
The season of the Daytona Prototypes of the Rolex Series continues Thursday 5 of July with the Waxes Porsche 250 to dispute itself in the Daytona International Speedway. The class GT whose east race weekend will be Sunday 24 of June from the 11 a.m., will compete next to the Daytona Prototypes in the next event of the category.