It just wasn’t meant to be for the GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing team today at the Grand-Am Linder Industrial Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead/Miami Speedway, as a late-race penalty took Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty and the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac-powered Riley out of the top-5 and out of the hunt for a possible podium. The GAINSCO machine started on the outside front row and finished in 11th – not a bad spot to be in, but certainly not what the team was hoping for as a follow-up to its breakthrough victory three weeks ago in Mexico City.
On Lap 74, Gurney had the 99 car in fifth spot and was preparing to make a run toward the front, when Grand-Am Rolex Series officials decided that he had jumped the restart from a full-course caution. Gurney had to serve a drive-through penalty for the infraction, and that dropped the GAINSCO team to the back of the pack. This came after the team fought an ill-handling racecar all day to secure a place in the fight.
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