“I had a run on the leader (No. 6 car at the time) on the back straight, and was able to get inside of him and had the lead for a second or two, but just ran out of room and I didn’t want to get into him, ” Pruett said. “I had to get out of it a little bit and that allowed Max to get by and he brought the 05 car with him. It was a scrap out there all race long. That’s what Grand-Am racing is all about. We had a strong effort from everyone – Memo did a great job, Lexus did a great job and really the whole Telmex Ganassi team was terrific. ”
“I’m happy with my first podium, ” Rojas added. “The racing was really tough. It seemed like we were always in a battle trying to get to the front. In the end, I think any of the cars that were running up front had a chance depending on traffic. It was really good racing. ”
Bill Auberlan’s No. 05 Daytona Prototype earned its first win just ahead of the No. 10 SunTrust DP of Max Angelelli and Jan Magnussen.
With the third place result for the TELMEX Team, Pruett remains the Rolex Series Championship point leader with 93 markers, just one more than his nearest competition and second place race finishers teammates Angelelli and Magnusson (No. 10 DP), as the series gets set for Round 5 of the 14-race schedule at Virginia International Raceway on April 29th on SPEED Channel.
About Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
Following a strong career as a driver, Chip Ganassi created his own one-car IndyCar team in 1990 and established a partnership with a new sponsor, Target Stores. Today, his teams include two IRL IndyCars, two Indy Pro Series cars and along with Felix Sabates he has three cars in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, a Daytona Prototype in the world of Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series racing and two entries in the NASCAR Busch Series. Ganassi’s IndyCar teams have amassed five Championships and 50 wins since 1994; his NASCAR teams have nine wins and a Rookie-of-the-Year title; and the Grand American team has won two of the last three Rolex Series Daytona Prototype Championships and are the two-time defending Champions of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Chip Ganassi Racing operates out of state-of-the-art race shop facilities in Indianapolis, Ind., and Concord, N.C., with a corporate office in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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