Pontiac will be shooting for its 50th Rolex Series class victory this weekend after taking five of 10 to start the season, including four straight in GT. The other Pontiac to win, the No. 57 Stevenson Automotive/BryanMark Financial Pontiac GXP.R with co-drivers Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis, won the Mexico City 250 and the Bosch Engineering 250 at Virginia International Raceway.
Meanwhile, others look to break that streak. Pumpelly and George drive the No. 67 TRG Porsche GT3, one of four cars the series’ most successful teams in terms of victories has brought. George – who at one time called Greenwich, Conn. home – currently leads the MESCO Building for the Future Rookie of the Year and Bob Akin standings. Bryce Miller of Hoboken, N.J., will team with rookie Ted Ballou in the No. 66 Porsche GT3, while 2006 race co-winner Andy Lally and Bryan Sellers will join Braintree, Mass., veteran RJ Valentine in the No. 68 Porsche GT3. Craig Stanton, who also leads the Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series Grand Sport driver standings, and John Potter will drive the No. 65 TRG Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing Porsche GT3.
Another Porsche-powered team, Farnbacher Loles Racing, has its home base in Danbury, Conn., though its race shop is near Atlanta, Ga. Defending series champion Dirk Werner and fellow German Dominik Farnbacher will drive the No. 87 Porsche GT3, and Eric Lux and Leh Keen will drive the No. 86 Porsche GT3. Lux and Keen have two straight top fives.
SpeedSource’s two-car effort suffered a disappointing race at Laguna Seca but looks to return to the forefront again at Lime Rock. Rolex 24 At Daytona winners Tremblay and Nick Ham were in position to win in the No. 70 Mazdaspeed/Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8 until Tremblay slipped off the track, while Emil Assentato’s No. 69 FXDD Mazda RX-8 retired early in the race. Assentato’s season-long co-driver Jeff Segal didn’t drive due to the car’s retirement, but will be back in the car when practice begins Friday.
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