Gurney and Fogarty Win in Utah
Posted by Morgan Ferguson on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 @ 10:47
Alex Gurney and
Jon Fogarty took a solid victory over their rivals in the battle for the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series championship Saturday by winning at Miller Motorsports Park. The team led 43 of the 56 laps to win at the checkered flag 1.264 seconds ahead of
Max Angelelli.
Scott Pruett finish third, 1.529 seconds behind the winner, with the top three teams in the championship sweeping the podium.
Safety-Kleen sponsored Team Penske drivers Bernhard and
Romain Dumas finished fourth, followed by
Burt Frisselle and
Mark Wilkins. The victory moves Gurney and Fogarty to an eight-point lead (309-301) in the Daytona Prototype point standings entering the season-ending Grand Prix of Miami on Oct. 10 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Angelelli and Brian Frisselle, drivers of the No. 10 SunTrust Ford Dallara, took sole possession of second place, while Pruett and
Memo Rojas are 10 points behind the leaders in the No. 01 TELMEX Lexus Riley. The Acxiom GT race came down to the wire.
Robin Liddell and
Dirk Werner getting together coming to the white flag to give the victory to
Jeff Segal and
Emil Assentato, who came from last to first to win their second race of the season in the No. 69 FXDD SpeedSource Mazda RX-8.
