The two top mounts at Montreal battle for the lead. Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty in the #99 Gainesco Chevy/Riley would beat out Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor in the #10 Suntrust Chevy/Dallara for the Grand-Am victory Saturday. Photo courtesy Grand-Am
In a worst-to-first turnaround, Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty led 45 of 73 laps to win Saturday’s Montreal 200 – one week after crashing out early in the early laps at Watkins Glen International in the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Chevrolet/Riley.
After following Ricky Taylor for the opening 24 laps, Fogarty ran two strong laps before his pit stop after the No. 10 SunTrust Chevrolet/Dallara pitted. Gurney held the lead after the exchange of pit stops, and was able to maintain the advantage throughout the remainder of the two-hour race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
“We’ve been trying really hard to win here the last five years,” said Gurney. “We’ve had fast cars, but were never able to capitalize. Today we knew our car was really good. After Watkins Glen, we wanted to win the last two races, and I’m stoked we were able to pull it off here.”
“After Ricky made his pit stop, I ran a couple of good, quick laps. I almost crashed coming into the pits, I was trying so hard,” Fogarty said. “That was the turning point, coming out of the pits ahead of the SunTrust team.”
Memo Rojas sustained minor bodywork damage in the Daytona Prototype championship-leading No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley co-driven by Scott Pruett. The team went on to finish fifth, and hold a 20-point lead (353-333) entering the final round at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sept. 17. Pruett and Rojas can clinch their third DP championship in four years by competing 30 minutes and finishing at least 16th in the season finale.
Darren Law and David Donohue finished third in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Porsche/Riley, followed by the No. 90 Spirit of Daytona Chevrolet/Coyote of Paul Edwards and Antonio Garcia.
Robin Liddell and Ronnie Bremer scored the GT win on Saturday. Photo courtesy Grand-Am
The GT race also saw a major turnaround. Robin Liddell and Ronnie Bremer co-drove the No. 57 Chevrolet Camaro to the class victory, giving Stevenson Motorsports its third victory in four years at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The No. 57 team’s triumph came one week after they led the most laps but finished 20that Watkins Glen International.
“Every lap for the last 30 minutes felt like a qualifying lap,” Liddell said. “We were not leaving anything on the table trying to stay ahead.”
Liddell led the final 27 laps despite repeated efforts by Jonathan Bomarito in the No. 70 Mazdaspeed/Castrol Edge Mazda RX-8 started by Montreal native Sylvain Tremblay. Bomarito was able to pull alongside the leader on the final lap, but Liddell held the lead through the final turn and won by .289 seconds. Finishing third, another tenth of a second back, was the No. 41 Seattle Children’s Hospital/Bass 2 Billfish/Fishingcapital.com Mazda RX-8 of James Gue and Dane Cameron.
Bill Lester and Jordan Taylor finished ninth in the No. 88 Autohaus Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, retaining a three-point lead entering the season finale. Leh Keen and Andrew Davis finished fifth in the No. 59 Brumos Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup to close the gap to 294-291 points. Tremblay and Bomarito now have 289 points, five behind the points leaders.
Boris Said won the pole and led 11 laps in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Corvette. Owen Kelly lost the brakes in the closing laps and spun into the barrier at the pit exit, resulting in the lone caution period in the event.
The Rolex Series will wrap up its 2011 season with the EMCO Gears Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a two-hour, 45-minute race on Saturday, Sept. 17. This will be the first time that the 13-turn, 2.258-mile circuit in Lexington, Ohio, hosts the GRAND-AM finale.
Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas won the 2010 event, their fifth of nine victories in the No. 01 TELMEX BWM/Riley. Ozz Negri and John Pew finished second for Ohio-based Michael Shank Racing in the No. 60 Crown Royal XR Ford/Riley, followed by AIM Autosport’s Burt Frisselle and Mark Wilkins, who now drive the No. 61 GAMMA88 BMW/Riley.
Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand were GT winners, giving Turner Motorsports its first Rolex Series victory in the No. 94 BMW M6.
For more info, visit www.grand-am.com.
Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car Series
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Montreal 200 – Aug. 20, 2011
| Pos | No. | Class | Pic | Drivers | Team/Car | Laps | Best Lap | (#) | Avg MPH | Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 | DP | 1 | Fogarty / Gurney | GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Chevrolet Riley | 73 | 1:33.403 | 31 | 98.734 | GAINSCO Auto Insurance, Bobstallingscars.com |
| 2 | 10 | DP | 2 | Angelelli / Taylor | SunTrust Racing / Chevrolet Dallara | 73 | 1:33.795 | 44 | 98.707 | |
| 3 | 5 | DP | 3 | Donohue / Law | Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley | 73 | 1:34.192 | 4 | 98.659 | |
| 4 | 90 | DP | 4 | Edwards / Garcia | Spirit of Daytona Racing / Chevrolet Coyote | 73 | 1:34.325 | 63 | 98.652 | |
| 5 | 01 | DP | 5 | Pruett / Rojas | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley | 73 | 1:34.434 | 57 | 98.622 | TELMEX |
| 6 | 9 | DP | 6 | Barbosa / France | Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley | 73 | 1:33.893 | 59 | 98.585 | |
| 7 | 61 | DP | 7 | Frisselle / Wilkins | AIM Autosport / BMW Riley | 72 | 1:34.663 | 55 | 97.254 | GAMMA 88 |
| 8 | 77 | DP | 8 | Frisselle / Richard | Doran Racing / Ford Dallara | 72 | 1:34.742 | 71 | 97.169 | Office Depot |
| 9 | 60 | DP | 9 | Negri / Pew | Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley | 72 | 1:34.938 | 52 | 96.932 | Crown Royal XR |
| 10 | 2 | DP | 10 | Dalziel / Popow | Starworks Motorsport / Porsche Riley | 72 | 1:33.698 | 58 | 96.740 | |
| 11 | 57 | GT | 1 | Bremer / Liddell | Stevenson Motorsports / Camaro GT.R | 68 | 1:42.014 | 58 | 91.194 | Stevenson Auto Group |
| 12 | 70 | GT | 2 | Bomarito / Tremblay | SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 | 68 | 1:41.843 | 52 | 91.190 | Mazdaspeed, Castrol Edge |
| 13 | 41 | GT | 3 | Cameron / Gue | Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 | 68 | 1:41.762 | 68 | 91.188 | Seattle Children’s Hospital, Bass 2 Billfish, Fishingcapital.com |
| 14 | 94 | GT | 4 | Dalla Lana / Johnson | Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 | 68 | 1:41.535 | 48 | 91.158 | Turner Motorsport |
| 15 | 59 | GT | 5 | Davis / Keen | Brumos Racing / Porsche GT3 | 68 | 1:42.183 | 49 | 91.123 | |
| 16 | 42 | GT | 6 | Edwards / Nonnamaker | Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 | 68 | 1:41.996 | 35 | 91.100 | Theracesite.com |
| 17 | 44 | GT | 7 | Potter / Stanton | Magnus Racing / Porsche GT3 | 68 | 1:41.867 | 50 | 91.085 | Magnus Racing |
| 18 | 07 | GT | 8 | Schaldach / Skeen | Banner Racing / Camaro GT.R | 68 | 1:42.690 | 35 | 91.047 | The Cool TV, Mobil 1, Las Vegas Bike Fest |
| 19 | 88 | GT | 9 | Lester / Taylor | Autohaus Motorsports / Camaro GT.R | 67 | 1:42.109 | 41 | 89.823 | Autohaus Motorsports |
| 20 | 69 | GT | 10 | Assentato / Segal | SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 | 67 | 1:42.478 | 42 | 89.767 | FXDD |
| 21 | 40 | GT | 11 | Dempsey / Foster | Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 | 66 | 1:43.043 | 43 | 88.252 | Visit Florida, Modspace, Mazda |
| 22 | 43 | GT | 12 | Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker | Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 | 65 | 1:44.391 | 51 | 86.930 | Theracesite.com |
| 23 | 30 | GT | 13 | Long / Mauro | Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 | 65 | 1:44.313 | 45 | 86.878 | 3dimensional.com, IDEMITSU |
| 24 | 8 | DP | 11 | Dalziel / Potolicchio | Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley | 59 | 1:34.550 | 29 | 98.196 | |
| 25 | 31 | GT | 14 | Kelly / Said | Marsh Racing / Corvette | 58 | 1:42.650 | 6 | 91.592 | Whelen Engineering |
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