Grand Am News

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Mike Hull, managing director of Target Chip Ganassi Racing, and Scott Russell, driver of the No. 07 Banner Racing Corvette, will be Tuesday's guests on GRAND-AM Weekly.

GRAND-AM Weekly is heard Tuesday evenings from 7-8 p.m. ET on WELE-1380 AM Daytona Beach, featuring DC Williams, Wyatt Davis and J.J. O'Malley. To listen live, visit the station's web site, www.news1radio.net. To call in with your questions, dial the studio telephone number, (386) 523-1880.

 Scott Pruett and  Memo Rojas gave Ganassi's Indianapolis-based operation its 100th victory by winning the recent Bosch Engineering 250 at Virginia International Raceway. That was the team's 26th victory in the GRAND-AM Rolex Series,  going along with 40 in CART and 34 in the IRL IndyCar Series. Hull has been there for all 100, beginning with Michael Andretti's 1994 triumph at Surfer's Paradise. Make that 101 victories – Scott Dixon gave the team its 27th IndyCar Series triumph Saturday at Kansas Speedway.

Russell has been getting more and more comfortable in a race car every week, and is coming off his first podium finish, when he and Paul Edwards took third at Virginia International Raceway. After debuting with a partial schedule driving a Daytona Prototype - then limited action in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge - the Georgian has found a home in the GT division. While Russell won the 1993 World Superbike championship, one year after winning the AMA title, "Mr. Daytona" is best remembered in two-wheeled competition for winning the Daytona 200 By Honda five times.

 

Apr. 28, 2010

Michael Harker, GRAND-AM

NEW YORK CITY - Several GRAND-AM drivers and teams, many with ties to New York City, visited Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday to promote the upcoming Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge races at Lime Rock Park. 

New York-based Emil Assentato, Mark Ackley and Scott Panzer, all Manhattan executives, as well as Northport, N.Y., native Andy Lally, represented their teams, all of which have sponsors located in New York City.

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Apr. 27, 2010

LAKEVILLE, Conn. - The GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototypes made their long-awaited first appearance at Lime Rock Park on Tuesday, taking part in an unofficial test in preparation for the Memorial Day classic.A total of 19 cars - including 11 Daytona Prototypes - tackled changing weather conditions throughout the six-hour session. The GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 will race here on Monday, May 31, at 2 p.m. ET (SPEED, live), featuring both the Daytona Prototypes and production-based GT cars.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototypes will test at Lime Rock Park on Tuesday, in preparation for their first race at the Connecticut track on May 31.

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DANVILLE, Va. - Scott Pruett survived a pair of late-race restarts and a strong challenge by Burt Frisselle to win Saturday's Bosch Engineering 250 before a record crowd at Virginia International Raceway.

The victory gave the No. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW Riley started by Memo Rojas its third consecutive GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 victory.

Andy Lally, making his 100th career start, had contact with Bill Auberlen with two laps remaining but held on to win in GT, driving TRG's No. 66 AXA Porsche GT3 started by Ted Ballou.

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