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Season Rewind: Grand Am

Season Rewind: Grand Am

Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty captured the Grand Am title by two points over Scott Pruett. (Grand Am Photo)

THE CHAMP

Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty teamed up for seven victories, 10 top-five finishes and 12 top 10s on their way to the Grand Am title, which wasn’t decided until the final race of the season.
With Gurney driving the final leg of the Sunchaser 1000 along with Fogarty and Jimmy Vasser, the Gainsco Pontiac-Riley was tracked down by Ganassi Telmex Lexus driver Scott Pruett, who began the day five points behind the consistent Fogarty/Gurney duo.
Early contact between Fogarty and Pruett had damaged both cars, but the two cars — now with Gurney behind the wheel — continued to battle for the point. In the final stages, Pruett bumped and passed Gurney before getting around leader Shane Lewis. With that, Pruett would have won the title by two points, but race officials gave Pruett a stop-and-go penalty for the bump on Gurney, which they said was avoidable, and the Gurney-Fogarty tandem went on to win the title by two points.

ON THE RECORD

“Any championship worth winning is difficult to accomplish. This one was the most difficult to win in my professional career, that’s for sure.”— Jon Fogarty

DP Top Five

    Driver    Points    Wins    Top 5    Top 10
    1. Alex Gurney/Jon Fogarty     408    7    10    12
    2. Scott Pruett    406    2    11    14
    3. Max Angelelli    395    2    11    14
    4. Memo Rojas     381    1    10    13
    5. Colin Braun    338    0    7    9
    5. David Donohue/Darren Law    338    0    7    11
GT Top Five
    GT Top Five    Points    Wins    Top 5    Top 10
    1. Dirk Werner    375    1    11    11
    2. Kelly Collins/Paul Edwards     365    2    7    9
    3. Bryce Miller     363    1    11    11
    4. R.J. Valentine/Andy Lally     348    5    7    10
    5. Leighton Reese/Tim Lewis, Jr.     316    1    5    10

WHO, WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE

    Date    Track    Winner    Car    Laps
    Jan. 27    Daytona Int’l Speedway (Fla.)    Scott Pruett    Lexus Riley    668
                                                                Salvador Duran
                                                                   Juan Pablo Montoya
    March 3    Autodromo H. Rodriguez (Mexico)    Jon Fogarty    Pontiac Riley    100
                                                                        Alex Gurney
    March 24    Homestead-Miami Speedway (Fla.)    Bill Auberlen    BMW Riley    91
                                                                            Matt Alhadeff
    April 29    Virginia Int’l Raceway    Wayne Taylor    Pontiac Riley    77
                                                       Max Angelelli
                                                        Jan Magnussen
    May 20    Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (Calif.)    Patrick Long    Porsche Crawford    91
                                                                            Jorg Bergmeister
    June 9    Watkins Glen (N.Y.) Int’l    Jon Fogarty    Pontiac Riley    167
                                                        Alex Gurney
    June 23    Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course    Jon Fogarty    Pontiac Riley    111
                                                                Alex Gurney
    July 5    Daytona Int’l Speedway (Fla.)    Jon Fogarty    Pontiac Riley    70
                                                                Alex Gurney
    July 13    Iowa Speedway    Scott Pruett    Lexus Riley    192
                                            Memo Rojas
    July 22    Barber Motorsports Park (Ala.)    Jon Fogarty    Pontiac Riley    99
                                                                  Alex Gurney
    Aug. 3    Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (Montreal)    Wayne Taylor    Pontiac Riley    68
                                                                      Max Angelelli
                                                                      Jan Magnussen
    Aug. 10    Watkins Glen (N.Y.) Int’l    Jon Fogarty    Pontiac Riley    82
                                                           Alex Gurney
    Aug. 25    Infineon Raceway (Calif.)    Jon Fogarty    Pontiac Riley    97
                                                            Alex Gurney
    Sept. 15    Miller Motorsports Park (Utah)    Jim Matthews    Pontiac Riley    139
                                                                    Marc Goosens
                                                                    Ryan Hunter-Reay

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