Series Release
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Scott Pruett passed Max Angelelli in Turn 8 in the closing minutes and led the final seven laps to give the No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley started by Memo Rojas its fifth consecutive GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series victory.
Pruett and Rojas won the final three races in 2010 – when they scored a record nine victories and their second Daytona Prototype championship – and opened 2011 by winning the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Darren Law passed Angelelli with three minutes remaining and went on to finish second in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Porsche/Riley started by David Donohue. It was their second-consecutive second-place finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway.Angelelli held on for third in the No. 10 SunTrust Chevrolet/Dallara started by Ricky Taylor, after the team led a race-high 47 laps.
Ryan Dalziel led 12 laps in the No. 8 Starworks Motorsport Ford/Riley but hit debris and lost the radiator while leading on lap 73, causing the car’s retirement.
Paul Dalla Lana kept the No. 94 Turner Motorsport BMW M3 in contention throughout his stint and Bill Auberlen took over to lead 80 of the final 82 laps to score the GT victory. It was Dalla Lana’s first career Rolex Series triumph but the 21st for Auberlen.
Defending GT champions Jeff Segal and Emil Assentato finished second in the No. 69 FXDD Mazda RX-8.
Jan Magnussen won the pole position and led the opening 22 laps in the No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, but the car co-driven by Robin Liddell was eliminated with mechanical problems after contact with another car.
