A dupla Max Angelelli/ Ricky Taylor (SunTrust Racing / Chevrolet Dallara) venceu no sábado (13/08), em Watkins Glen, a 10ª etapa da GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. Foi a 3ª vitória da dupla no ano. A dupla Scott Pruett / Memo Rojas (Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley) terminou em 2º, seguida pela dupla Ryan Dalziel / Alex Popow (Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley).
Pole-position pela sexta vez consecutiva, Taylor liderou as 33 primeiras voltas, até passar a condução do Daytona Protótipo para Angelelli. O italiano manteve o ritmo liderando 44, das 45 voltas finais.
Angelelli recebeu a bandeirada com 2s517 de vantagem sobre Pruett. Dalzyel/Popow completaram o pódio. A dupla Burt Frisselle / Mark Wilkins (AIM Autosport / BMW Riley) chegou em 4º.
O brasileiro Oswaldo Negri (Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley) em dupla com John Pew, terminou em 5º.
Pela Classe GT vitória da dupla Steve Bertheau / Spencer Pumpelly (TRG / Porsche GT3).
Estreando na categoria, o brasileiro J.P.Mauro (Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8), em dupla com Tom Long, chegou em 14º na classe e 25ª no geral. No treino classificatório o estreante bateu no guard-rail, após perder o controle do carro.
A prova teve apenas uma bandeira amarela. Jon Fogarty (GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Chevrolet Riley) bateu na curva onze, logo na 9ª volta.
Pruett/ Rojas lideram o campeonato na Classe DP com 327 pontos. Taylor/Angelelli, em 2º, somam 301.
Pela GT a liderança da dupla Bill Lester/ Jordan Taylor, com 272 pontos.
A próxima etapa acontece no Circuito Gilles Villeneuve, no dia 20 de agosto.
Grid:
1 DP 1 Angelelli / Taylor SunTrust Racing / Chevrolet Dallara 1:05.962 Â Â Â
2 DP 2 Pruett / Rojas Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley 1:06.182   Â
3 DP 3 Fogarty / Gurney GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Chevrolet Riley 1:06.307 Â Â Â
4 DP 4 Edwards / Garcia Spirit of Daytona Racing / Chevrolet Coyote 1:06.657 Â Â Â
5 DP 5 Donohue / Law Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley 1:06.744
6 DP 6 Frisselle / Richard Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:06.907 Â Â Â
7 DP 7 Frisselle / Wilkins AIM Autosport / BMW Riley 1:07.169 Â Â Â
8 DP 8 Negri / Pew Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:07.473 Â Â Â
9 DP 9 Dalziel / Popow Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 1:07.498 Â Â Â
10 DP 10 Bergmeister / Potolicchio Starworks Motorsport / Porsche Riley 1:07.597 Â Â Â
11 DP 11 Blundell / Brown United Autosports with Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:07.939 Â Â Â
12 DP 12 Barbosa / Borcheller / France Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley 1:09.579 Â Â Â
13 GT 1 Liddell / Magnussen Stevenson Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:14.179 Â Â Â
14 GT 3 Davis / Keen Brumos Racing / Porsche GT3 1:14.653 Â Â Â
15 GT 4 Bomarito / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 Â Â Â 1:14.670 Â Â Â
16 GT 5 Assentato / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:14.842 Â Â Â
17 GT 6 Edwards / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 1:14.922 Â Â Â
18 GT 7 Gavin / Schaldach Banner Racing / Camaro GT.R 1:15.018 Â Â Â
19 GT 8 Auberlen / Dalla Lana Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 1:15.299 Â Â Â
20 GT 9 Ragan / Stenhouse Jr. TPN Racing/Blackforest / Ford Mustang 1:15.468 Â Â Â
21 GT 10 Potter / Stanton Magnus Racing / Porsche GT3 Â 1:16.141 Â Â Â
22 GT 11 Foss / Lindsey Horton Autosport / Porsche GT3 1:16.402 Â Â Â
23 GT 12 Hand / Marsal Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 1:16.652 Â Â Â
24 GT 13 Dempsey / Foster    Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:16.804   Â
25 GT 14 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 1:17.556 Â Â Â
26 GT 15 Ende / Lally TRG / Porsche GT3 1:17.960 Â Â Â
27 GT 16 Lester / Taylor Autohaus Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:18.273 Â Â Â
28 GT 17 Jensen / Rettich Alliance Autosport / Porsche GT3 1:21.117 Â Â Â
29 GT 18 Bertheau / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 1:21.349 Â Â Â
30 GT 19 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker  Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8   1:21.494   Â
31 GT 20 Cameron / Gue Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 Â Â 1:34.389
32 GT 21 Long / Mauro Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 sem tempo
Final:
1 DP 1 Angelelli / Taylor SunTrust Racing / Chevrolet Dallara 100 voltas  Â
2 DP 2 Pruett / Rojas Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley 100 Â Â Â
3 DP 3 Dalziel / Popow Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 100 Â Â Â
4 DP 4 Frisselle / Wilkins AIM Autosport / BMW Riley 99 Â Â Â
5 DP 5 Negri / Pew Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 99 Â Â Â
6 DP 6 Donohue / Law Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley 99 Â Â Â
7 DP 7 Barbosa / Borcheller / France    Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley 99   Â
8 DP 8 Frisselle / Richard Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 98 Â Â Â
9 DP 9 Blundell / Brown United Autosports with Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 97
10 DP 10 Edwards / Garcia    Spirit of Daytona Racing / Chevrolet Coyote 96   Â
11 DP 11 Bergmeister / Potolicchio Starworks Motorsport / Porsche Riley 95
12 GT 1 Â Bertheau / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 93 Â Â Â
13 GT 2 Â Lester / Taylor Autohaus Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 93 Â Â Â
14 GT 3 Â Potter / Stanton Magnus Racing / Porsche GT3 Â Â Â 93 Â Â Â
15 GT 4 Â Bomarito / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 93 Â Â Â
16 GT 5 Â Auberlen / Dalla Lana Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 93
17 GT 6 Â Cameron / Gue Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 Â Â Â 93 Â Â Â
18 GT 7 Â Â Davis / Keen Brumos Racing / Porsche GT3 93 Â Â Â 1:14.218 Â Â Â 92 Â Â Â
19 GT 8 Â Â Edwards / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 92 Â Â Â
20 GT 9  Gavin / Schaldach Banner Racing / Camaro GT.R 92   Â
21 GT 10 Assentato / Segal SpeedSource/ Mazda RX-8    92
22 GT 11 Dempsey / Foster Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 92   Â
23 GT 12 Ragan / Stenhouse Jr. TPN Racing/Blackforest / Ford Mustang 91 Â Â Â
24 GT 13 Foss / Lindsey Horton Autosport / Porsche GT3 91 Â Â Â
25 GT 14 Long / Mauro Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 90 Â Â Â
26 GT 15 Ende / Lally TRG / Porsche GT3 90
27 GT 16 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8    89   Â
28 GT 17 Hand / Marsal Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 88 Â Â Â
29 GT 18 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 87 Â Â Â
30 GT 19 Jensen / Rettich Alliance Autosport / Porsche GT3 86
31 GT 20 Liddell / Magnussen Stevenson Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 76 Â Â Â
32 GT 21 Logano / Said Marsh Racing / Corvette 55 Â Â Â
33 DP 12 Fogarty / Gurney GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Chevrolet Riley    9