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| Photo by Matthew Lowell Thompson |
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| Photo by Matthew Lowell Thompson |
Once the sun came up and the fog lifted, everything went back to normal, or whatever "normal" is at a 24-hour endurance race. As you can see from the Foametix Porsche on the right, there's a lot of beating and banging that goes on during a 24-hour race. The #17 Porsche finished 10th in the GT class.
But in the end, the winner (or survivor as the case may be) was the 01 Chip Ganassi BMW Riley driven by Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Charlie Kimball.
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| Photo by Matthew Lowell Thompson |
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| Photo by Jennifer Thompson |
From the top of the Champions Club, we had a birds-eye view of Victory Lane. I suppose kissing your car is a different way to express your joy, but if anyone knows how celebrate a win at the Rolex 24, it's Scott Pruett. He's now won the race five times and is tied with Hurley Haywood for the most wins in the 24-hour race. And for even more fun in Victory Lane, just add confetti!
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| Photo by Matthew Lowell Thompson |
The winner of the GT class was Alex Job Racing's Audi R8. The car took the lead with about 40 minutes left in the race. The drivers of the winning GT were Filipe Albuquerque, Oliver Jarvis, Edoardo Mortara, and Dion von Moltke.
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| Photo by Matthew Lowell Thompson |
The winner of Grand-Am's brand-new GX class was the #16 Napleton Racing Porsche Cayman. The car, which started from the pole and which led the class most of the race, was driven by Shane Lewis, Jim Norman, David Donahue, and Nelson Canache.
And so the weekend came to an end, and we crossed the Rolex 24 off our motorsports bucket list. We such a great time that we're trying get up to Watkins Glen in June ... and back to Daytona next January.
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