Pruett, Rojas win Grand-Am race at Watkins Glen

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Scott Pruett overcame the heat at Watkins Glen International, running the final three hours to win the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen on Saturday in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

Pruett passed Ricardo Zonta on a restart with 45 minutes remaining and went on to his fourth victory in six Daytona Prototype races, co-driving the No. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus Riley with Memo Rojas.

Pruett finished 3.033 seconds ahead of Darren Law, who co-drove the No. 58 Brumos Porsche Riley with David Donohue.

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car-Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen results

Saturday at Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen, N.Y.

Lap length: 3.4 miles

(Car number in parentheses)

1. (01) Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas; DP; TELMEX Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates; Lexus Riley; 179 laps, 101.018 mph.

2. (58) Darren Law, David Donohue; DP; Brumos Porsche; Porsche Riley; 179.

3. (10) Max Angelelli, Michael Valiante; DP; SunTrust Racing; Pontiac Riley; 179.

4. (60) Mark Patterson, Oswaldo Negri Jr.; DP; Michael Shank Racing; Ford Riley; 179.

5. (77) Memo Gidley, Brad Jaeger; DP; Doran Racing; Ford Dallara; 179.

6. (6) John Pew, Ian James; Michael Shank Racing; Ford Riley; 179.

7. (61) Brian Frisselle, Mark Wilkins; DP; AIM Autosport; Ford Riley; 179.

8. (99) Jon Fogarty, Alex Gurney; DP; GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing; Pontiac Riley; 179.

9. (59) JC France, Joao Barbosa, Hurley Haywood; DP; Brumos Porsche; Porsche Riley; 179.

10. (76) Nic Jonsson, Ricardo Zonta; DP; Krohn Racing; Pontiac Lola; 179.

11. (09) Guy Cosmo, Marc-Antoine Camirand, Terry Borcheller; DP; Spirit of Daytona Racing; Porsche Coyote; 178.

12. (7) Matt Plumb, Gene Sigal; DP; Rum Bum Racing; BMW Riley; 178.

13. (91) Jim Matthews, Marc Goossens, Marcel Tiemann; DP; Bob Stallings/Riley-Matthews; Pontiac Riley; 177.

14. (75) Tracy Krohn, Eric van de Poele; DP; Krohn Racing; Pontiac Lola; 176.

15. (2) Henri Zogaib, Ryan Dalziel, David Empringham; DP; SAMAX; BMW Riley; 175.

16. (23) Bill Auberlen, Joey Hand; DP; Alex Job Racing; Porsche Crawford; 173.

17. (69) Emil Assentato, Jeff Segal, Nick Longhi; GT; SpeedSource; Mazda RX-8; 170.

18. (57) Robin Liddell, Andrew Davis; GT; Stevenson Motorsports; Pontiac GXP.R; 170.

19. (07) Paul Edwards, Kelly Collins; GT; Banner Racing; Pontiac GXP.R; 170.

20. (72) Lawson Aschenbach, Tim Lewis Jr.; GT; Autohaus Motorsports; Pontiac GXP.R; 169.

21. (27) Kevin O’Connell, Kevin Roush; GT; O’Connell Racing; Porsche GT3; 168.

22. (06) Leighton Reese, Andy Pilgrim, Marc Bunting; GT; Banner Racing; Pontiac GXP.R; 168.

23. (22) Carlos de Quesada, Marc Basseng, Jean-Francois Dumoulin; GT; Alegra Motorsports; Porsche GT3; 168.

24. (70) David Haskell, Sylvain Tremblay, Nick Ham; GT; SpeedSource; Mazda RX-8; 167.

25. (65) Craig Stanton, Josemanuel Gutierrez, Hima Maher; GT; TRG/Riegel Autosport; Porsche GT3; 167.

26. (88) Dave Lacey, Steve Johnson, John Potter; GT; Farnbacher Loles Racing; Porsche GT3; 167.

27. (66) Bryce Miller, Ted Ballou, Richard Westbrook; GT; TRG; Porsche GT3; 166.

28. (32) Mike Forest, Thomas Merrill; GT; PR1 Motorsports; Pontiac GXP.R; 166.

29. (3) Shane Lewis, Bill Lester; DP; Southard Motorsports; Lexus Riley; 165.

30. (68) RJ Valentine, Bryan Sellers, Randy Pobst; GT; TRG; Porsche GT3; 165.

31. (29) Roberto Garcia, Scooter Gabel; GT; Alegra Motorsports; Porsche GT3; 161.

32. (43) Wayne Nonnamaker, Joe Nonnamaker; GT; Team Sahlen; Corvette; 161.

33. (14) Cory Friedman, Mac McGehee, Ian Baas; GT; Autometrics Motorsports; Porsche GT3; 156.

34. (64) Jim Lowe, Jim Pace, Tim Sugden; GT; TRG; Porsche GT3; 151.

35. (30) Jonathan Bomarito, Jameson Riley, Craig Stone; GT; Racers Edge Motorsports; Mazda RX-8; 115.

36. (40) Joe Foster, Patrick Dempsey, Charles Espenlaub; GT; Hyper Sport; Mazda RX-8; 104.

37. (21) Tom Nastasi, Tom Long, Diego Alessi; GT; Matt Connolly Motorsports; Pontiac GTO.R; 97.

38. (16) Antonio Garcia, Matteo Bobbi, Fabio Babini; DP; Cheever Racing; Pontiac Coyote; 79.

39. (47) Burt Frisselle, Gabriele Gardel, Richard Antinucci; DP; Doran Racing; Ford Dallara; 78.

40. (86) Eric Lux, Leh Keen, Pierre Kaffer; GT; Farnbacher Loles Racing; Porsche GT3; 72.

41. (42) Joe Sahlen, Will Nonnamaker; GT; Team Sahlen; Corvette; 62.

42. (26) Jerome Jacalone, Joe Jacalone; GT; Gotham Competition; Porsche GT3; 48.

43. (67) Tim George Jr., Spencer Pumpelly, Andy Lally; GT; TRG; Porsche GT3; 37.

44. (87) Dirk Werner, Wolf Henzler; GT; Farnbacher Loles Racing; Porsche GT3; 8.

45. (74) Andy Brumbaugh; GT; GTS Racing with Mitchum Motorsports; Porsche GT3; 6.

Race Statistics

Time of Race: 6 hours, 1 minute, 28.846 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 3.033 seconds.

Caution Flags: Nine for 27 laps.

Lead Changes: 20 among 14 drivers.

Lap Leaders: Angelelli 1, Brian Frisselle 2-8, Gidley 9-18, Donohue 19-36, Gurney 37, Plumb 38, Garcia 39-42, Gurney 43-53, Law 54-69, Plumb 70-73, Wilkins 74-80, James 81-83, Valiante 84-89, James 90-107, Jonsson 108, Donohue 109-114, Pruett 115-129, Brian Frisselle 130, Law 131-149, Zonta 150-155, Pruett 156-179.

Point Standings (Daytona Prototypes): 1 (tie). Pruett and Rojas, 202. 3 (tie). Goossens and Matthews 166, 5 (tie). Fogarty and Gurney, 153. 7 (tie). Negri and Patterson 146. 9 (tie) Jonsson, Zonta, Pew, and James, 136.

Point Standings (GT): 1 (tie). Edwards and Collins, 219. 3 (tie). Ham and Tremblay 184. 5 (tie). Pumpelly and George, 177. 7 (tie). Davis and Liddell, 175. 9. Assentato, 166. 10 (tie). Aschenbach and Lewis, 159.