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GRAND-AM
GRAND-AM: Action Express Wins Watkins Glen 6H
Joao Barbosa, Darren Law win frantic Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen...
After a race that saw strong runs by both Chip Ganassi Racing and GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing, it was Action Express Racing that broke through for the win in Sunday's Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen, the eighth round of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series.
An impressive closing stint by Joao Barbosa, who restarted in third with 38 minutes to go, took over the lead with 16 minutes left on the clock. He then held off a hard-charging Alex Gurney to eek out a narrow 0.238 second victory over the No. 99 GAINSCO entry of Gurney and Jon Fogarty.
It marked Barbosa and co-driver Darren Law's second win of the season following a similar late-race charge by the Portuguese star in last month's street fight in Detroit.
"I was able to use the traffic to my advantage," Barbosa said. "It was enough to be close enough to make the move for the lead. It worked out really good. I think that was the best shot and the closest I ever was to the 99. I just had to go.
"It's such a competitive series that you have to use everything you can to your advantage to be able to do a move or take a position."
Gurney and Fogarty, which broke the Red Dragon's streak of unlucky runs, nearly pulled off the win but battled intermittent power steering issues, settling for a season-high second place result.
It nonetheless gave Corvette a 1-2 finish in the second round of the North American Endurance Championship.
"I caught a GT at the worst place on the track," Gurney explained. "It was a corner that I didn't feel like we were very hooked up and Joao was. He got a good run and got by. I had some harder time with traffic right after that but managed to claw back and get right behind with him."
The No. 8 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford of Ryan Dalziel, Enzo Potolicchio and open-wheel ace Sebastien Bourdais also played a factor in the six-hour enduro, with Dalziel leading the middle portion.
While Bourdais took the final restart in second, the Frenchman lost the position to Barbosa with less than 25 minutes to go, relegating the Starworks machine to third in the end.
Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas rallied to a fourth place result after making an unscheduled radiator change in the fourth hour, which dropped the No. 01 Telmex Riley-BMW from the lead to one lap down.
Pruett managed to recover the lost lap during a late-race yellow, putting them back in contention for a top-five finish.
While the Ganassi duo maintain the Daytona Prototype championship lead, the gap has now been reduced to three points between they and Starworks' Dalziel and Potolicchio.
In the North American Endurance Championship, Action Express holds a narrow two-point lead over Starworks heading into the third and final round of the championship in Indianapolis later this month.
The No. 90 Spirit of Daytona Corvette of Antonio Garcia, Richard Westbrook and Oliver Gavin completed the top-five in Sunday's race.
Westbrook was forced to make an unscheduled stop in the third hour after making contact with the No. 56 AF Waltrip Ferrari of Rui Aguas, which resulted in a bent wheel and tire puncture. He then had to also rebound from a drive-through penalty for having been determined to have jumped a restart.
A mighty triple stint by Ozz Negri, and lucky late-race safety car, put the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Riley-Ford back en route for a sixth place finish. The Rolex 24-winning team rebounded from a spin involving GT traffic with John Pew at the wheel, which put them one lap behind early on.
SunTrust Racing recorded its fourth straight DNF after suspension failure knocked the No. 10 Corvette DP of Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor out of contention in the third hour.
PHOTOS: Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen Gallery
An impressive closing stint by Joao Barbosa, who restarted in third with 38 minutes to go, took over the lead with 16 minutes left on the clock. He then held off a hard-charging Alex Gurney to eek out a narrow 0.238 second victory over the No. 99 GAINSCO entry of Gurney and Jon Fogarty.
It marked Barbosa and co-driver Darren Law's second win of the season following a similar late-race charge by the Portuguese star in last month's street fight in Detroit.
"I was able to use the traffic to my advantage," Barbosa said. "It was enough to be close enough to make the move for the lead. It worked out really good. I think that was the best shot and the closest I ever was to the 99. I just had to go.
"It's such a competitive series that you have to use everything you can to your advantage to be able to do a move or take a position."
Gurney and Fogarty, which broke the Red Dragon's streak of unlucky runs, nearly pulled off the win but battled intermittent power steering issues, settling for a season-high second place result.
It nonetheless gave Corvette a 1-2 finish in the second round of the North American Endurance Championship.
"I caught a GT at the worst place on the track," Gurney explained. "It was a corner that I didn't feel like we were very hooked up and Joao was. He got a good run and got by. I had some harder time with traffic right after that but managed to claw back and get right behind with him."
The No. 8 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford of Ryan Dalziel, Enzo Potolicchio and open-wheel ace Sebastien Bourdais also played a factor in the six-hour enduro, with Dalziel leading the middle portion.
While Bourdais took the final restart in second, the Frenchman lost the position to Barbosa with less than 25 minutes to go, relegating the Starworks machine to third in the end.
Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas rallied to a fourth place result after making an unscheduled radiator change in the fourth hour, which dropped the No. 01 Telmex Riley-BMW from the lead to one lap down.
Pruett managed to recover the lost lap during a late-race yellow, putting them back in contention for a top-five finish.
While the Ganassi duo maintain the Daytona Prototype championship lead, the gap has now been reduced to three points between they and Starworks' Dalziel and Potolicchio.
In the North American Endurance Championship, Action Express holds a narrow two-point lead over Starworks heading into the third and final round of the championship in Indianapolis later this month.
The No. 90 Spirit of Daytona Corvette of Antonio Garcia, Richard Westbrook and Oliver Gavin completed the top-five in Sunday's race.
Westbrook was forced to make an unscheduled stop in the third hour after making contact with the No. 56 AF Waltrip Ferrari of Rui Aguas, which resulted in a bent wheel and tire puncture. He then had to also rebound from a drive-through penalty for having been determined to have jumped a restart.
A mighty triple stint by Ozz Negri, and lucky late-race safety car, put the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Riley-Ford back en route for a sixth place finish. The Rolex 24-winning team rebounded from a spin involving GT traffic with John Pew at the wheel, which put them one lap behind early on.
SunTrust Racing recorded its fourth straight DNF after suspension failure knocked the No. 10 Corvette DP of Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor out of contention in the third hour.
PHOTOS: Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen Gallery
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