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Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty literally drove the wheels off their GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac Riley to score a thrilling victory at in the Bosch Engineering 250, the second race of the Rolex Sports Car Series season. The event took place Saturday afternoon at Virginia International Raceway in rural Virginia.
Maneuvering into the lead on the 66th lap, Gurney led the final 17 stanzas around the hilly 3.27-mile road course to score his team’s first victory of the 2009 season. For Gurney and teammate Jon Fogarty, they won for the ninth time in their accomplished careers, and they did it in their 40th time together. Their paring started at VIR in 2006…Â Details & Pictures
PORSCHES LEAD POINTS AFTER 3RD IN DP, 4TH IN GT AT VIR GRAND-AM
Brumos Porsche Riley Grabs DP Podium Spot in Rolex Grand-Am Race at Virginia; Farnbacher Loles Takes Fourth in GT; Porsche Drivers and Team on Top of near Top of All Points after Round Two
ALTON, VA – April 25 — Brumos Racing grabbed a controversial podium finish in Saturday’s Rolex Grand- Am Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 race at Virginia International Raceway, and the Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 finished fourth in GT…Â Details
Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty won the Rolex Sports Car Series Bosch Engineering 250 Saturday at the Virginia International Raceway, as Gurney held off Michael Valiante in a five-minute sprint to the checkered flag set up by the race’s fourth and final caution period.
Without that caution period, neither Fogarty nor Valiante would have made it to the finish as both drivers were running low on fuel. But with the yellow both drivers were able to drive flat-out to the finish line, with Valiante having to settle for second after trying desperately to find a way by Gurney’s Pontiac Riley during the final lap…Â DetailsÂ