Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas extended their record winning streak to six races by winning the Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park for the third time. The drivers of the No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley ended their 2010 Daytona Prototype championship season by winning the final three races, and opened 2011 by winning the Rolex 24 At Daytona and Grand Prix of Miami for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates.
Pruett ran down race leader Burt Frisselle and beat him to the inside of Turn 17 on lap 78. He led the final 27 laps, beating Alex Gurney in the GAINSCO Auto Insurance Chevrolet/Riley at the checkered flag by 28.954 seconds.
“The 90 team had everybody covered today," Pruett admitted. "We caught up to them after I got in the car, and we cut down about an eight-second differential between us and them. I‟m sliding around and he looked pretty pasted down to the ground. I just thought, 'You know what? These guys are really strong here today.' You never know how it‟s going to play out, but they were certainly in the catbird seat to sneak in a win this week.”
Ryan Dalziel and Mike Forest finished third in the Starworks Motorsport No. 8 Miracle Grout Shield Ford/Riley.
The Spirit of Daytona gave the TELMEX/Chip Ganassi Racing duo its biggest challenge. Antonio Garcia started on the pole in the No. 90 Chevrolet/Coyote and led 38 circuits. Paul Edwards then took over and led 12 laps. The car then began losing power in the final hour, dropping Edwards to ninth at the finish.
Bill Auberlen and Paul Dalla Lana scored their second consecutive GT victory in the No. 94 Turner Motorsport BMW M3, moving from fourth to first in the point standings. Six different cars shared the GT lead, with Auberlen finally taking over on lap 63 and leading the final 38 circuits.
Gunter Schaldach and Oliver Gavin finished second in the No. 07 The Cool TV/Mobil 1 Camaro, followed by Sylvain Tremblay and Jonathan Bomarito in the No. 70 MazdaSpeed/Castrol Edge Mazda RX-8.
| Pos |
Driver |
Car/Engine |
Laps |
Time/Delay |
| 1 |
S.Pruett/M.Rojas |
Riley/BMW |
104 |
|
| 2 |
J.Fogarty/A.Gurney |
Riley/Chevrolet |
104 |
- |
| 3 |
R.Dalziel/M.Forest |
Riley/Ford |
104 |
- |
| 4 |
B.Frisselle/M.Wilkins |
Riley/BMW |
104 |
- |
| 5 |
D.Donohue/D.Law |
Riley/Porsche |
104 |
- |
| 6 |
O.Negri/J.Pew |
Riley/Ford |
104 |
- |
| 7 |
J.Barbosa/T.Borcheller/J.France |
Riley/Porsche |
104 |
- |
| 8 |
A.Popow/E.Potolicchio |
Riley/Ford |
103 |
1 Lap |
| 9 |
P.Edwards/A.Garcia |
Coyote/Chevrolet |
103 |
1 Lap |
| 10 |
B.Frisselle/H.Richard |
Dallara/Ford |
103 |
1 Lap |
| 11 |
B.Auberlen/P.D.Lana |
BMW |
100 |
4 Laps |
| 12 |
O.Gavin/G.Schaldach |
Chevrolet |
100 |
4 Laps |
| 13 |
J.Bomarito/S.Tremblay |
Mazda |
99 |
5 Laps |
| 14 |
E.Assentato/J.Segal |
Mazda |
99 |
5 Laps |
| 15 |
J.Potter/C.Stanton |
Porsche |
99 |
5 Laps |
| 16 |
D.Cameron/J.Gue |
Mazda |
99 |
5 Laps |
| 17 |
B.Lester/J.Taylor |
Chevrolet |
99 |
5 Laps |
| 18 |
P.Dempsey/J.Foster |
Mazda |
99 |
5 Laps |
| 19 |
R.Liddell/J.Magnussen |
Chevrolet |
98 |
6 Laps |
| 20 |
A.Davis/L.Keen |
Porsche |
98 |
6 Laps |
| 21 |
M.Gidley/W.Nonnamaker |
Mazda |
98 |
6 Laps |
| 22 |
S.Bertheau/S.Pumpelly |
Porsche |
94 |
10 Laps |
| 23 |
M.Angelelli/R.Taylor |
Dallara/Chevrolet |
94 |
10 Laps |
| 24 |
M.Cozzi/E.Lux |
Mazda |
76 |
28 Laps |
| 25 |
E.Curran/B.Said |
Chevrolet |
64 |
40 Laps |
| 26 |
J.Nonnamaker/W.Nonnamaker/W.Nonnamaker |
Mazda |
22 |
82 Laps |
| 27 |
J.Nonnamaker/W.Nonnamaker/J.Sahlen |
Mazda |
7 |
97 Laps |