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Ganassi takes top 2 spots at Daytona
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February 1, 2011, Tuesday
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CAR owner Chip Ganassi is back in Victory Lane at America's most prestigious road race.
Defending Grand-Am Series champion Scott Pruett drove the last leg in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and held off Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon on a final restart.
Yep, America's longest endurance race came down to a one-lap sprint.
Pruett pulled away from Dixon and third-place finisher Joao Barbosa after the green-white restart and won the Daytona Prototype class by 2.42 seconds. Pruett and co-drivers Memo Rojas, Graham Rahal and Joey Hand celebrated with Ganassi in Victory Lane. They received electric guitars and Rolex watches.
"This was unbelievable," Pruett said. "Our car ran and ran and ran. This is just awesome, truly awesome, to have a 1-2 finish is just incredible."
It's Ganassi's fourth victory in the 24-hour race. This one fills the small void created last season when Ganassi's primary car finished second in the twice-around-the-clock endurance race. That failure became glaring after Ganassi drivers won the Daytona 500, the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400.
Pruett used pit strategy to get ahead of the other Ganassi entry in the final hour and stayed out front down the stretch.
He ended up racing 721 laps and more than 2,566 miles.
Defending Grand-Am Series champion Scott Pruett drove the last leg in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and held off Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon on a final restart.
Yep, America's longest endurance race came down to a one-lap sprint.
Pruett pulled away from Dixon and third-place finisher Joao Barbosa after the green-white restart and won the Daytona Prototype class by 2.42 seconds. Pruett and co-drivers Memo Rojas, Graham Rahal and Joey Hand celebrated with Ganassi in Victory Lane. They received electric guitars and Rolex watches.
"This was unbelievable," Pruett said. "Our car ran and ran and ran. This is just awesome, truly awesome, to have a 1-2 finish is just incredible."
It's Ganassi's fourth victory in the 24-hour race. This one fills the small void created last season when Ganassi's primary car finished second in the twice-around-the-clock endurance race. That failure became glaring after Ganassi drivers won the Daytona 500, the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400.
Pruett used pit strategy to get ahead of the other Ganassi entry in the final hour and stayed out front down the stretch.
He ended up racing 721 laps and more than 2,566 miles.
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