Gainsco/Bob Stalling Racing Basking In The Glory Of Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Win

One of the top of the pyramid motorsports events in the world that has been enthralling the adventure sports enthusiasts for a decade now Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car series is undoubtedly the number one racing event in the world especially in terms of competition, technology and popularity. Organized by the Grand-Am Racing Association and started in 1999 the hugely successful car racing tournament has the honor of having the name of number one watch maker of luxury watches in the world Rolex as part of its very title. Rolex which thrives on its philosophy of promoting brilliance through the countless platforms it offers as a result of the sponsorships it ensures for various events adds incomparable value to those events. The coming together of the house of Rolex and the king of motorsports Grand-Am Racing Association was the major step in the overall promotion of the spirit of human endurance and dreaming big, aspiring to realize those very dreams and finally realizing them.
That winning the Rolex promoted event was the most cherished dream for many has been a fact known to all and with this year’s Grand-Am Rolex winner how important such a win is has been reinforced quite forcefully. The 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car series was the battleground for the best cars, driven by the best drivers and supported by best car crews. Starting off at the start of the year itself and culminating earlier this month, the entire season was the perfect embodiment of the high competition, tireless efforts and unexpected results. Every race driver and team was trying and hoping to be crowned the overall championship winner but the crown eventually deservingly went to the Gainsco/Bob Stalling Racing team. The team was one of the most competitive and consistent throughout the 2009 season but still had to wait till the last race and had to fight it out till the last laps of the last race to emerge as the winner.

2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car series win was Gainsco/Bob Stalling Racing team’s second after 2007 and winning the team as well as driver championship was even sweeter for the team considering it won it after great performance at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, a place where the team has struggled in the past to come out with good performances. The duo of Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty won in the Pontiac Riley Daytona Prototype driving it to outrace others handsomely. The Gainsco/Bob Stalling Racing has been celebrating the win by displaying the exact replica of the car across various venues. After having already visited quite a few places the show car shall be making the next stop at the 42nd annual Mountain Moonshine Festival in Dawsonville, Georgia.
Gainsco Auto Insurance had started its award-winning show car program in the year 2007 and continues for more than 200 days every year. This year the enthusiasm among the team and its fans has risen higher considering Gainsco/Bob Stalling Racing has won the prestigious 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car series championship and is going to bask in the glory of the win for a long time to come.
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A race weekend which had shown a lot of promise with high level of competition anticipated turned out to be a great race for the Gainsco team. Miller Motorsports Park played a perfect host to the penultimate race of the Grand-Am
The Miller Motorsports Park is a difficult and very tiresome track with 4.5 mile long laps that are made more difficult with good 24 turns which test the drivers and their cars thoroughly. The race on the weekend was completed in two hours and 45 minutes with the hard fought competition being well represented by the fact that the top five teams were separated by mere 1.309 seconds and the difference in time taken by the top team and the team coming 10th was only 3.029 seconds.

They say that ambition and desire can only be curtailed for a limited period of time. If the will that consumes the soul, is stronger than the most daunting of challenges than nothing in this world can impede its rise. As the world leader of creating the finest watches,
The 2009 edition of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series has probably been the most riveting of all challenges in the history of the game. With numerous photo finish victories, the level of competition and skill at this eminent racing event has reached different sphere. The ninth race of this enthralling series known as the Porsche 250 was held on from the 17th to the 19th of July at the Baber Motorsports Park in Birmingham in the state of Alabama. According to the last ranking report based on the points earned in the prior challenges the
Bringing together resilience and ambition the prestigious Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series has grown in popularity and is celebrated all over for its tremendous competitive standards and excellent performances.
As the smell of burning rubber fills the air and the bellowing smoke finally settles, the spectators focus their eyes on a raging machine that tears through the tracks at such a ferocious speed that many including the other competitors just get a glimpse of a streak of the SunTrust car.
Claiming his 13th win a the Daytona Prototype racing Max Angelelli led 33 out of the total 70 laps and finally gave his team a victory after the win at the Infineon Raceway in August last year. Driving the No. 10 SunTrust Ford Dallara along with team mate Brian Frisselle who clinched his third win after joining SunTrust team owned by Wayne Taylor, Max Angelelli drove his car through the checkered flag. Gainsco Racing’s driver Alex Gurney fought a hard competition and put forward every ounce of determination to close the gap between him and Max Angelelli. Losing out on the first turn of the 67th lap Alex Gurney eventually gave Max Angelelli all the space he needed to claim the top spot. A fraction of a second later Alex Gurney crossed the finish line to give team Gainsco its third continuous top two finishes this summer. As of now the team standings are led by Telemex/Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley with a total of 199 points. They are closely followed by the SunTrust team with 198 points and third place holders, team Gainsco with a total of 196 points.
A passion that rises from mastering the drivability of the incredibly fast vehicles moves the entire sea of spectators to the rhythm of speed and focus.
The second half of the season will begin on Saturday at the Daytona International Speedway as throngs of people start to congregate at the circuit. Even though Chip Ganassi Racing team had a slow start in the first half of the season, the champion drivers Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas drove the Daytona Prototypes to lead the rankings with an 11 point lead over the others. Taking the lead by winning their first race at the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen that was held at the Watkins Glen International in the beginning of July, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas proved their ability by out rightly winning the EMCO Gears Classic that was held two weeks later at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Highly competitive rivals Scott Pruett and Alex Gurney had one of the closest races last season at the Brumos Porsche 250 and ended in a spectacular photo finish.
With such incredible numbers hitting the circuit every time this edition of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series promises to be a riveting event. As the second half of the prestigious season hits the tracks this Saturday, spectators are already anticipating some brilliant maneuvers and exceptional drivability that is bound to once again change the history of motor racing.

