Grand-Am has also released the 2012 schedule for their Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series. Here’s a quick look at the schedule of events:

January 6 – 8, 2012: January Test Days at Daytona International Speedway
January 26 – 27, 2012: BMW Performance 200 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway
March 29 – 31, 2012: Barber 200 at Barber Motorsports Park
April 27 – 28, 2012: Kia 200 at Homestead Miami Speedway
May 11 – 13, 2012: B+ HEROES 200 presented by BCKSTGR at New Jersey Motorsports Park
June 8 – 9, 2012: EMCO Gears Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
June 22 – 23, 2012: Road America
June 29 – July 1, 2012: Continental Tire 150 at Watkins Glen International – Long Course
July 6 – 7, 2012: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Test
July 27 – 27, 2012: Super Weekend at The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
September 7 – 9, 2012: Continental Tire Sports Car Festival Powered by Mazda at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
September 28 – 30, 2012: Lime Rock Park

For a more detailed look at the schedule, feel free to read our full Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge: 2012 Schedule.

The dates for the 2012 Grand-Am Rolex Series have been released. Here’s a quick look:

January 6 – 8, 2012: Roar Before the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway
January 26 – 29, 2012: Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway
March 29 – 31, 2012: Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park
April 27 – 29, 2012: Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead Miami Speedway
May 11 – 13, 2012: Global Barter 250 at New Jersey Motorsports Park
June 1 – 2, 2012: Chevrolet GRAND-AM 200 at Belle Isle Park
June 8 – 9, 2012: EMCO Gears Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
June 22 – 23, 2012: Road America
June 29 – July 1, 2012: Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International – Long Course
July 6 – 7, 2012: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Test
July 27 – 27, 2012: Super Weekend at The Brickyard
August 10 – 11, 2012: Watkins Glen International – Short Course
August 17 – 18, 2012: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
September 7 – 9, 2012: Continental Tire Sports Car Festival Powered by Mazda at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
September 28 – 29, 2012: Lime Rock Park

For a more detailed schedule, please take a look at our Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series: 2012 Schedule page.

Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas have done it again in their BMW Riley Daytona Prototype! They’ve won their third consecutive Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race, this time at Virginia International Raceway for the Bosch Engineering 250 at VIR. Once more the team dominated the race, leading an impressive 75 of the total 88 laps.

Unlike Pruett and Rojas, however, Mazda RX-8 drivers Emil Assentato and Jeff Segal, of SpeedSource, were unable to grab their third consecutive GT Class victory and finished second in class, behind TRG’s Ted Ballou and Andy Lally in their Porsche GT3 Cup. Less than a second was all that separated the two GT cars at the finish line.

Results:

POS  NO  CL  DRIVERS
  1   1  DP  Pruett / Rojas
  2  61  DP  Frisselle / Wilkins
  3  10  DP  Angelelli / Taylor
  4  59  DP  Donohue / Law
  5  99  DP  Fogarty / Gurney
  6   8  DP  Dalziel / Forest
  7   6  DP  Frisselle / Valiante
  8  77  DP  Gidley / von Moltke
  9   7  DP  Hand / Lester
 10  90  DP  Garcia / Rice
 11  75  DP  Jonsson / Krohn
 12  66  GT  Ballou / Lally
 13  69  GT  Assentato / Segal
 14   7  GT  Edwards / Russell
 15  44  GT  Potter / Stanton
 16  41  GT  Gue / Keen
 17  30  GT  Lamb / Taylor
 18  57  GT  Davis / Liddell
 19  94  GT  Auberlen / Dalla Lana / Hand
 20  70  GT  Bomarito / Tremblay
 21  97  GT  Pumpelly / Schaldach
 22  68  GT  Christodoulou / Edwards
 23  40  GT  Dempsey / Espenlaub / Foster
 24  43  GT  Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker
 25  46  GT  Lewis / Pilgrim
 26  56  GT  Bennett IV / Skeen
 27   9  DP  Barbosa / Borcheller / France
 28  42  GT  Nonnamaker / Sahlen
 29  28  GT  Collins / Lux
 30  81  GT  Huisman / Murry
 31  31  GT  Curran / Whelen
 32  60  DP  Negri / Pew

After last race’s win during the Grand Prix of Miami, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas have done it again, taking their second consecutive win, this time in the Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park. The pair dominated the race, leading over half of the laps in their Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, BMW Riley Daytona Prototype.

Finishing 12th overall, and also scoring their second consecutive GT Class win, were SpeedSource drivers Emil Assentato and Jeff Segal, in their Mazda RX-8.

Results:

POS  NO  CL  DRIVERS
  1   1  DP  Pruett / Rojas
  2  60  DP  Negri / Pew
  3   8  DP  Dalziel / Forest
  4  77  DP  Gidley / von Moltke
  5  59  DP  Donohue / Law
  6  90  DP  Garcia / Rice
  7   6  DP  Frisselle / Valiante
  8  61  DP  Frisselle / Wilkins
  9   7  DP  Andersen / Lester
 10   9  DP  Barbosa / Borcheller
 11  75  DP  Jonsson / Krohn
 12  69  GT  Assentato / Segal
 13  30  GT  Lamb / Taylor
 14  70  GT  Bomarito / Tremblay
 15  57  GT  Davis / Liddell
 16  68  GT  Christodoulou / Edwards
 17  94  GT  Auberlen / Dalla Lana / Hand
 18  41  GT  Gue / Keen
 19  97  GT  Magnussen / Schaldach
 20  43  GT  Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker
 21  40  GT  Dempsey / Foster
 22  44  GT  Potter / Stanton
 23  42  GT  Nonnamaker / Sahlen
 24  28  GT  Collins / Lux
 25   7  GT  Edwards / Russell
 26  10  DP  Angelelli / Taylor
 27  19  GT  Eversley / Lally
 28  31  GT  Curran / Whelen
 29  99  DP  Fogarty / Gurney
 30  46  GT  Lewis / Zahn

Today’s Grand-Am ROLEX Sports Car Series race, the Grand Prix of Miami, that was held at Florida’s Homestead-Miami Speedway, saw the Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates teammates, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, take the overall win in their BMW Riley Daytona Prototype.

Coming in second was the Porsche Riley Brumos Racing entry of Darren Law and David Donohue, that lead the most laps in the race, having lead 71 of the total 129 laps in the race. Law lost the lead to Pruett on lap 80, and was never able recapture the top spot.

The top finishing GT Class car, was SpeedSource’s Mazda RX-8, driven by Emil Assentato and Jeff Segal.

Results:

POS  NO. CL  DRIVERS
  1   1  DP  Pruett / Rojas
  2  59  DP  Donohue / Law
  3  99  DP  Fogarty / Gurney
  4  61  DP  Frisselle / Wilkins
  5   8  DP  Dalziel / Forest
  6  10  DP  Angelelli / Taylor
  7  90  DP  Garcia / Rice
  8  60  DP  Negri / Pew
  9  77  DP  Gidley / von Moltke
 10   6  DP  Frisselle / Valiante
 11  55  DP  Bouchut / Tucker
 12   7  DP  James / Lester
 13  75  DP  Jonsson / Krohn
 14  69  GT  Assentato / Segal
 15  57  GT  Davis / Liddell
 16  41  GT  Gue / Keen
 17  70  GT  Bomarito / Tremblay
 18  94  GT  Auberlen / Dalla Lana / Hand
 19  95  DP  Hunter-Reay / Tucker
 20   7  GT  Edwards / Reese / Russell
 21  40  GT  Dempsey / Foster
 22  66  GT  Ballou / Lally
 23  68  GT  Christodoulou / Edwards
 24  43  GT  Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker
 25  67  GT  Pumpelly / Saravia Toriello
 26  42  GT  Nonnamaker / Sahlen
 27  72  GT  Grant / Grant / Grant
 28  44  GT  Potter / Stanton
 29  97  GT  Magnussen / Schaldach
 30  46  GT  Lewis / Zahn
 31  30  GT  Lamb / Taylor
 32  48  GT  Hines / Miller
 33   9  DP  Barbosa / Borcheller
 34  28  GT  Collins / Lux

Joao Barbosa was first to the checkered flag today in his #9 Porsche Riley, bringing himself and his Action Express Racing teammates, Terry Borcheller, Ryan Dalziel, and Mike Rockenfeller, the overall victory for the Grand-Am’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. Just 50.494 seconds behind him and still on the lead lap was the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing entry piloted by Max Papis, Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, and Justin Wilson.

Taking the GT Class win and finishing 8th overall were Jonathan Bomarito, Nick Ham, David Haskell, and Sylvain Tremblay, in their #70 SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8. This marked the team’s second Rolex 24 class victory in the past three years.

Top Finishers of the 2010 Grand-Am Rolex 24 at Daytona:

Pos   No  Class  Car             Drivers
  1   #9     DP  Porsche Riley   Joao Barbosa
                                 Terry Borcheller
                                 Ryan Dalziel
                                 Mike Rockenfeller

  2  #01     DP  BMW Riley       Max Papis
                                 Scott Pruett
                                 Memo Rojas
                                 Justin Wilson

  3  #95     DP  BMW Riley       Christophe Bouchut
                                 Ryan Hunter-Reay
                                 Lucas Luhr
                                 Scott Tucker
                                 Richard Westbrook

  4  #75     DP  Ford Lola       Colin Braun
                                 Nic Jonsson
                                 Tracy Krohn
                                 Ricardo Zonta

  5  #60     DP  Ford Riley      Burt Frisselle
                                 Ozz Negri
                                 John Pew
                                 Mark Wilkins

  6  #10     DP  Ford Dallara    Max Angelelli
                                 Pedro Lamy
                                 Ricky Taylor
                                 Wayne Taylor

  7   #6     DP  Ford Riley      AJ Allmendinger
                                 Brian Frisselle
                                 Mark Patterson
                                 Michael Valiante

  8  #70     GT  Mazda RX-8      Jonathan Bomarito
                                 Nick Ham
                                 David Haskell
                                 Sylvain Tremblay

  9  #67     GT  Porsche GT3     Jorg Bergmeister
                                 Patrick Long
                                 Seth Neiman
                                 Johannes van Overbeek

 10  #66     GT  Porsche GT3     Ted Ballou
                                 Kelly Collins
                                 Patrick Flanagan
                                 Wolf Henzler
                                 Andy Lally

Related Links:
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series: Series Facts, Schedule, Standings, News, Series News, Videos

Rum Bum Racing’s Gian Bacardi and Matt Plumb took the overall victory in today’s Fresh From Florida 200 at Daytona International Speedway. The pair beat out fellow BMW M3 drivers, Charles Putman and Charles Espenlaub of Fall-Line Motorsports, by just 0.107 seconds.

Andy Pilgrim, also of Fall-Line Motorsports, was today’s top lap leader, leading the field for a total of 29 laps, in the 66 lap race. Despite this, he and teammate, Mark Boden, only managed an 11th place finish.

In the ST Class, it was Compass360 Racing’s David Thilenius and Lawson Aschenbach who came out on top in their Honda Civic Si.

Results:

POS   NO. CL  DRIVERS
  1   13  GS  Bacardi / Plumb
  2   48  GS  Espenlaub / Putman
  3   41  GS  Miller / Pumpelly
  4   37  GS  Gue / Seafuse
  5    6  GS  Bell / Bucknum
  6   45  GS  Borcheller / Hendricks
  7   60  GS  Mason / Winchester
  8    9  GS  Carter / Plumb
  9   59  GS  Caddell / Wilden
 10    6  GS  Musser / Orr
 11   46  GS  Boden / Pilgrim
 12   23  GS  Carroll / Ende
 13   97  GS  Hand / Marsal
 14   88  GS  Ellis / Wellon
 15   35  GS  Aquilante / Spaude
 16   17  GS  Ackley / DiPippo
 17   11  GS  Panzer / Snyder
 18    7  GS  Heath / Potter
 19    1  GS  Baas / White
 20   52  GS  Finlay / Michaelian
 21   79  GS  Hall / Prusinski
 22   83  GS  Cosmo / Tetreault
 23   89  GS  Abello / Armengol
 24   74  ST  Aschenbach / Thilenius
 25   81  ST  Heumann / Thomas
 26   26  ST  Carbonell / O'Doski
 27   77  ST  Theetge / Theetge
 28   75  ST  Eversley / Lutz
 29   92  ST  Gilsinger / Johnson / Schmitt
 30   42  ST  Leroux / Leroux
 31   18  ST  Battle / Dayton
 32   24  ST  Schultz / Straus
 33   28  ST  Ellis / Hacquard
 34   49  ST  Novich / Pobst
 35    8  ST  Schroeder / Smith
 36   43  ST  Nonnamaker / Sahlen
 37   67  ST  Becker / Tallman
 38  181  ST  Hurley / Stadtlander
 39  171  ST  Halpin / Sweeney
 40   25  ST  Long / Whitis
 41    0  GS  Sellers / Willsey
 42   69  ST  Harding / Milarcik
 43    5  GS  James / Nastasi
 44   12  ST  Burrows / Hopwood
 45   50  ST  Hart / Lira
 46   66  ST  Riley / Riley
 47   27  ST  Dempsey / Edwards
 48   51  ST  Buras / Corthell / Wilson
 49   16  GS  Jeannette / Montecalvo
 50   29  GS  Buford / Empringham
 51   39  ST  Collyer / Conway
 52   22  ST  Lepper / Schmidt
 53   68  GS  Kozarov / Ortiz
 54   55  GS  Atterbury / Cates
 55  197  ST  Cattaneo / Mirzayan
 56   15  GS  Foster / Maxwell
 57   54  GS  Anthony Jr. / Edwards
 58   80  ST  Clay / White
 59   76  ST  Combs / Liefooghe
 60   38  GS  Jenkins / Stanton
 61   99  GS  Hillestad / Waddell
 62   36  ST  Brown / Olson
 63   53  GS  Click / McGovern
 64   40  GS  Gutierrez / Llano
 65   57  GS  Longhi / Masessa
 66   61  GS  Johnson / Roush Jr.
 67  196  ST  Smalley / Trinkler
 68   10  ST  Jonsson / Lally
 69   86  ST  Prey / Sigal
 70   21  ST  Danyliw / Holtom
 71   30  ST  Bocchino / Lamb
 72    8  ST  Mosing / Saini
 73   96  GS  Auberlen / Dalla Lana
 74    5  GS  Altenburg / Nowicki
 75   34  ST  Giovanis / Kennedy
 76    2  GS  Click / McGovern
 77    4  GS  Kelly / Said
 78    7  GS  Hickham Jr
 79   72  GS  Longhi / Masessa
 80   78  GS  DiLeo / Foss
 81   56  GS  Click / McGovern

The final 2009 season race of the KONI Challenge Series was won by Bret Seafuse and James Gue at Virginia International Raceway. The JBS Motorsports team raced their #37 Trumansburg ShurSave Mustang GT to the checkered flag beating out the second place finishers (Andrew Hendricks and Terry Borcheller / #28 BMW M3) by just 1.305 seconds.

Seafuse and Gue, who celebrated their second win of the season, finished second in the final points standings – each with 309 points. Ahead of them was Ken Wilden, of Rehagen Racing, who was crowned the KONI Challenge Series champion for 2009. Wilden, who also celebrated two victories in 2009 lead the field with 317 points.

In the ST class, the race victory went to Derek Whitis and Tom Long in the #145 Mazda MX-5 of Freedom Autosport. Christian Miller, despite finishing 21st in today’s race, retained the championship lead with 15 points ahead of Andrew Aquilante, who finished second in the ST final points standings.

Top GS Finishers of the 2009 KONI Challenge Series Race in Virginia:

Pos   No  Class  Car             Drivers
  1  #37     GS  Mustang GT      Bret Seafuse
                                 James Gue

  2  #28     GS  BMW M3          Andrew Hendricks
                                 Terry Borcheller

  3   #8     GS  Porsche 997     Daniel DiLeo
                                 Eric Foss 

  4  #96     GS  BMW M3          Bill Auberlen
                                 Matt Bell

  5  #91     GS  BMW M3          Charles Putman
                                 Charles Espenlaub

Top ST Finishers of the 2009 KONI Challenge Series Race in Virginia:

Pos   No  Class  Car             Drivers
 19 #145     ST  Mazda MX-5      Derek Whitis
                                 Tom Long

 20  #95     ST  BMW 328i        Paul Dalla Lana
                                 Will Turner

 21 #146     ST  Mazda MX-5      Mark Pombo
                                 Andrew Carbonell

 22  #75     ST  Honda Civic Si  Randy Pobst
                                 Jamie Holtom

 23 #111     ST  Subaru Legacy   Kristian Skavnes
                                 Andrew Aquilante

Top GS Drivers in the 2009 KONI Challenge Series Final Points:

Pos  Name          Points
  1  Ken Wilden       317
  2  James Gue        309
     Bret Seafuse     309
  3  Matt Bell        288
  4  Dean Martin      287
  5  Jack Roush Jr    272

Top ST Drivers in the 2009 KONI Challenge Series Final Points:

Pos  Name             Points 
  1  Christian Miller    296
  2  Kristian Skavnes    281
     Andrew Aquilante    281
  3  Randy Pobst         263
  4  Andrew Carbonell    259
  5  Ian Baas            236

Related Links:
Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series: Series Facts, Schedule, Standings, News, Videos

After 24 long hours of circling the road course at Daytona International Speedway, Brumos Racing finally took the checkered flag to win the 24 Hours of Daytona. Driving the winning Porsche/Riley was David Donohue, Antonio Garcia, Darren Law, and Buddy Rice. It was a close battle to the end, with the top four cars staying on the lead lap.

Finishing 9th overall and first in the GT class was the TRG Porsche GT3 machine driven by Jorg Bergmeister, Andy Lally, Patrick Long, Justin Marks, and RJ Valentine. The sister car for TRG, driven by Ted Ballou, Emmanuel Collard, Tim George Jr, Richard Lietz, and Spencer Pumpelly, finished just one lap behind for a second in class placing.

For the full results from this race, please use the following link:

2009 Grand-Am Rolex 24 at Daytona Results

The standings are available at the following link:

2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Standings

Bill Auberlen and Matt Bell worked together this weekend at Daytona International Speedway to grab this season’s first Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series victory. Auberlen was in the car for the final stint andended up leading 22 of the final 25 laps.

In the ST Class, Lawson Aschenbach and Pete Iannucci came out on top with their Georgian Bay Motorsports Cobalt SS.

The full results from race can be found here:

2009 KONI Challenge Fresh From Florida 200 Results

The standings have been updated and are available at the following link:

2009 Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series Standings