On Track » Joao Barbosa http://racer-web.com/news A Current Events Blog Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:57:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Action Express Racing Wins the Rolex 24 at Daytona http://racer-web.com/news/2010/01/31/action-express-racing-wins-the-rolex-24-at-daytona/ http://racer-web.com/news/2010/01/31/action-express-racing-wins-the-rolex-24-at-daytona/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:49:03 +0000 racer-web http://racer-web.com/news/?p=154 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

]]> http://racer-web.com/news/2010/01/31/action-express-racing-wins-the-rolex-24-at-daytona/feed/ 0 Max Angelelli and Michael Valiante Win at Infineon http://racer-web.com/news/2008/08/23/max-angelelli-and-michael-valiante-win-at-infineon/ http://racer-web.com/news/2008/08/23/max-angelelli-and-michael-valiante-win-at-infineon/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:09:53 +0000 racer-web http://racer-web.com/news/2008/08/23/max-angelelli-and-michael-valiante-win-at-infineon/ SunTrust Racing’s Max Angelelli and Michael Valiante took their Pontiac Dallara to the front of the field Saturday and made it stick to win the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Infineon Raceway. Today’s race was a “DP Only” race.

The leading drivers to the checkered flag were:

1. Max Angelelli/ Michael Valiante – SunTrust Racing
2. Jon Fogarty/ Alex Gurney – GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing
3. Brian Frisselle/ Mark Wilkins – AIM Autosport
4. Joao Barbosa/ JC France – Brumos Racing
5. Nic Jonsson/ Ricardo Zonta – Krohn Racing

For the full results from the race, visit this link:

2008 Grand-Am Rolex Series at Infineon Raceway Results

The updated standings can be found here:

2008 Standings for Grand Am Rolex

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