The No. 01 was driven by
Charlie Kimball, Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas
The finish of the Daytona Prototype division in the Rolex 24 Grand-Am race
at Daytona came down to pit strategy and the dominant car prevailed.
Juan Pablo
Montoya pitted from the lead in Chip Ganassi's No. 01 BMW Riley -- the
strongest car for much of the race's 24 hours -- with just under seven minutes
left and was able to retake the lead and the win just minutes later after Max
Angelelli in the No. 10 pitted for fuel.
A caution flag with approximately an hour to go set up the fuel-strategy
filled sprint to the finish, as most of the DP cars were just outside their
fuel windows. Last year's champion, the No. 60 of Michael Shank Racing that had
AJ
Allmendinger in the car for the final stint, made it to the finish without
having to stop for fuel but was out of contention after being forced off into
the grass and a subsequent pit stop to clean the grille.
Allmendinger was aggressive after the final restart, and got to the outside
of Joao Barbosa, and Barbosa pushed Allmendinger up as far as he could, sending
Allmendinger into the grass and then onto pit lane. The move also destroyed
Barbosa and the No. 9 Starworks team's chances, as he was penalized 60 seconds
for avoidable contact. The No. 60, also driven by Marcos Ambrose and Justin
Wilson, finished third, and the No. 9 finished fourth.
Montoya, Pruett, Memo Rojas and Charlie Kimball completed 709 laps over the
course of the race. It's Pruett's fifth Rolex 24 DP win.
Ganassi's other car, the No. 02 with Dario Franchitti,
Scott Dixon, Jamie McMurray and Joey Hand, suffered damage and lost laps when
McMurray made contact with the pit road wall overnight and then retired on
Sunday morning when Franchitti had a gearbox failure.
In the GT division, Felipe Albequerque drove the No. 24 Audi to victory lane
after pitting late and getting off of pit lane ahead of the Nos. 52 and 69, who
had been battling for the race lead before pitting with approximately 45
minutes to go. In the new GX class, David Donohue drove the No. 16 to the
finish line, one of the three of six cars in the class to make it to the finish
of the race.
Clint Bowyer and Michael Waltrip, who shared the No. 56 GT Ferrari with Rob
Kauffman and Rui Aguas, finished 8th.
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(Source:
Yahoo!Sport, Jan 27, 2013)
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