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Point Standings
GRAND-AM DP
After Watkins Glen

Rank Driver Points
1 Memo Rojas 228
Scott Pruett 228
3 Max Angelelli 204
Ricky Taylor 204
5 JC France 188
Joao Barbosa 188
Terry Borcheller 188
8 Darren Law 187
David Donohue 187
10 Alex Gurney 185
Jon Fogarty 185
12 John Pew 179
Ozz Negri 179
14 Brian Frisselle 151
Henri Richard 151
16 Antonio Garcia 148
Paul Edwards 148
18 Burt Frisselle 146
19 Mike Forest 123
20 Mark Wilkins 121
21 Alex Popow 110
Enzo Potolicchio 110
23 Ryan Dalziel 93
24 Mark Blundell 53
25 Michael Valiante 46
26 Matt Bell 41
27 Graham Rahal 35
Joey Hand 35
29 Dario Franchitti 32
Jamie McMurray 32
Juan Pablo Montoya 32
Scott Dixon 32
33 Christian Fittipaldi 30
Max Papis 30
35 Mark Patterson 28
Martin Brundle 28
Zak Brown 28
38 Ryan Briscoe 26
Wayne Taylor 26
40 Nic Jonsson 25
Nicolas Minassian 25
Ricardo Zonta 25
Tracy Krohn 25
44 AJ Allmendinger 24
Justin Wilson 24
Michael McDowell 24
47 Christophe Bouchut 23
Luis Diaz 23
Scott Tucker 23
50 Buddy Rice 22
51 Henry Gilbert 21
Marc Goossens 21
Shane Lewis 21
54 Raphael Matos 20
Richard Westbrook 20
Ryan Hunter-Reay 20
57 Jimmie Johnson 19
58 Johannes van Overbeek 18
Jorg Bergmeister 18
Patrick Long 18
Seth Neiman 18
62 Sascha Maassen 17
63 Colin Braun 16
Doug Peterson 16
Jan Heylen 16
Jared Beyer 16
Jim Lowe 16
RJ Valentine 16
Romain Iannetta 16
Ross Kaiser 16
Scott Mayer 16
Tomas Enge 16
 

Fogarty, Said Break Montreal Grand-Am Records

Grand-Am
Friday, August 27, 2010

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Jon Fogarty
Jon Fogarty and Boris Said used Chevrolet power to lead a record-breaking pair of qualifying sessions Friday at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and capture  respective poles for Saturday's Montreal 200, Round 11 of 12 in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16.

The two-hour race takes the green flag at 2:15 p.m. ET (SPEED, live).

Fogarty ran a lap of 1:31.524 (106.556 mph) to capture his second Daytona Prototype pole of the season in the No. 99 GAINSCO Chevrolet/Riley. In the production-based GT class, Said gave Marsh Racing its first Rolex Series pole with a lap of 1:38.895 (98.614 mph) in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Chevrolet Corvette.

"It was a really good run for us," said Fogarty, who extended his series record to 16 career poles. "Circuit Gilles Villeneuve presents interesting challenges. You have to have the balance when your tires are good, but you have to get to that point without overheating your brakes - like getting all the stars to align. I was able to run clear laps and go hard, let things cool, and then go hard again. Each time I was able to improve and the time just came - not necessarily from pushing harder, but with the balance of the car."

Fogarty will be joined on the front row by Memo Rojas, who ran a lap of 1:31.839 (106.190 mph) in the No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley shared by points co-leader Scott Pruett. Rojas and Pruett have won seven of 10 races this season, and will be looking to break a tie for the all-time single-season record shared with Fogarty and Alex Gurney. They also lead the championship standings by 26 points (302-276) over Ryan Dalziel.

Ricky Taylor qualified third in the No. 10 SunTrust Ford/Dallara, a two-time Montreal 200 winner co-driven by Max Angelelli. He will be joined on the second row by Burt Frisselle, driving the lone Canadian-based DP, the No. 61 Pacific Mobile/Bio Sign Ford/Riley.

Brian Frisselle, who won the past two years at Montreal, hit the wall in Friday morning practice and did not qualify, although the No. 6 Pit Stop of Norris Lake Ford/Dallara co-driven by Michael Valiante will start at the back of the grid.

Boris Said
Said prevailed in a terrific back-and-forth battle with Andrew Davis in GT qualifying before claiming the pole on his final lap.

"I got Andrew and I was going to quit the session, but they said do one more after he nipped me so I went for it," explained Said, driving for the third time this season with Marsh Racing. "The guys have been developing this car with every race, and they're getting it better and better with each week. GM's got good power; it handles really well and it has awesome brakes."

Davis and co-driver Robin Liddell won the past two runnings of the Montreal 200 for Stevenson Motorsports in a Pontiac, but they are still looking for their first victory in the No. 57 Camaro.

"I thought I had the pole going in, but it was a great battle - and a great driver to battle with Boris Said," Davis said. "I hate to come up so short, but even though we've won this race the last two years, this is our best starting position so we're really hoping for a good run tomorrow. We've got a strong car and I know we've got the strongest team."

Motorcycle veteran Scott Russell qualified third in the No. 07 Banner Racing Corvette shared by Paul Edwards, and will be joined on the second row by Adam Christodoulou, driving the No. 68 MazdaSpeed Motorsports Mazda RX-8.

Results

Pos

Num Class Team Car Time Gap Behind Speed
1. 99 DP Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing Chevrolet Riley 1:31.524 0.000 0.000 106.555
2. 01 DP Chip Ganassi Racing w/F.Sabates BMW Riley 1:31.839 0.315 0.315 106.190
3. 10 DP SunTrust Racing Ford Dallara 1:32.123 0.284 0.599 105.862
4. 61 DP AIM Autosport Ford Riley 1:32.224 0.101 0.700 105.746
5. 90 DP Spirit of Daytona Racing Porsche Coyote 1:33.294 1.070 1.770 104.534
6. 9 DP Action Express Racing Porsche Riley 1:33.439 0.145 1.915 104.371
7. 59 DP Brumos Racing Porsche Riley 1:33.593 0.154 2.069 104.200
8. 8 DP Starworks Motorsport BMW Riley 1:33.691 0.098 2.167 104.091
9. 75 DP Krohn Racing Ford Lola 1:35.210 1.519 3.686 102.430
10. 60 DP Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley 1:35.335 0.125 3.811 102.296
11. 31 GT Marsh Racing Corvette 1:38.895 3.560 7.371 98.613
12. 57 GT Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R 1:38.934 0.039 7.410 98.574
13. 07 GT Banner Racing Corvette 1:39.839 0.905 8.315 97.681
14. 68 GT SpeedSource/Newman Wachs Racing Mazda RX-8 1:40.004 0.165 8.480 97.520
15. 41 GT Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8 1:40.109 0.105 8.585 97.417
16. 97 GT Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R 1:40.250 0.141 8.726 97.280
17. 70 GT SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 1:40.329 0.079 8.805 97.204
18. 40 GT Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8 1:40.745 0.416 9.221 96.802
19. 69 GT SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 1:40.859 0.114 9.335 96.693
20. 44 GT Magnus Racing Porsche GT3 1:41.667 0.808 10.143 95.924

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