Fogarty and Gurney on the victory podium

Mark Scheuern/AutoRacing1

While it poured Saturday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley of Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney found a ray of sunshine.

Gurney passed Matt Plumb on the outside with nine laps remaining in the 76-lap (two hours and 45 minutes) race and went on to win his first Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 victory of 2008 in the EMCO Gears Classic presented by KeyBank.

Gurney and Fogarty, the defending Daytona Prototype champions, had not visited the podium since finishing second in the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Meanwhile, Eric Lux and Leh Keen drove to victory in GT in the No. 86 Farnbacher Loles Porsche GT3, giving Porsche its first triumph of the season in eight races.

A heavy rain began pouring only seven laps into the two hour, 45-minute event, leading to a multi-car spin that involved numerous contenders in both classes.

"It was all about survival today," Patrick Dempsey said. He and Joe Foster finished 12th in GT, sharing the No. 40 Hyper Sport Mazda RX-8.

Darren Law finished second in the No. 58 Brumos Racing Porsche Riley that David Donohue put on the pole. He took the position on the final lap of racing, before a two-car incident caused the race to end under caution. Plumb and Gene Sigal finished third in the No. 7 RumBum.com BMW Riley.

A sudden downpour early in the race resulted in a multi-car spin involving several contenders in both classes. The incident began when Tom Kimber-Smith spun the No. 16 Cheever Racing Crown Royal Pontiac Coyote after contact. John Pew spun the No. 6 Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley to avoid Kimber-Smith, but Brad Jaeger slid the No. 77 Doran Racing Ford Dallara into Pew. Meanwhile, several other Daytona Prototypes slid off course and needed tows, including Jim Matthews in the No. 91 Riley Matthews Motorsports Pontiac Riley and JC France in the No. 59 Brumos Porsche Riley.

Moments later, GT pole winner Lawson Aschenbach spun, triggering an incident that involved the No. 32 PR1 Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R of Mike Forest, the No. 67 TRG Porsche GT3 of Tim George Jr., the No. 06 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R of Marc Bunting and the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 of Bryce Miller. Moments before the caution ended, Jon Fogarty spun and continued in the No. 99, falling from second to 23rd position overall.

But that was the downside. The upside was standing in victory lane.

In all, there were eight caution periods for 35 laps.

Keen took the lead from Robin Liddell in the No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R late in the race after a back and forth battle. Liddell and Andrew Davis finished second, giving them their fifth podium finish in the last six races. Diego Alessi finished third in the No. 21 Matt Connolly Motorsports Pontiac GTO.R that led much of the early portion of the GT race with Ryan Phinny at the wheel.

The next Grand-Am Rolex Series race will be the July 3 Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway.

Results

POS	NO.	CLASS	CL.POS.	DRIVER	TEAM/CAR	LAPS
1	99	DP	1	Fogarty / Gurney	GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing / Pontiac Riley	76
2	58	DP	2	Donohue / Law	Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley	76
3	7	DP	3	Plumb / Sigal	Rum Bum Racing / BMW Riley	76
4	61	DP	4	Frisselle / Wilkins	AIM Autosport / Ford Riley	76
5	59	DP	5	Barbosa / France	Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley	76
6	60	DP	6	Negri / Patterson	Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley	76
7	47	DP	7	Frisselle / Taylor	Doran Racing / Ford Dallara	76
8	01	DP	8	Pruett / Rojas	Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates / Lexus Riley	76
9	76	DP	9	Jonsson / Zonta	Krohn Racing / Pontiac Lola	76
10	10	DP	10	Angelelli / Valiante	SunTrust Racing / Pontiac Riley	76
11	86	GT	1	Keen / Lux	Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup	76
12	57	GT	2	Davis / Liddell	Stevenson Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R	75
13	21	GT	3	Alessi / Phinny	Matt Connolly Motorsports / Pontiac GTO.R	75
14	66	GT	4	Ballou / Lally	TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup	75
15	65	GT	5	Gutierrez / Stanton	TRG/Riegel Autosport / Porsche GT3 Cup	75
16	91	DP	11	Goossens / Matthews	Bob Stallings/ Riley-Matthews / Pontiac Riley	75
17	43	GT	6	Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker	Team Sahlen / Corvette	75
18	70	GT	7	Ham / Tremblay	SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8	75
19	72	GT	8	Aschenbach / Borcheller / Lewis Jr	Autohaus Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R	75
20	69	GT	9	Assentato / Segal	SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8	75
21	88	GT	10	Johnson / Lacey	Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup	75
22	16	DP	12	Garcia / Kimber-Smith	Cheever Racing / Pontiac Coyote	74
23	07	GT	11	Collins / Edwards	Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R	74
24	40	GT	12	Dempsey / Foster	Hyper Sport / Mazda RX-8	74
25	3	DP	13	Lester / Lewis	Southard Motorsports / Lexus Riley	74
26	68	GT	13	Sellers / Valentine	TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup	73
27	53	GT	14	Borkowski / Constantine	Playboy Racing / BMW M6	73
28	71	GT	15	Grant / Grant / Grant	Synergy Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup	73
29	75	DP	14	Krohn / van de Poele	Krohn Racing / Pontiac Lola	72
30	30	GT	16	Smith / Stone	Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8	72
31	42	GT	17	Nonnamaker / Sahlen	Team Sahlen / Corvette	72
32	77	DP	15	Gidley / Jaeger	Doran Racing / Ford Dallara	71
33	74	GT	18	Lazzaro / Schiff / Skea	GTS Racing with Mitchum Motorsports / Porsche GT3 Cup	69
34	6	DP	16	James / Pew	Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley	67
35	87	GT	19	Miller / Werner	Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup	66
36	09	DP	17	Camirand / Cosmo	Spirit of Daytona Racing / Porsche Coyote	25
37	67	GT	20	George Jr / Pumpelly	TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup	24
38	2	DP	18	Dalziel / Zogaib	SAMAX / BMW Riley	10
39	06	GT	21	Bunting / Magnussen	Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R	8
40	32	GT	22	Barrett / Forest	PR1 Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R	7
41*	23	DP	0	Auberlen / Hand	Alex Job Racing / Porsche Crawford	0