Backstretch Motorsports

Sonoma, Calif., August 23, 2008 – The No. 10 SunTrust Pontiac Daytona Prototype (DP) driven by Michael Valiante and Max Angelelli won round 12 of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 at Infineon Raceway today. The No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac of Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney came home in second giving Pontiac a one-two finish.

The 2.47-mile, 12-turn Infineon road course proved to be the perfect location for the SunTrust team’s first win of the season. Michael Valiante started the race from pole position, which he inherited late last night when the original pole sitter was sent to the back following the post qualifying technical inspection. Valiante led every lap of his stint and then turned the car over to Angelelli. He reassumed the lead on lap 45 with a competitive pass on the leader and was never headed since then. The team lead every lap of the 102 circuit event except 22.

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WATKINS GLEN, NY (June 7, 2008) – Scott Pruett took the lead with 45 minutes remaining and was never headed as he and Memo Rojas drove the #01 Telmex Lexus to 3.033-second victory in today’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen Rolex Sports Car Series race at Watkins Glen International.

The win is the fourth in six races for the Ganassi/Lexus team and gives both the drivers and the team a 36-point championship lead heading into the midway point of the season at Mid-Ohio. In addition, Lexus continued its domination of endurance racing with its fifth win in the last eight Grand-Am endurance events and now holds a 15-point lead in the manufacturer’s championship.

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By J.J. O’Malley

Max Angelelli and Jeff Segal became first-time 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 pole winners Friday at Watkins Glen International, and will start Saturday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at the front of the respective Daytona Prototype and GT class grids.

The race will take the green flag at 11:11 a.m. Saturday, with SPEED televising the event live from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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MEXICO CITY – For Max Angelelli and Wayne Taylor, the historic Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in downtown Mexico City forever will be remembered as the place where they clinched for SunTrust Racing its first Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series championship in 2005.

As the series heads back to the legendary former Formula 1 circuit for Saturday’s Mexico City 250 and the fourth renewal of its annual trek south of the border, the Wayne Taylor Racing driving duo of Angelelli and Michael Valiante would like nothing better than to add to SunTrust’s illustrious list of racing firsts.

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