After winning the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona, Lexus registered another strong performance in the Rolex Sports Car Series as the manufacturer placed four cars in the top-10 in Saturday’s Mexico City 400k at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
Chip Ganassi Racing's Memo Rojas and Scott Pruett combined to finish fourth as the highest-placing Lexus in their #01 Telmex Lexus-Riley. The finish marks the second consecutive top-five showing for the team and keeps Pruett on top of the series point standings. Earlier in the day, Pruett won the pole for tomorrow’s NASCAR Busch Series event.
The drive of the day may have belonged to the AIM Autosport duo of Mark Wilkins and Brian Frisselle. After starting 18th due to an electrical problem in qualifying, Wilkins quickly maneuvered his #61 Exchange Traded Gold Lexus-Riley up through the field. Eventually, he climbed as high as fourth before turning the car over to Frisselle, who re-joined the field in ninth and regained two positions in the last hour. The team has now finished in the top seven in each of the season’s first two races, despite having only one previous Rolex Series start prior to this year’s Rolex 24.
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