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Pontiac Strips Lexus Of Rolex Series Manufacturer Title For 2007
Scott Pruett was leading the Sunchaser 1000 in the final 30 laps on the verge of a record eighth major sports car title when he was punted from behind by the #99 Jon Fogarty, cutting Pruett’s tire and giving Fogarty and teammate Alex Gurney a controversial Daytona Prototype championship.

Pruett was in the lead and needed to make only a quick stop-and-go pit stop, while the other championship contenders would need to make full pit-stops and a driver change when Fogarty’s right front hit Pruett’s left rear, cutting a tire on the #01 TELMEX Lexus and knocking him off the track. Despite Pruett falling more than a minute down and five positions behind the #99, Pruett passed four cars, finally passing the #99 after a slight tap while the #99 was being passed for position by Oswaldo Negri. It appeared for a moment that Pruett had done the impossible and reclaimed the championship before a questionable call by Grand-Am officials declared that the second contact between the #01 and the #99 to be “avoidable” despite the fact that the #99 had only a slight bobble.

“Cheap shot, a big cheap shot,” said Pruett. “He (Fogarty) just came in and cleaned me out right on my back end. Congratulations to Bob Stallings, but the drivers there have no class. And then I’m coming up on the inside of the #99 and we rubbed a little bit and I get called for avoidable contact. I just think it was a call that shouldn’t have been made. He didn’t get off, he got a little off-line, but no harm, no foul. A disappointing end. I expected a lot more out of those guys, but stupid people do stupid things.”

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Pontiac Strips Lexus Of Rolex Series Manufacturer Title For 2007



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85bmw745i85bmw745i - 9/19/2007 9:05:19 PMView My AgentSpace
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Thats Sad. But pontiac probably has some giant barbaric v8, much larger in displacement, so all that torque does give them an advantage in the straights and exiting the corner after hitting the apex.

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MB124CEMB124CE - 9/20/2007 1:06:56 AM
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Pontiac and Lexus both run 5-litre V8's.


85bmw745i85bmw745i - 9/20/2007 7:04:57 PMView My AgentSpace
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oh, my mistake, I don't really keep up with rolex, but I know in Lemans the vette runs a 7 litre I believe.


MB124CEMB124CE - 9/20/2007 1:04:55 AM
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That's an "interesting" take on what transpired. I saw the race. In the first incident, Fogarty dipped to the inside of Pruett to attempt a pass. From the camera angle it appeared that Pruett came over on Fogarty to block, but it's really hard to say. Pruitt's left rear did get cut, but so did the right front of the #99, although Pruitt definitely came out on the losing end of that exchange.

In the second incident, Gurney lost a few places and seemed to have some sort of issue after a failed attempt to pass a backmarker, putting him directly in front of Pruitt. Pruitt then hit Gurney square in the rear and it looked to be alot more than a light tap.

Nice to see Club Lexus provide fair and balanced reporting.

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