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Ryan Dalziel and Lucas Luhr, two rivals in the American Le Mans Series, won in Grand-Am out on their first race as a pairing, at the Watkins Glen International.
Their great run for Starworks Motorsport at the Continental Tire 200 was doubly rewarding, as teammates Sébastien Bourdais and Alex Popow brought the sister car home in second place, for a first 1-2 finish.
“It was an unbelievable job,” Dalziel said. “We definitely felt in Indy that we could have had a 1-2 and after a couple of seasons of knocking on the door of a double podium, this is excellent. I don't think it was just a podium for both cars. I think it was a pretty dominating performance.”
Championship leaders Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas (No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley) hold on to their position in the standings thanks to a third place finish at the Glen.
In GT, Bill Auberlen and Canadian Paul Dalla Lana (No. 94 Turner Motosport BMW M3) got the jump on pole-sitters Boris Said and Eric Curran (No. 31 Whelen Engineering Chevrolet Corvette) who led a race-high 42 laps before giving up the lead.
Defending champions Leh Keen and Andrew Davis (No. 59 Brumos Companies Porsche GT3) recovered from a poor seventh on the grid to a podium at the checkered flag.
Next up for the series is the only Canadian venue on the calendar, the Montreal 200 held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Race results* - Grand-Am (Watkins Glen)
1 - Dalziel-Luhr (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 91 laps 2.00'47"712
2 - Popow-Bourdais (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 0"817
3 - Pruett-Rojas (Riley-BMW) - Ganassi - 1"980
4 - Angelelli-Taylor (Corvette DP) - SunTrust - 4"003
5 - Fogarty-Gurney (Corvette DP) - Stallings - 4"870
6 - Donohue-Borcheller-Taylor (Corvette DP) - ActionExpress - 41"098
7 - Negri-Pew (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 1 lap
8 - Auberlen-Della Lana-Johnson (BMW M3) - Turner - 4 laps
9 - Curran-Said (Corvette) - Marsh - 4 laps
10 - Davis-Keen (Porsche 997) - Brumos - 4 laps
11 - Lally-Potter (Porsche 997) - Magnus - 4 laps
12 - Barbosa-Law (Corvette DP) - ActionExpress - 5 laps
13 - Espenlaub-Putman (Mazda RX8) - Dempsey - 5 laps
14 - Nonnamaker-Nonnamaker (Mazda RX8) - Sahlen - 5 laps
15 - Assentato-Segal (Ferrari458) - AIM - 7 laps
16 - Baughman-Davison (Corvette) Baughman - 8 laps
17 - Sahlen-Nonnamaker (Mazda RX8) - Sahlen - 8 laps
18 - Cameron-Nonnamaker (Mazda RX8) - Sahlen - 10 laps
19 - Foss-Lindsey (Porsche 997) - Horton - 15 laps
20 - Bomarito-Tremblay (Mazda RX8) - Speedsource - 18 laps
21 - Norman-Von Moltke (Audi R8) - APR - 21 laps
22 - Edwards-Liddell (Chevy Camaro) - Stevenson - 25 laps
23 - Kauffman-Aguas (Ferrari 458) - AF Corse - 68 laps
24 - Long-Foster (Mazda RX-8) - Dempsey - 74 laps
25 - Garcia-Westbrook (Corvette DP) - Spirit of Daytona - 90 laps
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Their great run for Starworks Motorsport at the Continental Tire 200 was doubly rewarding, as teammates Sébastien Bourdais and Alex Popow brought the sister car home in second place, for a first 1-2 finish.
“It was an unbelievable job,” Dalziel said. “We definitely felt in Indy that we could have had a 1-2 and after a couple of seasons of knocking on the door of a double podium, this is excellent. I don't think it was just a podium for both cars. I think it was a pretty dominating performance.”
Championship leaders Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas (No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley) hold on to their position in the standings thanks to a third place finish at the Glen.
In GT, Bill Auberlen and Canadian Paul Dalla Lana (No. 94 Turner Motosport BMW M3) got the jump on pole-sitters Boris Said and Eric Curran (No. 31 Whelen Engineering Chevrolet Corvette) who led a race-high 42 laps before giving up the lead.
Defending champions Leh Keen and Andrew Davis (No. 59 Brumos Companies Porsche GT3) recovered from a poor seventh on the grid to a podium at the checkered flag.
Next up for the series is the only Canadian venue on the calendar, the Montreal 200 held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Race results* - Grand-Am (Watkins Glen)
1 - Dalziel-Luhr (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 91 laps 2.00'47"712
2 - Popow-Bourdais (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 0"817
3 - Pruett-Rojas (Riley-BMW) - Ganassi - 1"980
4 - Angelelli-Taylor (Corvette DP) - SunTrust - 4"003
5 - Fogarty-Gurney (Corvette DP) - Stallings - 4"870
6 - Donohue-Borcheller-Taylor (Corvette DP) - ActionExpress - 41"098
7 - Negri-Pew (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 1 lap
8 - Auberlen-Della Lana-Johnson (BMW M3) - Turner - 4 laps
9 - Curran-Said (Corvette) - Marsh - 4 laps
10 - Davis-Keen (Porsche 997) - Brumos - 4 laps
11 - Lally-Potter (Porsche 997) - Magnus - 4 laps
12 - Barbosa-Law (Corvette DP) - ActionExpress - 5 laps
13 - Espenlaub-Putman (Mazda RX8) - Dempsey - 5 laps
14 - Nonnamaker-Nonnamaker (Mazda RX8) - Sahlen - 5 laps
15 - Assentato-Segal (Ferrari458) - AIM - 7 laps
16 - Baughman-Davison (Corvette) Baughman - 8 laps
17 - Sahlen-Nonnamaker (Mazda RX8) - Sahlen - 8 laps
18 - Cameron-Nonnamaker (Mazda RX8) - Sahlen - 10 laps
19 - Foss-Lindsey (Porsche 997) - Horton - 15 laps
20 - Bomarito-Tremblay (Mazda RX8) - Speedsource - 18 laps
21 - Norman-Von Moltke (Audi R8) - APR - 21 laps
22 - Edwards-Liddell (Chevy Camaro) - Stevenson - 25 laps
23 - Kauffman-Aguas (Ferrari 458) - AF Corse - 68 laps
24 - Long-Foster (Mazda RX-8) - Dempsey - 74 laps
25 - Garcia-Westbrook (Corvette DP) - Spirit of Daytona - 90 laps
*Unoffical