MILLVILLE, N.J. - Alex Gurney caught and passed Scott Pruett with less than two laps remaining and won Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park, giving the defending Daytona Prototype champions Gurney and Jon Fogarty their first Grand-Am Rolex Series victory of the season in the NJMP 250.
Pruett beat Gurney out of the pits following his final pit stop and led 45 laps in his quest for a record fourth consecutive victory in the No. 01 Telmex BMW/Riley started by Memo Rojas. However, Pruett brushed Ozz Negri with less than three minutes remaining in the two-hour, 45-minute event, causing a slow leak in his right-front tire.
"My engineer told me that Scott had a cut tire, so I took my time and held back to make a clean pass," said Gurney, who joined Fogarty in winning their 13th career Daytona Prototype victory in the No. 99 Gainsco Auto Insurance Chevrolet/Riley. "Scott moved over for me and it all worked out."
With six victories in nine races, Pruett and Rojas lead fifth-place finisher Ryan Dalziel by 19 points with three races remaining in the Daytona Prototype championship.
Jonathan Bomarito and Sylvain Tremblay led a top-four sweep by Mazda in the production-based GT class. Jeff Segal and Emil Assentato finished fourth, and now lead Tremblay by eight points in the GT championship.
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