PERFECTION REWARDED; A clean, trouble-free run gives Chip Ganassi a Daytona record.(Competition)
AutoWeek, February, 2008
Byline: GARY WATKINS
No fewer than six cars had a real shot of winning the 24 Hours of Daytona with just more than six hours remaining in the race. In the end, Chip Ganassi Racing in partnership with Felix Sabates notched up a unique Daytona hat trick. Ganassi's Riley-Lexus, driven by Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Dario Franchitti and Juan Pablo Montoya, wasn't the fastest car during Grand-Am's season opener, but it was the most reliable.
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Six Daytona Prototypes remained on the lead lap as dawn broke over the 3.56-mile circuit, but one by one, Ganassi's rivals dropped out of ...
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