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[yatesracing]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/2...-rolex-30.html



Meanwhile, the defending race winner group of Grand-Am champions Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, IndyCar driver Graham Rahal and sports car standout Joey Hand finished sixth, down four laps. Pruett was running inside the top three headed into the final hour, but a late gearbox issue took the defending champions out of contention.

"It was an epic race," Ganassi said. "We just weren't a part of it. We struggled the whole 24 hours to keep pace with the Fords. It was a stretch for us to do it."

The Ganassi drivers noted many times the Ford were far superior in horsepower, and it was obvious in how the competition drove away from a Ganassi car every time a battle for position reached the oval portion of Daytona's course.

"All you have to do is have a pair of eyes and see what's going on. We had a pretty big deficit in power," Pruett said. "We kind of knew where we were at a third, halfway into the race. They could have us. We couldn't match their pace. They were running a half mph faster than we were easily."

Andy Lally, NASCAR's rookie of the year last season in the elite Sprint Cup Series, marked his return to sports car racing with a victory in the Grand Touring class for Magnus Racing.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/2...#storylink=cpy

[Ford Dude]

Jeeeez, he was fine with everything when his Lexuses and now BMWs ran roughshod over the field the last few years. Whine, whine, whine.....I love it.

[yatesracing]

A tired and sweating Allmendinger in victory lane said: "I want to thank everyone at Roush Yates and (DP program manager John) Maddox. Wow, I am so worn out right now ... but this Roush Yates motor was a rocket ship. Michael puts together great race cars and we owe this to him. Ford 1-2-3 on the podium ... wow that is absolutely amazing."


Read more: http://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/...#ixzz1l91osJaV

[yatesracing]

Sorry had to cancel

[TeamBlueOval]

Nice to see AJ still appreciates FORD!

[yatesracing]

"That Ford motor was the best, most powerful engine I've ever had," Allmendinger said, noting that when anyone challenged him during that final three-hour period, "the engine pulled like no other I've ever had. It was great."

[JiggaStyles09]

It seemed like the engine was the difference for sure, even the 2nd place (starworks motorsports car I think) could've challenge for the win if that damage hadn't happened to the rear.