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IN THE ZONE; Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas score another Grand-Am win.(Competition)
Byline: CURT CAVIN
You might wonder if Scott Pruett will lose another Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car Series race.
Yes, his win at Homestead-Miami Speedway was only his second in succession, but he is undefeated this season and shows every sign of being the best Daytona Prototype driver.
Pruett backed up his Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona win ("Perfection Rewarded,'' AW, Feb. 4) by joining co-driver Memo Rojas in victory lane. It marked the record-extending 16th series win for the former CART standout.
The duo combined to lead 51 of the race's 99 laps, but Pruett led 41 of them in Ganassi Racing's Riley-Lexus, and he was terrific in traffic. In fact, he was so good at managing congestion and accidents, particularly late in the race as he sailed by with better-managed tires, that he barely realized any trouble existed.
"I could go in, out, high, low, to the very top, to the bottom,'' he said. "It was one of the best cars I've driven in quite a while. I could literally put that car anywhere I wanted.''
The win gave Rojas his third triumph in the series. He and Pruett stretched their points lead to 13 after two races.
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