Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas win Grand-Am race at Daytona, extend series points lead

Pruett and Rojas win Grand-Am race at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas have won the Grand-Am race at Daytona International Speedway, giving team owner Chip Ganassi another victory at the storied track.

Pruett took the lead Saturday with one hour left in the No. 01 BMW Riley. Pruett beat Ryan Dalziel to the checkered flag by 24.304 seconds.

It was the 29th series win for Ganassi, who also won NASCAR’s Daytona 500 in February.

This victory came only four days after the team was penalized 25 points. Pruett and Rojas now lead Dalziel, who co-drove the No. 8 BMW Riley with Mike Forest, by 13 points.

Ozz Negri and John Pew took third.

Andy Lally won his third race of the season in the production-based GT class, co-driving with RJ Valentine in a Porsche GT3.