| After 24 exhausting hours, the North | | | | challenge in their careers. Pruett agrees with his |
| America’s most prestigious sport car race | | | | boss saying that the 24-hours in Daytona is |
| was won by the team for Chip Ganassi Racing | | | | “the hardest endurance race in the world and |
| team. Juan Pablo Montoya, Dario Franchitti, Scott | | | | such a challenge to do it.” |
| Pruett and Memo Rojas gave Ganassi’s | | | | On the other hand; Montoya recognized last year |
| owner an unprecedented third straight win last | | | | he felt the team had a stronger car. He added: |
| Sunday at the Daytona International Speedway. | | | | "That was a car that you thought, whatever |
| The race also set a record this year with 15 | | | | happens, we were fast enough to win. This year, |
| different leaders and 694 laps were completed. | | | | if it came down to it, I think it would have been a |
| Chip Ganassi Racing continued its dominance; the | | | | lot harder." |
| No. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley | | | | While the victory is the third straight for Ganassi |
| was jubilant winning by a margin of 3 laps. | | | | in the Rolex Challenge, it’s also the second |
| Scotland's Dario Franchitti was named the official | | | | straight win for Montoya and Pruett and the third |
| winner; the 34-year-old, who recently switched to | | | | career overall Rolex 24 win for Pruett. The team |
| NASCAR entered the partnership in the best | | | | had a lucky day, besides a minor handling problem |
| style. He also had a great 2007 winning the | | | | for Pruett at the start the team's No. 01 Lexus |
| IndyCar Series title and a class victory in the | | | | Riley Daytona Prototype was virtually perfect, |
| 12-hour race at Sebring. | | | | racing at or near the lead all the time. |
| According to Gannassi’s owner, the race can | | | | Others like Joao Barbosa from the Brumos |
| be catalogued as the most competitive ever in | | | | Porsche didn’t have their best day. He was |
| the endurance race category. However, Gannassi | | | | on the lead with only five hours left in the race |
| admitted that none of the guys is getting one | | | | when the rear suspension failed. The car spun out |
| extra dime for competing in the 24 hours race; | | | | and received a significant damage in the front. |
| according to him the race is just an important | | | | |