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GRAND AMERICAN ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION |
03/11/2003 |
Six Rolex Watches Awarded to Drivers |
Grand American Honours Champions |
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Grand American Honours Champions
Six Rolex Watches Awarded to Drivers
Grand American Road Racing Association honoured its 2003 driver, team owner and manufacturer champions for the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series and Grand-Am Cup Series during award ceremonies held at Daytona International Speedway over the weekend.
Sunday's Rolex Series Awards Banquet was highlighted by Rolex Watch USA President Walter Fischer presenting the six driver champions with specially engraved Rolex Oyster Perpetual Daytona Cosmograph watches in stainless steel and 18K gold.
Terry Borcheller was honoured as the first-ever Daytona Prototype champion, while Tommy Riggins and Dave Machavern were named co-champions of the GTS class. Cort Wagner was recognized for his second-straight GT driver championship, sharing the honour with his co-driver Brent Martini. Steve Marshall was recognized as the SportsRacing Prototype II driver champion.
David Donohue and Mike Borkowski received second-place honours in the Daytona Prototypes class. Hurley Haywood and JC France took third place in the class.
Two drivers residing in South Florida received second and third place honours in the GTS class. Joao Barbosal and currently living in Riviera Beach finish second in the point standings, while Jon 'Chevy' Leavy was third.
Hugh Plumb and Brian Cunningham were recognized for their second-place finish in the GT point standings, and Johannes Van Overbeek finished third in the class.
Danny Marshall and Shawn Bayliff were honoured for their second- and third-place finishes in the SportsRacing Prototype II class.
Forest Barber accepted the Daytona Prototypes team owner championship on behalf of Bell Motorsports and the No. 54 Chevrolet-powered Doran JE4. Bob Snodgrass received the second- and third-place team owner awards in the Daytona Prototypes class for Brumos Racing's No. 58 and No. 59 Porsche-engined FABCARs.
In addition to being honoured as one of the top GTS drivers, Machavern also accepted the GTS team owner championship for his Heritage Motorsports No. 48 Mustang. ChevyLeavy.com Racing and ICY/SL Racing took second and third place among the GTS team owners.
Allie Ash accepted the GT team owner championship for Scuderia Ferrari of Washington and its No. 33 Ferrari 360GT. Marcus Motorsports and Rennwerks Motorsports received second and third place honours for GT team owners.
Price Cobb received the SRPII team owner championship on behalf of G&W Motorsports and the No. 80 BMW-powered Picchio.
David Klym accepted the first Daytona Prototype chassis manufacturer championship for FABCAR, and Henry Hsu received the engine award for Porsche. Ford and Ferrari were recognized as the GTS and GT manufacturer champions, respectively. Armando Trentini received the SRPII chassis award for Picchio, and BMW was honoured as the top SRPII engine.
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