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Pontiac Continues Wins in 2008 Race Season

Pontiac Wins DP and GT Classes In Mexico City
Posted April 21 2008 06:52 AM by HPPCHRIS 
Filed under: Pontiac News, 2000 Pontiac Cars, Chris Phillip

On April 19, 2008, Marc Goossens and Jim Matthews drove to the win in the Daytona Prototype (DP) class in round three of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.  In GT Stevenson Motorsports drivers Andrew Davis and Robin Liddell drove to victory in their Pontiac GXP.R.


Jim Matthews started the No. 91 Riley-Mathews Pontiac from deep in the field.  Matthews turned over the controls to Goossens who set about utilizing excellent pit strategy to march through the field to the victory.  The Belgian made a competitive pass for the lead on lap 71 and never looked back.

“I am glad we come to Mexico to race,” Goossens said.  “The track is great, although it is a little dusty.  I had a lot of pressure the last third of the race.  I couldn’t relax for a second.  The 01 car was all over me and then the 76 came up as well.  My team did a great job in the pits and with the strategy.  The car was a little slow down the long straight, but we were able to make it up in the back section.  I was able to control the race and get through the slower traffic and win.”

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