Pontiac Grand-Am teams are headed west to take on the rolling terrain of Laguna Seca in round five of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series to be run at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca May 17.   Stevenson Motorsports will be going or their third win in as many races with their Pontiac GXP.R.

The 2.2-mile, 11-turn road course featuring the downhill Cork Screw turn will be the next challenge for the 13 Pontiac powered cars this weekend.  The 2007 race was not kind to the Pontiac contingent.  The top placing Daytona Prototype (DP) was fourth, SAMAX, with the top placing GT Pontiac coming fourth, Banner No. 07.

The Stevenson Motorsports team is carrying a two race win streak to the Monterey Peninsula.  Drivers Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis have stood atop the podium in Mexico City and at Virginia International Raceway (VIR).  The team from North Carolina is looking for the hat-trick this weekend.

“Laguna Seca should be a great track for the Stevenson Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R,” Davis said.  “We have a lot of momentum coming into this event with the recent victories, but our focus is on continuous improvement as a team.  The Rolex Series is more competitive than ever, and now is not the time for us to quit fighting.  We need to continue to execute our plan in a flawless manner in order to match the results from the previous two events.  The Laguna Seca circuit will suit the GXP.R quite nicely.  However, front grip has traditionally been a difficult thing to find at Laguna.  I think it will be very important for us to work to a set-up that will maximize grip levels at the front of the car.  This will certainly be a task with the limited amount of track time that we get before the race.  Although I consider Laguna Seca to be a fast circuit, it will be an advantage to the Pontiacs to get away from the tracks that have extremely long straights."

In the No. 06 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R Chris Prey the winner of the reality racing TV show Setup II will drive with racer and team owner Leighton Reese.  Prey will be making his Grand-Am debut as a part of his winnings from the show.