The Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R driven by Paul Edwards and Kelly Collins won the GT race on May 17, ,2008, for round five of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  In the Daytona Prototype (DP) category the No. 91 Riley Matthews with Jim Matthews and Marc Goossens finished second.

Kelly Collins started the No. 07 from the second row and was able to avoid the early carnage to hand the car over Edwards on lap 48.  Edwards proceeded to drive according to strategy as well as miss the wayward cars throughout his stint.  The race was marred with eight cautions periods for 32 laps.  Edwards was going into the last lap running in second, when the leading Mazda got loose in the Corkscrew and went off the track.  The off handed the lead and the win to the Banner team.  The win is the second for the No. 07 car, the first coming in the second race of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

 “It was a lucky day for us,” Edwards said.  “We backed off a little at the end because it was getting really crazy out there.  The last yellow came out and I thought we may have backed off too much, but Grand-Am made a great call and let the three lead GT cars by the leading DP so we could race.  The Mazda went up the hill and into the Corkscrew and he must have hit the dirt up there on the track and just got loose.  I was able to just drive under him and take the win.”