(MIAMI, FL) 06 March 2010 -- Jeff Segal passed SpeedSource teammate Sylvain Tremblayon the race's lone restart with 13 minutes remaining and went on to winGT class honors in Saturday's Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-MiamiSpeedway in the No. 69 FXDD Mazda RX-8.
It was the third GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by CrownRoyal Cask No. 16 triumph in the last six races for Segal and EmilAssentato. It was also the second victory of the year for SpeedSource,with Tremblay's No. 70 Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8 winning the Rolex 24At Daytona. Assentato was also the top Pro-Am driver in GT.
Tremblay and new regular SpeedSource co-driver Jonathan Bomarito leda GT class leading 44 laps, although Tremblay - who led 27 laps - fellback to fourth in the closing laps.
Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis finished second in the No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Camaro, followed by Leh Keen and James Gue in the No. 41 Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8.
Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand finisheda solid fifth in the No. 94 Turner Motorsport BMW M6. The car ran onlythree laps in practice prior to the race and did not run in qualifyingdue to problems with the power steering. Team owner Will Turnerinstalled a power steering unit from a Daytona Prototype prior to therace, and Auberlen and Hand ran in contention throughout the event,with Hand leading four laps.
Paul Edwardsstarted from the GT pole in the Banner Racing No. 07 Mobil 1 Corvetteand led the opening 31 laps before turning the car over to motorcyclelegend Scott Russell. Edwards returned to the car for the closing shift, finishing sixth - one position ahead of Patrick Dempsey and Joe Foster in the No. 40 Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8.
Ted Ballou and Andy Lally had the highest-finishing Porsche, placing eighth in the No. 66 AXA Porsche GT3.
Rounding out the top 10 were John Edwards and Adam Christodoulou,where were ninth in the debut of the SpeedSource No. 68 Nuclear CleanAir Energy Mazda RX-8, and Joe and Wayne Nonnamaker in the No. 43 Team Sahlen Mazda RX-8.
The next race for the GRAND-AM Rolex Series will be the April 10 Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala.
