GAINSCO team sets fast times

Throughout unofficial testing today at Iowa Speedway, Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty consistently kept their No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac-powered Riley at the top of the time charts, finishing up the day a close second, only trailing Scott Pruett’s machine. Times were not officially record.

This bodes well for the duo’s performance in tomorrow evening’s Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Iowa 400k, as the narrow, demanding 1.3-mile infield road course offers few opportunities to pass. To secure a successful result and have a shot at recording the team’s series-record fourth straight victory, Alex and Jon know they’ve got to secure a starting position right at the front of the grid.

That’s a familiar position for the red GAINSCO car, as Gurney and Fogarty have combined to qualify on the front row in every one of the eight Daytona Prototype races this season – including four consecutive and five total poles. Both drivers focused their track time on finding little tweaks that could add up to big gains. On a course which sees lap times around 42 seconds, every tenth makes a difference.