Meanwhile, his teammates Fogarty and Gurney look to get back to their winning ways at Laguna Seca. The pair finished second in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, and are also looking for their first pole position of the season. Last year, Fogarty earned his first career Rolex Series pole – the first of nine consecutive for the No.99 GAINSCO team – and with Gurney landed sixth in the race.

The GAINSCO team leads a host of contenders looking to knock off the Rolex Series Daytona Prototypes’ two hottest teams in the event. TELMEX/Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is currently dominating the Daytona Prototype class, with Scott Pruett of Auburn , Calif. and Memo Rojas winning three of four races in the No. 01 TELMEX Lexus Riley. The duo opened the year with the team’s third consecutive triumph in the Rolex 24– joined by Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti – and followed up with victories at Homestead-Miami Speedway and Virginia International Raceway. Their only defeat came at the hands of the No. 91 Bob Stallings/Riley-Matthews Motorsports Pontiac Riley of Jim Matthews and Marc Goossens. The Mexico City winners are riding a streak of three straight top-four finishes.

Defending race team winner No. 23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team Porsche Crawford is being driven by Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand, both in their first season with the team. As both drivers also call California home – Auberlen in Redondo Beach and Hand in Sacramento – the pair hope to take the No. 23 back to victory lane.

Another former race winner, Max Angelelli, just hope the luck his and that of co-driver Michael Valiante’s turns better. Contact in three straight races have kept the pair from finishing in the top 10 after they opened the 2008 campaign fifth in the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Pontiac Dallara at Daytona.

Other teams that have been running strong include the No. 2 SAMAX BMW Riley of Henri Zogaib and Ryan Dalziel, second-place finishers at VIR; the No. 7 Rum Bum Racing BMW Riley of Matt Plumb and Gene Sigal, who finished fifth in two of the last three races; and the No. 61 AIM Autosport Ford Riley of Brian Frisselle and Mark Wilkins, second-fastest qualifiers in the past two races. Other teams to watch include the two-car efforts from Michael Shank Racing, Krohn Racing, Brumos Porsche and Doran Racing.