Stevenson Motorsports drivers Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis took their third Rolex GT Series victory of the season. (LAT photo) » More Photos

NEWS & NOTES

- The victory is the first-ever Daytona Prototype victory for Mark Wilkins and Brian Frisselle in the No. 61 AIM Autosport Ford Riley.

- The victory was the first for a Ford engine in Daytona Prototypes since Barber Motorsports Park in July 2006.

- Friday's race marks the second race this season a race has been won from the third-place starting position.

- Riley Chassis has won every Daytona Prototype race this season and 20 dating back to last year's Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen. The manufacturer also took four of the top five finishing positions.

- The race marks the third straight in Rolex Series competition the finish was decided by less than one second (0.081 seconds - Daytona; 0.341 seconds - Barber; 0.064 seconds - Montreal). The last three races, overall, have been decided by a total of 0.486 seconds.

- Their second-place finish was the highest finish for Cheever Racing and Christian Fittipaldi since Homestead-Miami Speedway in March 2006 and the best career finish for Antonio Garcia and the Coyote chassis.

- Their third-place finish was the sixth straight top-five finish for the No. 58 Brumos Racing Porsche Riley of Darren Law and David Donohue. The two finished outside the top 10 in each of their first four starts.

- Joao Barbosa and JC France improved a season-best 10 positions in their fourth-place finish aboard the No. 59 Brumos Racing Porsche Riley. It also marked the duo's second fourth-place finish of 2008.

- The fifth-place finish by the No. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus Riley drivers and point co-leaders Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas was the car's and drivers' ninth top-five finish of the season. Scott Pruett and the No. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus Riley have now finished in the top 10 in a record-extending 29 consecutive races. Pruett has now led a season-high 280 laps.

- Fourteen of the 18 Daytona Prototypes finished all 69 laps of the race.

- Vancouver driver Michael Valiante and defending race co-winner Max Angelelli finished sixth after starting fourth in the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Pontiac Dallara.

- St. Leonard, Quebec, Canada driver Marc-Antoine Camirand finished 16th in his home race with Guy Cosmo in the No. 09 Spirit of Daytona Racing Porsche Coyote.

- Eight drivers in seven Daytona Prototypes led laps in the race: Alex Gurney (19), Scott Pruett (17), Darren Law (12), Memo Rojas (10), Shane Lewis (4), David Donohue (4), Jon Fogarty (2), Mark Wilkins (1). Four engine manufacturers led the race.

- The GT victory by Stevenson Motorsports drivers Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis was the duo's third Rolex Series victory of the season and the third for the team this season. It marks the third driver pairing to have three victories this season.

- Pontiacs now own six victories this season, while Mazdas own four and Porsche one.

- All 11 Rolex Series GT races have been won from the front two rows, including five from the front row.

- Tremblay and Ham's second-place finish was the duo's sixth podium of the season in the No. 70 SpeedSource Mazdaspeed/Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8. The team's No. 69 FXDD Mazda RX-8 won the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen.

- Ham has now led a GT class high 236 laps this season.

- Diego Alessi and Matt Connolly earned the Matt Connolly Motorsports Pontiac GTO.R's second podium finish of the season with third place. It was Alessi's second third-place finish of the season and the first for Connolly, who was making his first Rolex Series start of the season.

- Fourth-place GT finishers Bryce Miller and Dirk Werner drove the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3. It was their third straight top-five finish after the pair finished second at Daytona and Barber last month. In 16 career Rolex Series contests driving together in the Farnbacher Loles Racing stable, the pair has 12 podiums and 14 top fives.

- Kelly Collins and Paul Edwards finished seventh in the No. 07 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R. This was the fourth straight race the pair finished behind Ham and Tremblay, who cut the lead to six points. Four races ago, heading into the EMCO Gears Classic at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the lead was 35 points.

- Defending race co-winners Andy Lally finished sixth and RJ Valentine 16th in TRG Porsche GT3s. Lally has finished in the top six in five of six Rolex Series GT starts this season.

- Four drivers in three cars led in GT competition: Dirk Werner (42), Eric Lux (22), Nick Ham (1), Robin Liddell (1).