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Scott Pruett, (#7)
driver of the Rocketsports Racing Jaguar R Performance XKR,
clinched his third Trans-Am Drivers’ Championship during The Miami 100, a part of the
2003 Miami Grand Prix of the Americas race weekend. Pruett, who claimed his previous
titles in 1987 and 1994, scored the race win starting on the pole and running away to the
end. He only needed to finish 8th or better to mathematically insure the championship
season title with one race remaining in the season.
It was an all Rocketsports Racing team front row at the start and finish in the Motorock Trans-Am Tour for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup race. Scott Pruett and teammate Tomy Drissi led the grid to the green flag, but it was Pruett, followed by Johnny Miller, who took the checkered flag. Miller’s ( #64 ) second place finish, his 8th podium this year; also secured his 2nd place position in the championship. Pruett’s Trans-Am victory in Miami was his eighth this season and his 22nd career win; he now ranks fourth on the all-time Trans Am winners list. Scott won his first title driving a Merkur XR4Ti, (1987) and he wheeled a Chevrolet Camaro to claim his second championship( 1994 ). This 3rd title in the Jaguar XKR ties Pruett with his team owner Paul Gentilozzi in the record books. Both are now the only drivers to have won three Trans-Am championships while driving three different marques. Gentilozzi’s titles came while driving a Chevrolet Corvette (1998), a Ford Mustang (1999) and a Jaguar XKR similar to Pruett’s in the 2000 season. The late Mark Donohue is the only other driver with the honor of winning three Trans-Am championships. Donohue’s wins were with one team. Speaking of "the old days", Pruett got his first pole position in an IMSA race ( Trans-Am’s earlier name ) in 1984 -- when 1/4 of the current drivers were too young for kindergarten. This page contains images from the Trans Am series Motorock 100 race at the 2003 Miami Grand Prix of the Americas. Click these links to view images from the American LeMans Series race and the CART ChampCar race from the 2nd co-headlined race weekend. Celebrating his 25th birthday Sunday, Trans Am series rookie Bobby Sak (No. 10) driver of the Revolution Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette finished 3rd, and gained ground on Jorge Diaz, Jr.’s ( #8 ) in the Rookie of the Year points battle to be decided at the season ending race at the Puerto Rico Grand Prix. Rookie award leader Diaz, Jr.took delivery of a new race car just prior to the Miami 100. The Don Q Rum Jaguar XKR is the same Rocketsports Racing chassis that Scott Pruett drove to seven victories in the first nine races this year. Pruett switched to the No. 3 Jaguar XKR chassis. The Motorock 100 at the Miami Grand Prix of the Americas ran in 74 minutes at an average speed of 62 miles per hour, through the twisty downtown streets and up the famous Biscayne Blvd. The race was slowed by the caution flag four times for a total of 20 laps. The season finale for the Motorock Trans-Am Tour for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 26 2003 at the Puerto Rico Grand Prix. The Trans-Am Series Tour features production-based, V-8-powered sports cars, competing on a variety of permanent road courses, some temporary street circuits and 2 courses run on airport runways throughout North America ( and Puerto Rico, for the first time, this year.) The Trans-Am Tour is America’s oldest continuously running road racing series and celebrates its 38th anniversary with the 2003 championship season. |
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