David Donohue and Mike Borkowski won their first race of the season when they co-drove their Porsche-Fabcar to the overall victory in the Rolex Sports Car Series Grand American 400 at California Speedway in Fontana, Calif.
Hurley Haywood and J.C. France finished second in their Porsche Fabcar. The Fabcars competed in the Daytona Prototype class. The Ford Mustang driven by Tommy Riggins and Dave Machavern finished first in the GTS class and third overall.
Goodyear-equipped cars filled the first five finishing positions as Terry Borcheller and Forest Barber finished fourth overall in their Daytona Prototype Chevrolet Doran and the GTS class Mosler driven by Joao Barbosa and Justin Bell finished fifth overall and second in the GTS class.
The winners averaged 98.043 mph during the 89-lap chase around the 2.8-mile road course.
“Our Goodyear tires performed very well,” Riggins said. “We had good grip all day long…In fact, the last time I pitted, we didn’t have to change tires. We did, but we didn’t have to.”
Goodson gave the competition a taste of what was to come when he set a track record during Advance Auto Parts Pole qualifying, touring the 1/2-mile oval in 16.621 seconds for an average speed of 108.297 mph.
Scott Baker finished second in the race, followed by John Gaunt, Jeff Agnew and Roger Blackstock.
Micks also had the fastest time in qualifying, zooming around the 1/3-mile oval in 14.370 seconds. He averaged 54.849 mph while winning the 200-lap race.
Don Thomson Jr. finished second in the race and now leads Micks 329-327 in the championship standings. Brad Graham was third in the race, followed by D.J. Kennington and Dave Whitlock.
