Lexus-Powered Duo Pruett and Papis Capture Second at Paul Revere 250; Maintain Grand American Rolex Series Points Lead

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 6 -- Scott Pruett and Max Papis combined to drive the #01 CompUSA Lexus-Riley to a second-place finish at the Paul Revere 250 at Daytona International Speedway and maintained their Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series points lead in the process.

The second-place finish marks the fourth consecutive top-two finish for the Lexus-powered Chip Ganassi Racing teammates and keeps the duo 11 points ahead of their closest contender with six races remaining on the 2004 schedule. Both veteran drivers took turns leading the event that began on Thursday evening and ended early Friday morning. On Wednesday, Pruett won the team's fifth pole in six races this season.

While Pruett and Papis drove the highest finishing Lexus, each of the other three Lexus-powered teams also finished the race in the top 10. The CompUSA Ganassi Racing team car of Jimmy Morales and Luis Diaz placed seventh, while Michael Shank Racing (Oswaldo Negri and Burt Frisselle) was eighth and Doran-Lista Racing (Didier Theys and Leuenberger) finished in tenth position.

Both the #02 CompUSA Lexus-Riley and the Michael Shank Racing Lexus-Doran ran as high as second place during the early portions of the race. In addition, both cars registered fast laps among the top-five overall for the event. The eighth-place finish for Michael Shank Racing extends the team's streak of finishing no worse than eighth in all six races this season.

The Rolex Sports Car Series and the Lexus Daytona Prototype program returns to action Aug. 6-8 at the EMCO Gears Mid-Ohio Road Racing Classic at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The Mid-Ohio weekend also will feature the next round of the Grand-Am Cup, featuring the Team Lexus IS 300s.