GRAND AM (VIRGINIA) - Disappointing finish for Gué in VIR

This past weekend James Gué competed in the 4th round of the 2007 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve at the 3.27 mile Virginia International Raceway in Danville, Virginia. This weekend was a timed 2 ½ hour split format weekend, meaning the Daytona Prototypes and the GT cars had their own separate races. This was Gué’s first weekend competing with the Racers Edge Motorsport team in the #30 Pontiac GXP.R GT car, with co-driver Mark Pavan.

In qualifying Gué recorded a time good enough for 11th on the grid out of a 27 car field. The time set by Gué wasn’t representative of the speed of the car, as a slower car got in the way and a black flag all hampered Gué’s qualifying efforts. However, in the race Gué showed how strong the car was and quickly began working his way to the front. By the 1 hour 55 minute mark in the race Gué brought the car into the pits in 5th place for the final pitstop and driver change. Unfortunately during the pitstop the left rear tire wasn’t seated properly on the hub and worked its way loose as soon as Pavan returned to the track. The team lost 4 laps in the pits fixing the hub, which dropped the #30 car back to the 19th position.

Gué commented: “Overall it was a good weekend, it was obviously very disappointing to end up in 19th, for sure we had a top 5 or 6 car today. I was really impressed with the Pontiac GXP.R, it’s a really well sorted quick car. I think it shows by the fact that I had never even sat in one prior to the Friday test day. I just need to thank Jon Mirachi and the whole Racers Edge crew, as well as Pontiac and Pratt & Miller for their support.”