Grand Am race at Fontana, CA

The last & deciding Grand Am sports car race held Oct 31, 2004. It was a great day of fun in the sun! Just a few of the 750 shots I took!

Cockpit of a Grand Am race car Scott Pruett of the CompUSA Ganassi team Darren Manning of the CompUSA Ganassi team Christian Fittipaldi of the Kodak team CompUSA Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley of Max Papis & Scott Pruett Kodak car of Fittipaldi & Terry Borcheller Ganassi Lexus Riley 01 Pair of Ganassi Lexus Rileys working the esses Same pair of Lexus Rileys Daytona Prototypes Citgo Pontiac Crawford of Milka Duno & Andy Wallace First Daytona Prototype outing for the Nolte team Red Bull Porsche Fabcar Milka Duno before her stint Lots of brake dust and tire smoke Tire change BMW Fabcar exits the pit Setting sun shot of the 02 car coming into the pits ...and smoking the tires on the way out Howard-Boss Motorsports Pontiac Crawford of Forbes-Robinson & Butch Leitz... The Ganassi 02 car pits again with only a few laps remaining Pit work... Rear tires's done... ... and away he goes Exiting the pit lane Chip Ganassi on the wall as the race winds down The Lista & Sun Trust cars finish Max Papis reacts as teammate Scott Pruett wins the race and championship Max Papis wins his first championship ever! Tears of joy! Chip Ganassi wins the Daytona Prototype Championship in his first year out Thumbs up from Chip, Champions in CART, IRL and now here. MIlka Duno after her final stint... car had problems looking tired ... and not too happy Milka Champagne and cheers for the Ganassi team Champagne spraying everywhere for the victors! Image-5AE1D46A2BDA11D9