Ganassi in control after eight hours of the Rolex 24

Chip Ganassi's No. 01 car, driven by Joey Hand, Scott Pruett, Graham Rahal and Memo Rojas was in the lead after roughly eight hours of the Rolex 24 Grand-Am race at Daytona.

The 01 went a lap down early in the race, but this race makes a Sprint Cup race at Pocono seem like a sprint., so though driver changes and attrition, the tean was able to get back to the front.

Ganassi's other car, the No. 02 driven by Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya, is sixth, 37 seconds back. The 02 has had even more troubles, as it's blown two tires.

Cars owned by Ganassi won the event in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and finished second in 2009 and 2010.

Coverage begins again Sunday on SPEED at 9AM ET and continues until the conclusion of the race.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog/from_the_marbles/post/Ganassi-in-control-after-eight-hours-of-the-Role?urn=nascar-314215

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