GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing
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Car number/class | No. 99 Daytona Prototype |
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Sponsor | GAINSCO Auto Insurance |
Base | Lewisville, Texas, U.S.A. |
Team owner/s | Bob Stallings |
Race drivers | Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty Jimmy Vasser |
Engineer | Kyle Brannan |
Chassis | Riley MkXI |
Engine | Pontiac 5.0L V8 |
Rolex Series career | |
Debut | 2005 Road & Track 250 |
Latest race | 2007 Mexico City 400k |
Races competed | 25 |
Team Championships | 0 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 1 |
Pole positions | 4 |
2006 position | 6th (367 points) |
GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing is a racing team in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. The team campaigns the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac-powered Riley, driven by Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty. Primary sponsorship comes from GAINSCO Auto Insurance. The team is based in Lewisville, Texas.
The team's owner, 2004 SCCA Formula Atlantic National Champion Bob Stallings, formerly drove the 99 car but has stepped out of the cockpit to focus his energies on managing the team's business operations. Jimmy Vasser drives for the team in select endurance races, and Rocky Moran, Jr. has also made appearances at the wheel of the 99.
In 2005 and 2006, the team was known as GAINSCO/Blackhawk Racing.
[edit] First victory
In 2007, GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing won its first Rolex Sports Car Series race - the Mexico City 400k at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.