In the end, GAINSCO managed to close the gap at the front down to two laps by the finish, but in truth, the demise of the #6 MSR car meant the result was never in doubt. Briscoe brought the Penske-Taylor Racing car home four laps further back to complete the podium, ahead of Jonsson in the #76 Krohn Racing entry and Max Angelelli for SunTrust Racing.
Despite its earlier problem, the #60 MSR Riley took sixth, with Oliver Gavin in the second Krohn Racing Riley and Jim Matthews in the #91 Bob Stallings/Riley-Matthews car rounding out the top eight.
Ninth went to the GT class victors, as Sylvain Trembley was given the honour of bringing the #70 Mazda RX-8 to the flag some seven laps clear of the battle for second, with Andy Lally in the #66 Porsche getting the edge on team-mate Manu Collard by less than a second after a race that saw the team forced to deal with numerous over-heating issues on its cars. TRG also took fourth in class thanks to Tim Sugden in the #64 Porsche, while fifth went to the #69 Speedsource Mazda with Lonnie Pechnik at the wheel at the finish.
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