Angry Race Fan

Is Pruett Leaving Ganassi or pulling double duty? Photo Credit: ScrapNancy

According to AutoWeek Scott Pruett will not be assisting the the test of the new RSR (formerly RocketSports) Jaguar XKR this weekend at Petit Le Mans as was originally planned.  This is most likely due to the fact that it was originally to occur on Friday during practice and is now looking like it will be more of a parade lap or two on Saturday.  Scott will need to be in Miami at this time taking care of business with his Ganassi team mates

(Hi to Scott’s family at home.)

Although they originally thought they may debut the car at Mid Ohio earlier this year it had later been pushed to Petit Le Mans @ Road Atlanta this coming weekend.  That too was later changed to be a practice session and now has been  back further and has been referred to as “some demonstration laps”.  RSR does plan to have the new XKR’s race debut at the ALMS season finale at Laguna Seca on Oct 11th.  Marc Goossens and Paul Gentilozzi (RSR Team Owner) are slated to drive at that event.

Another big point of interest from the AutoWeek article was the mention that Scott Pruett would not be driving for RSR this weekend but is scheduled to drive the XKR in GT2 next year.

Huh?  Could that be?  Is Scott going to leave the Ganassi boys?  This one came as a shocker to me.  Now in theory he could run partial seasons in bothseries.  I don’t think the 2010 schedules are out yet for either series so there probably is no way to commit doing running both or partial schedules at this point.  Seems that a fellow would have to pick one.  Especially Pruett who said in a 2008 interview with Crash.net that where he was quoted as saying, “He likes the Grand-Am schedule, which allows him lots of time with his wife and three children”. 

After considering it for a bit it does make some sense though.  Scott has been in Grand Am running that Lexus DP for some time now.  He’s proved that he is a damn good driver by winning multiple Rolex 24s and Daytona Prototype championships.  I haven’t seen if RSR is planning on taking the RSR to Le Mans next year but if that is the case this would give Pruett a shot at a another class win there (he previously had two wins in class).

Well however it ends up working out its all interesting to me.  It’s good to see Jaguar back in sports car  racing, good to

RSR unveiled their new GTS XKR at Road Atlanta this week. Bad Ass!

see Michigan-based RSR back in competition, and whether Scott stays in Grand Am or moves to ALMS you can bet he’ll be saying hi to his family at home.

(And I’m going to throw this in too.  There aren’t nearly enough children’s books related to motorsports and Pruett has written a few good ones.  Honestly can’t say I’ve bought them but I have flipped through them.  You can see and buy them here.  Start the kids out early!)