Taylor Cadillac tops opening practice in Monterey
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| Jordan Taylor |
Jordan Taylor led the way in opening practice for Sunday’s America’s Tire 250, with a lap 1:18.462 in the No. 10 Cadillac DPi-V.R, edging out the No. 2 Tequila Patron ESM Nissan Onroak DPi of Ryan Dalziel by 0.166 seconds.
The No. 90 Visit Florida Racing Ligier JS P217 Gibson of Renger van der Zande was third on the time charts in the 60-minute session.
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing were 1-2 in GT Le Mans, led by a 1:23.344 lap by Ryan Briscoe in the No. 67 Ford GT, with Patrick Long topping GT Daytona in the No. 28 Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Practice 2 starts at 2:50 PM PT
Results Practice 1
| Pos | PiC | No. | CL | Drivers | Car | Time | Behind | Gap |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | P | R. Taylor / J. Taylor | Cadillac DPi | 1:18.462 | +0.000s- | +0.000s |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | P | S. Sharp / R. Dalziel | Nissan DPi | 1:18.628 | +0.166 | +0.166 |
| 3 | 3 | 90 | P | M. Goossens / R. Van Der Zande | Ligier LMP2 | 1:19.045 | +0.583 | +0.417 |
| 4 | 4 | 31 | P | D. Cameron / E. Curran | Cadillac DPi | 1:19.162 | +0.700 | +0.117 |
| 5 | 5 | 22 | P | J. van Overbeek / L. Derani | Nissan DPi | 1:19.201 | +0.739 | +0.039 |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | P | J. Barbosa / C. Fittipaldi | Cadillac DPi | 1:19.292 | +0.830 | +0.091 |
| 7 | 7 | 52 | P | J. Gutierrez / O. Pla | Ligier LMP2 | 1:19.622 | +1.160 | +0.330 |
| 8 | 8 | 85 | P | S. Simpson / M. Goikhberg | ORECA LMP2 | 1:19.802 | +1.340 | +0.180 |
| 9 | 1 | 67 | GTLM | R. Briscoe / R. Westbrook | Ford GT | 1:23.344 | +4.882 | +3.542 |
| 10 | 2 | 66 | GTLM | D. Mueller / J. Hand | Ford GT | 1:23.556 | +5.094 | +0.212 |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | GTLM | O. Gavin / T. Milner | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 1:23.591 | +5.129 | +0.035 |
| 12 | 4 | 62 | GTLM | T. Vilander / G. Fisichella | Ferrari 488 GTE | 1:23.719 | +5.257 | +0.128 |
| 13 | 5 | 911 | GTLM | D. Werner / P. Pilet | Porsche 911 RSR | 1:24.328 | +5.866 | +0.609 |
| 14 | 6 | 25 | GTLM | B. Auberlen / A. Sims | BMW M6 GTLM | 1:24.354 | +5.892 | +0.026 |
| 15 | 7 | 912 | GTLM | L. Vanthoor / G. Bruni | Porsche 911 RSR | 1:24.381 | +5.919 | +0.027 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | GTLM | J. Magnussen / A. Garcia | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 1:24.492 | +6.030 | +0.111 |
| 17 | 9 | 24 | GTLM | M. Tomczyk / J. Edwards | BMW M6 GTLM | 1:24.541 | +6.079 | +0.049 |
| 18 | 1 | 28 | GTD | P. Long / D. Morad | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:25.816 | +7.354 | +1.275 |
| 19 | 2 | 54 | GTD | J. Bennett / C. Braun | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:25.831 | +7.369 | +0.015 |
| 20 | 3 | 96 | GTD | J. Krohn / J. Klingmann | BMW M6 GT3 | 1:26.035 | +7.573 | +0.204 |
| 21 | 4 | 86 | GTD | J. Segal / O. Negri Jr. | Acura NSX GT3 | 1:26.107 | +7.645 | +0.072 |
| 22 | 5 | 63 | GTD | C. Nielsen / A. Balzan | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1:26.193 | +7.731 | +0.086 |
| 23 | 6 | 73 | GTD | P. Lindsey / J. Bergmeister | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:26.261 | +7.799 | +0.068 |
| 24 | 7 | 93 | GTD | A. Lally / K. Legge | Acura NSX GT3 | 1:26.379 | +7.917 | +0.118 |
| 25 | 8 | 80 | GTD | D. Knox / M. Skeen | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1:26.414 | +7.952 | +0.035 |
| 26 | 9 | 16 | GTD | J. Mul / C. Lewis | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1:26.461 | +7.999 | +0.047 |
| 27 | 10 | 48 | GTD | B. Sellers / M. Snow | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1:26.613 | +8.151 | +0.152 |
| 28 | 11 | 33 | GTD | B. Keating / J. Bleekemolen | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1:26.699 | +8.237 | +0.086 |
| 29 | 12 | 75 | GTD | T. Vautier / K. Habul | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1:26.912 | +8.450 | +0.213 |
| 30 | 13 | 14 | GTD | S. Karam / R. Alon | Lexus RCF GT3 | 1:26.941 | +8.479 | +0.029 |
| 31 | 14 | 57 | GTD | L. Aschenbach / A. Davis | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 1:27.056 | +8.594 | +0.115 |
| 32 | 15 | 50 | GTD | C. MacNeil / G. Jeannette | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:27.148 | +8.686 | +0.092 |
| 33 | 16 | 15 | GTD | S. Pruett / J. Hawksworth | Lexus RCF GT3 |