IMSA: Cadillacs top Road America Friday Practice
At the last minute, Cadillac Racing got the early jump on Acura heading into the IMSA Fastlane SportsCar Weekend at Road America.
Alex Lynn recorded the fastest lap of the day with seconds remaining in the second practice session Friday afternoon, then topped it on his final lap in the No. 02 Cadillac Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R. Sebastien Bourdais also used his final laps wisely, moving up to second in the team’s No. 01 entry.
For most of the second session, Filipe Albuquerque held the top spot in practice for Sunday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race. He topped his best lap of the day late in the session with a 1-minute, 49.640-second lap in the No. 10 Konica Minolta Racing Acura ARX-05 around the 14-turn, 4.048-mile circuit, but was third fastest behind Lynn and Bourdais.
Two Acura teams – the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian with co-driven by Tom Blomqvist and Oliver Jarvis and the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing entry co-driven by Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor – are first and second, respectively, in the Daytona Prototype international (DPi) class standings heading into the race, the penultimate of the season for DPi cars.
The No. 01 Cadillac co-driven by Bourdais and Renger van der Zande is third in the standings, 148 points behind the No. 60 Acura.
Other practice leaders in class Friday were Ryan Dalziel in the No. 18 Era Motorsport ORECA LMP2 07 in Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Gabby Chaves in the No. 36 Andretti Autosport Ligier JS P320 in Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3), Jack Hawksworth in the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 in Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) and Frankie Montecalvo in the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 in Grand Touring Daytona (GTD).
Qualifying begins at noon ET Saturday and will be available live on IMSA.com/TVLive beginning at 11:55 a.m.
Practice 1 Results
Pos |
Pic |
No. |
Class |
Drivers* |
Team |
Car |
Time |
Behind/Gap/Mph |
1 |
1 |
10 |
DPi |
R. Taylor / F. Albuquerque |
Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 |
Acura DPi |
1:50.539 |
+0.000 +0.000 131.833 |
2 |
2 |
02 |
DPi |
E. Bamber / A. Lynn |
Cadillac Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
1:50.835 |
+0.296 +0.296 131.481 |
3 |
3 |
31 |
DPi |
O. Pla / P. Derani |
Whelen Engineering Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
1:51.051 |
+0.512 +0.216 131.225 |
4 |
4 |
60 |
DPi |
O. Jarvis / T. Blomqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian |
Acura DPi |
1:51.055 |
+0.516 +0.004 131.221 |
5 |
5 |
01 |
DPi |
R. van der Zande / S. Bourdais |
Cadillac Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
1:51.095 |
+0.556 +0.040 131.173 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
DPi |
T. Vautier / R. Westbrook |
JDC Miller MotorSports |
Cadillac DPi |
1:52.000 |
+1.461 +0.905 130.113 |
7 |
1 |
18 |
LMP2 |
D. Merriman / R. Dalziel |
Era Motorsport |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:52.147 |
+1.608 +0.147 129.943 |
8 |
2 |
11 |
LMP2 |
S. Thomas / T. Nunez |
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:52.879 |
+2.340 +0.732 129.100 |
9 |
3 |
81 |
LMP2 |
H. Hedman / J. Montoya |
DragonSpeed USA |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:53.144 |
+2.605 +0.265 128.798 |
10 |
4 |
8 |
LMP2 |
J. Farano / L. Deletraz |
Tower Motorsport |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:53.161 |
+2.622 +0.017 128.779 |
11 |
5 |
52 |
LMP2 |
P. Kelly / J. Pierson |
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:53.993 |
+3.454 +0.832 127.839 |
12 |
6 |
20 |
LMP2 |
D. Andersen / F. Scherer |
High Class Racing |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:54.780 |
+4.241 +0.787 126.962 |
13 |
1 |
33 |
LMP3 |
J. Barbosa / M. Jakobsen |
Sean Creech Motorsport |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:00.439 |
+9.900 +5.659 120.997 |
14 |
2 |
74 |
LMP3 |
G. Robinson / F. Fraga |
Riley Motorsports |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:00.736 |
+10.197 +0.297 120.699 |
15 |
3 |
90 |
LMP3 |
G. Kraut / S. Andrews |
JDC-Miller MotorSports |
Duqueine D08 |
2:00.877 |
+10.338 +0.141 120.558 |
16 |
4 |
58 |
LMP3 |
D. Dickerson / J. Sarchet |
MLT Motorsports |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:01.307 |
+10.768 +0.430 120.131 |
17 |
5 |
54 |
LMP3 |
J. Bennett / C. Braun |
CORE Autosport |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:01.353 |
+10.814 +0.046 120.085 |
18 |
6 |
30 |
LMP3 |
A. Balogh / G. Grist |
Jr III Racing |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:01.649 |
+11.110 +0.296 119.793 |
19 |
7 |
36 |
LMP3 |
J. Andretti / G. Chaves |
Andretti Autosport |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:02.369 |
+11.830 +0.720 119.088 |
20 |
8 |
13 |
LMP3 |
M. Bell / O. Fidani |
AWA |
Duqueine D08 |
2:02.607 |
+12.068 +0.238 118.857 |
21 |
9 |
38 |
LMP3 |
J. French / C. Shields |
Performance Tech Motorsports |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:02.962 |
+12.423 +0.355 118.514 |
22 |
1 |
39 |
GTD |
R. Megennis / J. Westphal |
CarBahn with Peregrine Racing |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
2:06.366 |
+15.827 +3.404 115.321 |
23 |
2 |
42 |
GTD |
J. Conwright / M. Holzer |
NTE/SSR |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
2:06.437 |
+15.898 +0.071 115.257 |
24 |
3 |
12 |
GTD |
F. Montecalvo / A. Telitz |
VasserSullivan |
Lexus RC F GT3 |
2:06.509 |
+15.970 +0.072 115.191 |
25 |
1 |
25 |
GTDPRO |
C. De Phillippi / J. Edwards |
BMW M Team RLL |
BMW M4 GT3 |
2:06.637 |
+16.098 +0.128 115.075 |
26 |
4 |
96 |
GTD |
R. Foley / B. Auberlen |
Turner Motorsport |
BMW M4 GT3 |
2:06.920 |
+16.381 +0.283 114.818 |
27 |
2 |
14 |
GTDPRO |
J. Hawksworth / B. Barnicoat |
VasserSullivan |
Lexus RC F GT3 |
2:06.971 |
+16.432 +0.051 114.772 |
28 |
3 |
3 |
GTDPRO |
A. Garcia / J. Taylor |
Corvette Racing |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD |
2:07.019 |
+16.480 +0.048 114.729 |
29 |
4 |
9 |
GTDPRO |
M. Campbell / M. Jaminet |
Pfaff Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
2:07.121 |
+16.582 +0.102 114.636 |
30 |
5 |
57 |
GTD |
R. Ward / P. Ellis |
Winward Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
2:07.475 |
+16.936 +0.354 114.318 |
31 |
6 |
51 |
GTD |
R. Eversley / A. Read |
Rick Ware Racing |
Acura NSX GT3 |
2:07.495 |
+16.956 +0.020 114.300 |
32 |
7 |
16 |
GTD |
R. Hardwick / J. Heylen |
Wright Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
2:07.720 |
+17.181 +0.225 114.099 |
33 |
8 |
79 |
GTD |
C. MacNeil / D. Juncadella |
WeatherTech Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
2:07.865 |
+17.326 +0.145 113.969 |
34 |
5 |
23 |
GTDPRO |
R. Gunn / A. Riberas |
Heart of Racing Team |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 |
2:08.071 |
+17.532 +0.206 113.786 |
35 |
9 |
32 |
GTD |
M. Skeen / S. McAleer |
Team Korthoff Motorsports |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
2:08.350 |
+17.811 +0.279 113.539 |
Practice 2 Results
Pos |
Pic |
No. |
Class |
Drivers* |
Team |
Car |
Time |
Behind/Gap/Mph |
1 |
1 |
02 |
DPi |
E. Bamber / A. Lynn |
Cadillac Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
1:49.321 |
+0.000 +0.000 133.302 |
2 |
2 |
01 |
DPi |
R. van der Zande / S. Bourdais |
Cadillac Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
1:49.574 |
+0.253 +0.253 132.994 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
DPi |
R. Taylor / F. Albuquerque |
Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 |
Acura DPi |
1:49.640 |
+0.319 +0.066 132.914 |
4 |
4 |
60 |
DPi |
O. Jarvis / T. Blomqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian |
Acura DPi |
1:49.686 |
+0.365 +0.046 132.858 |
5 |
5 |
31 |
DPi |
O. Pla / P. Derani |
Whelen Engineering Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
1:50.450 |
+1.129 +0.764 131.939 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
DPi |
T. Vautier / R. Westbrook |
JDC Miller MotorSports |
Cadillac DPi |
1:51.302 |
+1.981 +0.852 130.929 |
7 |
1 |
18 |
LMP2 |
D. Merriman / R. Dalziel |
Era Motorsport |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:52.619 |
+3.298 +1.317 129.398 |
8 |
2 |
81 |
LMP2 |
H. Hedman / J. Montoya |
DragonSpeed USA |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:52.945 |
+3.624 +0.326 129.025 |
9 |
3 |
8 |
LMP2 |
J. Farano / L. Deletraz |
Tower Motorsport |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:52.956 |
+3.635 +0.011 129.012 |
10 |
4 |
11 |
LMP2 |
S. Thomas / T. Nunez |
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:53.072 |
+3.751 +0.116 128.880 |
11 |
5 |
20 |
LMP2 |
D. Andersen / F. Scherer |
High Class Racing |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:53.666 |
+4.345 +0.594 128.206 |
12 |
6 |
52 |
LMP2 |
P. Kelly / J. Pierson |
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
1:53.692 |
+4.371 +0.026 128.177 |
13 |
1 |
36 |
LMP3 |
J. Andretti / G. Chaves |
Andretti Autosport |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:00.039 |
+10.718 +6.347 121.400 |
14 |
2 |
90 |
LMP3 |
G. Kraut / S. Andrews |
JDC-Miller MotorSports |
Duqueine D08 |
2:00.521 |
+11.200 +0.482 120.914 |
15 |
3 |
33 |
LMP3 |
J. Barbosa / M. Jakobsen |
Sean Creech Motorsport |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:00.831 |
+11.510 +0.310 120.604 |
16 |
4 |
74 |
LMP3 |
G. Robinson / F. Fraga |
Riley Motorsports |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:00.961 |
+11.640 +0.130 120.474 |
17 |
5 |
54 |
LMP3 |
J. Bennett / C. Braun |
CORE Autosport |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:01.538 |
+12.217 +0.577 119.902 |
18 |
6 |
30 |
LMP3 |
A. Balogh / G. Grist |
Jr III Racing |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:01.852 |
+12.531 +0.314 119.593 |
19 |
7 |
58 |
LMP3 |
D. Dickerson / J. Sarchet |
MLT Motorsports |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:01.873 |
+12.552 +0.021 119.573 |
20 |
8 |
38 |
LMP3 |
J. French / C. Shields |
Performance Tech Motorsports |
Ligier JS P320 |
2:01.904 |
+12.583 +0.031 119.542 |
21 |
9 |
13 |
LMP3 |
M. Bell / O. Fidani |
AWA |
Duqueine D08 |
2:02.359 |
+13.038 +0.455 119.098 |
22 |
1 |
14 |
GTDPRO |
J. Hawksworth / B. Barnicoat |
VasserSullivan |
Lexus RC F GT3 |
2:05.968 |
+16.647 +3.609 115.686 |
23 |
1 |
12 |
GTD |
F. Montecalvo / A. Telitz |
VasserSullivan |
Lexus RC F GT3 |
2:05.975 |
+16.654 +0.007 115.679 |
24 |
2 |
9 |
GTDPRO |
M. Campbell / M. Jaminet |
Pfaff Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
2:06.654 |
+17.333 +0.679 115.059 |
25 |
2 |
51 |
GTD |
R. Eversley / A. Read |
Rick Ware Racing |
Acura NSX GT3 |
2:06.832 |
+17.511 +0.178 114.898 |
26 |
3 |
25 |
GTDPRO |
C. De Phillippi / J. Edwards |
BMW M Team RLL |
BMW M4 GT3 |
2:06.976 |
+17.655 +0.144 114.767 |
27 |
3 |
57 |
GTD |
R. Ward / P. Ellis |
Winward Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
2:07.089 |
+17.768 +0.113 114.665 |
28 |
4 |
3 |
GTDPRO |
A. Garcia / J. Taylor |
Corvette Racing |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD |
2:07.165 |
+17.844 +0.076 114.597 |
29 |
4 |
1 |
GTD |
B. Sellers / M. Snow |
Paul Miller Racing |
BMW M4 GT3 |
2:07.255 |
+17.934 +0.090 114.516 |
30 |
5 |
79 |
GTD |
C. MacNeil / D. Juncadella |
WeatherTech Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
2:07.387 |
+18.066 +0.132 114.397 |
31 |
6 |
39 |
GTD |
R. Megennis / J. Westphal |
CarBahn with Peregrine Racing |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
2:07.414 |
+18.093 +0.027 114.373 |
32 |
7 |
32 |
GTD |
M. Skeen / S. McAleer |
Team Korthoff Motorsports |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
2:07.521 |
+18.200 +0.107 114.277 |
33 |
8 |
27 |
GTD |
R. De Angelis / M. Martin |
Heart of Racing Team |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 |
2:07.556 |
+18.235 +0.035 114.246 |
34 |
9 |
96 |
GTD |
R. Foley / B. Auberlen |
Turner Motorsport |
BMW M4 GT3 |
2:07.608 |
+18.287 +0.052 114.199 |
35 |
5 |
23 |
GTDPRO |
R. Gunn / A. Riberas |
Heart of Racing Team |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 |
2:07.756 |
+18.435 +0.148 114.067 |