Action Express 1-2 in Opening Practice for Petit LeMans

Filipe Albuquerque

Filipe Albuquerque led an Action Express Racing 1-2 in opening practice for this weekend’s Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.

Albuquerque reeled off a best lap of 1:11.878 in the No. 5 Cadillac DPi-V.R, edging out a late session improvement by Felipe Nasr by 0.274 seconds.

Jordan Taylor put the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi third, ahead of the No. 7 Team Penske Acura ARX-05 of Ricky Taylor in fourth.

Ford GTs top GTLM times

Dirk Mueller and Ryan Briscoe led a Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 1-2 sweep in GT Le Mans.

Mueller’s 1:18.343 lap was 0.038 seconds quicker than Briscoe, with the class championship-leading No. 3 Corvette C7.R of Antonio Garcia third on the time charts.

GT Daytona, meanwhile, was led by the No. 29 Montaplast by Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS of Christopher Mies.

RESULTS: Practice 1