Chip Ganassi Racing Fastest In Rolex 24 Final Practice

Scott Dixon

Scott Dixon got a little measure of revenge Friday morning in the final practice for the 51st Rolex 24 at Daytona. The open-wheel star set the fastest time in the No. 02 Target/TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing BMW/Riley with a lap of 1:41.845 at Daytona International Speedway. Dixon qualified second for Saturday’s race behind teammate Scott Pruett, who was second Friday morning at 1:42.113 in the No. 01 TELMEX/Target Chip Ganassi Racing entry.

Sebastien Bourdais was third-fastest in Starworks Motorsport’s Ford/Riley at 1:42.416.

Nicolas Armindo was the fastest GT driver with a 1:48.258 in Magnus Racing’s No. 44 Porsche 911 GT3. He was 0.640 seconds quicker than Spencer Pumpelly in Park Place Motorsports’ Porsche GT3, followed by Aim Motorsports’ Toni Vilander in the No. 61 Ferrari 458 at 1:48.941.

In GX, Ryan Eversley was the fastest driver with a 1:57.289 in BGB Motorsports’ No. 70 Porsche Cayman. Seth Thomas was second at 1:59.993 in the No. 22 Bullet Racing Porsche Cayman, followed by Mazdaspeed/Speedsource’s Sylvain Tremblay with a 2:07.219 in the No. 70 Mazda 6.