IMSA: Tincknell leads rain-shortened opening practice at Road America

Thunderstorms delayed the first practice session of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road America by nearly an hour Friday, leaving just 30 minutes of practice time before curfew time.

The fastest lap of the session was set by Harry Tincknell in the No. 55 Mazda RT-24P at 2m09.769s.

Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05c was second quickest with a time of a 2m10.168s. Rounding out the top three was Kevin Magnussen in the No. 01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing DPi-V.R., who was +0.409s behind Albuquerque.

Practice 1 Results

Pos

PiC

No.

Class

Drivers

Team

Car

Time

Behind

Gap

1

1

55

DPi

O. Jarvis / H. Tincknell

Mazda Motorsports

Mazda DPi

2:09.769

2

2

10

DPi

R. Taylor / F. Albuquerque

Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05

Acura DPi

2:10.168

+0.399

+0.399

3

3

01

DPi

R. van der Zande

K. Magnussen

Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing

Cadillac DPi

2:10.577

+0.808

+0.409

4

4

5

DPi

T. Vautier / L. Duval

Mustang Sampling / JDC-Miller MotorSports

Cadillac DPi

2:12.148

+2.379

+1.571

5

5

60

DPi

D. Cameron / O. Pla

Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian

Acura DPi

2:12.244

+2.475

+0.096

6

1

52

LMP2

B. Keating / M. Jensen

PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports

ORECA LMP2 07

2:14.356

+4.587

+2.112

7

2

18

LMP2

D. Merriman / R. Dalziel

Era Motorsport

ORECA LMP2 07

2:16.566

+6.797

+2.210

8

3

8

LMP2

J. Farano / G. Aubry

Tower Motorsport

ORECA LMP2 07

2:18.711

+8.942

+2.145

9

1

36

LMP3

J. Andretti / O. Askew

Andretti Autosport

Ligier JS P320

2:20.504

+10.735

+1.793

10

2

91

LMP3

J. Cox / D. Murry

Riley Motorsports

Ligier JS P320

2:21.353

+11.584

+0.849

11

1

9

GTD

Z. Robichon / L. Vanthoor

Pfaff Motorsports

Porsche 911 GT3R

2:22.076

+12.307

+0.723

12

4

11

LMP2

S. Thomas / T. Nunez

WIN Autosport

ORECA LMP2 07

2:22.708

+12.939

+0.632

13

1

3

GTLM

A. Garcia / J. Taylor

Corvette Racing

Chevrolet Corvette C8.R

2:23.760

+13.991

+1.052

14

2

39

GTD

R. Heistand / J. Westphal

CarBahn with Peregrine racing

Audi R8 LMS GT3

2:24.113

+14.344

+0.353

15

3

42

GTD

D. Yount / J. Hildebrand

NTE Sport

Audi R8 LMS GT3

2:25.547

+15.778

+1.434

16

2

4

GTLM

T. Milner / N. Tandy

Corvette Racing

Chevrolet Corvette C8.R

2:25.625

+15.856

+0.078

17

3

54

LMP3

J. Bennett / C. Braun

Core Autosport

Ligier JS P320

2:25.819

+16.050

+0.194

18

4

19

GTD

M. Goikhberg / F. Perera

GRT Grasser Racing Team

Lamborghini Huracan GT3

2:25.857

+16.088

+0.038

19

5

12

GTD

F. Montecalvo / Z. Veach

VASSER SULLIVAN

Lexus RC F GT3

2:25.972

+16.203

+0.115

20

6

76

GTD

J. Kingsley / M. Farnbacher

Compass Racing

Acura NSX GT3

2:26.232

+16.463

+0.260

21

7

1

GTD

B. Sellers / M. Snow

Paul Miller Racing

Lamborghini Huracan GT3

2:26.290

+16.521

+0.058

22

8

88

GTD

R. Ferriol / K. Legge

Team Hardpoint EBM

Porsche 911 GT3R

2:26.369

+16.600

+0.079

23

9

96

GTD

B. Auberlen / R. Foley

Turner Motorsport

BMW M6 GT3

2:26.463

+16.694

+0.094

24

10

14

GTD

A. Telitz / J. Hawksworth

VASSER SULLIVAN

Lexus RC F GT3

2:26.677

+16.908

+0.214

25

4

38

LMP3

D. Goldburg / R. Lindh

Performance Tech Motorsports

Ligier JS P320

2:27.714

+17.945

+1.037

26

11

16

GTD

T. Hindman / P. Long

Wright Motorsports

Porsche 911 GT3R

2:28.030

+18.261

+0.316

27

3

79

GTLM

C. MacNeil / M. Campbell

WeatherTech Racing

Porsche 911 RSR – 19

2:28.539

+18.770

+0.509

28

5

74

LMP3

G. Robinson / F. Fraga

Riley Motorsports

Ligier JS P320

2:28.834

+19.065

+0.295

29

12

44

GTD

J. Potter / A. Lally

Magnus with Archangel

Acura NSX GT3

2:28.895

+19.126

+0.061

30

13

66

GTD

T. Bechtolsheimer / M. Miller

Gradient Racing

Acura NSX GT3

2:29.171

+19.402

+0.276

31

14

23

GTD

R. De Angelis / R. Gunn

Heart Of Racing Team

Aston Martin Vantage GT3

32

6

30

LMP3

T. Olson / M. Skeen

Jr III Racing

Ligier JS P320

33

6

31

DPi

F. Nasr / P. Derani

Whelen Engineering Racing

Cadillac DPi

34

15

32

GTD

S. Lewis / G. Cosmo

Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports

Mercedes-AMG GT3

35

7

61

LMP3

A. Pabst / T. Kasemets

Wulver Racing

Ligier JS P320