IMSA News: Blomqvist leads Acura 1-2 in Rolex 24 Practice 1
Tom Blomqvist led a Meyer Shank Racing Acura 1-2 in opening practice for the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
–by Mark Cipolloni–
Blomqvist turned a lap of 1m34.576s in the #60 Acura, beating the #93 Acura driver Nick Yelloly by 0.176s
The BMWs, that led last weekend’s Roar before the 24 test sessions, were 3rd and 4th. Dries Vanthoor was 0.291s behind Blomqvist in the #24 RLL BMW.
Sheldon van der Linde was 0.440s behind Blomqvist in the #25 RLL BMW.
Sandbagging Felipe Nasr rounded out the top-5 in the #7 Penske Porsche, 0.736s behind Blomqvist.
LMP2 was led by the No. 11 TDS Racing Oreca 07 Gibson of Mikkel Jensen, folowed by Malthe Jakobsen’s No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR entry and the No. 22 United Autosports Oreca of Rasmus Lindh.
Franck Perera in the No. 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 was fastest of all the GT cars with a lap of 1m47.321s.
Qualifying gets underway at 2:10 p.m. ET with live coverage on Peacock, IMSA.tv and IMSA Radio.