Cameron puts Penske Acura on pole for Sebring

Dane Cameron

Dane Cameron gave Acura Team Penske pole position for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Friday.

He posted a best time of 1:45.865 driving the No. 6 Acura ARX-05 that he shares with Juan Pablo Montoya and Simon Pagenaud.

Tristan Nunez placed second in the No. 77 Mazda RT24-P which he co-drives with Oliver Jarvis and Timo Bernhard.

Helio Castroneves set exactly the same lap time as Nunez, both 0.146 seconds slower than Cameron, but had to settle for third having logged his time later in the session than the Mazda Team Joest driver.

Action Express Racing’s two Cadillac DPi-V.Rs qualified fourth and fifth, with Filipe Albuquerque’s Mustang Sampling Racing-entered car ahead of the Whelen Engineering-backed car of Pipo Derani.

Matt McMurry narrowly won pole in LMP2 late in the session, going just 0.011 seconds quicker than Kyle Masson.

Porsche leads GTLM field

#911 Porsche

Porsche swept the front row in GT Le Mans with Patrick Pilet setting the fastest time of the session, a 1:55.899, in his No. 911 car to go 0.143 seconds quicker than teammate Laurens Vanthoor in the sister #912 911 RSR.

Antonio Garcia qualified third for Corvette Racing, ahead of Richard Westbrook for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing.

The best-placed BMW M8 GTE was Jesse Krohn’s No. 24 car in sixth.

Hindman Puts Meyer Shank on GTD Pole

Trent Hindman secured his first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship pole, taking GT Daytona class honors for Meyer Shank Racing.

He posted a best time of 1:59.917 in the No. 86 Acura NSX GT3 he shares with Mario Farnbacher and Justin Marks.

The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring gets underway at 10:40 a.m. EDT on Saturday.

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