CTMP IMSA: Braun tops second practice cut short by track issues

Braun lapped the 2.459-mile course in Bowmanville, ON, in just 65.875sec – nearly identical to his morning time – chased hard by the Acura Team Penske ARX-05s of Dane Cameron and Ricky Taylor.

However, there were some doubts as to how much we’d seen the best of any of the cars, given that the session was only two-thirds run when it came to a premature conclusion.

Felipe Nasr was fastest of the Cadillac DPi-V.Rs, but 0.6sec off the pace, while last week’s winner at Watkins Glen, Jonathan Bomarito was only fifth quick in the #55 Mazda RT24-P.

Corvette Racing, seeking its first win in more than a year, went 1-2, Jan Magnussen around half a second quicker than Marcel Fassler who is making his CTMP debut this weekend, as substituted for the injured Tommy Milner.

Richard Westbrook was third in the #67 Ford GT, ahead of the two BMW M8s which outpaced the Porsches.

In GT Daytona, Bill Auberlen put the venerable BMW M6 of Turner Motorsports at the top of the times ahead of Andy Lally’s Magnus Racing Lamborghini Huracan, Jack Hawksworth in the AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F, Jeroen Bleekemolen in the Riley Motorsports Mercedes AMG GT and Patrick Lindsey’s Park Place Porsche 911 GT3 R.

Third practice is set for 8am local (Eastern) time tomorrow morning, with qualifying due to start at 11.35am.

Cla	Driver	Class	Chassis	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	DPi	Nissan DPi	1'05.875
2	Juan Pablo Montoya Dane Cameron	DPi	Acura DPi	1'05.899	0.024	0.024
3	Helio Castroneves Ricky Taylor	DPi	Acura DPi	1'06.047	0.172	0.148
4	Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'06.489	0.614	0.442
5	Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell	DPi	Mazda DPi	1'06.544	0.669	0.055
6	Joao Barbosa Filipe Albuquerque	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'06.903	1.028	0.359
7	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez	DPi	Mazda DPi	1'06.969	1.094	0.066
8	Renger van der Zande Jordan Taylor	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'07.568	1.693	0.599
9	Simon Trummer Stephen Simpson	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'07.586	1.711	0.018
10	Mikhail Goikhberg Tristan Vautier	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'07.668	1.793	0.082
11	Will Owen Victor Franzoni	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'07.801	1.926	0.133
12	Matt McMurry Dalton Kellett	LMP2	ORECA LMP2	1'08.706	2.831	0.905
13	Kyle Masson Cameron Cassels	LMP2	ORECA LMP2	1'08.934	3.059	0.228
14	Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia	GTLM	Corvette C7.R	1'14.218	8.343	5.284
15	Oliver Gavin Marcel Fassler	GTLM	Corvette C7.R	1'14.722	8.847	0.504
16	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	GTLM	Ford GT	1'14.736	8.861	0.014
17	Jesse Krohn John Edwards	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	1'14.760	8.885	0.024
18	Tom Blomqvist Connor de Phillippi	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	1'14.868	8.993	0.108
19	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	1'15.217	9.342	0.349
20	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	1'15.232	9.357	0.015
21	Joey Hand Dirk Muller	GTLM	Ford GT	1'15.532	9.657	0.300
22	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	1'16.859	10.984	1.327
23	John Potter Andy Lally	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'16.938	11.063	0.079
24	Richard Heistand Jack Hawksworth	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'17.024	11.149	0.086
25	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1'17.061	11.186	0.037
26	Patrick Lindsey Patrick Long	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'17.197	11.322	0.136
27	Bryan Sellers Ryan Hardwick	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'17.333	11.458	0.136
28	Mario Farnbacher Trent Hindman	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'17.476	11.601	0.143
29	Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	1'17.630	11.755	0.154
30	Katherine Legge Ana Beatriz	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'17.690	11.815	0.060
31	Scott Hargrove Zacharie Robichon	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'17.847	11.972	0.157
32	Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'18.041	12.166	0.194
33	Paul Holton Matt Plumb	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3	1'18.053	12.178	0.012
34	Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach	GTD	Mercedes-AMG	1'18.124	12.249	0.071
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