IMSA Roar: Conway edges Montoya for top spot in second session
Mike Conway’s Action Express Racing Whelen Engineering Cadillac stole fastest time from Juan Pablo Montoya’s Meyer Shank Racing Acura by just 0.006sec in the second Roar Before the 24 session.
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Conway’s Cadillac DPi-V.R lapped the course in 1min36.225sec, setting fastest first sector, while Montoya’s best effort in the #60 Acura ARX-05 saw him claim fastest time in the third sector.
Scott Dixon was Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing’s fastest driver, just over a quarter second behind AXR’s similar car, while fellow IndyCar ace Alexander Rossi was fastest of Wayne Taylor Racing’s Acura drivers and took fourth fastest.
JDC Miller Motorsports’ Loic Duval was less than 0.6sec slower than fastest time and lapped faster than the Mazda of Harry Tincknell.
Jimmie Johnson impressed with a 1min37.061sec in the #48 AXR car, just 0.836sec behind teammate Conway.
In LMP2, Giedo van der Garde put Racing Team Nederland on top with a 1min37.991sec lap, just a hair quicker than Mikkel Jensen’s best effort in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry. Matthieu Vaxiviere was almost half a second down in the Tower Motorsports by Starkworks car.
Moritz Kranz kept the Muelhner Motorsports Duqueine on top of the LMP3 category, with former P1 ace Joao Barbosa second in the Sean Creech Motorsports Ligier in second, half a second up on Oliver Askew’s Riley Motorsports entry.
Tommy Milner drove the #4 Corvette C8.R to the top of the GT Le Mans times, just 0.045sec ahead of Augusto Farfus in the fastest of the BMW M8s. The pair were only half a second behind Kranz’s top LMP3 time and ahead of all the other of the slowest category of prototypes.
Scuderia Corsa’s Ferrari 488, driven by Marcos Gomes, topped GT Daytona with a 1min46.731sec lap. Philip Ellis was second in Winward Racing’s Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3 and Mikael Grenier third in Sun Energy1 similar car.
Albert Costa’s Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini was fourth.
Saturday's action begins at 10.30am local (Eastern) time.
Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Interval |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 31 |
Felipe Nasr
Mike Conway Pipo Derani Chase Elliott |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 27 | 1'36.225 | |
2 | 60 |
Dane Cameron
Olivier Pla Juan Pablo Montoya A.J. Allmendinger |
DPi | Acura DPi | 22 | 1'36.231 | 0.006 |
3 | 01 |
Renger van der Zande
Kevin Magnussen Scott Dixon Marcus Ericsson |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 31 | 1'36.502 | 0.271 |
4 | 10 |
Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi Helio Castroneves |
DPi | Acura DPi | 28 | 1'36.662 | 0.160 |
5 | 5 |
Tristan Vautier
Loic Duval Sébastien Bourdais |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 24 | 1'36.788 | 0.126 |
6 | 55 |
Oliver Jarvis
Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito |
DPi | Mazda DPi | 25 | 1'37.038 | 0.250 |
7 | 48 |
Jimmie Johnson
Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud Mike Rockenfeller |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 28 | 1'37.061 | 0.023 |
8 | 29 |
Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert Charles Milesi |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 24 | 1'37.991 | 0.930 |
9 | 52 |
Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 28 | 1'38.055 | 0.064 |
10 | 8 |
John Farano
Gabriel Aubry Timothé Buret Matthieu Vaxiviere |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 28 | 1'38.473 | 0.418 |
11 | 18 |
Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 31 | 1'39.009 | 0.536 |
12 | 11 |
Thomas Steven
Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill Matthew Bell |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 26 | 1'39.225 | 0.216 |
13 | 47 |
Roberto Lacorte
Antonio Fuoco Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto |
LMP2 | Dallara LMP2 | 31 | 1'39.527 | 0.302 |
14 | 81 |
Rob Hodes
Garett Grist Rinus van Kalmthout Ben Hanley |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 22 | 1'40.071 | 0.544 |
15 | 20 |
Dennis Andersen
Ferdinand Habsburg Anders Fjordbach Robert Kubica |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 30 | 1'40.350 | 0.279 |
16 | 82 |
Eric Lux
Devlin DeFrancesco Fabian Schiller Christopher Mies |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 26 | 1'40.996 | 0.646 |
17 | 51 |
Cody Ware
Salih Yoluc Austin Dillon Mathieu Jaminet |
LMP2 | Ligier LMP2 | 27 | 1'41.374 | 0.378 |
18 | 6 |
Moritz Kranz
Hoerr Laurents |
LMP3 | Duqueine M30-D08 | 26 | 1'43.500 | 2.126 |
19 | 4 |
Nick Tandy
Alexander Sims Tommy Milner |
GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 27 | 1'44.062 | 0.562 |
20 | 24 |
Augusto Farfus
Marco Wittmann John Edwards Jesse Krohn |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 20 | 1'44.107 | 0.045 |
21 | 33 |
Lance Willsey
Joao Barbosa Wayne Boyd Yann Clairay |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 23 | 1'44.223 | 0.116 |
22 | 62 |
James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi Jules Gounon Davide Rigon |
GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | 30 | 1'44.434 | 0.211 |
23 | 3 |
Jordan Taylor
Nick Catsburg Antonio Garcia |
GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 30 | 1'44.449 | 0.015 |
24 | 25 |
Philipp Eng
Timo Glock Connor de Phillippi Bruno Spengler |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 19 | 1'44.460 | 0.011 |
25 | 74 |
Gar Robinson
Spencer Pigot Scott Andrews Oliver Askew |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 27 | 1'44.715 | 0.255 |
26 | 79 |
Cooper MacNeil
Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | 26 | 1'44.813 | 0.098 |
27 | 91 |
Cox Jim
Murry Dylan Austin McCusker Jeroen Bleekemolen |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 27 | 1'45.116 | 0.303 |
28 | 7 |
Mark Kvamme
Ryan Norman Gabby Chaves Charles Finelli |
LMP3 | Duqueine M30-D08 | 22 | 1'45.507 | 0.391 |
29 | 54 |
Jon Bennett
George Kurtz Colin Braun Matt McMurry |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 29 | 1'46.208 | 0.701 |
30 | 38 |
Rasmus Lindh
Cameron Cassels LLarena Mateo Ori Ayrton |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 27 | 1'46.377 | 0.169 |
31 | 63 |
Ed Jones
Bret Curtis Ryan Briscoe Marcos Gomes |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 28 | 1'46.731 | 0.354 |
32 | 57 |
Russell Ward
Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Maro Engel |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 10 | 1'46.897 | 0.166 |
33 | 75 |
Kenny Habul
Raffaele Marciello Mikael Grenier Luca Stolz |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 29 | 1'46.919 | 0.022 |
34 | 19 |
Mikhail Goikhberg
Franck Perera Albert Costa Tim Zimmermann |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 29 | 1'46.973 | 0.054 |
35 | 9 |
Zacharie Robichon
Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern Matt Campbell |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 22 | 1'46.976 | 0.003 |
36 | 21 |
Mann Simon
Nicklas Nielsen Daniel Serra Matteo Cressoni |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 30 | 1'47.007 | 0.031 |
37 | 111 |
Rolf Ineichen
Mirko Bortolotti Steijn Schothorst Marco Mapelli |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 23 | 1'47.080 | 0.073 |
38 | 16 |
Ryan Hardwick
Patrick Long Jan Heylen Klaus Bachler |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 27 | 1'47.094 | 0.014 |
39 | 1 |
Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow Corey Lewis Andrea Caldarelli |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 25 | 1'47.232 | 0.138 |
40 | 96 |
Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley Aidan Read Colton Herta |
GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 23 | 1'47.249 | 0.017 |
41 | 12 |
Robert Megennis
Zach Veach Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 24 | 1'47.380 | 0.131 |
42 | 14 |
Aaron Telitz
Oliver Gavin Kyle Kirkwood Jack Hawksworth |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 25 | 1'47.386 | 0.006 |
43 | 28 |
Daniel Morad
Michael de Quesada Billy Johnson Maxi Buhk |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 23 | 1'47.446 | 0.060 |
44 | 88 |
Rob Ferriol
Earl Bamber Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 30 | 1'47.839 | 0.393 |
45 | 44 |
John Potter
Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Mario Farnbacher |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 20 | 1'48.070 | 0.231 |
46 | 23 |
Ian James
Roman De Angelis Darren Turner Ross Gunn |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 29 | 1'48.587 | 0.517 |
47 | 64 |
Ted Giovanis
Owen Trinkler Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 24 | 1'48.676 | 0.089 |
48 | 97 |
Maxwell Root
Charles Eastwood Ben Keating Richard Westbrook |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 27 | 1'48.818 | 0.142 |
49 | 42 |
Alan Metni
Andrew Davis J.R. Hildebrand Don Yount |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 31 | 1'50.313 | 1.495 |
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