Lime Rock IMSA: Campbell tops FP2 for Porsche by 0.051s

Campbell won a fierce battle for the quickest time around the 1.53-mile road course in Lakeville, Connecticut with Corvette Racing’s Jordan Taylor.

Campbell’s teammate Mathieu Jaminet set the early pace with 52.035s in the Pfaff Motorsports-run Porsche 911 GT3R, quickly eclipsed by Antonio Garcia’s 51.919s in the works Corvette. Jaminet took the top spot back with 51.723s then 51.715s.

In the final 15 minutes, and as the non-all-Pro GTD cars parked up, battle was resumed as Taylor roared to 51.686 in the Corvette C8.R, then 51.498s and finally settled on 51.101s. That was Campbell’s cue to respond with 51.309s, then 51.247s and 51.151s, just 0.05s adrift.

Campbell then went for another push in the closing moments and produced 51.050s, which was faster than the ‘Vette by 0.051s.

The returning Jack Hawksworth (VasserSullivan Lexus RC F) was third, two tenths off the pace, but well clear of the FP1 pacesetting RLL BMW M4 of Connor De Phillippi. Ross Gunn was again the slowest of the all-Pro runners in his Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage.

#32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3: Mike Skeen, Stevan McAleer

Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images

Madison Snow set the early pace in the non-all-Pro GTD class in his Paul Miller Racing BMW M4, as the Pro class cars were benched in the first part of the session, with a 52.234s effort. Jan Heylen (Wright Motorsports Porsche) topped that with 52.105s, then Robert Megennis in his CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Lamborghini Huracan – who starred in FP1 – was quickly into the sub-52s bracket, lapping in 51.934s then 51.744s.

Aiden Read beat that with a 51.734s in his Rick Ware Racing Acura NSX, but he was ultimately pipped for class honors by 0.001s by Stevan McAleer’s Team Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes.

Megennis was third, a whole 0.011s back, ahead of Frankie Montecalvo in the second Lexus and Jules Gounon’s WeatherTech Racing Mercedes.

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 911 GT3 R	41	51.050			104.226
2	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor	Corvette C8.R GTD	52	51.101	0.051	0.051	104.122
3	Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat	Lexus RC F GT3	44	51.263	0.213	0.162	103.793
4	Mike Skeen Stevan McAleer	Mercedes AMG GT3	49	51.733	0.683	0.470	102.850
5	Ryan Eversley Aidan Read	Acura NSX GT3	57	51.734	0.684	0.001	102.848
6	Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	45	51.744	0.694	0.010	102.829
7	Connor de Phillippi John Edwards	BMW M4 GT3	34	51.793	0.743	0.049	102.731
8	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	Lexus RC F GT3	44	51.807	0.757	0.014	102.704
9	Cooper MacNeil Jules Gounon	Mercedes AMG GT3	46	51.816	0.766	0.009	102.686
10	Ross Gunn Alex Riberas	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	48	51.838	0.788	0.022	102.642
11	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen	BMW M4 GT3	45	51.852	0.802	0.014	102.614
12	Russell Ward Philip Ellis	Mercedes AMG GT3	52	51.864	0.814	0.012	102.591
13	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	BMW M4 GT3	54	51.941	0.891	0.077	102.439
14	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	54	51.943	0.893	0.002	102.435
15	Roman De Angelis Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	46	52.281	1.231	0.338	101.772
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