Petit Le Mans IMSA: Nasr tops first practice at Road Atlanta

Nasr lapped the daunting 2.54-mile course in 1min09.508sec, a quarter-second faster than fellow Cadillac DPi-V.R driver Renger van der Zande in Chip Ganassi Racing’s entry.

The Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05 was third fastest over half a second adrift in the hands of Dane Cameron, but over three-tenths clear of Kamui Kobayashi’s best effort in the #48 Ally Racing AXR entry.

Loic Duval made it four Cadillacs in the top five driving for JDC-Miller MotorSports, while points leader Ricky Taylor was sixth in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura.

The sole Mazda RT24-P ground to a halt at Turn 8 in the hands of Jonathan Bomarito, bringing out the first of two red flags.

Gabriel Aubry led LMP2 for Tower Motorsport, ahead of Wayne Boyd in the United Autosports entry, while Tristan Nunez was third for WIN Autosport.

WeatherTech Racing/Proton Competition made a bold statement with its first session running two cars this year, Fred Makowiecki and Mathieu Jaminet finishing up 1-2 in the Porsche 911 RSRs, around 0.7sec clear of Antonio Garcia in the #3 Corvette C8.R and Jesse Krohn in the #24 BMW M8.

Turner Motorsports’ BMW M6 topped GT Daytona in the hands of Bill Auberlen, ahead of Frederik Schandorf’s McLaren 720S which survived a spin to come up less than two-tenths short of the pace-setting time. Jack Hawksworth led the Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F challenge in ahead of Jaden Conwright in the NTE Sport Audi R8, Pat Long in the Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R and Madison Snow’s Lamborghini Huracan.

Second practice begins at 2.20pm local (Eastern) time.

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Time	Gap
1	31	Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Pipo Derani	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'09.508
2	01	Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen Scott Dixon	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'09.758	0.250
3	60	Dane Cameron Helio Castroneves Juan Pablo Montoya	DPi	Acura DPi	1'10.094	0.586
4	48	Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'10.411	0.903
5	5	Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Sébastien Bourdais	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'10.538	1.030
6	10	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi	DPi	Acura DPi	1'11.057	1.549
7	55	Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito	DPi	Mazda DPi	1'11.291	1.783
8	8	John Farano Gabriel Aubry James French	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'11.718	2.210
9	22	Jim McGuire Wayne Boyd Guy Smith	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'11.933	2.425
10	11	Thomas Steven Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'12.121	2.613
11	52	Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'12.846	3.338
12	18	Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'14.141	4.633
13	54	Jon Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'15.916	6.408
14	30	Ari Balogh Garett Grist Spencer Pigot	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'15.974	6.466
15	74	Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Scott Andrews	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'16.181	6.673
16	91	Jim Cox Dylan Murry Jeroen Bleekemolen	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'16.561	7.053
17	97	Kevin Estre Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	1'16.726	7.218
18	79	Cooper MacNeil Mathieu Jaminet Matt Campbell	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	1'16.884	7.376
19	38	Dan Goldburg Rasmus Lindh Malthe Jakobsen	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'17.115	7.607
20	2	Niklas Krütten Tom Gamble Andrew Meyrick	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'17.357	7.849
21	3	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'17.515	8.007
22	24	John Edwards Jesse Krohn Augusto Farfus	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	1'17.562	8.054
23	4	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'17.681	8.173
24	25	Connor de Phillippi Philipp Eng Bruno Spengler	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	1'17.979	8.471
25	7	Rodrigo Pflucker Mark Kvamme Stefan Rzadzinski	LMP3	Duqueine D08	1'18.365	8.857
26	83	Matthew Bell Naveen Rao Josh Skelton	LMP3	Duqueine D08	1'18.445	8.937
27	96	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	1'19.197	9.689
28	40	Todd Archer James Vance Max Hanratty	LMP3	Duqueine D08	1'19.244	9.736
29	70	Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ben Barnicoat	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3	1'19.366	9.858
30	14	Aaron Telitz Jack Hawksworth Kyle Kirkwood	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'19.564	10.056
31	42	Don Yount Jaden Conwright Benja Hites	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	1'19.592	10.084
32	16	Trent Hindman Patrick Long Jan Heylen	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'19.821	10.313
33	1	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'19.826	10.318
34	44	John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'20.036	10.528
35	19	Mikhail Goikhberg Franck Perera Michele Beretta	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'20.101	10.593
36	28	Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada Daniel Juncadella	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1'20.320	10.812
37	57	Russell Ward Philip Ellis Maro Engel	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1'20.439	10.931
38	9	Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'20.441	10.933
39	23	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn Ian James	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'20.457	10.949
40	12	Frankie Montecalvo Zach Veach Robert Megennis	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'20.499	10.991
41	32	Mike Skeen Guy Cosmo Stevan McAleer	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1'20.795	11.287
42	88	Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge Andrew Davis	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'21.007	11.499
43	36	Jarett Andretti Josh Burdon Oliver Askew	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'27.352	17.844
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