Practice report
IMSA Roar Before the 24
Rolex 24: Taylor edges Dixon in evening practice
Ricky Taylor moved Wayne Taylor Racing’s Acura to the top of the times in fourth practice at the Roar before the 24, edging Scott Dixon’s best effort in the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Jan 23, 2022, 4:30 PM
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The #10 Acura ARX-05 completed 38 laps, its best coming on Lap 31, resulting in a time of 1min34.592sec around the 3.56-mile Daytona road course. The car did suffer damage from an unidentified GTD runner near the start of the session, however.
Still, in the final half hour, Taylor proved quick enough to shade Dixon by 0.019sec, who in turn was a tenth faster than the Action Express Racing Cadillac of Mike Conway and the Meyer Shank Racing Acura of Helio Castroneves, the latter of which suffered a mechanical issue after just 18 laps and didn’t return to the track.
Jose Maria Lopez set the best time in the #48 AXR Ally Racing Caddy ahead of Loic Duval in the JDC Miller MotorSports car and the #02 Ganassi Cadillac which turned 57 laps.
In LMP2, Rene Rast led the way in a G-Drive by APR entry ahead of Mikkel Jensen of PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports and Nico Muller in the High Class Racing car.
Trenton Estep put Forty7 Motorsport, which runs the Duqueine car, on top of the LMP3 class, ahead of a trio of Ligiers – Sean Creech Motorsport, Riley Motorsports and Performance Tech Motorsports.
The GTD Pro class saw Mirko Bortolotti top proceedings in the Lamborghini Huracan of TR3 Racing although this car was involved in a coming together with Inception Racing’s McLaren. Two Porsche 911 GT3 Rs were next up – Laurens Vanthoor in the KCMG car followed my Matteo Cairoli in the WeatherTech Racing entry. Jack Hawksworth got the #14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F into fourth ahead of Felipe Nasr’s Pfaff Porsche.
The GTD class was topped by a McLaren, Paul Holton putting the 720S of Crucial Motorsports at the top of the pile, ahead of Richard Lietz in the Wright Motorsports Porsche and Giacomo Altoe in the other TR3 Lambo.
There will be a 20min warm-up session at 10.00am ET followed by the qualifying race which begins at 2.05pm ET.
Cla Driver Class Chassis Laps Time Gap 1 Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque
Alexander Rossi
Will Stevens
DPi Acura DPi 38 1'34.592 2 Renger van der Zande
Sébastien Bourdais
Scott Dixon
Alex Palou
DPi Cadillac DPi 52 1'34.611 0.019 3 Pipo Derani
Tristan Nunez
Mike Conway
DPi Cadillac DPi 55 1'34.717 0.125 4 Oliver Jarvis
Tom Blomqvist
Helio Castroneves
Simon Pagenaud
DPi Acura DPi 18 1'34.799 0.207 5 Jimmie Johnson
Kamui Kobayashi
Mike Rockenfeller
Jose Maria Lopez
DPi Cadillac DPi 56 1'34.897 0.305 6 Tristan Vautier
Richard Westbrook
Loic Duval
Ben Keating
DPi Cadillac DPi 47 1'35.172 0.580 7 Earl Bamber
Alex Lynn
Marcus Ericsson
Kevin Magnussen
DPi Cadillac DPi 57 1'35.328 0.736 8 François Heriau
Oliver Rasmussen
Ed Jones
René Rast
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 57 1'35.874 1.282 9 Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen
Scott Huffaker
Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 48 1'36.062 1.470 10 Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach
Fabio Scherer
Nico Mueller
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 54 1'36.354 1.762 11 John Falb
James Allen
Luca Ghiotto
Tijmen van
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 56 1'36.390 1.798 12 Thomas Steven
Josh Pierson
Jonathan Bomarito
Harry Tincknell
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 54 1'36.482 1.890 13 Eric Lux
Devlin DeFrancesco
Patricio O'Ward
Colton Herta
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 53 1'36.654 2.062 14 Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
Ryan Dalziel
Paul-Loup Chatin
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 48 1'36.663 2.071 15 Jim McGuire
Guy Smith
Philip Hanson
Will Owen
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 55 1'36.787 2.195 16 Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Murry Dylan
Rinus van Kalmthout
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 56 1'37.232 2.640 17 John Farano
Louis Deletraz
Rui Pinto
Ferdinand Habsburg
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 48 1'37.355 2.763 18 Mark Kvamme
Austin McCusker
Trenton Estep
Antoine Doquin
LMP3 Duqueine D08 53 1'42.582 7.990 19 Joao Barbosa
Malthe Jakobsen
Seb Priaulx
Lance Willsey
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 44 1'42.639 8.047 20 Gar Robinson
Felipe Fraga
Kay van Berlo
Michael Cooper
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 55 1'42.926 8.334 21 Dan Goldburg
Hikaru Abe
Garett Grist
Nicolas Pino
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 41 1'43.108 8.516 22 Orey Fidani
Kuno Wittmer
Lars Kern
Matthew Bell
LMP3 Duqueine D08 45 1'43.229 8.637 23 Jon Bennett
Colin Braun
George Kurtz
Nic Jönsson
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 34 1'43.285 8.693 24 Jarett Andretti
Josh Burdon
Rasmus Lindh
Gabby Chaves
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 44 1'43.365 8.773 25 Efrin Castro
Moritz Kranz
Ori Ayrton
Joel Miller
LMP3 Duqueine D08 49 1'43.372 8.780 26 Nolan Siegel
Cameron Shields
Charles Crews
Ugo De
LMP3 Duqueine D08 42 1'44.102 9.510 27 Marco Mapelli
Andrea Caldarelli
Mirko Bortolotti
Rolf Ineichen
GTD PRO Lamborghini Huracan GT3 45 1'45.757 11.165 28 Laurens Vanthoor
Patrick Pilet
Dennis Olsen
Alexandre Imperatori
GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 51 1'45.886 11.294 29 Lance Bergstein
Jon Miller
Patrick Gallagher
Paul Holton
GTD McLaren 720S GT3 30 1'45.965 11.373 30 Cooper MacNeil
Julien Andlauer
Matteo Cairoli
Alessio Picariello
GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 46 1'45.998 11.406 31 Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon
Jan Heylen
Richard Lietz
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 51 1'46.012 11.420 32 Jack Hawksworth
Ben Barnicoat
Kyle Kirkwood
GTD PRO Lexus RC F GT3 45 1'46.102 11.510 33 Bill Sweedler
John Megrue
Giacomo Altoè
Jeff Segal
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 41 1'46.201 11.609 34 Matt Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet
Felipe Nasr
GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 51 1'46.257 11.665 35 Paul Dalla Lana
David Pittard
Charlie Eastwood
Nicki Thiim
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 50 1'46.258 11.666 36 Michael de Quesada
Daniel Morad
Linus Lundqvist
Maximillian Goetz
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 41 1'46.269 11.677 37 Mike Skeen
Guy Cosmo
Stevan McAleer
Scott Andrews
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 46 1'46.274 11.682 38 Dirk Muller
Patrick Assenheimer
Austin Cindric
GTD PRO Mercedes-AMG GT3 40 1'46.287 11.695 39 Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz
Richard Heistand
Townsend Bell
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 56 1'46.325 11.733 40 Kenny Habul
Luca Stolz
Raffaele Marciello
Fabian Schiller
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 37 1'46.410 11.818 41 John Potter
Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
Jonathan Adam
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 52 1'46.444 11.852 42 Russell Ward
Philip Ellis
Mikael Grenier
Lucas Auer
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 50 1'46.454 11.862 43 Brendan Iribe
Frederik Schandorff
Ollie Millroy
Jordan Lee Pepper
GTD McLaren 720S GT3 26 1'46.504 11.912 44 Cooper MacNeil
Daniel Juncadella
Maro Engel
Jules Gounon
GTD PRO Mercedes-AMG GT3 48 1'46.643 12.051 45 Roberto Lacorte
Giorgio Sernagiotto
Antonio Fuoco
Alessio Rovera
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 52 1'46.643 12.051 46 Kyle Washington
James Sofronas
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Klaus Bachler
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 51 1'46.650 12.058 47 Mann Simon
Luis Perez Companc
Nicklas Nielsen
Toni Vilander
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 52 1'46.724 12.132 48 Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen
Michael Dinan
Jens Klingmann
GTD BMW M4 GT3 51 1'46.733 12.141 49 Ross Gunn
Alex Riberas
Maxime Martin
GTD PRO Aston Martin Vantage GT3 34 1'46.789 12.197 50 Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado
Daniel Serra
Davide Rigon
GTD PRO Ferrari 488 GT3 33 1'46.823 12.231 51 Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge
Stefan Wilson
Nicholas Boulle
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 50 1'46.838 12.246 52 Robert Megennis
Corey Lewis
Sandy Mitchell
Jeff Westphal
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 40 1'46.946 12.354 53 Don Yount
Benja Hites
Jaden Conwright
Markus Palttala
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 42 1'47.072 12.480 54 Connor de Phillippi
John Edwards
Augusto Farfus
Jesse Krohn
GTD PRO BMW M4 GT3 44 1'47.377 12.785 55 Franck Perera
LLarena Mateo
Paul Maximilian
Mikhail Goikhberg
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 36 1'47.397 12.805 56 Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy
Marco Sorensen
GTD PRO Corvette C8.R GTD 48 1'47.556 12.964 57 Philipp Eng
Marco Wittmann
Nick Yelloly
Sheldon Van Der Linde
GTD PRO BMW M4 GT3 50 1'47.570 12.978 58 Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor
Nick Catsburg
GTD PRO Corvette C8.R GTD 45 1'47.602 13.010 59 Roman De Angelis
Ian James
Darren Turner
Tom Gamble
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 35 1'47.607 13.015 60 Ted Giovanis
Hugh Plumb
Matt Plumb
Owen Trinkler
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 0 61 Kyffin Simpson
Till Bechtolsheimer
Marc Miller
Mario Farnbacher
GTD Acura NSX GT3 0 View full results
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