Watkins Glen IMSA: Cameron scorches to the top in FP2
Dane Cameron set a devastating pace in second practice for the Sahlens 6 Hours at Watkins Glen, putting the #6 Acura Team Penske ARX-05 at the top of the times by over 0.8sec.
Photo by: Art Fleischmann
Cameron lapped the 3.4-mile course in 1min30.014sec, over 2.2sec quicker than last year’s pole position time, to beat Jonathan Bomarito in the #55 Mazda RT24-P by 0.828sec.
Cameron’s teammate Helio Castroneves was 0.887sec from the top spot in the #7 Acura, with Renger van der Zande ensuring Wane Taylor Racing was best of the Cadillacs in fourth place.
Last year’s pole-winner Colin Braun was fifth in the CORE autosport Nissan followed by Oliver Jarvis in the second Mazda and Pipo Derani in the first of the Action Express Cadillac DPi-V.Rs.
Simon Trummer suffered an off in the #84 Cadillac of JDC-Miller Motorsports which brought out the red flag, but his best time was still within a tenth of teammate Misha Goikhberg.
In GT Le Mans, the Ford GTs of Richard Westbrook and Joey Hand were split by Antonio Garcia’s best effort in the #3 Corvette C7.R, while Earl Bamber was fourth in the lead Porsche 911 RSR.
Spencer Pumpelly in the Magnus Racing Lamborghini led GT Daytona with Scott Hargrove second in the Pfaff Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R. Jack Hawksworth put the AIM Vasser-Sullivan Lexus RC F into third ahead of Mario Farnbacher’s Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX.
Third practice begins at 8am local (Eastern) time tomorrow, with qualifying beginning at 11.35am.
Session results:
Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 |
Juan Pablo Montoya
Dane Cameron |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'30.014 | |
2 | 55 |
Jonathan Bomarito
Harry Tincknell Olivier Pla |
DPi | Mazda DPi | 1'30.842 | 0.828 |
3 | 7 |
Ricky Taylor
Helio Castroneves |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'30.901 | 0.887 |
4 | 10 |
Renger van der Zande
Jordan Taylor |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'31.302 | 1.288 |
5 | 54 |
Jon Bennett
Colin Braun Romain Dumas |
DPi | Nissan DPi | 1'31.510 | 1.496 |
6 | 77 |
Oliver Jarvis
Tristan Nunez Timo Bernhard |
DPi | Mazda DPi | 1'31.533 | 1.519 |
7 | 31 |
Felipe Nasr
Eric Curran Pipo Derani |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'31.896 | 1.882 |
8 | 5 |
Joao Barbosa
Mike Conway Filipe Albuquerque |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'31.955 | 1.941 |
9 | 85 |
Mikhail Goikhberg
Tristan Vautier Juan Piedrahita |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'32.906 | 2.892 |
10 | 84 |
Simon Trummer
Stephen Simpson Chris Miller |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'32.975 | 2.961 |
11 | 50 |
Will Owen
Rene Binder |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'33.046 | 3.032 |
12 | 52 |
Matt McMurry
Gabriel Aubry Eric Lux |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 | 1'34.986 | 4.972 |
13 | 38 |
Cameron Cassels
Andrew Evans Kyle Masson |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 | 1'35.749 | 5.735 |
14 | 67 |
Ryan Briscoe
Richard Westbrook |
GTLM | Ford GT | 1'42.321 | 12.307 |
15 | 3 |
Jan Magnussen
Antonio Garcia |
GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 1'42.559 | 12.545 |
16 | 66 |
Joey Hand
Dirk Muller |
GTLM | Ford GT | 1'42.643 | 12.629 |
17 | 912 |
Earl Bamber
Laurens Vanthoor |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 1'42.708 | 12.694 |
18 | 4 |
Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner |
GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 1'42.831 | 12.817 |
19 | 911 |
Patrick Pilet
Nick Tandy |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 1'42.954 | 12.940 |
20 | 25 |
Tom Blomqvist
Connor de Phillippi |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 1'43.004 | 12.990 |
21 | 24 |
Jesse Krohn
John Edwards |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 1'43.006 | 12.992 |
22 | 44 |
John Potter
Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'45.835 | 15.821 |
23 | 9 |
Scott Hargrove
Zacharie Robichon Lars Kern |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'45.951 | 15.937 |
24 | 14 |
Richard Heistand
Jack Hawksworth Philipp Frommenwiler |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'46.113 | 16.099 |
25 | 86 |
Mario Farnbacher
Trent Hindman Justin Marks |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'46.155 | 16.141 |
26 | 540 |
Marc Miller
Marco Seefried Dirk Werner |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'46.176 | 16.162 |
27 | 33 |
Ben Keating
Jeroen Bleekemolen Felipe Fraga |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'46.190 | 16.176 |
28 | 29 |
Christopher Mies
Richard Feller Daniel Morad |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 1'46.430 | 16.416 |
29 | 48 |
Bryan Sellers
Ryan Hardwick Corey Lewis |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'46.514 | 16.500 |
30 | 73 |
Patrick Lindsey
Patrick Long Nicholas Boulle |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'46.527 | 16.513 |
31 | 12 |
Frankie Montecalvo
Townsend Bell Aaron Telitz |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'46.675 | 16.661 |
32 | 63 |
Cooper MacNeil
Toni Vilander Jeff Westphal |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'46.810 | 16.796 |
33 | 96 |
Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley Dillon Machavern |
GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 1'46.933 | 16.919 |
34 | 57 |
Katherine Legge
Christina Nielsen Ana Beatriz |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'47.177 | 17.163 |
35 | 47 |
Brandon Gdovic
Don Yount Jacob Eidson |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'47.694 | 17.680 |
36 | 8 |
Parker Chase
Ryan Dalziel Mike Skeen |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 1'47.892 | 17.878 |
37 | 19 |
Andrew Davis
Alex Riberas Will Hardeman |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | ||
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