IMSA CTMP: Taylor Acura leads Blomqvist in second practice

Taylor topped the 1h 45m session for the 34-car entry with a quickest time of 1m05.870s, a quarter of a second clear of all GTP rivals.

Meyer Shank Racing’s Colin Braun, who was fastest by a huge margin on Friday, again set a storming early pace in his #60 Acura. His 1m07.076s on his 14^th tour was over half a second quicker than the opposition with an hour remaining.

Alexander Sims (Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R) and Filipe Albuquerque (Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Acura ARX-06) took shots at it, with Sims getting to within 0.086s but Albuquerque was some three tenths shy. Ricky Taylor then took over the WTR Acura and snatched P2, 0.082s off Braun’s time.

There was a late red flag for Sebastien Bourdais stopping his Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac out on track at Turn 5, the car having spun at Turn 2 early on. But he was able to restart and return to the pits, which sparked a late frenzy of fast times ahead of qualifying.

Taylor went to the top on 1m06.316s on new tires, half a second clear of Felipe Nasr’s #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963, who had Mathieu Jaminet a tenth behind him in the sister #6 car.

Tom Blomqvist, in the MSR Acura, then produced 1m06.138s to briefly grab P1 but Taylor took it back with 1m05.870s. Nasr was third, 0.868s off the pace, ahead of a recovering Bourdais and Jaminet.

Augusto Farfus was sixth in the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 – keen to make amends after his first-corner exit at Watkins Glen last time out – ahead of Derani. Mike Rockenfeller (JDC Miller Porsche) and Nick Yelloly in the #25 BMW rounded out the nine-car GTP field.

Garett Grist again led the LMP3 field for Jr III Racing, ahead of Felipe Fraga (Riley) and Matthew Bell (AWA) as yesterday.

#14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3: Jack Hawksworth, Ben Barnicoat (Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images)

Lexus leads Lamborghini and Mercedes in GTD

In GTD, Loris Spinelli set the early pace at 1m15.269s in the #78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracan, ahead of Madison Snow’s Turner Motorsports BMW M4, and that time went undefeated in the pro-am class.

Frederik Schandorff split them in the #70 Inception McLaren 720S with 30 minutes remaining, before Jordan Taylor grabbed P2 with 1m15.484s in the GTD Pro class Corvette C8.R.

Taylor was the top Pro until Jack Hawksworth (Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F) topped everyone with 1m14.959s, with Jules Gounon also outpacing Taylor, but not Spinelli, in the WeatherTech Racing Mercedes.

Qualifying starts at 12:45pm ET later.

Cla	Driver	Class	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque	GTP	Acura ARX-06	57	1'05.870			185.821
2	Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun	GTP	Acura ARX-06	53	1'06.138	0.268	0.268	185.068
3	Matt Campbell Felipe Nasr	GTP	Porsche 963	53	1'06.738	0.868	0.600	183.404
4	Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande	GTP	Cadillac V-Series.R	52	1'06.776	0.906	0.038	183.299
5	Nick Tandy Mathieu Jaminet	GTP	Porsche 963	51	1'06.824	0.954	0.048	183.168
6	Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus	GTP	BMW M Hybrid V8	50	1'07.040	1.170	0.216	182.578
7	Pipo Derani Alexander Sims	GTP	Cadillac V-Series.R	55	1'07.106	1.236	0.066	182.398
8	Tijmen van der Helm Mike Rockenfeller	GTP	Porsche 963	61	1'07.266	1.396	0.160	181.964
9	Connor de Phillippi Nick Yelloly	GTP	BMW M Hybrid V8	39	1'07.404	1.534	0.138	181.592
10	Garett Grist Ari Balogh	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	67	1'11.766	5.896	4.362	170.554
11	Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	49	1'11.960	6.090	0.194	170.094
12	Orey Fidani Matthew Bell	LMP3	Duqueine D08	52	1'12.109	6.239	0.149	169.743
13	Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	56	1'12.396	6.526	0.287	169.070
14	Anthony Mantella Wayne Boyd	LMP3	Duqueine D08	52	1'13.182	7.312	0.786	167.254
15	Antoine Comeau George Staikos	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	29	1'14.294	8.424	1.112	164.751
16	Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat	GTD PRO	Lexus RC F GT3	40	1'14.959	9.089	0.665	163.289
17	Mikhail Goikhberg Loris Spinelli	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	40	1'15.269	9.399	0.310	162.617
18	Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon	GTD PRO	Mercedes AMG GT3	49	1'15.309	9.439	0.040	162.530
19	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor	GTD PRO	Corvette C8.R GTD	58	1'15.484	9.614	0.175	162.154
20	Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	54	1'15.677	9.807	0.193	161.740
21	Ross Gunn Alex Riberas	GTD PRO	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	50	1'15.686	9.816	0.009	161.721
22	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	GTD	BMW M4 GT3	47	1'15.721	9.851	0.035	161.646
23	Mike Skeen Mikael Grenier	GTD	Mercedes AMG GT3	49	1'15.784	9.914	0.063	161.512
24	Alan Metni Kay van Berlo	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	50	1'15.816	9.946	0.032	161.443
25	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	51	1'15.906	10.036	0.090	161.252
26	Patrick Gallagher Robby Foley	GTD	BMW M4 GT3	46	1'16.017	10.147	0.111	161.017
27	Roman De Angelis Marco Sorensen	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	51	1'16.019	10.149	0.002	161.012
28	David Brule Alec Udell	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	23	1'16.027	10.157	0.008	160.995
29	Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	59	1'16.071	10.201	0.044	160.902
30	Russell Ward Philip Ellis	GTD	Mercedes AMG GT3	61	1'16.148	10.278	0.077	160.740
31	Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull	GTD	BMW M4 GT3	55	1'16.228	10.358	0.080	160.571
32	Sheena Monk Katherine Legge	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	53	1'16.270	10.400	0.042	160.482
33	Klaus Bachler Patrick Pilet	GTD PRO	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	46	1'16.280	10.410	0.010	160.461
34	PJ Hyett Seb Priaulx	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	5	1'18.709	12.839	2.429	155.510
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