Petit Le Mans IMSA: Nasr tops first practice at Road Atlanta
Felipe Nasr put Action Express Racing at the top of first practice for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s season finale at Road Atlanta.
Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images
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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