Rolex 24: Allmendinger leads FP2 in Meyer Shank Acura
A.J. Allmendinger proved he hasn’t lost his sportscar chops, topping second practice by more than a quarter second in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05.
The former open-wheel ace Allmendinger lapped the 3.56-mile course in 1min34.287sec, compared with six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon’s 1min34.562sec in the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R.
Another two Cadillacs, those of Kamui Kobayashi (#48 Ally Action Express Racing) and Sebastien Bourdais (JDC Miller Motorsports) were third and fourth fastest – the latter just a hair faster than Jonathan Bomarito in the Mazda RT24-P.
In LMP2, Mikkel Jensen kept PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports at the top of the times with an excellent 1min35.979sec, barely 0.4sec slower than the slowest DPi time. Jensen was 0.17sec ahead of Matthieu Vaxiviere in the Tower Motorsports by Starworks machine, with Robert Kubica third for High Class Racing.
Dylan Murry’s best effort ensured Riley Motorsports again topped LMP3, this time ahead of the sister car driven by Scott Andrews. Road To Indy rising star Rasmus Lindh was third fastest for Performance Tech Motorsports, a tenth ahead of veteran and former Prototype champion Joao Barbosa in the Sean Creech Motorsports car. Ryan Norman was fastest Duqueine driver.
Gianmaria Bruni caused a stir with fastest time in GT Le Mans, driving the new WeatherTech Racing Proton Porsche 919, lapping a tenth faster than James Calado in the Risi Competizione Ferrari 488. Meanwhile, Antonio Garcia and Tommy Milner kept their Corvettes ahead of the BMWs.
Mirko Bortolotti finished GT Daytona’s portion of the session on top, ahead of a trio of Porsche 911 GT3 Rs – Team TGM (Owen Trinkler), Team Hardpoint EBM (Katherine Legge) and Pfaff Motorsports (Laurens Vanthoor).
The 1hr45min third practice begins at 7.15pm local (Eastern) time.
| Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 |  Dane Cameron  Olivier Pla  Juan Pablo Montoya A.J. Allmendinger | DPi | Acura DPi | 25 | 1’34.287 | |
| 2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson  Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud  Mike Rockenfeller | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 28 | 1’34.519 | 0.232 |
| 3 | 01 |  Renger van der Zande  Kevin Magnussen  Scott Dixon | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 24 | 1’34.562 | 0.275 |
| 4 | 5 | Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Sébastien Bourdais | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 25 | 1’34.816 | 0.529 |
| 5 | 55 |  Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito | DPi | Mazda DPi | 32 | 1’34.836 | 0.549 |
| 6 | 10 | Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi  Helio Castroneves | DPi | Acura DPi | 26 | 1’35.272 | 0.985 |
| 7 | 31 | Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Pipo Derani Chase Elliott | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 29 | 1’35.345 | 1.058 |
| 8 | 52 | Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 30 | 1’35.979 | 1.692 |
| 9 | 8 |  John Farano Gabriel Aubry Timothé Buret Matthieu Vaxiviere | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 26 | 1’36.154 | 1.867 |
| 10 | 20 | Dennis Andersen  Ferdinand Habsburg Anders Fjordbach  Robert Kubica | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 30 | 1’36.853 | 2.566 |
| 11 | 29 | Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert Charles Milesi | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 35 | 1’36.866 | 2.579 |
| 12 | 81 | Rob Hodes Garett Grist Rinus van Kalmthout Ben Hanley | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 32 | 1’36.911 | 2.624 |
| 13 | 82 | Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Fabian Schiller Christopher Mies | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 28 | 1’37.086 | 2.799 |
| 14 | 11 | Thomas Steven Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill Matthew Bell | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 27 | 1’38.499 | 4.212 |
| 15 | 47 |  Roberto Lacorte Antonio Fuoco Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto | LMP2 | Dallara LMP2 | 34 | 1’38.645 | 4.358 |
| 16 | 51 | Cody Ware  Salih Yoluc Austin Dillon Sven Muller | LMP2 | Ligier LMP2 | 33 | 1’39.480 | 5.193 |
| 17 | 18 | Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 22 | 1’41.098 | 6.811 |
| 18 | 79 | Cooper MacNeil Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | 25 | 1’42.600 | 8.313 |
| 19 | 62 | James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Jules Gounon Davide Rigon | GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | 29 | 1’42.754 | 8.467 |
| 20 | 3 |  Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg | GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 29 | 1’42.827 | 8.540 |
| 21 | 4 | Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims | GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 27 | 1’42.967 | 8.680 |
| 22 | 91 | Jim Cox Dylan Murry Austin McCusker Jeroen Bleekemolen | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 28 | 1’43.175 | 8.888 |
| 23 | 25 | Connor de Phillippi Philipp Eng Timo Glock Bruno Spengler | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 26 | 1’43.230 | 8.943 |
| 24 | 24 | John Edwards  Jesse Krohn Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 30 | 1’43.432 | 9.145 |
| 25 | 74 | Gar Robinson Spencer Pigot  Scott Andrews Oliver Askew | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 27 | 1’43.570 | 9.283 |
| 26 | 38 |  Rasmus Lindh Cameron Cassels  Mateo Llarena Ayrton Ori | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 29 | 1’43.814 | 9.527 |
| 27 | 33 | Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Wayne Boyd Yann Clairay | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 29 | 1’43.924 | 9.637 |
| 28 | 7 | Mark Kvamme Ryan Norman Gabby Chaves Charles Finelli | LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 31 | 1’43.993 | 9.706 |
| 29 | 6 | Moritz Kranz Hoerr Laurents Kenton Koch Stevan McAleer | LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 29 | 1’44.233 | 9.946 |
| 30 | 54 | Jon Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun Matt McMurry | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 26 | 1’44.947 | 10.660 |
| 31 | 111 |  Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Steijn Schothorst Marco Mapelli | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 29 | 1’45.690 | 11.403 |
| 32 | 64 | Ted Giovanis Owen Trinkler Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 27 | 1’45.933 | 11.646 |
| 33 | 88 | Rob Ferriol Earl Bamber Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 29 | 1’45.958 | 11.671 |
| 34 | 9 | Zacharie Robichon  Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern Matt Campbell | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 27 | 1’46.068 | 11.781 |
| 35 | 44 | John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Mario Farnbacher | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 27 | 1’46.161 | 11.874 |
| 36 | 1 | Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Andrea Caldarelli | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 29 | 1’46.286 | 11.999 |
| 37 | 63 |  Ed Jones Bret Curtis Ryan Briscoe Marcos Gomes | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 27 | 1’46.310 | 12.023 |
| 38 | 57 | Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Maro Engel | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 30 | 1’46.357 | 12.070 |
| 39 | 16 | Ryan Hardwick Patrick Long Jan Heylen Klaus Bachler | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 28 | 1’46.552 | 12.265 |
| 40 | 19 | Mikhail Goikhberg Franck Perera Albert Costa Tim Zimmermann | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 26 | 1’46.584 | 12.297 |
| 41 | 14 | Aaron Telitz Oliver Gavin Kyle Kirkwood Jack Hawksworth | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 21 | 1’46.698 | 12.411 |
| 42 | 97 | Maxwell Root  Charles Eastwood Ben Keating Richard Westbrook | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 24 | 1’46.742 | 12.455 |
| 43 | 75 | Kenny Habul Raffaele Marciello Mikael Grenier Luca Stolz | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 29 | 1’46.743 | 12.456 |
| 44 | 21 | Simon Mann Nicklas Nielsen Daniel Serra Matteo Cressoni | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 25 | 1’46.773 | 12.486 |
| 45 | 12 | Robert Megennis Zach Veach Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 22 | 1’46.882 | 12.595 |
| 46 | 23 | Ian James Roman De Angelis Darren Turner Ross Gunn | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 28 | 1’47.058 | 12.771 |
| 47 | 42 | Alan Metni Andrew Davis J.R. Hildebrand Don Yount | GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 30 | 1’47.495 | 13.208 |
| 48 | 28 | Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada Billy Johnson Maximilian Buhk | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 15 | 1’47.679 | 13.392 |
| 49 | 96 | Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read Colton Herta | GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 0 | 0.000 | |
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