IMSA Roar: Conway edges Montoya for top spot in second session

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Conway’s Cadillac DPi-V.R lapped the course in 1min36.225sec, setting fastest first sector, while Montoya’s best effort in the #60 Acura ARX-05 saw him claim fastest time in the third sector.

Scott Dixon was Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing’s fastest driver, just over a quarter second behind AXR’s similar car, while fellow IndyCar ace Alexander Rossi was fastest of Wayne Taylor Racing’s Acura drivers and took fourth fastest.

JDC Miller Motorsports’ Loic Duval was less than 0.6sec slower than fastest time and lapped faster than the Mazda of Harry Tincknell.

Jimmie Johnson impressed with a 1min37.061sec in the #48 AXR car, just 0.836sec behind teammate Conway.

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In LMP2, Giedo van der Garde put Racing Team Nederland on top with a 1min37.991sec lap, just a hair quicker than Mikkel Jensen’s best effort in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry. Matthieu Vaxiviere was almost half a second down in the Tower Motorsports by Starkworks car.

Moritz Kranz kept the Muelhner Motorsports Duqueine on top of the LMP3 category, with former P1 ace Joao Barbosa second in the Sean Creech Motorsports Ligier in second, half a second up on Oliver Askew’s Riley Motorsports entry.

Tommy Milner drove the #4 Corvette C8.R to the top of the GT Le Mans times, just 0.045sec ahead of Augusto Farfus in the fastest of the BMW M8s. The pair were only half a second behind Kranz’s top LMP3 time and ahead of all the other of the slowest category of prototypes.

Scuderia Corsa’s Ferrari 488, driven by Marcos Gomes, topped GT Daytona with a 1min46.731sec lap. Philip Ellis was second in Winward Racing’s Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3 and Mikael Grenier third in Sun Energy1 similar car.

Albert Costa’s Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini was fourth.

Saturday's action begins at 10.30am local (Eastern) time.

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Laps	Time	Interval
1	31	Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Pipo Derani Chase Elliott	DPi	Cadillac DPi	27	1'36.225
2	60	Dane Cameron Olivier Pla Juan Pablo Montoya A.J. Allmendinger	DPi	Acura DPi	22	1'36.231	0.006
3	01	Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen Scott Dixon Marcus Ericsson	DPi	Cadillac DPi	31	1'36.502	0.271
4	10	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi Helio Castroneves	DPi	Acura DPi	28	1'36.662	0.160
5	5	Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Sébastien Bourdais	DPi	Cadillac DPi	24	1'36.788	0.126
6	55	Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito	DPi	Mazda DPi	25	1'37.038	0.250
7	48	Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud Mike Rockenfeller	DPi	Cadillac DPi	28	1'37.061	0.023
8	29	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert Charles Milesi	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	24	1'37.991	0.930
9	52	Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	28	1'38.055	0.064
10	8	John Farano Gabriel Aubry Timothé Buret Matthieu Vaxiviere	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	28	1'38.473	0.418
11	18	Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	31	1'39.009	0.536
12	11	Thomas Steven Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill Matthew Bell	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	26	1'39.225	0.216
13	47	Roberto Lacorte Antonio Fuoco Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto	LMP2	Dallara LMP2	31	1'39.527	0.302
14	81	Rob Hodes Garett Grist Rinus van Kalmthout Ben Hanley	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	22	1'40.071	0.544
15	20	Dennis Andersen Ferdinand Habsburg Anders Fjordbach Robert Kubica	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	30	1'40.350	0.279
16	82	Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Fabian Schiller Christopher Mies	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	26	1'40.996	0.646
17	51	Cody Ware Salih Yoluc Austin Dillon Mathieu Jaminet	LMP2	Ligier LMP2	27	1'41.374	0.378
18	6	Moritz Kranz Hoerr Laurents	LMP3	Duqueine M30-D08	26	1'43.500	2.126
19	4	Nick Tandy Alexander Sims Tommy Milner	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	27	1'44.062	0.562
20	24	Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann John Edwards Jesse Krohn	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	20	1'44.107	0.045
21	33	Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Wayne Boyd Yann Clairay	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	23	1'44.223	0.116
22	62	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Jules Gounon Davide Rigon	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	30	1'44.434	0.211
23	3	Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg Antonio Garcia	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	30	1'44.449	0.015
24	25	Philipp Eng Timo Glock Connor de Phillippi Bruno Spengler	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	19	1'44.460	0.011
25	74	Gar Robinson Spencer Pigot Scott Andrews Oliver Askew	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	27	1'44.715	0.255
26	79	Cooper MacNeil Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	26	1'44.813	0.098
27	91	Cox Jim Murry Dylan Austin McCusker Jeroen Bleekemolen	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	27	1'45.116	0.303
28	7	Mark Kvamme Ryan Norman Gabby Chaves Charles Finelli	LMP3	Duqueine M30-D08	22	1'45.507	0.391
29	54	Jon Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun Matt McMurry	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	29	1'46.208	0.701
30	38	Rasmus Lindh Cameron Cassels LLarena Mateo Ori Ayrton	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	27	1'46.377	0.169
31	63	Ed Jones Bret Curtis Ryan Briscoe Marcos Gomes	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	28	1'46.731	0.354
32	57	Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Maro Engel	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	10	1'46.897	0.166
33	75	Kenny Habul Raffaele Marciello Mikael Grenier Luca Stolz	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	29	1'46.919	0.022
34	19	Mikhail Goikhberg Franck Perera Albert Costa Tim Zimmermann	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	29	1'46.973	0.054
35	9	Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern Matt Campbell	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	22	1'46.976	0.003
36	21	Mann Simon Nicklas Nielsen Daniel Serra Matteo Cressoni	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	30	1'47.007	0.031
37	111	Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Steijn Schothorst Marco Mapelli	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	23	1'47.080	0.073
38	16	Ryan Hardwick Patrick Long Jan Heylen Klaus Bachler	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	27	1'47.094	0.014
39	1	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Andrea Caldarelli	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	25	1'47.232	0.138
40	96	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read Colton Herta	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	23	1'47.249	0.017
41	12	Robert Megennis Zach Veach Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	24	1'47.380	0.131
42	14	Aaron Telitz Oliver Gavin Kyle Kirkwood Jack Hawksworth	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	25	1'47.386	0.006
43	28	Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada Billy Johnson Maxi Buhk	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	23	1'47.446	0.060
44	88	Rob Ferriol Earl Bamber Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	30	1'47.839	0.393
45	44	John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Mario Farnbacher	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	20	1'48.070	0.231
46	23	Ian James Roman De Angelis Darren Turner Ross Gunn	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	29	1'48.587	0.517
47	64	Ted Giovanis Owen Trinkler Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	24	1'48.676	0.089
48	97	Maxwell Root Charles Eastwood Ben Keating Richard Westbrook	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	27	1'48.818	0.142
49	42	Alan Metni Andrew Davis J.R. Hildebrand Don Yount	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	31	1'50.313	1.495
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