Practice report

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.

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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