IMSA CTMP: Braun’s Acura beats AXR Cadillac in first practice

Braun’s Acura topped the 90-minute session for the 34-car entry with a quickest time of 1m07.341s, over three quarters of a 2d particular of all opponents on the fabled sportscar music advance Toronto.

Ricky Taylor’s Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Acura ARX-06 space the early benchmark at 1m09.803s. That change into as soon as soon pipped by Alexander Sims in Motion Pronounce Racing’s Cadillac V-Sequence.R after which Augusto Farfus within the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 – alive to to invent amends after his first-corner exit at Watkins Glen closing time out.

Sims retook the tip space by 0.085s, as he worked correct down to 1m09.212s, but change into as soon as immediate eclipsed by Tom Blomqvist’s Meyer Shank-speed Acura, who dipped below the 1m08s barrier with 1m08.889s, 0.073s faster than Cut Yelloly within the #25 BMW.

Taylor then took P1 support with 1m08.568s, earlier than Farfus produced 1m08.423s to head top, and Taylor then bought within 0.011s.

With 20 minutes to head, Filipe Albuquerque took over the WTR Acura from Taylor and space 1m08.316s earlier than Braun (in for Blomqvist) bested him within the MSR version by 0.043s with 1m08.273s. As Braun pitted, Albuquerque retook the tip space with 1m08.138s.

Pipo Derani (AXR Caddy) then entered the chat with a 1m08.121s, pipping Albuquerque for P1 by 0.017s earlier than a red flag for an LMP3 car stopping heading within the correct route.

The session went green with true four minutes final, and Braun unleashed 1m07.341s, inserting him on top by 0.78s.

Derani change into as soon as 2d, sooner than Albuquerque, Renger van der Zande (Chip Ganassi Racing Caddy), Farfus, Mathieu Jaminet (#6 Porsche Penske 963) and the sister 963 of Matt Campbell. Yelloly and Mike Rockenfeller (JDC Miller Porsche) rounded out the 9-car GTP self-discipline.

Garett Grist led the LMP3 self-discipline for Jr III Racing, sooner than Felipe Fraga (Riley) and Matthew Bell (AWA).

#12: Vasser Sullivan, Lexus RC F GT3, GTD: Aaron Telitz, Frankie Montecalvo

Listing by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Photos

Lexus leads McLaren, Corvette in GTD

In GTD, Alex Riberas led the early going with a lap of 1m16.925s in his Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage. Trent Hindman bought to within 0.011s of that in his Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R earlier than co-driver Alan Brynjolfsson took over a spun at Turn 1.

Antonio Garcia reset the bar with 1m16.894s after which 1m16.724s in his Corvette C8.R to pull two tenths particular of the opposition.

But Frankie Montecalvo outdid the Spaniard, producing 1m16.558s in his #12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F.

Frederik Schandorff change into as soon as a shock 2d within the #70 Inception McLaren 720S, sooner than Garcia and Ben Barnicoat in Lexus’s all-skilled entry.

Second practice starts at 8:00am ET on Saturday.