Acura Team Penske has topped the timing sheets in the first Sunday practice session at the Roar Before the 24.
Ricky Taylor set the pace in the #7 Acura ARX-05, posting a time of 01:33:617, which is the fastest time of the weekend so far. Juan Pablo Montoya was just under two-tenths back in the #6 Acura, with the #77 Mazda RT24-P of Olivier Pla third.
Felipe Nasr made the #31 Whelen Engineering car the fastest Cadillac in fourth by posting a 01:34:327 ahead of Tristan Vautier’s #85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi-VR and Jonathan Bomarito’s #55 Mazda in sixth place.
Ben Hanley put Dragonspeed up top in LMP2, posting a 01:35:140 in the #81 ORECA 07-Gibson, nearly seven-tenths quicker than the #8 Tower Motorsport by Starworks ORECA of Nicolas Lapierre, with Simon Trummer third for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports.
Risi Competizione continued their good form at the traditional pre-Rolex 24 test by going quickest in GTLM. Daniel Serra posted a 01:42:864 to outpace the two Porsche 911 RSR-19s of Laurens Vanthoor and Nick Tandy. The top five was rounded out by the #4 Corvette C8.R of Tommy Milner and the #25 BMW M8 GTE of Philipp Eng.
The #48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo of Bryan Sellers led proceedings in GTD with a time of 01:45:322 ahead of Dennis Olsen’s #9 PFAFF Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Qualifying to determine pitboxes and garages for GTLM and DPi runners is up next, before the three-day event concludes with one final hour-long practice session.
