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Practice 1 Results * Italic: Fastest Lap Driver Pos Pic Nr Practice 1 Results * Italic: Fastest Lap Driver Pos Pic Nr. Class Drivers* Team Car Time Lap Total Gap Mph 1 1 10 DPi R. van der Zande / R. Briscoe Wayne Taylor Racing, LLC Cadillac DPi 1:51.152 15 16 - - 121.131 2 2 85 DPi S. Simpson / T. Vautier JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi 1:51.368 20 22 +0.216 +0.216 120.896 3 3 31 DPi F. Nasr / P. Derani Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi 1:52.596 18 18 +1.444 +1.228 119.577 4 4 7 DPi H. Castroneves / R. Taylor TEAM PENSKE Acura DPi 1:53.612 16 17 +2.460 +1.016 118.508 5 5 6 DPi D. Cameron / J. Montoya TEAM PENSKE Acura DPi 1:53.961 15 16 +2.809 +0.349 118.145 6 6 5 DPi J. Barbosa / S. Bourdais JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi 1:55.564 16 16 +4.412 +1.603 116.506 7 1 81 LMP2 H. Hedman / G. Menezes DragonSpeed USA LLC ORECA LMP2 07 1:55.897 17 19 +4.745 +0.333 116.171 8 7 55 DPi J. Bomarito / H. Tincknell Multimatic Motorsports Mazda DPi 1:55.926 17 19 +4.774 +0.029 116.142 9 8 77 DPi O. Jarvis / T. Nunez Multimatic Motorsports Mazda DPi 1:56.757 17 20 +5.605 +0.831 115.316 10 1 912 GTLM E. Bamber / L. Vanthoor Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR - 19 1:59.501 17 18 +8.349 +2.744 112.668 11 2 3 GTLM A. Garcia / J. Taylor Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 2:00.255 19 20 +9.103 +0.754 111.961 12 3 4 GTLM O. Gavin / T. Milner Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 2:01.013 20 22 +9.861 +0.758 111.260 13 4 911 GTLM N. Tandy / F. Makowiecki Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR - 19 2:01.298 17 18 +10.146 +0.285 110.999 14 5 24 GTLM J. Krohn / J. Edwards Rahal Letterman Lanigan LLC BMW M8 GTE 2:05.145 16 17 +13.993 +3.847 107.586 15 1 76 GTD C. Fergus / P. Holton Compass Racing McLaren 720S GT3 2:06.012 19 19 +14.860 +0.867 106.846 16 2 14 GTD A. Telitz / J. Hawksworth AIM VASSER SULLIVAN LLC Lexus RC F GT3 2:06.457 16 17 +15.305 +0.445 106.470 17 3 44 GTD J. Potter / A. Lally GRT Magnus Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2:07.001 18 19 +15.849 +0.544 106.014 18 4 74 GTD G. Robinson / L. Aschenbach Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 2:08.322 15 15 +17.170 +1.321 104.923 19 2 8 LMP2 J. Farano / R. Dalziel Starworks ORECA LMP2 07 2:08.981 7 15 +17.829 +0.659 104.387 20 3 52 LMP2 P. Kelly / S. Pigot PR1 Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 2:09.909 11 14 +18.757 +0.928 103.641 21 5 12 GTD F. Montecalvo / T. Bell AIM VASSER SULLIVAN LLC Lexus RC F GT3 2:11.849 17 20 +20.697 +1.940 102.116 22 6 96 GTD R. Foley / B. Auberlen Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 2:12.038 13 17 +20.886 +0.189 101.970 23 4 18 LMP2 D. Merriman / K. Tilley Era Motorsport ORECA LMP2 07 2:12.170 15 19 +21.018 +0.132 101.868 24 7 63 GTD C. MacNeil / T. Vilander Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 2:13.343 7 13 +22.191 +1.173 100.972 25 8 22 GTD T. Bechtolsheimer / M. Miller Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 2:14.466 18 19 +23.314 +1.123 100.129 26 6 25 GTLM B. Spengler / C. De Phillippi Rahal Letterman Lanigan LLC BMW M8 GTE 2:14.966 10 13 +23.814 +0.500 99.758 27 9 30 GTD R. Ferriol / S. Pumpelly Team Hardpoint Audi R8 LMS GT3 2:15.799 11 16 +24.647 +0.833 99.146 28 10 16 GTD R. Hardwick / P. Long Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R 2:16.946 13 18 +25.794 +1.147 98.315 29 5 38 LMP2 C. Cassels / K. Masson Performance Tech Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 Fastest Laps by Class Circuit Best Laps by Class DPi Renger van der Zande Lap 15 1:51.152 121.131 Mph DPi Dane Cameron 03-15-2019 1:45.865127.180 Mph LMP2 Gustavo Menezes Lap 17 1:55.897 116.171 Mph LMP2 Matthew McMurry 03-15-2019 1:49.728122.703 Mph GTLM Laurens Vanthoor Lap 17 1:59.501 112.668 Mph GTLM Patrick Pilet 03-15-2019 1:55.899116.169 Mph GTD Paul Holton Lap 19 2:06.012 106.846 Mph GTD Tristan Vautier 03-17-2017 1:59.738112.445 Mph Track Status: WET 17-Jul-20 8:26 PM Page 1 / 1.
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