Campbell led the way around the classic 2.238-mile track on the beautiful Monterey peninsula in the one hour, 45-minute practice session, but was chased hard by GTP class rivals Cadillac and Acura.
Campbell lapped the #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 in 1m15.903s and then 1m15.493s – making it an early Porsche 1-2 with Nick Tandy’s initial 1m17.142s effort.
Philipp Eng briefly took P2 for BMW with a lap of 1m16.153s, but was beaten by Colin Braun (Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06) with 1m15.716s in the final 10 minutes of the session. Mathieu Jaminet also bested Eng in the #6 Penske Porsche to take P3 with 1m15.745s.
Pipo Derani jumped to P2 in the closing minutes, his 1m15.642s in the Action Express Cadillac V-Series.R just 0.149s off Campbell.
But Campbell wasn’t to be denied, topping both practice sessions so far, ahead of Derani, Braun and Jaminet. Ricky Taylor was only P5 in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura, but set the overall fastest middle sector time.
The BMW M Hybrid V8s slipped to sixth and seventh, ahead of Sebastien Bourdais in the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac, that he crashed yesterday. The JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963, which is making its debut this weekend, was over 3.5s off the pace.
Ex-F1 racer Giedo van der Garde set the early LMP2 pace at 1m18.615s in the #35 TDS ORECA before former IndyCar racer Ed Jones beat him with 1m17.763s for High Class Racing.
Lamborghini on top in GTD
Frankie Montecalvo set the pace in the GTD-only running at 1m24.319s in his Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F, which was later beaten by Loris Spinelli’s #78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracan just as the all-Pro class cars were unleashed.
Alex Riberas was fastest in GTD Pro in the #23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage, but his 1m24.285s was over a tenth off Spinelli’s quickest GT time but he was second overall.
There was one red flag during the mid-stages of the session to clear debris on track after Jaminet went off.
IMSA Laguna Seca - Second practice results:
| Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
 Matt Campbell  Felipe Nasr
|
GTP | Porsche 963 | 45 | 1'15.493 | ||
| 2 | 31 |
Pipo Derani  Alexander Sims
|
GTP | Cadillac V-Series.R | 48 | 1'15.642 | 0.149 | 0.149 |
| 3 | 60 |
Tom Blomqvist  Colin Braun
|
GTP | Acura ARX-06 | 42 | 1'15.716 | 0.223 | 0.074 |
| 4 | 6 |
Nick Tandy  Mathieu Jaminet
|
GTP | Porsche 963 | 44 | 1'15.745 | 0.252 | 0.029 |
| 5 | 10 |
Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque
|
GTP | Acura ARX-06 | 43 | 1'15.784 | 0.291 | 0.039 |
| 6 | 24 |
 Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus
|
GTP | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 39 | 1'16.153 | 0.660 | 0.369 |
| 7 | 25 |
Connor de Phillippi Nick Yelloly
|
GTP | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 41 | 1'16.259 | 0.766 | 0.106 |
| 8 | 01 |
Sébastien Bourdais  Renger van der Zande
|
GTP | Cadillac V-Series.R | 41 | 1'16.834 | 1.341 | 0.575 |
| 9 | 20 |
 Dennis Andersen  Ed Jones
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 49 | 1'17.763 | 2.270 | 0.929 |
| 10 | 18 |
Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 50 | 1'18.263 | 2.770 | 0.500 |
| 11 | 51 |
Eric Lux  Juan Pablo Montoya
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 50 | 1'18.560 | 3.067 | 0.297 |
| 12 | 8 |
 John Farano  Louis Deletraz
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 45 | 1'18.605 | 3.112 | 0.045 |
| 13 | 35 |
François Heriau Giedo van der Garde
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 53 | 1'18.615 | 3.122 | 0.010 |
| 14 | 04 |
George Kurtz Ben Hanley
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 53 | 1'18.730 | 3.237 | 0.115 |
| 15 | 11 |
Steven Thomas Mikkel Jensen
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 54 | 1'18.741 | 3.248 | 0.011 |
| 16 | 52 |
Ben Keating Paul-Loup Chatin
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 48 | 1'18.970 | 3.477 | 0.229 |
| 17 | 5 |
Tijmen van der Helm  Mike Rockenfeller
|
GTP | Porsche 963 | 49 | 1'19.062 | 3.569 | 0.092 |
| 18 | 78 |
Mikhail Goikhberg  Loris Spinelli
|
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 38 | 1'24.124 | 8.631 | 5.062 |
| 19 | 23 |
Ross Gunn  Alex Riberas
|
GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 47 | 1'24.285 | 8.792 | 0.161 |
| 20 | 12 |
Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz
|
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 42 | 1'24.319 | 8.826 | 0.034 |
| 21 | 92 |
Alec Udell Julien Andlauer
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 40 | 1'24.411 | 8.918 | 0.092 |
| 22 | 9 |
Klaus Bachler Patrick Pilet
|
GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 39 | 1'24.483 | 8.990 | 0.072 |
| 23 | 79 |
Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon
|
GTD PRO | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 42 | 1'24.663 | 9.170 | 0.180 |
| 24 | 96 |
Patrick Gallagher Robby Foley
|
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 47 | 1'24.732 | 9.239 | 0.069 |
| 25 | 91 |
Alan Metni Kay van Berlo
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 43 | 1'24.734 | 9.241 | 0.002 |
| 26 | 14 |
Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat
|
GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 41 | 1'24.848 | 9.355 | 0.114 |
| 27 | 97 |
Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull |
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 48 | 1'24.943 | 9.450 | 0.095 |
| 28 | 80 |
PJ Hyett Seb Priaulx |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 50 | 1'24.954 | 9.461 | 0.011 |
| 29 | 77 |
Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 44 | 1'25.058 | 9.565 | 0.104 |
| 30 | 1 |
Bryan Sellers Madison Snow
|
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 40 | 1'25.094 | 9.601 | 0.036 |
| 31 | 44 |
John Potter Andy Lally
|
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 39 | 1'25.198 | 9.705 | 0.104 |
| 32 | 27 |
Roman De Angelis Marco Sorensen
|
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 40 | 1'25.242 | 9.749 | 0.044 |
| 33 | 3 |
Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor
|
GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 45 | 1'25.449 | 9.956 | 0.207 |
| 34 | 57 |
Russell Ward Philip Ellis
|
GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 49 | 1'25.539 | 10.046 | 0.090 |
| 35 | 32 |
Mike Skeen Mikael Grenier
|
GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 42 | 1'25.582 | 10.089 | 0.043 |
| 36 | 70 |
Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff
|
GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 EVO | 49 | 1'25.660 | 10.167 | 0.078 |
| 37 | 66 |
Sheena Monk Katherine Legge
|
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 44 | 1'26.228 | 10.735 | 0.568 |
| 38 | 94 |
Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves
|
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 7 | 1'28.020 | 12.527 | 1.792 |
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