The session was extended by 15mins to clear up debris at Turn 1 that has taken a lot of punishment from cars running wide on corner exit.
Filipe Albuquerque carrying on Wayne Taylor Racing’s strong form from this morning, ducking under the 1min50sec barrier with a 1min49.806sec effort in the #10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05. He would lower that benchmark still further to 1min49.640sec, shading Oliver Jarvis in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura by a mere 0.05sec.
But Albuquerque was 0.06sec off Bourdais’ best effort, and SuperSeb was a full quarter-second slower than Lynn’s excellent effort in the #02 CGR Cadillac, which was a 1min49.321sec turn of the four-mile course in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin.
Olivier Pla was 1.1sec from top spot in Action Express Racing’s #31 Cadillac, but over 0.8sec faster than JDC Miller MotorSports’ similar car.
In LMP2, Ryan Dalziel was again quickest for Era Motorsport, 0.3sec ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya of DragonSpeed and Louis Deletraz of Tower Motorsports.
Gabby Chaves led LMP3 in the Andretti Autosport Ligier, ahead of JDC Miller MotorSports’ Scott Andrews, and Joao Barbosa of Sean Creech Motorsports.
Jack Hawksworth and Frankie Montecalvo put the Lexus RC Fs of VasserSullivan on top in GTD and GTD Pro respectively with times 0.06sec apart. They were 0.65sec ahead of Matt Campbell in the Pfaff Porsche 911 GT3 R, while Aidan Read was an impressive fourth (second in GTD) in the Rick Ware Racing Acura NSX.
John Edwards slotted the RLL Racing BMW M4 into third in class ahead of Russell Ward’s Winward Racing Mercedes AMG GT3.
Qualifying will begin at 11am local (Central) time on Saturday.
| Cla | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Earl Bamber  Alex Lynn
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 33 | 1'49.321 | |
| 2 |
 Renger van der Zande  Sébastien Bourdais
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 27 | 1'49.574 | 0.253 |
| 3 |
 Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque
| DPi | Acura DPi | 28 | 1'49.640 | 0.319 |
| 4 |
Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist
| DPi | Acura DPi | 26 | 1'49.686 | 0.365 |
| 5 |
Olivier Pla  Pipo Derani
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 29 | 1'50.450 | 1.129 |
| 6 |
Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 26 | 1'51.302 | 1.981 |
| 7 |
Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 31 | 1'52.619 | 3.298 |
| 8 |
 Henrik Hedman  Juan Pablo Montoya
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 26 | 1'52.945 | 3.624 |
| 9 |
 John Farano  Louis Deletraz
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 30 | 1'52.956 | 3.635 |
| 10 |
Steven Thomas Tristan Nunez
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 32 | 1'53.072 | 3.751 |
| 11 |
 Dennis Andersen Fabio Scherer
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 36 | 1'53.666 | 4.345 |
| 12 |
Patrick Kelly Josh Pierson
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 35 | 1'53.692 | 4.371 |
| 13 |
Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves
| LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 29 | 2'00.039 | 10.718 |
| 14 |
Gerry Kraut  Scott Andrews
| LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 31 | 2'00.521 | 11.200 |
| 15 |
Joao Barbosa Malthe Jakobsen | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 31 | 2'00.831 | 11.510 |
| 16 |
Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga
| LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 29 | 2'00.961 | 11.640 |
| 17 |
Jon Bennett Colin Braun
| LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 25 | 2'01.538 | 12.217 |
| 18 |
Ari Balogh Garett Grist
| LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 32 | 2'01.852 | 12.531 |
| 19 |
Dakota Dickerson Josh Sarchet | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 26 | 2'01.873 | 12.552 |
| 20 |
James French Cameron Shields
| LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 28 | 2'01.904 | 12.583 |
| 21 |
Orey Fidani Matthew Bell
| LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 28 | 2'02.359 | 13.038 |
| 22 |
Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat
| GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 25 | 2'05.968 | 16.647 |
| 23 |
Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz
| GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 29 | 2'05.975 | 16.654 |
| 24 |
Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet
| GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 30 | 2'06.654 | 17.333 |
| 25 |
Ryan Eversley Aidan Read
| GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 29 | 2'06.832 | 17.511 |
| 26 |
Connor de Phillippi John Edwards
| GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 20 | 2'06.976 | 17.655 |
| 27 |
Russell Ward Philip Ellis
| GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 32 | 2'07.089 | 17.768 |
| 28 |
 Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor
| GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 25 | 2'07.165 | 17.844 |
| 29 |
Bryan Sellers Madison Snow
| GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 26 | 2'07.255 | 17.934 |
| 30 |
Cooper MacNeil Daniel Juncadella
| GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 31 | 2'07.387 | 18.066 |
| 31 |
Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal
| GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 30 | 2'07.414 | 18.093 |
| 32 |
Mike Skeen Stevan McAleer
| GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 24 | 2'07.521 | 18.200 |
| 33 |
Roman De Angelis  Maxime Martin
| GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 27 | 2'07.556 | 18.235 |
| 34 |
Robby Foley Bill Auberlen
| GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 27 | 2'07.608 | 18.287 |
| 35 |
Ross Gunn Alex Riberas
| GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 23 | 2'07.756 | 18.435 |
| 36 |
Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen
| GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 30 | 2'07.941 | 18.620 |
| 37 |
Jaden Conwright Marco Holzer | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 27 | 2'08.840 | 19.519 |
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