The Japanese star who has amassed two wins and a runner-up finish in his three outings in the season opening IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round, turned a 1min35.470sec in Action Express Racing’s Ally Cadillac DPi-V.R, which will only be competing at the four Michelin Endurance Cup races this year.
It’s full-time sister car, the #31 Whelen Engineering AXR car was second in the hands of Mike Conway, ahead of Ricky Taylor in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura.
Marcus Ericsson flirted with the limits of his #02 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac but kept it off the wall to go fourth fastest.
Nico Muller was again fast in the High Class Racing Oreca, topping the LMP2 class ahead of Ed Jones’ G-Drive with APR entry and Devlin DeFrancesco in the DragonSpeed car he is sharing with Colton Herta, Pato O’Ward and Eric Lux.
Felipe Fraga led LMP3 for Riley Motorsports, leading a Ligier 1-2-3, with Garett Grist of Performance Tech Motorsports barely a tenth slower and Joao Barbosa third for Sean Creech Motorsport.
Trenton Estep had a shunt on the Forty7 Motorsport car’s sixth lap that prevented him from rejoining the session.
Jack Hawksworth headed up GTD Pro for Vasser Sullivan Racing, his Lexus RC F completing just three laps before the track conditions deteriorated. Daniel Juncadella and Dirk Muller slotted the Proton Mercedes-AMG GT3s into second and third, ahead of the two Corvette C8.Rs which were split by Sheldon van der Linde in the Rahal Letterman Lanigan-run BMW M4.
Winward Racing led GTD, Mikael Grenier proving the fastest of the bunch ahead of Maxi Goetz (Alegra Motorsports Benz) and Patrick Gallagher in the Crucial Motorsports McLaren 720S.
Third practice begins at 7.15pm local (Eastern) time and will last until 9.00pm.
Practice results:
| Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 |
 Mike Rockenfeller  Kamui Kobayashi  Jimmie Johnson  Jose Maria Lopez | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'35.470 | |
| 2 | 31 |
 Pipo Derani Tristan Nunez  Mike Conway | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'36.964 | 1.494 |
| 3 | 20 |
 Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach  Fabio Scherer Nico Mueller | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'37.012 | 1.542 |
| 4 | 68 |
 François Heriau Oliver Rasmussen  Ed Jones René Rast | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'37.137 | 1.667 |
| 5 | 81 |
Eric Lux  Devlin DeFrancesco  Patricio O'Ward Colton Herta | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'37.554 | 2.084 |
| 6 | 29 |
 Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Murry Dylan Rinus van Kalmthout | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'37.632 | 2.162 |
| 7 | 22 |
Jim McGuire Guy Smith Philip Hanson Will Owen | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'38.378 | 2.908 |
| 8 | 69 |
John Falb  James Allen  Luca Ghiotto Tijmen van | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'38.952 | 3.482 |
| 9 | 8 |
John Farano Louis Deletraz Rui Pinto  Ferdinand Habsburg | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'39.956 | 4.486 |
| 10 | 11 |
Thomas Steven Josh Pierson Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'41.185 | 5.715 |
| 11 | 74 |
Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Kay van Berlo Michael Cooper | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'43.203 | 7.733 |
| 12 | 38 |
Dan Goldburg Hikaru Abe Garett Grist Nicolas Pino | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'43.347 | 7.877 |
| 13 | 33 |
 Joao Barbosa Malthe Jakobsen Seb Priaulx Lance Willsey | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'44.248 | 8.778 |
| 14 | 13 |
Orey Fidani Kuno Wittmer Lars Kern Matthew Bell | LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'44.744 | 9.274 |
| 15 | 54 |
Jon Bennett Colin Braun George Kurtz  Nic Jönsson | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'45.407 | 9.937 |
| 16 | 6 |
Efrin Castro Moritz Kranz Ori Ayrton Joel Miller | LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'46.091 | 10.621 |
| 17 | 57 |
Russell Ward Philip Ellis Mikael Grenier Lucas Auer | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'46.577 | 11.107 |
| 18 | 28 |
Michael de Quesada Daniel Morad Linus Lundqvist Maximillian Goetz | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'46.835 | 11.365 |
| 19 | 59 |
Lance Bergstein Jon Miller Patrick Gallagher Paul Holton | GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 1'46.843 | 11.373 |
| 20 | 12 |
Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Richard Heistand Townsend Bell | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'47.010 | 11.540 |
| 21 | 98 |
Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard  Charles Eastwood Nicki Thiim | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'47.189 | 11.719 |
| 22 | 70 |
Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy  Jordan Lee Pepper | GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 1'47.264 | 11.794 |
| 23 | 21 |
Mann Simon Luis Perez Companc Nicklas Nielsen  Toni Vilander | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'47.384 | 11.914 |
| 24 | 39 |
Robert Megennis Corey Lewis Sandy Mitchell Jeff Westphal | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'47.600 | 12.130 |
| 25 | 44 |
John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Jonathan Adam | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'47.916 | 12.446 |
| 26 | 64 |
Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Owen Trinkler | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'47.975 | 12.505 |
| 27 | 96 |
Robby Foley Bill Auberlen Michael Dinan Jens Klingmann | GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'48.080 | 12.610 |
| 28 | 47 |
Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Alessio Rovera | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'48.110 | 12.640 |
| 29 | 71 |
Franck Perera LLarena Mateo Paul Maximilian Mikhail Goikhberg | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'48.455 | 12.985 |
| 30 | 14 |
Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Kyle Kirkwood | GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'48.725 | 13.255 |
| 31 | 99 |
Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge Stefan Wilson Nicholas Boulle | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'48.828 | 13.358 |
| 32 | 10 |
Ricky Taylor Joao Barbosa Alexander Rossi Will Stevens | DPi | Acura DPi | 1'48.852 | 13.382 |
| 33 | 02 |
 Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Marcus Ericsson Kevin Magnussen | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'49.000 | 13.530 |
| 34 | 7 |
Mark Kvamme Austin McCusker Trenton Estep Antoine Doquin | LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'49.180 | 13.710 |
| 35 | 27 |
Roman De Angelis Ian James Darren Turner Tom Gamble | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'49.211 | 13.741 |
| 36 | 97 |
Cooper MacNeil  Daniel Juncadella Maro Engel Jules Gounon | GTD PRO | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'49.639 | 14.169 |
| 37 | 15 |
Dirk Muller Patrick Assenheimer Austin Cindric | GTD PRO | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'49.680 | 14.210 |
| 38 | 42 |
Don Yount Benja Hites Jaden Conwright Markus Palttala | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'50.246 | 14.776 |
| 39 | 3 |
Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg | GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 1'50.381 | 14.911 |
| 40 | 19 |
Bill Sweedler John Megrue Giacomo Altoè Jeff Segal | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'50.521 | 15.051 |
| 41 | 18 |
Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'51.190 | 15.720 |
| 42 | 24 |
Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly Sheldon Van Der Linde | GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'51.357 | 15.887 |
| 43 | 4 |
Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Marco Sorensen | GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 1'51.464 | 15.994 |
| 44 | 32 |
Mike Skeen Guy Cosmo Stevan McAleer Scott Andrews | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'53.715 | 18.245 |
| 45 | 62 |
Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra Davide Rigon | GTD PRO | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'53.829 | 18.359 |
| 46 | 5 |
Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook Loic Duval Ben Keating | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'54.631 | 19.161 |
| 47 | 66 |
Kyffin Simpson Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller Mario Farnbacher | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'55.702 | 20.232 |
| 48 | 26 |
Nolan Siegel Cameron Shields Charles Crews Ugo De | LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'58.318 | 22.848 |
| 49 | 75 |
Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Raffaele Marciello Fabian Schiller | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'58.544 | 23.074 |
| 50 | 2 |
 Laurens Vanthoor Patrick Pilet  Dennis Olsen Alexandre Imperatori | GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2'17.295 | 41.825 |
| 51 | 63 |
Marco Mapelli Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti Rolf Ineichen | GTD PRO | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 2'22.014 | 46.544 |
| 52 | 01 |
Renger van der Zande Sébastien Bourdais Scott Dixon Alex Palou | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 0.000 | |
| 53 | 9 |
Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr | GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 0.000 | |
| 54 | 16 |
Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Jan Heylen Richard Lietz | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 0.000 | |
| 55 | 23 |
Ross Gunn Alex Riberas Maxime Martin | GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 0.000 | |
| 56 | 25 |
Connor de Phillippi John Edwards Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn | GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 0.000 | |
| 57 | 34 |
Kyle Washington James Sofronas Jeroen Bleekemolen Klaus Bachler | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 0.000 | |
| 58 | 36 |
Jarett Andretti Josh Burdon Rasmus Lindh  Gabby Chaves | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 0.000 | |
| 59 | 52 |
Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 0.000 | |
| 60 | 60 |
Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist Helio Castroneves Simon Pagenaud | DPi | Acura DPi | 0.000 | |
| 61 | 79 |
Cooper MacNeil Julien Andlauer Matteo Cairoli Alessio Picariello | GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 0.000 | |
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