The two Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RCFs were at the top of the charts after 10mins, with the GTD Pro car of Jack Hawksworth ahead of Frankie Montecalvo’s GTD example by around 1.1sec with a 1min43.984sec around the 3.27-mile course.
Then Bill Auberlen moved the Turner Motorsport BMW M4 to the top of GTD by half a second before handing over to Robby Foley. After 30mins of the 90min session, Aidan Read had driven the Rick Ware Racing Acura NSX to the top of GTD, 0.092 faster than Auberlen, while Ross Gunn’s Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage was up to fourth overall, second in GTD Pro, but still 0.666sec off Hawksworth’s qualifying simulation in the #14 Lexus.
With 55mins to go, the red flag came out when Ryan Hardwick crahsed the Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R at Turn 14. There wasn’t a huge amount of damage – remarkable given the location of the shunt – and he would be able to resume the session.
Five minutes after the red came the green and and Stevan McAleer wasted no time in moving the Team Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes AMG GT3 into third in GTD.
IMSA Radio reported that Paul Miller Racing took its BMW back to the paddock with a floor/diffuser issue, and that NTE/SSR couldn’t even hit the track until 35mins to go because Jaden Conwright detected a rear brake problem as the car was originally heading to pitlane.
Cooper MacNeil in the WeatherTech Mercedes and Matt Campbell in the Pfaff Porsche had off-course excursions at Turn 17 with 25mins to go, while Montecalvo had his GTD Lexus stop temporarily on track at Turn 13 before resuming in a gentle coast to the pits with a possible fuel pump issue.
Conwright drove the NTE/SSR Lambo into fourth in class, just 0.039sec behind Mike Skeen who had improved the Korthoff Mercedes’ best time.
In the final 10mins there were several quali sims happening on track, particularly in GTD Pro, but Connor De Phillippi in the RLL-run BMW M4 was 0.836sec behind Hawksworth’s benchmark, and Antonio Garcia in the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R was 0.914sec down.
That meant Matt Campbell in the Pfaff Porsche was able to beat them both… although he was still almost 0.75sec from top spot.
Thus Hawksworth was top of GTD Pro by 0.666sec ahead of Gunn, with Campbell, De Phillippi and Garcia next. In GTD, Read led Auberlen, Skeen, Conwright and Montecalvo.
| Cla | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat
|
GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 26 | 1'43.984 | |
| 2 |
 Ryan Eversley  Aidan Read
|
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 38 | 1'44.518 | 0.534 |
| 3 |
Robby Foley Bill Auberlen
|
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 43 | 1'44.610 | 0.626 |
| 4 |
Ross Gunn  Alex Riberas
|
GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 38 | 1'44.650 | 0.666 |
| 5 |
Matt Campbell  Mathieu Jaminet
|
GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 32 | 1'44.726 | 0.742 |
| 6 |
Connor de Phillippi John Edwards
|
GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 37 | 1'44.820 | 0.836 |
| 7 |
Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor
|
GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 40 | 1'44.898 | 0.914 |
| 8 |
Mike Skeen Stevan McAleer
|
GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 36 | 1'44.940 | 0.956 |
| 9 |
Jaden Conwright Marco Holzer |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 14 | 1'44.979 | 0.995 |
| 10 |
Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz
|
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 30 | 1'45.114 | 1.130 |
| 11 |
Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal
|
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 32 | 1'45.338 | 1.354 |
| 12 |
Bryan Sellers Madison Snow
|
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 17 | 1'45.399 | 1.415 |
| 13 |
Russell Ward  Philip Ellis
|
GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 35 | 1'45.439 | 1.455 |
| 14 |
 Roman De Angelis  Maxime Martin
|
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 32 | 1'45.584 | 1.600 |
| 15 |
Cooper MacNeil Jules Gounon
|
GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 35 | 1'45.679 | 1.695 |
| 16 |
Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 35 | 1'45.740 | 1.756 |
| 17 |
Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 37 | 1'45.835 | 1.851 |
| 18 |
John Potter Andy Lally
|
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 43 | 1'46.285 | 2.301 |
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