Wayne Taylor Racing’s Ricky Taylor came to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca with plenty of speed in his pocket. The Florida native was quickest overall in both pre-qualifying practice sessions with a best lap at 108.592 mph.
Practice No. 1
Friday (April 29) saw WeatherTech teams have 90 minutes of practice on the 2.238-mile road course. For the most part, issues were limited during the session, but a couple of teams were forced to make repairs.
Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian’s Tom Blomqvist went off-course in the Corkscrew right at the beginning of the session. There was no visual damage to the car, but Blomqvist took his Acura to the pits for a checkup.
Later on, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Renger van der Zande spun off at turn 5 and damaged his Cadillac after contact with the Porsche of GMG Racing’s Kyle Washington. While he was able to drive back to the pits, the red flag came out due to the fact that van der Zande left debris on-track. Washington was judged to be responsible for the incident, resulting in team owner James Sofronas having to serve a drive-through penalty.
Early on, Action Express Racing’s Tristan Nunez was fastest in his Cadillac. However, Taylor put himself at the top of the chart 15 minutes in. He then improved his time to an eventual lap at 108.290 mph. Drivers took shots at that lap for the remaining 70 minutes in the session, but the lap held up as the fastest of the day.
Taylor’s lap was two-thirds of a second faster than Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian’s Oliver Jarvis. Blomqvist’s early off-course excursion ultimately did not hurt the No. 60 Acura.
JDC-Miller MotorSports’ Tristan Vautier was the quickest of the Cadillacs in third, followed by Action Express Racing’s Pipo Derani. Van der Zande set a lap after his incident that was good enough for fifth.
In LMP2, Tower Motorsport’s Louis Deletraz was on top with a lap at 105.572 mph, good for seventh overall and just behind the Ganassi…
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