Action Express Racing’s Alexander Sims put his Cadillac V-LMDh at the top of the charts early Friday afternoon (Jan. 27) with a lap at 134.209 mph. It is the first timed session led by the Cadillacs this year.
Session No. 3
The night practice session for IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams was the cleanest of the sessions on Thursday (Jan. 26). Of course, that doesn’t mean that it was squeaky clean.
19 minutes into the session, Cetilar Racing’s Roberto Lacorte slid off-course in West Bend and went into the tire barrier to bring out the session’s only red flag, but the 10th one of the day. Lacorte was ok and the team made reparirs to the Ferrari 296 GT3 quickly enough to get back out before the session was done.
One of the major tasks in the session was to test out Michelin’s new low temperature tire. This was supposed to happen during the night session at the ROAR Before the 24 last weekend, but rains prevented that from happening for the most part. On the surface, the task seemed to go off without a hitch.
After 105 minutes of running, Porsche Penske Motorsports’ Matt Campbell was fastest overall with a lap at 133.776 mph in his Porsche 963. Campbell was .172 seconds ahead of Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport’s Filipe Albuquerque. Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Alex Lynn and Sebastien Bourdais were third and fourth, respectively, while Action Express Racing’s Alexander Sims was fifth in the third Cadillac.
AF Corse’s Matthieu Vaxiviere was fastest in LMP2 with a lap at 130.223 mph, 10th overall. Vaxiviere was .139 seconds quicker than PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports’ Alex Quinn. Crowdstrike Racing by APR’s Ben Hanley was third, then Tower Motorsports’ Scott McLaughlin. Era Motorsport’s Oliver Jarvis was fifth.
As you may remember, team owner-driver John Farano crashed the Tower Motorsports ORECA 07-Gibson during qualifying on Sunday.
McLaughlin told Frontstretch on Thursday that the damage to the Tower Events No. 8 was actually not that bad. Most of what had to be changed out on the car was going to be changed out anyway after qualifying. The chassis itself came out unscathed.
Andretti Autosport’s Rasmus Lindh was fastest in LMP3 with a lap at 124.962 mph, good for 18th overall. Lindh’s lap was .325 seconds faster than Wayne Boyd in AWA’s No. 17 Duqueine. Teammate Matt Bell was third, then MRS GT-Racing’s
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