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Friday at Daytona - two final practices and then a race!
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The day started out with the Michelin Pilot Challenge guys doing a final practice, followed by the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship gang doing their final practice. Let’s see who was on top for each, starting with the Michelin guys:
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Grand Sport class - Jeff Westphal in the # 39 Audi R8 for Carbahn Motorsports was TOPS in time in the final practice, laying down a time of 01:53.101s for a speed of 113.309mph. He topped USF2000 alum Jesse Lazare in the # 69 McLaren GT4 for Motorsports in Action by a mere 0.030 seconds. 3rd fastest in the final practice was the series class champion in 2018, Owen Trinkler, in the # 46 Team TGM Mercedes AMG.
Co-driver with Jeff is Tyler McQuarrie. Co-driver with Jesse is Corey Fergus and co-driver with Owen is fellow 2018 Champion Hugh Plumb.
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The class-leading Audi for Carbahn Motorsports
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Touring Car class - Todd Lamb took the # 84 Honda Civic TCR for Atlanta Speedworks to the top in the P-5 practice with a time of 02:00.620s for a speed of 106.246mph, besting the time of Mat Pombo in the # 73 LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic TCR by 0.026 seconds. The new-for-2019 Hondas in this class are going great. 3rd fastest in the P-5 session was the sister car, the # 37 Honda Civic TCR driven by Indy Lights veteran Shelby Blackstock.
Co-driver for Todd is Brian Henderson while Mike LaMarra drives with Mat Pombo and Tom O’Gorman drives with Shelby.
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The Atlanta Speedworks Honda - TOPS for P-5
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The IMPC guys will race this afternoon - 4 hours worth - following the final WeatherTech practice. Next up, the WeatherTech gang hold their final practice of the weekend before the start of the Rolex 24…
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