2nd practice completed

Qualify at 8:15 ET tonight

Tom Blomqvist improved on Ricky Taylor’s pace-setting lap from the morning to go quickest in second practice for Saturday’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.

The Meyer Shank Racing driver stormed to a best time of 1:10.391, in another 1-2 sweep for the pair of Acura ARX-06 GTP class cars.

Blomqvist’s time was 0.323 seconds faster than the No. 1o Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Acura of Filipe Albuquerque, with Nick Yelloly putting the No. 25 Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 third on the overall time charts.

The No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R of Alexander Sims completed the top-five, followed by the No. 24 BMW in sixth.

Penske’s two Porsche 963s were sixth and seventh, ahead of the defending race-winning No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing entry of Renger van der Zande.

The Dutchman brought out the session’s only red flag after stalling in the Turn 9 runoff. It was one of nearly a dozen brake lock-ups from the GTP cars in the session.

A late-session improvement by Jack Hawksworth saw the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 top the GTD Pro ranks.

Hawksworth’s 1:17.876 lap was 0.424 seconds quicker than the second-placed No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R of Patrick Pilet.

Antonio Garcia was third in the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD, followed by Ross Gunn’s No. 23 The Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3.

Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti led the GTD ranks with Mario Farnbacher’s 1:18.516 in the No. 93 Acura NSX GT3 Evo22.