Friday Practice :

In the production-based categories, Valentin Hasse-Clot emerged fastest in van der Steur Racing’s No. 19 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo with a lap of 1:24.403 (104.029 mph). Hasse-Clot shares the returning VDS Aston Martin with Anthony McIntosh and series debutante Eduardo “Dudu” Barrichello, son of 11-time Formula 1 Grand Prix winner and four-time Rolex 24 At Daytona starter Rubens Barrichello.

That Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) entry topped Davide Rigon in the No. 81 DragonSpeed Ferrari 296 GT3 (1:24.419/104.009 mph). Rigon’s co-driver Albert Costa is engaged in a championship battle in the GTD PRO class with the No. 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports entry.

The No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R caused one of the three red flags during the 90-minute session when the car stopped on track when driver Nicky Catsburg reported an oil leak. The entry managed only 14 laps in a session when most cars ran in excess of 40.

“I think it was an oil line that failed, and it should be a pretty easy fix, but sounds like there was going to be a lot of clean-ups,” reported Catsburg’s co-driver Tommy Milner.
The important thing is the engine seems to be okay.

“Traffic and weather are the two big talking points – we already saw that in the first session,” Milner added. “It looks like we’ll have some rain on race day, and the traffic is definitely a big challenge here, for certain.
There’s not a whole lot we can do other than be aware of where the sticky points are, so to speak.”

WeatherTech Championship competitors will have another 90 minutes of track time for practice Saturday morning.
Qualifying will be streamed from 3:10-4:45 p.m. domestically on Peacock and via IMSA.TV and the official IMSA YouTube channel internationally.