Roar Before the 24 results: Wayne Taylor Racing, Meyer Shank lead Daytona Rolex sessions
The Acura's are flexing their muscle to open Rolex 24 week.
The Wayne Taylor Racing No. 10 Acura led two of the three practice sessions (1:35.309, 1:34.947) during this weekend's Roar Before the 24, while the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura was fastest (1:34.351) during Friday's night session.
While those two teams led the DPi class both days, the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 was fastest in both Friday sessions in the GTD class, with the No. 98 Aston Martin posting the fastest time on Saturday.
"No better way to start the Roar than where we finished,” said Jan Heylen, co-driver of the No. 16 machine. "Everybody’s feeling out the track and the drivers, and so everybody’s being very cautious and so are we. But certainly a good start.”
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Tom Blomqvist, who is behind the wheel of the No. 60 Meyer Shank Acura along with Oliver Jarvis, Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud, turned the fastest time during Friday's night session.
“The car feels good,” Blomqvist said. “This is super fun. There are so many cars on track (that) the race will be chaotic, but this is pretty cool."
The No. 29 ORECA (1:36.262), No. 68 ORECA (1:35.933) and No. 8 ORECA (1:36.710) led the three sessions in the LMP2 class, while the No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsports machine led two of the three sessions for LMP3.
The No. 63 Lamborghini led two of the sessions in the newly formed GTD Pro class, which this year replaces GTLM.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Rolex 24 practice sessions dominated by Wayne Taylor, Meyer Shank Racing
