Heylen Fastest in Second Daytona Practice for RS1
RS1 paces the field in Practice 2, Porsche and Ford continue to dominate in Daytona...
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RS1 led the way in the second IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge practice session of the weekend at Daytona International Speedway, with Jan Heylen leading a Porsche 1-2 at the top of the times.
Heylen reeled off a 1:52.349 second lap early in the hour-long session aboard the No. 28 RS1 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport he shares with Luca Mars.
An improvement in the second half of the session from Mikey Taylor propelled the reigning TCR class champion up to second place overall in the No. 17 Unitronic/JDC Miller MotorSports Porsche, 0.790 seconds off of Heylen’s quickest lap.
Dean Martin put his No. 60 KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 third-fastest ahead of McCumbee McAleer Racing with Aerosport’s Sam Paley in fourth, and Gregory Liefooghe rounding out the top-five for Stephen Cameron Racing.
The Porsche and Ford GT4 packages continued to show their strength on the high banks, with a pair of Caymans and all five Mustangs in the field finishing inside the top-eight.
In TCR, Karl Wittmer topped the times in his No. 93 MMG Honda Civic FL5 TCR with a 1:58.228 lap time. Bryan Herta Autosport’s Bryson Morris was second-fastest in the No. 98 Hyundai Elantra N TCR.
Audi machinery completed the top-three with William Tally’s No. 7 RS 3 LMS TCR making it three different touring car class manufacturers at the sharp end of the class.
After yesterday’s first practice was spotted with interruptions, Practice 2 ran entirely green, allowing the field of 43 cars to dial in their GS machines before this afternoon’s qualifying.
While there were no red flags, Spencer Pumpelly stopped his No. 38 BGB Motorsports Porsche off-track in sector two with an unknown issue after 17 laps.
Earlier on, Rafael Martinez spun his No. 12 RAFA Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 at Tuen 3 but continued without major incident.
Two 15-minute qualifying sessions for TCR and GS class cars, respectively, are scheduled to begin at 1:15 p.m. ET later this afternoon ahead of tomorrow’s four-hour BMW M Endurance Challenge.
RESULTS: Practice 2
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