Koch Heads Final Road America Practice

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA

Ford Koch headed the second and final practice session of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge weekend at Road America.

The driver of the No. 23 Koch-Copeland Motorsports Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 reeled off a 2:14.837 lap which was 0.305 seconds faster than Guilherme Salas in the No. 54 Panam Motorsport Toyota.

The third fastest time of the session went to the No. 2 CSM Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport of Morgan Burkhard, ahead of the No. 37 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing BMW M4 GT4 EVO in fourth.

Michael Cooper completed the top-five in Ibiza Farm Motorsport’s McLaren Artura GT4.

LP Montour topped the TCR class with a 2:17.693 lap time in his MMG Honda Civic FL5 TCR.

An off-track moment for Eddie Gou in the No. 55 Gou Racing with Stallion Audi RS 3 LMS TCR marked the only interruption in the session.

The No. 55 squad was handed a penalty for bringing out the red flag, meaning it will lose its fastest qualifying time later in the day.

Qualifying is set for this afternoon at 2:55 p.m. CST with the green flag set to wave for Round 7 of the season at 1:55 a.m. CST on Saturday.

RESULTS: Practice 2

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