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Bomarito Quickest in Practice 2 at Daytona

Jonathan Bomarito quickest in the dry Practice 2 at Daytona International Speedway…

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Jonathan Bomarito showed the pace in the first fully dry running of the Rolex 24 weekend in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Practice 2 at Daytona.

The American, driving the No. 55 Mazda RT24-P, was a full 0.711 seconds faster than second place Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R. Colin Braun checked in with the third fastest time, set early in the session, in the No. 54 CORE autosport Nissan Onroak DPi.

Ricky Taylor and Agustin Canapino completed the top five for Acura Team Penske and Juncos Racing, respectively.

In LMP2, a late flier from James Allen put the No. 81 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 Gibson at the head of the four-car class by 0.257 seconds over Gabriel Aubry in the No. 52 from PR1/Mathiasen.

Nick Tandy was quickest in the GT Le Mans class in the No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR, followed by the No. 3 Corvette C7.R of Jan Magnussen and the No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT of Ryan Briscoe.

Daniel Serra turned in the fastest lap in GT Daytona in the No. 51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3, while Trent Hindman and Ben Keating completed the top three in class for Meyer Shank Racing and Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports, respectively.

There were no major incidents. Qualifying is up next at 3:35 p.m. ET.

RESULTS: Practice 2

Ryan Myrehn is an Indianapolis-based broadcaster and reporter. In addition to his work covering primarily domestic sports car racing for Sportscar365, he is the lead announcer for SRO America's TV coverage as well as a pit reporter for IndyCar Radio. Myrehn, a graduate of DePauw University, is also the host of Sportscar365's “Double Stint” Podcast.

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