Olsen Leads Ford Sweep as GT Testing Wraps Up at Daytona

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA

Dennis Olsen led a Ford Multimatic Motorsports 1-2 at Daytona International Speedway in GTD Pro and GTD testing in the final day of the IMSA-sanctioned test.

Olsen, in the No. 65 Ford Mustang GT3, reeled off a chart-topping time of 1:47.822 in Sunday morning’s test session to go quickest over the two days for the production-based categories.

His time was 0.269 seconds quicker than teammate Mike Rockenfeller in the No. 64 machine.

Five of the six Ford drivers occupied the top slots in the GTD Pro time charts, with the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R of Klaus Bachler the best of the rest in third, thanks to a 1:48.160 lap time that was also set this morning.

The No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 of Ben Barker was credited with the third quickest time in class.

GTD saw the No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche lead the way in the hands of Elliott Skeer.

Skeer’s 1:48.221 lap time edged out the No. 85 Iron Dames Porsche of Matteo Cressoni by 0.332 seconds, while the No. 44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo was third in the hands of Andy Lally, in a time that was set on Saturday evening.

Both of Sunday’s sessions ran uninterrupted, with all 12 GT entries completing their run plans without notable incident.

RESULTS: Session 6/Session 7

Jonathan Grace contributed to this report

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