Tandy Tops Opening Detroit Practice

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Nick Tandy ended up quickest in the opening practice session for Saturday’s Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic, leading the way for Porsche Penske Motorsport.

Tandy, in the No. 6 Porsche 963, reeled off a best time of 1:06.899 around the downtown Detroit street circuit to outpace the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 of Ricky Taylor by 0.806 seconds.

Philipp Eng was third on the time sheets in the No. 24 Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8, while Renger van der Zande made it four different GTP manufacturers in the top-four, in his No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-Series.R.

Nick Yelloly completed the top-five in the No. 25 BMW, ahead of a late improvement by Gianmaria Bruni in the No. 5 Proton Competition Porsche and Jack Aitken’s No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac.

Alexander Sims set the quickest time in the GTD Pro ranks, taking the No. 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports to a best time of 1:10.509.

It was 0.337 seconds quicker than Joey Hand in the No. 65 Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3, who ended up second.

Tommy Milner put the No. 4 Corvette in third, ahead of Albert Costa Balboa in the No. 35 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 and class points leader Seb Priaulx, who completed the top-five in class in the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R.

The 90-minute session was interrupted with a single red flag for a dislodged manhole cover that halted action for 15 minutes in the early running.

A two-hour long Practice 2 session is scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m. EDT.

RESULTS: Practice 1

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