Jordan Taylor Fastest in Second Petit Practice

Jordan Taylor set the pace for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti for the second Motul Petit Le Mans practice session at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

Taylor steered the No. 40 Acura ARX-06 to a best lap of 1:11.081 during the 90-minute session on Thursday afternoon, outpacing the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R of Jack Aitken by 0.078 seconds.

Prior to late-session improvements from both Aitken and the No. 6 Porsche 963 of Nick Tandy, Taylor led an Acura 1-2 after overhauling a previous best effort from the No. 10 WTRAndretti Acura of Filipe Albuquerque.

Instead, Albuquerque’s 1:11.469 left him fourth ahead of the No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 of Philipp Eng and Sebastien Bourdais’ No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac.

Mikkel Jensen led LMP2 in the No. 11 TDS Racing Oreca 07 Gibson by posting 1:13.373 leading the Connor Zilisch-driven No. 18 Era Motorsport machine by just 0.001 seconds.

Daniel Serra’s 1:18.722 put the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 on top in GTD Pro, 0.015 seconds ahead of Jack Hawksworth’s No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3.

Ross Gunn and Antonio Garcia slotted into third and fourth for Heart of Racing Team and Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports, respectively.

The four leading GTD Pro runners sat ahead of the GTD-leading No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus of Parker Thompson in the overall running order, with the Canadian’s 1:18.916 lap 0.057 seconds then the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Philip Ellis.

The session was interrupted by a single red flag with 42 minutes to go, triggered when the No. 18 Era Motorsport Oreca lost its left rear wheel approaching Turn 10.

Ryan Dalziel was able to return the car to the pits without assistance.

Notably, both Penske Porsche 963s had near-identical trips through the gravel at the same corner, with both Dane Cameron and Tandy locking up on corner entry and running wide before continuing.

Practice for the WeatherTech Championship wraps up with the night session at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

RESULTS: Practice 2