Dickinson Quickest on Friday in Miami

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Riley Dickinson topped the time charts following Friday’s pair of practice sessions at the Miami International Autodrome in preparation for this weekend’s fifth and sixth rounds rounds of Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America.

The Kellymoss driver reeled off a best lap of 1:56.664 in his Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car during the second practice session to go quickest of the day.

Dickinson’s best lap was 0.687 seconds quicker than the No. 17 McElrea Racing Porsche of Tom Sargent, with Dan Clarke slotting in third in the No. 64 Nolasport entry.

Jason Hart, driving for MDK Motorsports, was fourth, while Friday’s Practice 1 pace-setter Kay van Berlo, making a guest appearance in the No. 33 Accelerating Performance Porsche, completed the top-five.

All of the pace-setting times were set in the 30-minute evening session.

The No. 56 Murillo Racing Porsche of Jeff Mosing topped the Pro-Am ranks, while Mark Kvamme was quickest of the Am competitors in his No. 43 MDK Porsche.

Friday’s opening session saw two red flags, the first for MDK’s Jimmy Llibre going off course, while the No. 37 Kellymoss Porsche of Sabre Cook lost a wheel to bring out a second stoppage.

While Cook rejoined for the second 30-minute session, Llibre’s car did not, having sustained damage from his incident.

The second session, meanwhile, ended three minutes early due to the No. 89 GMG Racing Porsche of Todd Parriott spinning and being unable to continue.

Qualifying is scheduled for Saturday at 10:15 a.m. ET, which will be followed by Race 1 at 2:05 p.m. ET, the latter which will be streamed live on Peacock, IMSA.tv and PorscheCarreraCup.us.

RESULTS: Practice 1/Practice 2

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