DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The final 60-minute practice session for Saturday’s 63rd Rolex 24 At Daytona was perhaps more eventful than anticipated for some.
Three notable cars briefly stopped on track – the No. 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06, the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 and No. 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3.R.
The Acura pulled off course exiting Turn 3, the Porsche had nose damage on the Daytona International Speedway banking and the Corvette stopped on the backstraight, and only the Corvette stoppage caused a red flag.
Kamui Kobayashi was the fastest overall and Grand Touring Prototype class driver in the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R at 1 minute, 36.380 seconds (132.973 mph).
Other class leaders were Toby Sowery in Le Mans Prototype 2, Shane van Gisbergen in Grand Touring Daytona Pro and Anthony McIntosh in Grand Touring Daytona.
Sowery shares the No. 04 CrowdStrike by APR ORECA LMP2 07, van Gisbergen is part of the combined No. 91 Trackhouse by TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3 and McIntosh is part of the debuting No. 19 van der Steur Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo.
