Pierre Kaffer led both of Friday’s sessions – unofficially breaking his track record in the process – and had the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari F458 Italia atop the chart for much of Saturday’s session with a lap of 1:42.382 before Auberlen and three other drivers beat his time. Nick Tandy was second in the No. 911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR, 1:42.198, followed by Lucas Luhr in the No. 24 BMW Team RLL BMW Z4 GTLM, 1:42.216. Seven of the eight GTLM cars eclipsed Kaffer’s year-old mark of 1:43.797.

 

The track record is also expected to fall in GT Daytona (GTD), as Christopher Haase led four competitors past James Davison’s existing mark of 1:47.660. Haase led the session, running a weekend-best lap of 1:47.450 in the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Castrol EDGE Audi R8 LMS.

 

Andy Lally was second with a lap of 1:47.513 in the No. 44 Magnus Racing Flex Box Porsche 911 GT America, followed by Markus Palttala, 1:47.565 in the No. 97 Turner Motorsports Alvarez & Marsal/IHG Rewards Club BMW Z4, and Kuno Wittmer, 1:47.632 in the No. 007 TRG-AMR Royal Purple/Orion Energy/LaSalle Solutions/PassTime USA/Mellow Mushroom Aston Martin Vantage. 

 

Next up will be qualifying at 4:40 p.m. ET, to set the field for Sunday’s Oak Tree Grand Prix at VIR, which will be streamed live on imsa.com and the IMSA mobile app. Round 10 of the 2015 TUDOR Championship is set for 1 p.m. ET, and will be broadcast live on FOX Sports 1.