Cars from the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship have hit the track for the first time at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Porsche ace Patrick Long topped the timesheets for the opening session in GTLM. Bill Auberlen led the session early before Long and Ferrari’s Giancarlo Fisichella set their times on the their last flying lap before the checkered flag.

The P2-style prototypes dominated the opening session with Ryan Dalziel leading an Extreme Speed Motorsports 1-2 with Johannes van Overbeek. Oak Racing’s Nissan Morgan was third fastest with Gustavo Yacaman.

Other class leaders included Martin Plowman in PC and Dane Cameron in GT Daytona.

Cars on back on track at 1:45pm before qualifying begins at 4:00pm.

TOP FIVE IN CLASS

(1) #1-P Ryan Dalziel (HPD ARX-03b) 1:18.349
(2) #2-P Johannes van Overbeek (HPD ARX-03b) 1:18.580 (0.231-)
(3) #42-P Gustavo Yacaman (Morgan Nissan) 1:18.735 (0.386-)
(4) #5-P Joao Barbosa (Corvette DP) 1:18.910 (0.561-)
(5) #90-P Richard Westbrook (Corvette DP) 1:19.264 (0.915-)

(10) #88-PC Martin Plowman (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 1:20.320
(11) #54-PC Colin Braun (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 1:20.555 (0.235-)
(12) #09-PC Bruno Junqueira (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 1:20.834 (0.514-)
(13) #8-PC Renger van der Zande (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 1:21.098 (0.778-)
(14) #25-PC Sean Rayhall (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 1:21.157 (0.837-)

(21) #912-GTLM Patrick Long (Porsche 911 RSR) 1:23.092
(22) #62-GTLM Giancarlo Fisichella (Ferrari F458 Italia) 1:23.147 (0.055-)
(23) #55-GTLM Bill Auberlen (BMW Z4 GTE) 1:23.169 (0.077-)
(24) #56-GTLM Dirk Mueller (BMW Z4 GTE) 1:23.192 (0.100-)
(25) #911-GTLM Richard Lietz (Porsche 911 RSR) 1:23.366 (0.274-)

(32) #94-GTD Dane Cameron (BMW Z4) 1:26.491
(33) #45-GTD Spencer Pumpelly (Audi R8 LMS) 1:26.626 (0.135-)
(34) #22-GTD Leh Keen (Porsche 911 GT America) 1:26.647 (0.156-)
(35) #23-GTD Mario Farnbacher (Porsche 911 GT America) 1:26.654 (0.163-)
(36) #58-GTD Jan Heylen (Porsche 911 GT America) 1:26.682 (0.191-)