The first two practice sessions have been run and done as teams’s prepare for the final round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship here at Road Atlanta – the 17th annual Petit Le Mans.

Jordan Taylor topped the times for Wayne Taylor Racing in the opening session – stopping the clocks at 1 minute, 15.087. IndyCar ace Sebastien Bourdais went quicker in the afternoon session, pushing the quick time down to 1:14.610.

Alex Brundle was second fastest in the afternoon for Oak Racing – 1/2 a second adrift off Bourdais’ time.

In the GT Le Mans ranks, Wolf Henzler set the fastest time of the day in the first session when he recored a 1:19.270 lap. Porsche was also quickest in the afternoon with Patrick Long recording a 1:19.666 to top the session.

The No.3 Corvette was consistent – third fastest in both sessions. Antonio Garcia was at the wheel in the morning with Jan Magnussen driving in the afternoon.

Other class leaders included Colin Braun (morning) and Gunnar Jeannette (afternoon) in PC and Leh Keen (morning) and Jan Heylen (afternoon) in GT Daytona.

Cars are back on track tonight at 7:30pm.

SESSION 1
Top three in class (overall in parentheses):
(1) #10-P Jordan Taylor (Corvette DP) 1:15.087
(2) #5-P Joao Barbosa (Corvette DP) 1:15.177 (0.090-)
(3) #90-P Michael Valiante (Corvette DP) 1:15.396 (0.309-)

(8) #54-PC Colin Braun (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 1:16.791
(10) #87-PC Martin Plowman (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 1:17.649 (0.858-)
(11) #25-PC Tom Kimber-Smith (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 1:17.722 (0.931-)

(20) #17-GTLM Wolf Henzler (Porsche 911 RSR) 1:19.270
(21) #912-GTLM Michael Christensen (Porsche 911 RSR) 1:19.489 (0.219-)
(22) #3-GTLM Antonio Garcia (Chevrolet Corvette C7.R) 1:19.606 (0.336-)

(34) #22-GTD Leh Keen (Porsche 911 GT America) 1:22.363
(35) #58-GTD Jan Heylen (Porsche 911 GT America) 1:22.801 (0.438-)
(36) #44-GTD Andy Lally (Porsche 911 GT America) 1:22.855 (0.492-)

SESSION 2
Top three in class (overall in parentheses):
(1) #5-P Sebastien Bourdais (Corvette DP) 1:14.610
(2) #42-P Alex Brundle (Ligier JS P2) 1:15.134 (0.524-)
(3) #10-P Ricky Taylor (Corvette DP) 1:15.408 (0.798-)

(10) #52-PC Gunnar Jeannette (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 1:17.533
(11) #09-PC Bruno Junqueira (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 1:17.635 (0.102-)
(12) #25-PC Sean Rayhall (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 1:17.842 (0.309-)

(20) #912-GTLM Patrick Long (Porsche 911 RSR) 1:19.666
(21) #91-GTLM Marc Goossens (Dodge Viper SRT) 1:19.667 (0.001-)
(22) #3-GTLM Jan Magnussen (Chevrolet Corvette C7.R) 1:19.671 (0.005-)

(34) #58-GTD Jan Heylen (Porsche 911 GT America) 1:22.123
(35) #94-GTD Dane Cameron (BMW Z4) 1:22.563 (0.440-)
(36) #27-GTD Andrew Davis (Porsche 911 GT America) 1:22.681 (0.558-)