Honda Prototype, Ferrari, Lamborghini Top Scoring Charts In Second Day Of Roar Before The Rolex 24 Practice At Daytona - Speedway Digest

Oliver Pla led the scoring charts for the second day in a row, joined by three new leaders in other respective IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship classes during practice in the Roar Before the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Pla paced the Prototype class Saturday night with a lap of 1:39.687 (128.562 mph). Pla also posted the fastest time thus far in the three-day test in preparation for the 2016 season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona, running 1:39.445 (128.875 mph) on Friday afternoon in the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian Honda Ligier JS P2 co-driven by Ozz Negri, John Pew and AJ Allmendinger.

Mike Rockenfeller led the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class with a lap of 1:45.256 (121.760 mph) in the No. 3 Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R co-driven by defending Rolex 24 class winners Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia. Maro Engel was quickest in Prototype Challenge (PC), running 1:43.175 (124.216 mph) in the No. 88 Starworks Motorsport ORECA FLM09, while Fabio Babini turned the fastest GT Daytona (GTD) lap of the weekend, a 1:48.309 (118.328 mph) in the No. 28 Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3.

The Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge also held a pair of sessions today in preparation for the season-opening BMW Performance 200 at Daytona on Friday, Jan. 29. Scott Maxwell led Grand Sport (GS) with a lap of 1:57.823 (108.773 mph) in the No. 15 Multimatic Motorsport Ford Shelby GT350R-C, while Seth Thomas was fastest in Street Tuner (ST), running 2:06.061 (101.665 mph) in the No. 38 Next Level European Porsche Cayman.

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