Yahoo Autos MSR Acura stays ahead in second IMSA Watkins Glen practice
Colin Braun topped the second practice for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen with his final lap in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06. The final 15 minutes, after the virtual checker for the Pro-Am classes, saw times tumble with only GTP and GTD PRO on track in a thrilling set of qualifying simulations, boding well for an exciting qualifying session this afternoon.
Braun had been sitting second behind Connor De Phillippi until the lap. De Phillippi had been at the top of the time sheet for most of the final 15 minutes, posting his quickest lap yet a 1m32.315s in the No. 25 BMW M Team RLL M Hybrid V8 with only seconds left in the session before Braun pipped it by 0.004s. BMW briefly held one-two at the top of the time sheet, Augusto Farfus ending up with a 1m32.574s time in the No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8.
Pipo Derani had been the first driver in the 1m32s range, setting his time early in the final push before taking the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R to the pits. His 1m32.785s lap would remain good enough for fourth in the session, with Nick Tandy making the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsports 963 that last car within a second at 1m33.089s.
