Practice for this weekend's Rolex 24 at Daytona kicked off Thursday morning with Spirit of Daytona driver Richard Westbrook posting the quickest lap overall in the session in his Corvette DP at 1:39.462. A total of 66 cars spread across the event's four classes posted laps in the hour-long session at Daytona International Speedway.
There was a single incident in the session involving Alex Job Racing driver Alex Riberas whose Porsche 911 GT America made contact in Turn 5. Riberas was cleared to drive following the incident, but the car sustained significant damage to the front of the GTD car.
Christian Fittipaldi came home in the second position overall with a lap time of 1:39.764 in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP. Fittipaldi was followed on the chart by Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates driver Scott Pruett who posted a top lap of 1:40.147 in the team's Riley DP.
Read Marshall Pruett's complete analysis of Thursday morning practice.
Westbrook Corvette DP leads opening Rolex 24 practice