Dane Cameron and Juan Pablo Montoya remained red hot in the No. 6 Acura Team Penske ARX-05 Daytona Prototype international (DPi) on Friday at Watkins Glen International.
After winning each of the past two IMSA SportsCar Championship races, the No. 6 Acura DPi topped the time charts in Friday practice for Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen.
Cameron did the honors, running a best lap of 1 minute, 30.014 seconds (135.978 mph) in Friday afternoon’s session, which was the quickest lap of the day.
“We’re really happy with where everything is at the moment to be honest,” Cameron said. “Last year, we had a lot of pace, but just couldn’t quite put it all together. So, it’s kind of nice – at least for us in the 6 car without winning last year – to get the monkey off our back a little bit and get a couple wins in a row.”
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It’s a lot of confidence for all the guys and I think everybody’s just really executing on a really high level right now, which is what we need and what we expect of Acura Team Penske.”
Cameron was more than six tenths of a second quicker than Harry Tincknell’s second-quickest lap of the day in the No. 55 Mazda Team Joest RT24-P DPi at 1:30.690 (134.965 mph). Tincknell led the morning practice session in the No. 55 he is sharing with Jonathan Bomarito and Olivier Pla.
“It’s one of the best races of the season,” Tincknell said after morning practice. “You have to recalibrate what’s fast and what’s slow when you come to The Glen, ‘cause there’s so much grip. You look at a corner and you think it’s going to be third gear and it’s fifth gear, and you think you’re going to brake at 150 meters and you’re braking at 70. It’s a crazy place. Awesome track.”