IMSA: Shank takes second Petit Le Mans practice

The No. 60 Ligier JS P2-Honda from Michael Shank Racing topped the second practice session of the day at Road Atlanta as Ozz Negri became the only driver to crack the 1m14s barrier. The Brazilian veteran flew around the warm and idyllic countryside circuit (1m13.923s) and was chased by both factory Mazda Prototypes with Joel Miller in the No. 70 (-0.219s) and teammate Tristan Nunez in the No. 55 (-0.443s) ensured P2 cars swept the top three.

"I can't say enough about my Michael Shank Racing team, the crew, my engineer Dale [Wise], Gary (Karamikian) at Honda HPD, they've all been working flat out," Negri said. "I'm giddy about having this group of people including Olivier Pla on this team. We like the same thing in the car. Anything he asks for with the set up works for me, and whatever I ask for works for him. It's just a great thing. We are here for one objective which is to be up front and win this race."

PC saw Johnny Mowlem, who will retire after Saturday's 10-hour Petit Le Mans race, lead the class in his No. 20 BAR1 entry (1m16.707s) as Jose Gutierrez followed in the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports PC (-0.230s) and Kenton Koch in the No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports car (-0.617s).

Scuderia Corsa shot to the lead of GT Le Mans in the No. 68 Ferrari 488 GTE with Daniel Serra behind the wheel (1m18.354s). Ford Chip Ganassi Racing's Joey Hand was close behind in his No. 66 Ford GT (-0.062s) and another Ferrari 488 GTE followed with Giancarlo Fisichella in the No. 62 Risi Competizione entry (-0.195s).

UP NEXT: Practice 3, 7:30 p.m. ET