Aitken leads Sebring night practice in Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R
The No. 31 Whelen Cadillac, driven by Jack Aitken, led the third practice session at Sebring with a time of 1m49.125s ahead of Saturday's 12-hour race. This marks the first time this week a Cadillac V-Series.R has topped the timing sheets.
IMSA race car at Sebring night
The Acura MSR ARX-06s claimed second and third positions, with the No. 93 driven by Nick Yelloly posting 1m49.250s and Tom Blomqvist's No. 60 recording 1m49.343s. The No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 and No. 24 BMW RLL rounded out the top five.
In LMP2, Mikkel Jensen led for TDS Racing with a 1m50.496s, outpacing three GTP cars. GTD saw Winward Racing's No. 57 Mercedes top the category with Philip Ellis's 2m00.538s time, while the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche led GTD PRO.
The session experienced three red flags: one for the stopped No. 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari, another for debris removal, and a final stoppage when the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus pulled off track.
Wayne Taylor Racing's No. 45 Lamborghini Huracan returned to action after missing Practice 2 due to repairs following Daniel Formal's incident in FP1. The team completed 31 laps in the night session.
IMSA Sebring Practice 3 Results
IMSA WeatherTech qualifying continues tomorrow at 11:25am ET, with teams focusing on optimizing their night-running performance for Saturday's race finish under darkness.