DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Rain turned the first day of practice for the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech Rolex 24 at Daytona into a wet-weather testing session, and handed qualifying to the GT-Le Mans cars.
Porsche, as it did at Petit Le Mans last year, proved to be the most able ride in the wet, with Petit winner Nick Tandy in the #911 Porsche North America RSR lapping the 3.56-mile Daytona road course in 2:01.408 at ,05.56 mph, beating team mate Frederic Makowiecki in the #912 sister car around Daytona’s 3.56-mile road course by nine-tenths of a second.
John Edwards in the #100 BMW Team RLL M6 qualified third overall and in class with a lap of 2:02.497.
As an indicator of how bad conditions were, the 2015 GT Le Mans pole went to Corvette Racing with a lap of 1.44.48.
