Burkhard leads opening practice at Road Atlanta

Opening practice for the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge comes to a close with the no.2 CSM Aston Martin of Morgan Burkhard leading the way. Burkhard laid down a fastest lap of a 1:25.427 in the opening minutes of the session. He was 0.234 seconds quicker than Michael Cooper aboard his Ibiza Farms McLaren in second. Varun Choskey rounded out the top 3 in GS. The no.27 AutoTechnic BMW ended the session in eighth the quickest of the championship contenders. In TCR Tyler Gonzalez set the pace being the only driver to break the 1:26 threshold. Gonzalez ended the session ahead of the sister car no.21 of William Tally by 0.646 seconds. Mason Filippi ended the session in third the best of the championship contenders. The one hour session saw two red flags the first for debris at turn 5. The session ended under the red flags due to the no.64 TGM Ford Mustang of Hugh Plumb running off course at turn 10.