Action Express leads first two Sebring 12 Hours practice sessions
Action Express Racing team took an early lead on Sebring 12 Hour timesheets as its two entries topped both of Thursday's opening IMSA SportsCar Championship practice sessions.
Dane Cameron lapped the 3.74-mile circuit in an unbeaten time of 1m52.447s in the morning's hour-long session in the #31 Chevrolet Corvette DP, 0.779 seconds clear of the #5 sister car.
The Daytona-winning Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier wasn't far off the pace in third in the hands of Johannes van Overbeek in the morning, while Oswaldo Negri Jr set the fourth fastest time in Michael Shank Racing's own Ligier JS P2.
In the afternoon session Christian Fittipaldi's early lap of 1m53.850s was the fastest time.
The #25 BMW Team RLL led the GT Le Mans field in the opening session, while in GT Daytona Jeroen Bleekemolen set the pace in the Riley Motorsports Dodge Viper GT3-R, also in the morning session.
Morning Session
| Pos | Class Pos | Car No | Class | Drivers | Best Time | Speed | In Lap | Diff | Laps | Make |
| 1 | 1 | 31 | P | Cameron/Curran/Pruett | 1:52.447 | 119.736 | 12 | 0.000 | 20 | Chevrolet Corvette DP |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | P | Barbosa/Fittipaldi/Albuquerque/Pruett | 1:53.226 | 118.913 | 5 | 0.779 | 19 | Chevrolet Corvette DP |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | P | Sharp/Brown/van Overbeek/Derani | 1:53.312 | 118.822 | 5 | 0.865 | 0 | Honda HPD Ligier JS P2 |
| 4 | 4 | 60 | P | Pew/Negri Jr./Pla | 1:54.132 | 117.969 | 7 | 1.685 | 18 | Honda HPD Ligier JS P2 |
| 5 | 5 | 81 | P | Hedman/Lapierre/Minassian | 1:54.180 | 117.919 | 7 | 1.733 | 20 | Nissan Oreca 05 |
| 6 | 6 | 10 | P | R.Taylor/J.Taylor/Angelelli/Barrichello | 1:54.283 | 117.813 | 6 | 1.836 | 17 | Chevrolet Corvette DP |
| 7 | 7 | 90 | P | Goossens/Dalziel/Hunter-Reay | 1:54.483 | 117.607 | 3 | 2.036 | 18 | Chevrolet Corvette DP |
| 8 | 8 | 55 | P | Bomarito/Nunez/Pigot | 1:55.091 | 116.986 | 8 | 2.644 | 0 | Mazda Prototype |
| 9 | 1 | 54 | PC | Bennett/Braun/Wilkins | 1:55.469 | 116.603 | 3 | 3.022 | 21 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 10 | 9 | 70 | P | T.Long/Joel.Miller/Devlin/Ihara | 1:55.529 | 116.542 | 9 | 3.082 | 14 | Mazda Prototype |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | PC | Popow/van der Zande/Heinemeier Han | 1:56.329 | 115.741 | 8 | 3.882 | 18 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 12 | 10 | 0 | P | Legge/Rayhall/Meyrick | 1:56.420 | 115.650 | 5 | 3.973 | 16 | DeltaWing DWC13 |
| 13 | 11 | 24 | P | C.de Quesada/Morad/Lawrence/D.Far | 1:57.025 | 115.052 | 7 | 4.578 | 16 | BMW Power Riley DP |
| 14 | 3 | 88 | PC | Johnston/Engel/Lyons | 1:57.548 | 114.540 | 15 | 5.101 | 22 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 15 | 4 | 20 | PC | Mowlem/Drissi/Drumwright/Yount | 1:57.563 | 114.526 | 6 | 5.116 | 0 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 16 | 5 | 52 | PC | Kimber-Smith/J.Gutierrez/Alon | 1:57.609 | 114.481 | 13 | 5.162 | 25 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 17 | 6 | 38 | PC | French/Marcelli/Jo.Norman | 1:57.731 | 114.362 | 8 | 5.284 | 0 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 18 | 7 | 85 | PC | Goikhberg/C.Miller/Simpson/Koch | 1:57.811 | 114.285 | 13 | 5.364 | 24 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 19 | 12 | 50 | P | Pace/DeFoor/Hinton/Schroeder | 1:59.219 | 112.935 | 6 | 6.772 | 15 | BMW Power Riley DP |
| 20 | 1 | 25 | GTLM | Auberlen/Werner/Spengler | 1:59.327 | 112.833 | 7 | 6.880 | 0 | BMW M6 GTLM |
| 21 | 2 | 912 | GTLM | Bamber/Makowiecki/Christensen | 1:59.633 | 112.544 | 5 | 7.186 | 18 | Porsche 911 RSR |
| 22 | 3 | 911 | GTLM | Pilet/Tandy/Estre | 1:59.642 | 112.536 | 8 | 7.195 | 19 | Porsche 911 RSR |
| 23 | 4 | 100 | GTLM | J.Edwards/Luhr/Wittmer | 1:59.685 | 112.495 | 7 | 7.238 | 21 | BMW M6 GTLM |
| 24 | 5 | 62 | GTLM | Fisichella/Vilander/Rigon | 1:59.982 | 112.217 | 8 | 7.535 | 20 | Ferrari 488 GTE |
| 25 | 6 | 67 | GTLM | Briscoe/Westbrook/Dixon | 1:59.998 | 112.202 | 10 | 7.551 | 22 | Ford GT |
| 26 | 7 | 66 | GTLM | Hand/D.Müller/Bourdais | 2:00.222 | 111.993 | 20 | 7.775 | 20 | Ford GT |
| 27 | 8 | 3 | GTLM | Garcia/Magnussen/Rockenfeller | 2:00.272 | 111.946 | 12 | 7.825 | 17 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
| 28 | 9 | 4 | GTLM | Gavin/Milner/Fassler | 2:00.430 | 111.799 | 5 | 7.983 | 19 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
Afternoon Session
| Pos | Class Pos | Car No | Class | Drivers | Best Time | Speed | In Lap | Diff | Laps | Make |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | P | Barbosa/Fittipaldi/Albuquerque/Pruett | 1:53.850 | 118.261 | 8 | 0.000 | 22 | Chevrolet Corvette DP |
| 2 | 2 | 31 | P | Cameron/Curran/Pruett | 1:54.283 | 117.813 | 17 | 0.433 | 19 | Chevrolet Corvette DP |
| 3 | 3 | 24 | P | C.de Quesada/Morad/Lawrence/D.Far | 1:54.334 | 117.760 | 12 | 0.484 | 16 | BMW Power Riley DP |
| 4 | 4 | 60 | P | Pew/Negri Jr./Pla | 1:54.428 | 117.664 | 4 | 0.578 | 17 | Honda HPD Ligier JS P2 |
| 5 | 5 | 90 | P | Goossens/Dalziel/Hunter-Reay | 1:54.581 | 117.506 | 14 | 0.731 | 18 | Chevrolet Corvette DP |
| 6 | 6 | 81 | P | Hedman/Lapierre/Minassian | 1:54.701 | 117.383 | 6 | 0.851 | 18 | Nissan Oreca 05 |
| 7 | 7 | 55 | P | Bomarito/Nunez/Pigot | 1:54.947 | 117.132 | 9 | 1.097 | 14 | Mazda Prototype |
| 8 | 8 | 10 | P | R.Taylor/J.Taylor/Angelelli/Barrichello | 1:55.015 | 117.063 | 10 | 1.165 | 17 | Chevrolet Corvette DP |
| 9 | 9 | 70 | P | T.Long/Joel.Miller/Devlin/Ihara | 1:55.747 | 116.323 | 11 | 1.897 | 19 | Mazda Prototype |
| 10 | 10 | 2 | P | Sharp/Brown/van Overbeek/Derani | 1:55.972 | 116.097 | 15 | 2.122 | 20 | Honda HPD Ligier JS P2 |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | P | Legge/Rayhall/Meyrick | 1:56.327 | 115.743 | 5 | 2.477 | 18 | DeltaWing DWC13 |
| 12 | 1 | 54 | PC | Bennett/Braun/Wilkins | 1:56.655 | 115.417 | 5 | 2.805 | 20 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 13 | 12 | 50 | P | Pace/DeFoor/Hinton/Schroeder | 1:56.999 | 115.078 | 5 | 3.149 | 17 | BMW Power Riley DP |
| 14 | 2 | 88 | PC | Johnston/Engel/Lyons | 1:57.087 | 114.991 | 7 | 3.237 | 22 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | PC | Popow/van der Zande/Heinemeier Han | 1:57.143 | 114.936 | 4 | 3.293 | 20 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 16 | 4 | 20 | PC | Mowlem/Drissi/Drumwright/Yount | 1:57.298 | 114.785 | 7 | 3.448 | 18 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 17 | 5 | 85 | PC | Goikhberg/C.Miller/Simpson/Koch | 1:57.940 | 114.160 | 10 | 4.090 | 19 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 18 | 6 | 52 | PC | Kimber-Smith/J.Gutierrez/Alon | 1:58.198 | 113.911 | 7 | 4.348 | 22 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 19 | 7 | 38 | PC | French/Marcelli/Jo.Norman | 1:58.914 | 113.225 | 6 | 5.064 | 11 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 20 | 1 | 911 | GTLM | Pilet/Tandy/Estre | 2:00.041 | 112.162 | 6 | 6.191 | 19 | Porsche 911 RSR |
| 21 | 2 | 3 | GTLM | Garcia/Magnussen/Rockenfeller | 2:00.070 | 112.135 | 8 | 6.220 | 15 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
| 22 | 3 | 68 | GTLM | Pier Guidi/Serra/Bertolini | 2:00.282 | 111.937 | 6 | 6.432 | 21 | Ferrari 488 GTE |
| 23 | 4 | 912 | GTLM | Bamber/Makowiecki/Christensen | 2:00.294 | 111.926 | 8 | 6.444 | 20 | Porsche 911 RSR |
| 24 | 5 | 25 | GTLM | Auberlen/Werner/Spengler | 2:00.370 | 111.855 | 6 | 6.520 | 23 | BMW M6 GTLM |
| 25 | 6 | 66 | GTLM | Hand/D.Müller/Bourdais | 2:00.500 | 111.734 | 11 | 6.650 | 18 | Ford GT |
| 26 | 7 | 67 | GTLM | Briscoe/Westbrook/Dixon | 2:00.588 | 111.653 | 8 | 6.738 | 15 | Ford GT |
| 27 | 8 | 62 | GTLM | Fisichella/Vilander/Rigon | 2:00.659 | 111.587 | 5 | 6.809 | 22 | Ferrari 488 GTE |
| 28 | 9 | 4 | GTLM | Gavin/Milner/Fassler | 2:00.875 | 111.388 | 14 | 7.025 | 19 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |