Scott Pruett tests both Action Express entries at Sebring

Veteran IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship driver Scott Pruett left the Chip Ganassi-run Prototype team at the first of the season, signing with the two-car Action Express Chevrolet Corvette DP team. Though he is expected to drive the No. 31 car in the race, Pruett spent time in both the No. 5 and No. 31 Corvettes at Sebring, getting not only some valuable track time in his new ride, but giving the team some valuable feedback.

“Whenever you prepare for a long, grueling endurance race, you want to have options available to you," said team manager Gary Nelson. “Certainly having a veteran driver like Scott, he can adapt quickly to jumping between cars, particularly when ours are as close to identical as what they are, so we just wanted him to have laps in both cars should the need arise for him to pilot the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Corvette DP in the 12 hours."

Pruett co-drove the No. 5 entry in the Rolex 24 at Daytona with Christian Fittipaldi, Joao Barbosa and Filipe Albuquerque. He’ll share the No. 31 with Eric Curran and Dane Cameron at Sebring. IMSA Wire Service