Ganassi Fords top opening practice in Daytona

No surprise here: Scott Dixon leads opening practice at Daytona

With a lap of 1:39.406, Scott Dixon placed the #02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Ford EcoBoost atop the times in opening practice of 'The Roar Before the 24' at Daytona International Speedway. Dixon, who will share the car with Tony Kanaan, Kyle Larson, and Jamie McMurray in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona led a Ganassi 1-2, as the #01 car shared by Scott Pruett, Joey Hand, Sage Karam and Charlie Kimball recorded a time of 1:39.505.

Defending Rolex 24 winners Joao Barbosa, Sebastien Bourdais, and Christian Fittipaldi were third in the #5 Action Express Corvette DP with a time of 1:39.633.

Full times to follow….