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Jack Aitken confirmed a clean sweep of Daytona practice for Cadillac and a second successive session at the top of
The final practice session before tomorrow’s Daytona 24 Hours race took place on the world-famous Speedway road course. Cadillac, who had topped all three sessions on Thursday, aimed to complete the sweep on Friday. Pipo Derani in the #31 Caddy initially took the top spot, followed by his teammate Aitken. Lance Wilsey’s crash brought out a red flag, but the session resumed with seven and a half minutes left. Connor De Phillippi in the #25 BMW and Sebastien Bourdais in the #01 Cadillac secured second and third place, respectively. The GTD classification saw Thomas Preining in the #43 Andretti Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 leading the pack. The Daytona 24 Hours race begins Saturday at 18:40 local time.