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GRAND-AM: Barbosa Quickest In Practice 1 At New Jersey
Action Express Racing Corvette DP tops opening practice at New Jersey Motorsports Park...
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series  | http://www.grand-am.com/  |  Posted May 11, 2012  
Action Express Racing's Joao Barbosa led the way in opening practice at New Jersey. (Photo: Brian Cleary/GRAND-AM)
It didn’t take many laps for either Joao Barbosa or Jonathan Bomarito to work up to speed at New Jersey Motorsports Park as both drivers topped their respective class time charts in the opening practice session for the Global Barter 250 presented by Susan G. Komen For The Cure.

Barbosa turned a best time of 1:15.630 (107.100 mph) on his sixth lap in the No. 9 Action Express Racing Corvette DP to lead the Daytona Prototype class, while Bomarito led GT at 1:22.088 (98.675 mph) on his fifth lap in the No. 70 Mazdaspeed/Mazda/ModSpace/Castrol Mazda RX-8.

Ricky Taylor was second in DP at 1:15.796 (106.866 mph) in the No. 10 SunTrust Corvette DP, followed by Scott Pruett in the No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley at 1:15.848 (106.793 mph).

Jordan Taylor was second in GT at 1:22.100 (98.660 mph) in the No. 88 Autohaus Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro GT.R and Dane Cameron posted the third-quickest GT time at 1:22.185 (98.558 mph) in the No. 42 TheRaceSite.com Mazda RX-8.

RESULTS: Practice 1
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