{"id":273056,"date":"2026-04-17T19:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273056\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:54:13","slug":"heinrich-quickest-for-jdc-miller-in-opening-long-beach-practice-sportscar365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273056\/","title":{"rendered":"Heinrich Quickest for JDC-Miller in Opening Long Beach Practice \u2013 Sportscar365"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo: Perry Nelson\/IMSA<\/p>\n

Laurin Heinrich was quickest in\u00a0opening practice for this weekend\u2019s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.<\/p>\n

The Long Beach rookie, aboard JDC-Miller Motorsports Porsche 963, reeled off a chart-topping time of 1:13.240 in the closing stages of Friday morning\u2019s session to dethrone the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 of Tom Blomqvist, who led much of the session.<\/p>\n

Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R was third, also in a late session improvement.<\/p>\n

It bumped Laurens Vanthoor, in the No. 6 Penske Porsche 963 to fourth. However, co-driver Kevin Estre stopped late in the session after brushing the Turn 4 wall, before the Frenchman made his way safely into a track cut-out.<\/p>\n

Both of the factory Porsches, which are undefeated in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition so far this season, are carrying 45 kg\/99 pounds of additional weight as part of a pre-event Balance of Performance adjustment.<\/p>\n

Heinrich\u2019s Porsche is some 40 kg lighter than the works machines.<\/p>\n

Jack Aitken completed the top-five in the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac.<\/p>\n

GTD was paced by the 13 Autosport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, also in a late improvement, bumping the guesting No. 89 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth to second.<\/p>\n

The opening practice ran without a red flag, although there were several spins or run-off excursions, including one by Sheldon van der Linde in the No. 24 BMW, who overshot Turn 1, but continued.<\/p>\n

Louis Deletraz had a similar incident but in Turn 8, while Brendan Iribe also went off in Turn 1 in his Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo.<\/p>\n

Renger van der Zande\u2019s No. 93 Acura also had a minor incident but also continued.<\/p>\n

A second 90-minute practice session is on tap for 1:10 p.m. PST (4:30 p.m. EST).<\/p>\n

RESULTS: Practice 1<\/a><\/p>\n

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John Dagys is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sportscar365. Dagys spent eight years as a motorsports correspondent for FOXSports.com and SPEED Channel and has contributed to numerous other motorsports publications worldwide. Contact John<\/a><\/p>\n

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