{"id":273832,"date":"2026-04-18T06:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273832\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T06:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:18:33","slug":"heinrich-puts-jdc-porsche-on-top-in-long-beach-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273832\/","title":{"rendered":"Heinrich Puts JDC Porsche On Top In Long Beach Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his first weekend for JDC-Miller MotorSports, Laurin Heinrich put the black and gold #5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 at the top of the leaderboard in opening practice for the IMSA Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, setting a 1:13.240 at the chequered flag to surpass Acura Meyer Shank Racing\u2019s Tom Blomqvist in the #60 ARX-06 (1:13.335).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the start of a packed day for IMSA, with Practice 2 set to begin at 1:10 PM PT (local time), followed by Qualifying at 5:25 PM PT.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysportscar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/10-Cadillac-Wayne-Taylor-Racing-V-Series-R-2026-IMSA-Long-Beach-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-502648 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/10-Cadillac-Wayne-Taylor-Racing-V-Series-R-2026-IMSA-Long-Beach-1-690x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Behind Heinrich and Blomqvist, the #10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R of Filipe Albuquerque was third-quickest with a 1:13.402. Laurens Vanthoor in the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 set a 1:13.436 to go fourth-fastest in GTP. This is with the significant Balance of Performance adjustment headlined by a 45 kilogramme weight increase for the factory 963s.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Aitken timed in fifth in the #31 Cadillac Whelen V-Series.R (1:13.462).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysportscar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/93-Acura-Meyer-Shank-Racing-ARX-06-2026-IMSA-Long-Beach-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-502653 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/93-Acura-Meyer-Shank-Racing-ARX-06-2026-IMSA-Long-Beach-1-690x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In sixth was the #93 Meyer Shank Racing Acura, which, similar to the two <a title=\"Porsche Penske Reveals Apple Music Livery For Long Beach\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysportscar.com\/2026\/04\/16\/porsche-penske-reveals-apple-music-livery-for-long-beach.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Music-sponsored Penske Porsches<\/a>, also has a special one-off livery featuring the famous 76 fuel station brand, which has its roots in California and is now owned by ConocoPhillips, for the Long Beach round.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysportscar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/13-13-Autosport-Chevrolet-Corvette-Z06-GT3-R-2026-IMSA-Long-Beach-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-502649 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/13-13-Autosport-Chevrolet-Corvette-Z06-GT3-R-2026-IMSA-Long-Beach-1-690x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In GTD, Matthew Bell put the 13 Autosport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R at the top of the board with a 1:19.226 set at the chequered flag.<\/p>\n<p>Bell\u2019s time unseated Jack Hawksworth from the top spot, but his 1:19.330 in the #89 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 was still good for second-fastest. The #89 Lexus is, of course, one of three GTD Pro entries making one-off GTD cameo appearances at Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Behind him, Philip Ellis went third-fastest in the #57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3, and Giacomo Alto\u00e8 was fourth in the #81 DragonSpeed Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysportscar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81-DragonSpeed-Chevrolet-Corvette-Z06-GT3-R-2026-IMSA-Long-Beach-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-502652 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81-DragonSpeed-Chevrolet-Corvette-Z06-GT3-R-2026-IMSA-Long-Beach-1-690x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DragonSpeed unveiled a new livery yesterday, reuniting with streetwear company Anti-Social Social Club who designed a striking pink and green livery. Pfaff Motorsports is also running a one-off livery for the #46 Lamborghini Temerario GT3, setting its signature red and black plaid aside for the blue and white of longtime sponsor Lithia Auto Group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysportscar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/36-DXDT-Racing-Chevrolet-Corvette-Z06-GT3-R-2026-IMSA-Long-Beach-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-502650 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/36-DXDT-Racing-Chevrolet-Corvette-Z06-GT3-R-2026-IMSA-Long-Beach-1-690x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also unveiling a new look and sponsorship is DXDT Racing, with Wealthspire adding a splash of gold to the blue #36 Corvette. Robert Wickens set the car\u2019s fastest time in the session, but that time was only good enough for 13th-fastest in the 17-car GTD field.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a few drivers going off in the run-off areas, the entire first practice session was run without any red flags.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysportscar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMSA-2026-Long-Beach-Free-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PRACTICE 1 RESULTS &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Images \u00a9 IMSA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In his first weekend for JDC-Miller MotorSports, Laurin Heinrich put the black and gold #5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132,110977],"class_list":["post-273832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-rj-oconnell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}