Daytona 24 Hours: Shank Ligier stays ahead in final practice

AJ Allmendinger set the best time of the one-hour session aboard the Ligier-Honda JSP2 that team-mate Oswaldo Negri Jr put on pole position.

His time of 1m40.877s put him three tenths up on Scott Dixon in the best of the Chip Ganassi Racing Riley-Ford EcoBoost DPs, which ended up on a 1m41.204s.

Third fastest was Joao Barbosa in the lead Action Express Racing Coyote-Chevrolet Corvette DP, a further tenth and a half behind.

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Rubens Barrichello was fourth in the Starworks Motorsports Riley-Dinan/BMW DP on a 1m41.401s and Charlie Kimball claimed fifth in the second Ganassi car with a 1m41.567s.

The #1 Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD-Honda ARX-04b ran for the first time since Thursday morning's opening free practice session after suffering engine problems related to an exhaust manifold issue.

Ryan Dalziel's time of 1m42.030s put him eighth in the standings.

The GT Le Mans class was led by Giancarlo Fisichella in the Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia.

His time of 1m44.572s was just over a tenth clear of Antonio Garcia in the fastest of the factory Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs.

Bruno Junqueira wast fastest in the Prototype Challenge one-make division for Paul Gentilozzi's RSR squad, while Kuba Giermaziak topped the GT Daytona times in his GB Autosport Porsche 911 GT Americas.

LEADING PRACTICE TIMES:

Pos	Class	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap
1	P	J.Pew, O.Negri, A.Allmendinger, M.McMurry	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Ligier/HPD	1m40.877s	-
2	P	S.Dixon, T.Kanaan, K.Larson, J.McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Riley/Ford	1m41.204s	0.327s
3	P	J.Barbosa, C.Fittipaldi, S.Bourdais	Action Express Racing	Corvette/Chevrolet	1m41.355s	0.478s
4	P	B.Hartley, R.Barrichello, R.H.-Reay, T.Graves, S.Mayer	Starworks Motorsport	Riley/BMW	1m41.401s	0.524s
5	P	S.Pruett, J.Hand, C.Kimball, S.Karam	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Riley/Ford	1m41.567s	0.690s
6	P	T.Krohn, O.Pla, N.Jonsson, A.Brundle	Krohn Racing	Ligier/Judd	1m41.799s	0.922s
7	P	S.Sharp, R.Dalziel, D.H.Hansson	Tequila Patron ESM	HPD	1m41.901s	1.024s
8	P	R.Westbrook, M.Valiante, M.Rockenfeller, G.Cosmo	visitflorida.com Racing	Corvette/Chevrolet	1m41.934s	1.057s
9	P	E.Brown, J.van Overbeek, J.Fogarty	Tequila Patron ESM	HPD	1m42.374s	1.497s
10	P	J.Pace, B.Defoor, D.Hinton, D.Schroeder, D.Smith		Riley/BMW	1m43.025s	2.148s