Veterans Set the Pro Pace, Andretti Has Excellent Am Pace at Long Beach

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Veterans Set the Pro Pace, Andretti Has Excellent Am Pace at Long Beach

Veteran competitor James Sofronas set the fastest lap in practice at the Pirelli GT4 America Streets of Long Beach Presented by AWS. The former champion clicked off a 1:27.261 fast lap toward the end of Thursday's practice session to pace the Pro class in the #14 GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4.

Behind him, multi-class champion Michael Cooper managed a best effort of 1:27.835-seconds in the #10 Blackdog Speed Shop machine, a McLaren 570S GT4 - representing a new marque for Cooper and the team this season.

For Team Panoz, Ian James took the #50 Panoz Avezzano to a click slower than Cooper, stopping the clock at 1:27.882-seconds and closing out the top-three pro practice spots.

For the amateur-ranked drivers, it was Andretti Autosport namesake Jarett Andretti who earned the top spot as well as the second-overall position with the #18 McLaren 570S GT4. His time of 1:27.506-seconds was the top practice lap for quite some time before Sofronas' last effort near the end of the session.

Pirelli GT4 America drivers take to the track again on Friday, starting with the 10:00 am PDT Practice 2 session followed immediately by the official Qualifying session at 10:45 am. Live timing links for both sessions can be found at www.GT4-America.com. All results are provisional until posted Final.