There were four practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, three on Thursday and one on Friday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Thursday morning and afternoon. The third held later that evening ran for 90 minutes; the fourth on Friday morning lasted an hour.
Practice 1 The first practice session took place at 10:15 am
ET on Thursday and ended with
João Barbosa topping the charts for
Action Express Racing, with a lap time of 1:52.485.
Practice 2 The second practice session took place at 2:25 pm
ET on Thursday and ended with
Olivier Pla topping the charts for
Krohn Racing, with a lap time of 1:52.731.
Night Practice The night practice session took place at 7:15 pm
ET on Thursday and ended with
Olivier Pla topping the charts for
Krohn Racing, with a lap time of 1:51.973.
Final Practice The fourth and final practice session took place at 9:50 am
ET on Friday and ended with
Oswaldo Negri Jr. topping the charts for
Michael Shank Racing with
Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:52.096. == Qualifying ==