
Acura finished first and second as IMSA’s new GTP era got underway, with Meyer Shank Racing leading Wayne Taylor Racing's identical machine over the line, as the #01 Ganassi machine Bourdais shared with Renger van der Zande and Scott Dixon completed the podium.
The sister #02 CGR Cadillac that Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn and Richard Westbrook will race in the World Endurance Championship full-time this year was fourth and also on the lead lap, as fellow Cadillac outfit Action Express Racing finished fifth.