BMW Team RLL dominated the second Roar Before The 24 session at Daytona, with Dries Vanthoor setting the fastest time of 1m35.424s in the No. 24 M Hybrid V8. This performance surpassed Meyer Shank Racing's morning session lead by 0.4 seconds.

Nick Yelolly placed the No. 93 Acura MSR ARX-06 in second position with a time of 1m35.619s, just 0.2s behind the leader. Lamborghini's SC63, driven by Romain Grosjean, secured third place with a 1m36.041s after recovering from morning technical issues.

Notable highlights from other classes:

• LMP2: TDS Racing's ORECA led with Mikkel Jensen's 1m39.047s
• GTD Pro: AO Racing Porsche topped the category with Laurin Heinrich's 1m47.775s
• GTD: Korthoff Competition Mercedes set the pace with 1m48.237s

The No. 7 Porsche Penske 963 faced challenges when Felipe Nasr had to stop due to a high-voltage alarm, while Inter Europol Competition's ORECA caused a late red flag after stopping on track.

"We believe we have taken steps since last year," said Vanthoor. "We've done a lot of testing and there's a lot of hard work going on. We will see next week if it pays off."

Testing continues tomorrow at 11:15 am for WeatherTech teams.

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