- Stewart Friesen returned to the driver's seat Thursday night at All-Tech Raceway in Florida for the first time since his devastating crash at Autodrome Drummond back in July. He finished seventh in the first night of the Showdown in the Sunshine State.
- In the opening practice
session for this weekend's Asian Le Mans Series doubleheader at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, NTT IndyCar Series regular Nolan Siegel was fastest overall with a lap at 116.986 mph in his Inter Europol Competition ORECA 07-Gibson. The lap was .128 seconds faster than CrowdStrike Racing by APR's Malthe Jakobsen. Cetilar Racing's Charles Milesi was third, then United Autosports' Mikkel Jensen. ARC Bratislava's Matthieu Vaxiviere was fifth.
In LMP3, Team Virage's Vic Stevens was fastest in his Ligier JS P325-Toyota with a lap at 106.914 mph. That lap was .343 seconds faster than 23Events Racing's Matteo Quintarelli. High Class Racing's Philip Lindberg was third, then R-ACE GP's Fabien Michal. Narain Karthikeyan in the second Team Virage entry was fifth.
United Autosports' Wayne Boyd was fastest in GT with a lap at 104.140 mph in his McLaren 720S GT3 Evo. He was .043 seconds faster than the Corvette of Charlie Eastwood. Ecurie Ecosse Blackthorn's Kobe Pauwels was third, then the Ferrari of Kessel Racing's Dennis Marschall. QMMF by GetSpeed's Lucas Auer was fifth in his Mercedes.
- The seventh night of the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park was cancelled due to rain.