The 2021 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was an endurance sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York on June 27, 2021. This race was the fifth round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the 2021 Michelin Endurance Cup.
Background[]
The race marked IMSA's return to Watkins Glen after the previous year's edition of the event was canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the cancellation of the scheduled event at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park prompting the running of the WeatherTech 240, the six hour race became the first of two races in as many weeks at the track.[1]
On June 18, 2021, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[2] In DPi, The Acura and Cadillac received slight fuel capacity reductions at one and two liters respectively, while the Mazda featured a 3.6 kW horsepower increase. The two GT classes saw minor adjustments, with the GTLM-class Porsche receiving a 10 kg weight reduction, while the Aston Martin received a 7.1 kW horsepower decrease and a two-liter fuel capacity decrease after winning the previous round at Belle Isle.
Entries[]
Script error: The function "further" does not exist. A total of 38 cars took part in the event, split across five classes. 7 cars were entered in DPi, 5 in LMP2, 7 in LMP3, 5 in GTLM, and 14 in GTD. The pre-event entry list contained 40 entries, but both Sean Creech Motorsport and Forty7 Motorsports withdrew their LMP3 entries before the start of the weekend.[3]
DPi featured the expected addition of the Ally Cadillac Racing #48 alongside the six full-season entries in the class.[4] Four of the seven teams also elected to add a third driver to their lineups. In LMP2, United Autosports returned as part of their Michelin Endurance Cup schedule, while James French joined Tower Motorsport By Starworks for the first time in 2021.[5] LMP3 featured a series of additions, including Marco Andretti's addition to the Andretti Autosport entry, United Autosports' IMSA LMP3 debut, and the long-awaited first IMSA SportsCar Championship appearance for Dawson Racing.[6] GTLM saw the return of WeatherTech Racing after they missed the previous round at Detroit, while BMW Team RLL returned as part of their Endurance Cup campaign.[4] In GTD, CarBahn with Peregrine Racing added another event to their Sprint Cup schedule,[4] and NTE Sport returned after most recently appearing at Daytona in January.[7] Wright Motorsports also announced prior to the event that Trent Hindman would replace Ryan Hardwick as Patrick Long's co-driver for the remainder of the season.[4]
Qualifying[]
Ricky Taylor secured overall pole for the event. Steven Thomas won the pole in LMP2, while Austin McCusker scored pole in LMP3. Antonio García started first in GTLM, and Kyle Kirkwood took pole in GTD.[8]
Qualifying results[]
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .
Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
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1 | DPi | 10 | Konica Minolta Acura | Ricky Taylor | 1:30.022 | _ | 1 |
2 | DPi | 60 | Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Dane Cameron | 1:30.141 | +0.119 | 2 |
3 | DPi | 01 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Renger van der Zande | 1:30.637 | +0.615 | 3 |
4 | DPi | 48 | Ally Cadillac Racing | Kamui Kobayashi | 1:30.671 | +0.649 | 4 |
5 | DPi | 31 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Pipo Derani | 1:30.824 | +0.802 | 5 |
6 | DPi | 55 | Mazda Motorsports | Oliver Jarvis | 1:31.075 | +1.053 | 6 |
7 | DPi | 5 | JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing | Tristan Vautier | 1:31.324 | +1.302 | 7 |
8 | LMP2 | 11 | WIN Autosport | Steven Thomas | 1:35.304 | +5.282 | 8 |
9 | LMP2 | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Ben Keating | 1:35.322 | +5.300 | 9 |
10 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Dwight Merriman | 1:38.455 | +8.433 | 10 |
11 | LMP2 | 8 | Tower Motorsport by Starworks | John Farano | 1:38.481 | +8.459 | 11 |
12 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports | James McGuire | 1:39.510 | +9.488 | 12 |
13 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Austin McCusker | 1:40.404 | +10.382 | 13 |
14 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García | 1:40.944 | +10.922 | 20 |
15 | LMP3 | 36 | Andretti Autosport | Jarett Andretti | 1:40.974 | +10.952 | 14 |
16 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner | 1:41.318 | +11.296 | 21 |
17 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL | Connor De Phillippi | 1:41.357 | +11.335 | 22 |
18 | LMP3 | 54 | CORE Autosport | George Kurtz | 1:41.501 | +11.479 | 15 |
19 | LMP3 | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Dan Goldburg | 1:41.798 | +11.776 | 16 |
20 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL | John Edwards | 1:41.932 | +11.910 | 23 |
21 | LMP3 | 84 | Dawson Racing | Theodor Olsen | 1:42.256 | +12.234 | 17 |
22 | GTLM | 79 | WeatherTech Racing | Cooper MacNeil | 1:42.363 | +12.341 | 24 |
23 | LMP3 | 74 | Riley Motorsports | Gar Robinson | 1:43.100 | +13.078 | 18 |
24 | LMP3 | 91 | Riley Motorsports | Jim Cox | 1:43.263 | +13.241 | 19 |
25 | GTD | 14 | Vasser Sullivan Racing | Kyle Kirkwood | 1:45.539 | +15.517 | 25 |
26 | GTD | 16 | Wright Motorsports | Trent Hindman | 1:45.849 | +15.827 | 26 |
27 | GTD | 42 | NTE Sport | Jaden Conwright | 1:45.853 | +15.831 | 27 |
28 | GTD | 28 | Alegra Motorsports | Daniel Morad | 1:45.997 | +15.975 | 28 |
29 | GTD | 96 | Turner Motorsport | Robby Foley | 1:46.051 | +16.029 | 29 |
30 | GTD | 12 | Vasser Sullivan Racing | Frankie Montecalvo | 1:46.265 | +16.243 | 30 |
31 | GTD | 39 | CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing | Tyler McQuarrie | 1:46.294 | +16.272 | 31 |
32 | GTD | 1 | Paul Miller Racing | Corey Lewis | 1:46.512 | +16.490 | 32 |
33 | GTD | 9 | Pfaff Motorsports | Zacharie Robichon | 1:46.550 | +16.528 | 33 |
34 | GTD | 19 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Misha Goikhberg | 1:47.070 | +17.048 | 34 |
35 | GTD | 75 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mikaël Grenier | 1:47.087 | +17.065 | 35 |
36 | GTD | 23 | Heart of Racing Team | Ian James | 1:47.500 | +17.478 | 36 |
37 | GTD | 88 | Team Hardpoint EBM | Rob Ferriol | 1:48.563 | +18.541 | 37 |
38 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports | John Potter | 1:48.909 | +18.887 | 38 |
Sources:[9][10][11][12] |
Results[]
Class winners are denoted in bold and .
Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Laps | Time/Retired |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | DPi | 55 | Mazda Motorsports | Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito |
Mazda RT24-P | 200 | 6:00:04.522 |
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
2 | DPi | 60 | Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Dane Cameron Olivier Pla |
Acura ARX-05 | 200 | +0.965 |
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6 | |||||||
3 | DPi | 10 | Konica Minolta Acura | Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi |
Acura ARX-05 | 200 | +9.392 |
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6 | |||||||
4 | DPi | 31 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Pipo Derani |
Cadillac DPi-V.R | 200 | +18.268 |
Cadillac 5.5L V8 | |||||||
5[lower-alpha 1] | DPi | 48 | Ally Cadillac Racing | Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud |
Cadillac DPi-V.R | 200 | +53.216 |
Cadillac 5.5L V8 | |||||||
6 | DPi | 01 | Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing | Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen |
Cadillac DPi-V.R | 199 | Did Not Finish |
Cadillac 5.5L V8 | |||||||
7 | DPi | 5 | JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing | Tristan Vautier Loïc Duval Sébastien Bourdais |
Cadillac DPi-V.R | 199 | +1 Lap |
Cadillac 5.5L V8 | |||||||
8 | LMP2 | 11 | WIN Autosport | Steven Thomas Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill |
Oreca 07 | 196 | +4 Laps |
Gibson 4.2L GK428 V8 | |||||||
9 | LMP2 | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker |
Oreca 07 | 196 | +4 Laps |
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | |||||||
10 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports | James McGuire Wayne Boyd Guy Smith |
Oreca 07 | 193 | +7 Laps |
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | |||||||
11 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García Jordan Taylor |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 187 | +13 Laps |
Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | |||||||
12 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL | John Edwards Jesse Krohn Augusto Farfus |
BMW M8 GTE | 187 | +13 Laps |
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8 | |||||||
13 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL | Connor De Phillippi Philipp Eng Bruno Spengler |
BMW M8 GTE | 187 | +13 Laps |
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8 | |||||||
14 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner Nick Tandy |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 187 | +13 Laps |
Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | |||||||
15 | LMP3 | 74 | Riley Motorsports | Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Scott Andrews |
Ligier JS P320 | 186 | +14 Laps |
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | |||||||
16 | LMP3 | 54 | CORE Autosport | Jon Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun |
Ligier JS P320 | 186 | +14 Laps |
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | |||||||
17 | LMP3 | 91 | Riley Motorsports | Jim Cox Dylan Murry Jeroen Bleekemolen |
Ligier JS P320 | 186 | +14 Laps |
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | |||||||
18 | LMP3 | 36 | Andretti Autosport | Jarett Andretti Oliver Askew Marco Andretti |
Ligier JS P320 | 185 | +15 Laps |
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | |||||||
19 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Niklas Krütten Edouard Cauhaupé Austin McCusker |
Ligier JS P320 | 183 | +17 Laps |
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | |||||||
20 | GTD | 96 | Turner Motorsport | Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read |
BMW M6 GT3 | 179 | +21 Laps |
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8 | |||||||
21 | GTD | 1 | Paul Miller Racing | Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis |
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 179 | +21 Laps |
Lamborghini 5.2L V10 | |||||||
22 | GTD | 23 | Heart of Racing Team | Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn Ian James |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 179 | +21 Laps |
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
23 | GTD | 42 | NTE Sport | Don Yount Jaden Conwright Markus Palttala |
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 179 | +21 Laps |
Audi 5.2L V10 | |||||||
24 | GTD | 28 | Alegra Motorsports | Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada Billy Johnson |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 179 | +21 Laps |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8 | |||||||
25 | GTD | 14 | Vasser Sullivan Racing | Aaron Telitz Jack Hawksworth Kyle Kirkwood |
Lexus RC F GT3 | 179 | +21 Laps |
Lexus 5.0L V8 | |||||||
26 | GTD | 9 | Pfaff Motorsports | Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 179 | +21 Laps |
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | |||||||
27 | GTD | 16 | Wright Motorsports | Patrick Long Trent Hindman Jan Heylen |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 179 | +21 Laps |
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | |||||||
28 | GTD | 39 | CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing | Richard Heistand Jeff Westphal Tyler McQuarrie |
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 179 | +21 Laps |
Audi 5.2L V10 | |||||||
29 | GTD | 88 | Team Hardpoint EBM | Andrew Davis Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 179 | +21 Laps |
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | |||||||
30 | GTD | 12 | Vasser Sullivan Racing | Frankie Montecalvo Zach Veach Robert Megennis |
Lexus RC F GT3 | 179 | +21 Laps |
Lexus 5.0L V8 | |||||||
31 | LMP3 | 84 | D3+ Transformers-Dawson Racing | Theodor Olsen Dominic Cicero Ben Devlin |
Ligier JS P320 | 178 | +22 Laps |
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | |||||||
32 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports | John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly |
Acura NSX GT3 Evo | 147 | +53 Laps |
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6 | |||||||
33 | LMP2 | 8 | Tower Motorsport by Starworks | James French John Farano Gabriel Aubry |
Oreca 07 | 146 | Did Not Finish |
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | |||||||
34 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel |
Oreca 07 | 85 | Did Not Finish |
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | |||||||
35 | GTD | 19 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Misha Goikhberg Franck Perera Tim Zimmermann |
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 73 | Did Not Finish |
Lamborghini 5.2L V10 | |||||||
36 | GTD | 75 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Maro Engel Kenny Habul Mikaël Grenier |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 62 | Did Not Finish |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8 | |||||||
37 | LMP3 | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Dan Goldburg Mateo Llarena Rasmus Lindh |
Ligier JS P320 | 31 | Did Not Finish |
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | |||||||
38 | GTLM | 79 | WeatherTech Racing | Cooper MacNeil Mathieu Jaminet Matt Campbell |
Porsche 911 RSR-19 | 3 | Did Not Finish |
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6 | |||||||
Source:[13] |
- ↑ "WeatherTech 240 At The Glen Set for Friday, July 2". imsa.com. April 7, 2021. https://www.imsa.com/news/2021/04/07/weathertech-240-at-the-glen-set-for-friday-july-2/. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ↑ "TB-IWSC-21-21-WGI-6hr-BoP-Tables-06182021.pdf". imsa.com. June 18, 2021. https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2021/06/18/TB-IWSC-21-21-WGI-6hr-BoP-Tables-06182021.pdf. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ↑ Dagys, John (June 25, 2021). "Watkins Glen Friday Notebook". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/watkins-glen-friday-notebook-8/. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "40 Car Entry For 6 Hours Of The Glen". dailysportscar.com. June 17, 2021. http://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/06/17/40-car-entry-for-6-hours-of-the-glen.html. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ↑ Allaway, Phil (June 22, 2021). "Entry List: Sahlen’s Six Hours at the Glen". frontstretch.com. https://www.frontstretch.com/2021/06/22/entry-list-sahlens-six-hours-at-the-glen-3/. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ↑ Dagys, John (June 15, 2021). "D3+ Transformers Set for Long-Awaited Debut". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/dawson-racing-set-for-long-awaited-debut/. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ↑ Pruett, Marshall (June 21, 2021). "IMSA reveals entry list for Six Hours of The Glen". racer.com. https://racer.com/2021/06/21/imsa-reveals-entry-list-for-six-hours-of-the-glen/. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ↑ Ryan, Nate (June 26, 2021). "Wayne Taylor Racing Acura on pole in IMSA starting lineup for Six Hours of Watkins Glen". motorsports.nbcsports.com. https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2021/06/26/imsa-watkins-glen-starting-lineup-six-hours-wayne-taylor-racing-jimmie-johnson/. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ↑ "03_Results_Qualifying - LMP2-DPi Position - Points.PDF". http://results.imsa.com/Results/21_2021/12_6H%20-%20Watkins%20Glen%20International/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/202106261305_Qualifying%20-%20LMP2-DPi%20Position%20-%20Points/03_Results_Qualifying%20-%20LMP2-DPi%20Position%20-%20Points.PDF.
- ↑ "03_Results_Qualifying - LMP3 Position - Points.PDF". http://results.imsa.com/Results/21_2021/12_6H%20-%20Watkins%20Glen%20International/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/202106261240_Qualifying%20-%20LMP3%20Position%20-%20Points/03_Results_Qualifying%20-%20LMP3%20Position%20-%20Points.PDF.
- ↑ "03_Results_Qualifying - GTD Points - GTLM - Position - Points.PDF". http://results.imsa.com/Results/21_2021/12_6H%20-%20Watkins%20Glen%20International/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/202106261215_Qualifying%20-%20GTD%20Points%20-%20GTLM%20-%20Position%20-%20Points/03_Results_Qualifying%20-%20GTD%20Points%20-%20GTLM%20-%20Position%20-%20Points.PDF.
- ↑ "03_Results_Qualifying - GTD Position.PDF". http://results.imsa.com/Results/21_2021/12_6H%20-%20Watkins%20Glen%20International/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/202106261150_Qualifying%20-%20GTD%20Position/03_Results_Qualifying%20-%20GTD%20Position.PDF.
- ↑ "03_Results_Race_Official.PDF". June 2021. http://results.imsa.com/Results/21_2021/12_6H%20-%20Watkins%20Glen%20International/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/202106271040_Race/06_Hour%206/03_Results_Race_Official.PDF. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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