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Watkins Glen International Track Map

Track map of Watkins Glen International

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 double-dagger.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor 1:30.022 _ 1double-dagger
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 8double-dagger
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 13double-dagger
14 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:40.944 +10.922 20double-dagger
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 25double-dagger
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 double-dagger.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 55 25px Canada Mazda Motorsports 25px Great Britain Oliver Jarvis
25px Great Britain Harry Tincknell
25px USA Jonathan Bomarito
Mazda RT24-P 200 6:00:04.522double-dagger
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
2 DPi 60 25px USA Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 25px USA Dane Cameron
25px France Olivier Pla
Acura ARX-05 200 +0.965
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
3 DPi 10 25px USA Konica Minolta Acura 25px USA Ricky Taylor
25px Flag of Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
25px USA Alexander Rossi
Acura ARX-05 200 +9.392
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
4 DPi 31 25px USA Whelen Engineering Racing 25px Brazil Felipe Nasr
25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Brazil Pipo Derani
Cadillac DPi-V.R 200 +18.268
Cadillac 5.5L V8
5[lower-alpha 1] DPi 48 25px USA Ally Cadillac Racing 25px USA Jimmie Johnson
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
25px France Simon Pagenaud
Cadillac DPi-V.R 200 +53.216
Cadillac 5.5L V8
6 DPi 01 25px USA Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing 25px Netherlands Renger van der Zande
25px Flag of Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Cadillac DPi-V.R 199 Did Not Finish
Cadillac 5.5L V8
7 DPi 5 25px USA JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing 25px France Tristan Vautier
25px France Loïc Duval
25px France Sébastien Bourdais
Cadillac DPi-V.R 199 +1 Lap
Cadillac 5.5L V8
8 LMP2 11 25px USA WIN Autosport 25px USA Steven Thomas
25px USA Tristan Nunez
25px USA Thomas Merrill
Oreca 07 196 +4 Lapsdouble-dagger
Gibson 4.2L GK428 V8
9 LMP2 52 25px USA PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 25px USA Ben Keating
25px Flag of Denmark Mikkel Jensen
25px USA Scott Huffaker
Oreca 07 196 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
10 LMP2 22 25px Great Britain United Autosports 25px USA James McGuire
25px Great Britain Wayne Boyd
25px Great Britain Guy Smith
Oreca 07 193 +7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
11 GTLM 3 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Spain Antonio García
25px USA Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 187 +13 Lapsdouble-dagger
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
12 GTLM 24 25px USA BMW Team RLL 25px USA John Edwards
25px Finland Jesse Krohn
25px Brazil Augusto Farfus
BMW M8 GTE 187 +13 Laps
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
13 GTLM 25 25px USA BMW Team RLL 25px USA Connor De Phillippi
25px Austria Philipp Eng
25px Canada Bruno Spengler
BMW M8 GTE 187 +13 Laps
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
14 GTLM 4 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px USA Tommy Milner
25px Great Britain Nick Tandy
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 187 +13 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
15 LMP3 74 25px USA Riley Motorsports 25px USA Gar Robinson
25px Brazil Felipe Fraga
25px Australia Scott Andrews
Ligier JS P320 186 +14 Lapsdouble-dagger
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
16 LMP3 54 25px USA CORE Autosport 25px USA Jon Bennett
25px USA George Kurtz
25px USA Colin Braun
Ligier JS P320 186 +14 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
17 LMP3 91 25px USA Riley Motorsports 25px USA Jim Cox
25px USA Dylan Murry
25px Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Ligier JS P320 186 +14 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
18 LMP3 36 25px USA Andretti Autosport 25px USA Jarett Andretti
25px USA Oliver Askew
25px USA Marco Andretti
Ligier JS P320 185 +15 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
19 LMP3 2 25px Great Britain United Autosports 25px Germany Niklas Krütten
25px France Edouard Cauhaupé
25px USA Austin McCusker
Ligier JS P320 183 +17 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
20 GTD 96 25px USA Turner Motorsport 25px USA Bill Auberlen
25px USA Robby Foley
25px Australia Aidan Read
BMW M6 GT3 179 +21 Lapsdouble-dagger
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
21 GTD 1 25px USA Paul Miller Racing 25px USA Bryan Sellers
25px USA Madison Snow
25px USA Corey Lewis
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 179 +21 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
22 GTD 23 25px USA Heart of Racing Team 25px Canada Roman De Angelis
25px Great Britain Ross Gunn
25px Great Britain Ian James
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 179 +21 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
23 GTD 42 25px USA NTE Sport 25px USA Don Yount
25px USA Jaden Conwright
25px Finland Markus Palttala
Audi R8 LMS Evo 179 +21 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
24 GTD 28 25px USA Alegra Motorsports 25px Canada Daniel Morad
25px USA Michael de Quesada
25px USA Billy Johnson
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 179 +21 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
25 GTD 14 25px USA Vasser Sullivan Racing 25px USA Aaron Telitz
25px Great Britain Jack Hawksworth
25px USA Kyle Kirkwood
Lexus RC F GT3 179 +21 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
26 GTD 9 25px Canada Pfaff Motorsports 25px Canada Zacharie Robichon
25px Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
25px Germany Lars Kern
Porsche 911 GT3 R 179 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
27 GTD 16 25px USA Wright Motorsports 25px USA Patrick Long
25px USA Trent Hindman
25px Belgium Jan Heylen
Porsche 911 GT3 R 179 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
28 GTD 39 25px USA CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing 25px USA Richard Heistand
25px USA Jeff Westphal
25px USA Tyler McQuarrie
Audi R8 LMS Evo 179 +21 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
29 GTD 88 25px USA Team Hardpoint EBM 25px USA Andrew Davis
25px USA Rob Ferriol
25px Great Britain Katherine Legge
Porsche 911 GT3 R 179 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
30 GTD 12 25px USA Vasser Sullivan Racing 25px USA Frankie Montecalvo
25px USA Zach Veach
25px USA Robert Megennis
Lexus RC F GT3 179 +21 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
31 LMP3 84 25px Great Britain D3+ Transformers-Dawson Racing 25px Template:Country alias NOR Theodor Olsen
25px USA Dominic Cicero
25px Great Britain Ben Devlin
Ligier JS P320 178 +22 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
32 GTD 44 25px USA Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports 25px USA John Potter
25px USA Andy Lally
25px USA Spencer Pumpelly
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 147 +53 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
33 LMP2 8 25px USA Tower Motorsport by Starworks 25px USA James French
25px Canada John Farano
25px France Gabriel Aubry
Oreca 07 146 Did Not Finish
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
34 LMP2 18 25px USA Era Motorsport 25px USA Dwight Merriman
25px Great Britain Kyle Tilley
25px Great Britain Ryan Dalziel
Oreca 07 85 Did Not Finish
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
35 GTD 19 25px Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team 25px Canada Misha Goikhberg
25px France Franck Perera
25px Germany Tim Zimmermann
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 73 Did Not Finish
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
36 GTD 75 25px Australia SunEnergy1 Racing 25px Germany Maro Engel
25px Australia Kenny Habul
25px Canada Mikaël Grenier
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 62 Did Not Finish
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
37 LMP3 38 25px USA Performance Tech Motorsports 25px USA Dan Goldburg
GUA Mateo Llarena
25px Sweden Rasmus Lindh
Ligier JS P320 31 Did Not Finish
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
38 GTLM 79 25px USA WeatherTech Racing 25px USA Cooper MacNeil
25px France Mathieu Jaminet
25px Australia Matt Campbell
Porsche 911 RSR-19 3 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6
Source:[13]
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References[]

External links[]

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