2015 6 Hours of The Glen
The 2015 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was a 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 the June 28, 2015. This race was the sixth round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship.
Background
Preview
International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2015 IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship (IMSA TUSC) in August 2014.[1][2] It was the second consecutive year the event was held as part of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship. The 2015 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was the sixth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2015 by IMSA, and was the third round of the Patron North American Endurance Cup.[2] The race was held at the eleven-turn 3.450 mi (5.552 km) Watkins Glen International circuit on June 28, 2015.[2]
Entry list
Thirty-four cars were officially entered into the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen, with most of the entries in the Prototype, Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM), and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories. Action Express Racing (AER) fielded two Chevrolet Corvette DP cars while VisitFlorida Racing (VFR) and Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR) fielded one. Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) entered one Ford-powered Riley MkXXVI. Mazda Motorsports had one Lola B12/80.[3] Michael Shank Racing (MSR) entered one Ligier JS P2 chasis with Honda HR28TT twin-turbocharged 2.8-liter V6 engine and The DeltaWing car after skipping the previous round at Belle Isle.[4] The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of seven Oreca FLM09 cars. BAR1 Motorsports, CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, RSR Racing, and Starworks Motorsport entered one car each. GTLM was represented by eight entries from four different brands.[4] In the list of GTD entrants, eleven GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers.
Qualifying
Qualifying was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. Starting positions were set by drivers' championship standings.[5][6]
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 5 | Action Express Racing | No Time Established | 1‡ | ||
| 2 | P | 90 | VisitFlorida.com Racing | No Time Established | 2 | ||
| 3 | P | 31 | Action Express Racing | No Time Established | 3 | ||
| 4 | P | 10 | Wayne Taylor Racing | No Time Established | 4 | ||
| 5 | P | 01 | Chip Ganassi Racing | No Time Established | 5 | ||
| 6 | P | 60 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian | No Time Established | 6 | ||
| 7 | P | 07 | SpeedSource | No Time Established | 7 | ||
| 8 | P | 0 | DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone | No Time Established | 8 | ||
| 9 | PC | 54 | CORE Autosport | No Time Established | 9‡ | ||
| 10 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | No Time Established | 10 | ||
| 11 | PC | 85 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | No Time Established | 11 | ||
| 12 | PC | 11 | RSR Racing | No Time Established | 12 | ||
| 13 | PC | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | No Time Established | 13 | ||
| 14 | PC | 8 | Starworks Motorsport | No Time Established | 14 | ||
| 15 | PC | 16 | BAR1 Motorsports | No Time Established | 15 | ||
| 16 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | No Time Established | 16‡ | ||
| 17 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL | No Time Established | 17 | ||
| 18 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL | No Time Established | 18 | ||
| 19 | GTLM | 62 | Risi Competizione | No Time Established | 19 | ||
| 20 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche North America | No Time Established | 20 | ||
| 21 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | No Time Established | 21 | ||
| 22 | GTLM | 17 | Team Falken Tire | No Time Established | 22 | ||
| 23 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche North America | No Time Established | 23 | ||
| 24 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | No Time Established | 24‡ | ||
| 25 | GTD | 007 | TRG-AMR North America | No Time Established | 25 | ||
| 26 | GTD | 22 | Alex Job Racing | No Time Established | 26 | ||
| 27 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa | No Time Established | 27 | ||
| 28 | GTD | 23 | Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing | No Time Established | 28 | ||
| 29 | GTD | 73 | Park Place Motorsports | No Time Established | 29 | ||
| 30 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing | No Time Established | 30 | ||
| 31 | GTD | 97 | Turner Motorsport | No Time Established | 31 | ||
| 32 | GTD | 33 | Riley Motorsports | No Time Established | 32 | ||
| 33 | GTD | 58 | Wright Motorsports | No Time Established | 33 | ||
| 34 | GTD | 93 | Riley Motorsports | No Time Established | 34 | ||
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Race
Race Results
Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).
References
- ^ Dagys, John (August 10, 2014). "2015 TUSC, CTSC Schedules Released". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c Dagys, John (August 10, 2014). "2015 TUSC, CTSC Schedules Released". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ Dagys, John (June 26, 2015). "No. 70 Mazda Withdrawn, Focus on Single Diesel Entry for Watkins Glen". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ a b DiZinno, Tony (June 17, 2015). "36 Cars on Watkins Glen Entry List". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ "TUSCC: Watkins Glen, Saturday Practice & Paddock Notes, Qualifying Rained Off". Dailysportscar.com. June 27, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ Dagys, John (June 27, 2015). "Watkins Glen Qualifying Rained Out, Grid Set on Points". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ "Watkins Glen 6 Hours 2015". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ "Unofficial Race Report" (PDF). Dailysportscar.com. June 28, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ "2015 Sahlens Six Hours of the Glen". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2024.