2017 6 Hours of The Glen

The 2017 Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen was an endurance race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York on the July 2nd, 2017. This race was the sixth round of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.[1]

Background

IMSA's president Scott Atherton confirmed the 6 Hours of The Glen was part of the series' schedule for the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship at Road America's victory lane in August 2016.[2] It was the fourth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2017 Sahlen's 6 Hours of the Glen was the sixth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2017 by IMSA, and was the third round of the Patron North American Endurance Cup.[3] The race was held at the eleven-turn 3.450 mi (5.552 km) Watkins Glen International circuit on July 2, 2017.[3] After the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic four weeks earlier, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 177 points, ahead of João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi with 147 points, and Dane Cameron and Eric Curran with 143 points.[4] With 144 points, was led by James French and Patricio O'Ward with a twenty six-point advantage over Don Yount.[4] Antonio García and Jan Magnussen led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 124 points, ahead of Joey Hand and Dirk Müller with 118 points.[4] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Ben Keating and Jeroen Bleekemolen with 150 points, ahead of Alessandro Balzan and Christina Nielsen with 141 points.[4] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Mercedes-AMG were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Riley Motorsports Team AMG each led their own Teams' Championships.[4]

Entries

Further information: 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 38 cars took part in the event split across 4 classes. 10 cars were entered in P, 3 in PC, 8 in GTLM, and 17 in GTD.[5] In P, Rebellion Racing missed the event due to logistical issues.[6] Olivier Pla joined José Gutiérrez in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry.[7] Ed Brown missed the event due to injury and retired from prototype racing.[8][9] In PC, Starworks Motorsport were absent.[10] Buddy Rice and Daniel Burkett returned to the #20 BAR1 Motorsports entry. Brian Alder and Derek Jones joined Gustavo Yacamán in the #26 BAR1 Motorsports entry. In GTLM, Risi Competizione were forced to miss the event due to budgetary issues following the 24 Hours of Le Mans where the teams Ferrari 488 GTE was several damaged in an accident.[11][12] Gianmaria Bruni made his debut for Porsche joining Laurens Vanthoor in the #912 Porsche GT Team entry.[13] In GTD, Alex Job Racing, and Dream Racing Motorsport made their first appearances since the 12 Hours of Sebring. Michael Christensen and Michael de Quesada returned to Alegra Motorsports.[14]

Practice

There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Friday morning and afternoon. The third on Saturday morning lasted an hour.[15]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 11:05 am ET on Friday and ended with Stephen Simpson topping the charts for JDC-Miller MotorSports, with a lap time of 1:35.491.[16]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Stephen Simpson 1:35.491 _
2 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Ryan Dalziel 1:35.530 +0.039
3 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa 1:36.813 +1.322
Source:[17]

Practice 2

The second practice session took place at 3:30 pm ET on Friday and ended with Pipo Derani topping the charts for Tequila Patrón ESM, with a lap time of 1:34.696.[18]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Pipo Derani 1:34.696 _
2 P 22 Tequila Patrón ESM Bruno Senna 1:35.293 +0.597
3 P 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Olivier Pla 1:35.377 +0.681
Source:[19]

Practice 3

The third and final practice session took place at 8:00 am ET on Saturday and ended with Olivier Pla topping the charts for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, with a lap time of 1:48.566.[20]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Olivier Pla 1:48.566 _
2 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Christian Fittipaldi 1:49.281 +0.715
3 P 90 VisitFlorida Racing Renger van der Zande 1:50.769 +2.203
Source:[21]

Qualifying

In Saturday afternoon's 90-minute four-group qualifying, each category had separate 15-minute sessions. Regulations stipulated that teams nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class' starting order. IMSA arranged the grid to put Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM and GTD cars.[22][15]

The first was for cars in GTD class. Andy Lally qualified on pole for the class driving the #93 Meyer-Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, beating Lawson Aschenbach in the #57 Stevenson Motorsports entry.[23]

The second session of qualifying was for cars in the GTLM class. Joey Hand qualified on pole driving the #66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing entry, besting Alexander Sims in the #25 BMW Team RLL entry by just over three tenths of a second.[24]

The third session of qualifying was for cars in the PC class. James French set the fastest time driving the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry.[25]

The final session of qualifying was for the P class. Pipo Derani qualified on pole, besting Olivier Pla in the #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry.[25][26]

Qualifying Results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Pipo Derani 1:34.405 _ 1 ‡
2 DPi 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Olivier Pla 1:34.567 +0.162 2
3 DPi 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Christian Fittipaldi 1:35.306 +0.901 3
4 DPi 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor 1:35.496 +1.091 4
5 DPi 22 Tequila Patrón ESM Johannes van Overbeek 1:35.637 +1.119 5
6 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Eric Curran 1:36.103 +1.698 6
7 DPi 90 VisitFlorida Racing Renger van der Zande 1:36.129 +1.724 7
8 DPi 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Misha Goikhberg 1:36.799 +2.394 8
9 DPi 55 Mazda Motorsports Tristan Nunez 1:36.886 +2.481 9
10 DPi 70 Mazda Motorsports Joel Miller 1:36.981 +2.576 10
11 PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French 1:40.049 +5.644 11 ‡
12 PC 20 BAR1 Motorsports Don Yount 1:42.125 +7.720 12
13 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand 1:42.507 +8.102 14 ‡
14 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Alexander Sims 1:42.813 +8.408 15
15 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL Martin Tomczyk 1:42.881 +8.476 16
16 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Richard Westbrook 1:42.884 +8.479 17
17 GTLM 911 Porsche GT Team Patrick Pilet 1:43.140 +8.735 18
18 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner 1:43.189 +8.784 19
19 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Laurens Vanthoor 1:43.192 +8.787 20
20 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:43.243 +8.838 21
21 PC 26 BAR1 Motorsports Brian Alder 1:43.575 +9.170 131
22 GTD 93 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Andy Lally 1:46.051 +11.646 22 ‡
23 GTD 57 Stevenson Motorsports Lawson Aschenbach 1:46.271 +11.866 23
24 GTD 15 3GT Racing Jack Hawksworth 1:46.724 +12.319 24
25 GTD 86 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Jeff Segal 1:46.816 +12.411 25
26 GTD 27 Dream Racing Motorsport Paolo Ruberti 1:47.490 +13.085 26
27 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Justin Marks 1:47.551 +13.146 27
28 GTD 16 Change Racing Corey Lewis 1:47.774 +13.369 28
29 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:47.826 +13.421 29
30 GTD 14 3GT Racing Sage Karam 1:48.058 +13.653 382
31 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Christina Nielsen 1:48.098 +13.693 30
32 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports – Team AMG Ben Keating 1:48.282 +13.877 31
33 GTD 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Boris Said 1:48.778 +14.373 32
34 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Matt McMurry 1:48.895 +14.490 33
35 GTD 28 Alegra Motorsports Michael de Quesada 1:49.131 +14.726 34
36 GTD 50 Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil 1:49.878 +15.474 35
37 GTD 23 Alex Job Racing Townsend Bell 1:50.647 +16.242 36
38 GTD 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett 1:50.973 +16.568 373
Sources:[27][28][29]
  • 1 The No. 26 BAR1 Motorsports entry was moved to the back of the PC field as per Articles 43.5 and 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting driver) and (Change of starting tires).[22]
  • 2 The No. 14 3GT Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).[22]
  • 3 The No. 54 CORE Autosport entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).[22]

Race

Post-race

The result kept Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor atop the Prototype Drivers' Championship. Goikhberg and Simpson moved to third after being fourth coming into Watkins Glen.[30] In the PC Drivers' Championship, French and O'Ward extended their points lead to thirty points over Yount, while Yacamán advanced from seventh to fifth.[30] In the GTLM Drivers' Championship, Garcia and Magnussen further increased their gap to eighteen points ahead of Müller and Hand. Auberlen and Sims advanced from fourth to third while Pilet and Werner dropped to fifth. By finishing second in GTD, Balzan and Nielsen took the lead of the GTD Drivers' Championship while Lally and Legge moved from sixth to third.[30] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Mercedes-AMG continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, and Corvette Racing kept their respective advantages in the Teams' Championships with six rounds remaining.[30] Scuderia Corsa took the lead of the GTD Teams' Championship going into the next race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.[30]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Christian Fittipaldi
João Barbosa
Filipe Albuquerque 		Cadillac DPi-V.R C 200 6:01:18.592‡
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
2 P 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Misha Goikhberg
Stephen Simpson
Chris Miller 		Oreca 07 C 200 +1.183s
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3 P 55 Mazda Motorsports Tristan Nunez
Jonathan Bomarito
Spencer Pigot 		Mazda RT24-P C 200 +8.546s
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
4 P 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Olivier Pla
José Gutiérrez 		Ligier JS P217 C 200 +17.583s
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 P 90 VisitFlorida Racing Marc Goossens
Renger van der Zande 		Riley Mk. 30 C 198 +2 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor
Jordan Taylor 		Cadillac DPi-V.R C 197 +3 laps
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
7 PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French
Patricio O'Ward
Kyle Masson 		Oreca FLM09 C 195 +5 laps‡
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
8 GTLM 25 BMW RLL Racing Alexander Sims
Bill Auberlen 		BMW M6 GTLM M 192 +8 laps‡
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
9 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Richard Westbrook
Ryan Briscoe 		Ford GT M 192 +8 laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
10 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García
Jan Magnussen 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 192 +8 laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
11 PC 20 BAR1 Motorsports Don Yount
Daniel Burkett
Buddy Rice 		Oreca FLM09 C 192 +8 laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
12 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand
Dirk Müller 		Ford GT M 192 +8 laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
13 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner
Oliver Gavin 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 192 +8 laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
14 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Laurens Vanthoor
Gianmaria Bruni 		Porsche 911 RSR M 192 +8 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GTLM 911 Porsche GT Team Patrick Pilet
Dirk Werner 		Porsche 911 RSR M 191 +9 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16

DNF

P 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Eric Curran
Dane Cameron
Filipe Albuquerque 		Cadillac DPi-V.R C 190 DNF
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
17 GTD 93 Meyer-Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Andy Lally
Katherine Legge 		Acura NSX GT3 C 187 +13 laps‡
Acura 3.5L V6 Turbo
18 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Christina Nielsen
Alessandro Balzan
Matteo Cressoni 		Ferrari 488 GT3 C 187 +13 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
19 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Justin Marks
Jens Klingmann 		BMW M6 GT3 C 187 +13 laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
20 GTD 50 Riley Motorsports - Team AMG Cooper MacNeil
Shane van Gisbergen
Gunnar Jeannette 		Mercedes-AMG GT C 187 +13 laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
21 GTD 15 3GT Racing Jack Hawksworth
Austin Cindric
Robert Alon 		Lexus RC F GT3 C 187 +13 laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
22 GTD 14 3GT Racing Sage Karam
Scott Pruett 		Lexus RC F GT3 C 187 +13 laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
23 GTD 28 Alegra Motorsports Michael de Quesada
Michael Christensen
Daniel Morad 		Porsche 911 GT3 R C 187 +13 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Matt McMurry
Patrick Lindsey 		Porsche 911 GT3 R C 187 +13 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 GTD 57 Stevenson Motorsports Lawson Aschenbach
Andrew Davis 		Audi R8 LMS C 186 +14 laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
26 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports - Team AMG Ben Keating
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Mario Farnbacher 		Mercedes-AMG GT C 186 +14 laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
27 GTD 27 Dream Racing Motorsport Paolo Ruberti
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 186 +14 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
28 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow
Bryan Sellers 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 186 +14 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
29 GTD 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett
Colin Braun
Niclas Jönsson 		Porsche 911 GT3 R C 186 +14 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30 GTD 23 Alex Job Racing Townsend Bell
Frankie Montecalvo
Bill Sweedler 		Audi R8 LMS C 184 +16 laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
31 GTD 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Boris Said
Kenny Habul
Tristan Vautier 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 184 +16 laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
32

DNF

P 2 Tequila Patron ESM Pipo Derani
Ryan Dalziel
Scott Sharp 		Nissan Onroak DPi C 177 Throttle
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
33 PC 26 BAR1 Motorsports Gustavo Yacamán
Derek Jones
Brian Alder 		Oreca FLM09 C 176 +24 laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
34

DNF

GTD 86 Meyer-Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Jeff Segal
Oswaldo Negri Jr. 		Acura NSX GT3 C 167 Hub
Acura 3.5L V6 Turbo
35

DNF

GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL Martin Tomczyk
John Edwards 		BMW M6 GTLM M 161 Radiator
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
36

DNF

P 22 Tequila Patron ESM Johannes van Overbeek
Bruno Senna 		Nissan Onroak DPi C 160 Oil Pressure
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
37

DNF

GTD 16 Change Racing Corey Lewis
Jeroen Mul
Brett Sandberg 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 89 Crash
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
38

DNF

P 70 Mazda Motorsports Joel Miller
Marino Franchitti
Tom Long 		Mazda RT24-P C 61 Turbo
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
Sources:[31][32]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin

Statistics

Fastest Lap - #52 Oliper Pla - 1:33.314[33]

Standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

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