The Crown Royal 200 at the Glen was a Rolex Sports Car Series race held at Watkins Glen International. The race was first run in 1984 by the IMSA GT Championship. The "New York 500" initially was a second Watkins Glen round running for a shorter distance compared to the Continental, using both classes of competitors. However, in 1986, the race was split into two events, the prototypes retaining the 500 km event, and GT cars given a shorter race. In 1987 prototypes were dropped entirely, and the race served as a 500 km GT event until 1991. Grand-Am revived the race in 2001, running the event on the same weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup series' Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen, and using Watkins Glen's short course.
On April 7, 2021, IMSA announced the cancellation of the event at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park because of Canadian quarantine restrictions, replacing it with a standard-distance (three hour race, 2 hours, 40 minutes of racing format) at Watkins Glen International on Friday, July 2, dubbed the "WeatherTech 240 at The Glen." The race used the format intended for Mosport, with all classes competing; however the GTD class only scored points towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.
Winners
Year Drivers Team Car Distance/Duration Race title Report IMSA GT Championship 1984 Dale Whittington Randy Lanier Blue Thunder Racing Team March 83G-Chevrolet New York 500 report 1985 Al Holbert Derek Bell Holbert Racing Porsche 962 Serengeti Drivers New York 500 report 1986 Davy Jones John Andretti BMW North America BMW GTP Kodak Copier 500 report Dennis Aase All American Racers Toyota Celica Turbo 1987 Willy T. Ribbs All American Racers Toyota Celica Turbo Kodak Copier 500 report 1988 Dennis Aase Chris Cord All American Racers Toyota Celica Turbo Kodak Copier 500 report 1989 Hans-Joachim Stuck Walter Röhrl Audi of America Audi 90 quattro Kodak Copier 500 report 1990 Dorsey Schroeder Whistler Radar Mercury Cougar XR-7 New York 500 report 1991 Steve Millen Jeremy Dale Cunningham Racing Nissan 300ZX New York 500 report 1992–2000 Not held Grand-Am 2001 James Weaver Butch Leitzinger Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford Bully Hill Vineyards 250 report 2002 Butch Leitzinger Rob Dyson Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford Bully Hill Vineyards 250 report 2003 Forest Barber Terry Borcheller Bell Motorsports Doran JE4-Chevrolet Bully Hill Vineyards 250 report 2004 Didier Theys Jan Magnussen Doran Lista Racing Doran JE4-Lexus Sahlen's 200 at the Glen report 2005 (August) Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli SunTrust Racing Riley Mk XI-Pontiac CompUSA 200 at the Glen report 2005 (Sept) Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli SunTrust Racing Riley Mk XI-Pontiac Crown Royal 200 at the Glen report 2006 Scott Pruett Luis Díaz Chip Ganassi Racing Riley Mk XI-Lexus Crown Royal 200 at the Glen report 2007 Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Riley Mk XI-Pontiac Crown Royal 200 at the Glen report 2008 Brian Frisselle Mark Wilkins AIM Autosport Riley Mk XX-Ford Crown Royal 200 at the Glen report 2009 Nic Jönsson Ricardo Zonta Krohn Racing Lola B08/70-Ford Crown Royal 200 at the Glen report 2010 Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Riley Mk XX-BMW Crown Royal 200 at the Glen report 2011 Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor SunTrust Racing Dallara DP08-Chevrolet Canadian Tire 200 at the Glen report 2012 Ryan Dalziel Lucas Luhr Starworks Motorsport Riley Mk XX-Ford Continental Tire 200 report 2013–2020 Not held IMSA SportsCar Championship 2021 Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R 2 Hours, 40 Minutes WeatherTech 240 at the Glen report
Combined Prototype/GT field Separate Prototype & GT races Daytona Prototypes only
References
External links Watkins Glen International Rolex Sports Car Series Ultimate Racing History: Watkins Glen archive