The 2024 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was a sports car race held at Watkins Glen International in Dix, New York, on June 23, 2024. It was the sixth round of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the Michelin Endurance Cup.
Background Preview
International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2023. It was the tenth time the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Watkins Glen. The 2024 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was the sixth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2024 by IMSA. The race was held at the eleven-turn Watkins Glen International on June 23, 2024.
Standings before the race Before the race, the GTP Drivers' Championship was led by Dane Cameron and Felipe Nasr with 1669 points, 70 ahead of second-placed Sébastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande. Mathieu Jaminet and Nick Tandy were 83 points behind Cameron and Nasr in third place. Ryan Dalziel, Dwight Merriman, and Connor Zilisch were leading the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 741 points, 127 points ahead of Josh Burdon, Felipe Fraga, and Gar Robinson in second. Laurin Heinrich and Sebastian Priaulx were on top in the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 1359 points, 84 ahead of Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth in second. Ross Gunn was a further 83 points behind in third place. The GTD Drivers' Championship was topped by Philip Ellis and Russell Ward with 1367 points, 213 ahead of second-placed Robby Foley and Patrick Gallagher. Porsche were leading the GTP and GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championships, whilst Mercedes-AMG were leading the GTD Manufacturers' Championship. Porsche Penske Motorsport, Era Motorsport, AO Racing, and Winward Racing were leading their Teams' Championships.
Entry list
The entry list was revealed on June 12, 2024, and features 56 entries: 11 entries in GTP, 13 entries in LMP2, 11 entries in GTD Pro, and 21 entries in GTD.
Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) (11 entries) 01 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande 5 Proton Competition Mustang Sampling Porsche 963 Gianmaria Bruni Bent Viscaal 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Dane Cameron Felipe Nasr 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Philipp Eng Jesse Krohn 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Connor De Phillippi Nick Yelloly 31 Whelen Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Jack Aitken Tom Blomqvist Pipo Derani 40 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 Louis Delétraz Jordan Taylor 63 Lamborghini – Iron Lynx Lamborghini SC63 Matteo Cairoli Andrea Caldarelli 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 Phil Hanson Tijmen van der Helm Richard Westbrook LMP2 (Le Mans Prototype 2) (13 entries) 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca 07-Gibson Colin Braun George Kurtz Toby Sowery 2 United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson Ben Hanley Ben Keating Nico Pino 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood John Farano 11 TDS Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Mikkel Jensen Hunter McElrea Steven Thomas 18 Era Motorsport Oreca 07-Gibson Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman Connor Zilisch 20 MDK by High Class Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Dennis Andersen Scott Huffaker Seth Lucas 22 United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson Paul di Resta Bijoy Garg Dan Goldburg 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P217-Gibson João Barbosa Jonny Edgar Lance Willsey 52 Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Nick Boulle Tom Dillmann Jakub Śmiechowski 74 Riley Oreca 07-Gibson Josh Burdon Felipe Fraga Gar Robinson 81 DragonSpeed Oreca 07-Gibson Rasmus Lindh Eric Lux Nicolás Varrone 88 Richard Mille AF Corse Oreca 07-Gibson Nicklas Nielsen Luis Pérez Companc Lilou Wadoux 99 AO Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Matthew Brabham Paul-Loup Chatin P. J. Hyett GTD Pro (GT Daytona Pro) (11 entries) 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Neil Verhagen 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Antonio García Alexander Sims 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Nicky Catsburg Tommy Milner 9 Pfaff Motorsports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Oliver Jarvis Marvin Kirchhöfer 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth 19 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Jordan Pepper Franck Perera 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Ross Gunn Alex Riberas 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 Davide Rigon Daniel Serra 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Mike Rockenfeller Harry Tincknell 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Joey Hand Dirk Müller 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Laurin Heinrich Sebastian Priaulx GTD (GT Daytona) (21 entries) 023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 Alessio Rovera Charlie Scardina Onofrio Triarsi 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Parker Thompson 13 AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Matt Bell Orey Fidani Lars Kern 21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 François Heriau Simon Mann Miguel Molina 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Roman De Angelis Ian James Zacharie Robichon 32 Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mikaël Grenier Kenton Koch Mike Skeen 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Albert Costa Manny Franco Cédric Sbirrazzuoli 43 Andretti Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves Scott Hargrove 44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Andy Lally John Potter Spencer Pumpelly 45 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Graham Doyle Danny Formal Kyle Marcelli 47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Antonio Fuoco Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto 55 Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 Ryan Hardwick Giammarco Levorato Corey Lewis 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Indy Dontje Philip Ellis Russell Ward 66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 Tatiana Calderón Stevan McAleer Sheena Monk 70 Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Frederik Schandorff 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Devlin DeFrancesco Misha Goikhberg Loris Spinelli 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Rui Andrade Scott Andrews Salih Yoluç 83 Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting 86 MDK Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Klaus Bachler Anders Fjordbach Kerong Li 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher Jake Walker 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Adam Adelson Jan Heylen Elliott SkeerSource:
Practice There were two practice sessions scheduled preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday and one on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes on Friday afternoon while the second session lasted 90 minutes on Saturday morning.
Qualifying Saturday's afternoon qualifying session was broken into three sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted 15 minutes each. The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.
Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with . ClassEntryDriverTime1GTP40 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Louis Delétraz1:32.209—12GTP01 Cadillac Racing Renger van der Zande1:32.247 +0.03823GTP31 Whelen Cadillac Racing Jack Aitken1:32.479 +0.27034GTP85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Phil Hanson1:32.525 +0.31645GTP6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Mathieu Jaminet1:32.579 +0.37056GTP7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Felipe Nasr1:32.648 +0.43967GTP10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Ricky Taylor1:32.835 +0.62678GTP24 BMW M Team RLL Philipp Eng1:32.851 +0.64289GTP63 Lamborghini – Iron Lynx Andrea Caldarelli1:32.923 +0.714910GTP5 Proton Competition Mustang Sampling Gianmaria Bruni1:32.923 +0.7141011LMP299 AO Racing P. J. Hyett1:35.925 +3.7161212LMP222 United Autosports USA Dan Goldburg1:36.607 +4.3981313LMP211 TDS Racing Steven Thomas1:36.609 +4.4001414LMP252 Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Nick Boulle1:36.981 +4.7721515LMP22 United Autosports USA Ben Keating1:37.170 +4.9611616LMP204 CrowdStrike Racing by APR George Kurtz1:37.601 +5.3921717LMP274 Riley Gar Robinson1:37.757 +5.5481818LMP220 MDK by High Class Racing Dennis Andersen1:38.094 +5.8851919LMP288 Richard Mille AF Corse Luis Pérez Companc1:38.153 +5.9442020LMP218 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman1:39.204 +6.9952121LMP281 DragonSpeed Eric Lux1:39.221 +7.0122222LMP28 Tower Motorsports John Farano1:40.949 +8.7402323LMP233 Sean Creech Motorsport Lance Willsey1:41.773 +9.5642424GTD Pro62 Risi Competizione Daniel Serra1:44.203 +11.9942525GTD Pro3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Alexander Sims1:44.317 +12.1082626GTD Pro23 Heart of Racing Team Ross Gunn1:44.387 +12.1782727GTD Pro14 Vasser Sullivan Jack Hawksworth1:44.511 +12.3022828GTD Pro4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Nicky Catsburg1:44.561 +12.3522929GTD12 Vasser Sullivan Parker Thompson1:44.642 +12.4333030GTD Pro1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow1:44.662 +12.4533131GTD Pro64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mike Rockenfeller1:44.734 +12.5253232GTD Pro77 AO Racing Sebastian Priaulx1:45.029 +12.8203333GTD Pro9 Pfaff Motorsports Marvin Kirchhöfer1:45.083 +12.8743434GTD Pro19 Iron Lynx Franck Perera1:45.242 +13.0333535GTD023 Triarsi Competizione Onofrio Triarsi1:45.432 +13.0333636GTD32 Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Mikaël Grenier1:45.432 +13.2233737GTD57 Winward Racing Russell Ward1:45.541 +13.3323838GTD Pro65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Dirk Müller1:45.638 +13.4293939GTD96 Turner Motorsport Patrick Gallagher1:45.716 +13.5074040GTD70 Inception Racing Brendan Iribe1:46.076 +13.8674141GTD78 Forte Racing Misha Goikhberg1:46.133 +13.9244242GTD34 Conquest Racing Manny Franco1:46.301 +14.0924343GTD80 Lone Star Racing Salih Yoluç1:46.487 +14.2784444GTD83 Iron Dames Rahel Frey1:46.593 +14.3845645GTD27 Heart of Racing Team Ian James1:46.817 +14.6084546GTD55 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick1:46.833 +14.6244647GTD120 Wright Motorsports Adam Adelson1:47.119 +14.9104748GTD44 Magnus Racing John Potter1:47.132 +14.9234849GTD47 Cetilar Racing Roberto Lacorte1:47.796 +15.5874950GTD21 AF Corse François Heriau1:47.965 +15.7565051GTD66 Gradient Racing Sheena Monk1:48.004 +15.7955152GTD45 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Graham Doyle1:48.790 +16.5815253GTD13 AWA Orey Fidani1:48.826 +16.6175354GTD43 Andretti Motorsports Jarett Andretti1:49.117 +16.9085455GTD86 MDK Motorsports Kerong Li1:50.164 +17.9555556GTP25 BMW M Team RLLNo Time Established11Sources:
The No. 83 Iron Dames entry was moved to the back of the GTD class as per Article 40.5 of the Sporting regulations (Engine change). The No. 25 BMW M Team RLL entry did not participate in qualifying after Connor De Phillippi crashed the car during the second practice session. By IMSA rules, the car started from the rear of the GTP class on the starting grid.
Race
Post-race