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. 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. The race was held at the eleven-turn Watkins Glen International circuit on June 28, 2015.
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. Michael Shank Racing (MSR) entered one Ligier JS P2 chassis with Honda HR28TT twin-turbocharged 2.8-liter V6 engine and The DeltaWing car after skipping the previous round at Belle Isle. 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. 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. ClassTeamDriverTime1P5 Action Express RacingNo Time Established12P90 VisitFlorida.com RacingNo Time Established23P31 Action Express RacingNo Time Established34P10 Wayne Taylor RacingNo Time Established45P01 Chip Ganassi RacingNo Time Established56P60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/AgajanianNo Time Established67P07 SpeedSourceNo Time Established78P0 DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFoneNo Time Established89PC54 CORE AutosportNo Time Established910PC52 PR1/Mathiasen MotorsportsNo Time Established1011PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSportsNo Time Established1112PC11 RSR RacingNo Time Established1213PC38 Performance Tech MotorsportsNo Time Established1314PC8 Starworks MotorsportNo Time Established1415PC16 BAR1 MotorsportsNo Time Established1516GTLM3 Corvette RacingNo Time Established1617GTLM25 BMW Team RLLNo Time Established1718GTLM24 BMW Team RLLNo Time Established1819GTLM62 Risi CompetizioneNo Time Established1920GTLM911 Porsche North AmericaNo Time Established2021GTLM4 Corvette RacingNo Time Established2122GTLM17 Team Falken TireNo Time Established2223GTLM912 Porsche North AmericaNo Time Established2324GTD48 Paul Miller RacingNo Time Established2425GTD007 TRG-AMR North AmericaNo Time Established2526GTD22 Alex Job RacingNo Time Established2627GTD63 Scuderia CorsaNo Time Established2728GTD23 Team Seattle / Alex Job RacingNo Time Established2829GTD73 Park Place MotorsportsNo Time Established2930GTD44 Magnus RacingNo Time Established3031GTD97 Turner MotorsportNo Time Established3132GTD33 Riley MotorsportsNo Time Established3233GTD58 Wright MotorsportsNo Time Established3334GTD93 Riley MotorsportsNo Time Established34Source:
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). +Final race classificationClassTeamDriversChassisTireTime/RetiredEngine1P90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Richard Westbrook Michael ValianteCorvette Daytona Prototype1606:00:59.464Chevrolet 5.5 L V82P01 Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand Scott PruettFord EcoBoost Riley DP160 +11.351Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo3P5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Max PapisCorvette Daytona Prototype160 +15.045Chevrolet 5.5 L V84PC8 Starworks Motorsport Mike Hedlund Alex Popow Renger van der ZandeOreca FLM09158 +2 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V85PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mike Guasch Andrew Palmer Tom Kimber-SmithOreca FLM09158 +2 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V86PC16 BAR1 Motorsports Daniel Burkett Matt McMurry Martin PlowmanOreca FLM09158 +2 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V87PC54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun James GueOreca FLM09158 +2 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V88P31 Action Express Racing Eric Curran Dane Cameron Max PapisCorvette Daytona Prototype158 +2 LapsChevrolet 5.5 L V89PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Misha Goikhberg Chris Miller Rusty MitchellOreca FLM09158 +2 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V810GTLM17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf HenzlerPorsche 911 RSR157 +3 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-611GTLM912 Porsche North America Earl Bamber Jörg Bergmeister Nick TandyPorsche 911 RSR157 +3 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-612GTLM25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Dirk WernerBMW Z4 GTE157 +3 LapsBMW 4.4 L V813GTLM3 Corvette Racing Antonio García Jan MagnussenChevrolet Corvette C7.R157 +3 LapsChevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V814GTLM62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer Giancarlo FisichellaFerrari 458 Italia GT2157 +3 LapsFerrari 4.5 L V815GTLM911 Porsche North America Earl Bamber Patrick Pilet Nick TandyPorsche 911 RSR157 +3 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-616GTD93 Riley Motorsports Al Carter Marc Goossens Cameron LawrenceDodge Viper GT3-R152 +8 LapsDodge 8.3 L V1017GTD44 Magnus Racing John Potter Andy Lally Marco SeefriedPorsche 911 GT America152 +8 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-618GTD48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase Bryce Miller Dion von MoltkeAudi R8 LMS ultra152 +8 LapsAudi 5.2 L V1019GTD63 Scuderia Corsa Bill Sweedler Townsend BellFerrari 458 Italia GT3152 +8 LapsFerrari 4.5 L V820GTD22 Alex Job Racing Andrew Davis Leh Keen Cooper MacNeilPorsche 911 GT America152 +8 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-621GTD33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben KeatingDodge Viper GT3-R152 +8 LapsDodge 8.3 L V1022GTD23 Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher Ian JamesPorsche 911 GT America152 +8 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-623GTD58 Wright Motorsports Jan Heylen Madison SnowPorsche 911 GT America152 +8 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-624 DNFGTD97 Turner Motorsport Michael Marsal Markus PalttalaBMW Z4 GT3151 AccidentBMW 4.4 L V825 DNFGTD007 TRG-AMR North America Christina Nielsen Kuno WittmerAston Martin V12 Vantage GT3148 AccidentAston Martin 6.0 L V1226 DNFGTD73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey Spencer PumpellyPorsche 911 GT America147 AccidentPorsche 4.0 L Flat-627P07 SpeedSource Tom Long Joel Miller Ben DevlinMazda Prototype144 +16 LapsMazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel)28 DNFP10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Max AngelelliCorvette Daytona Prototype143 AccidentChevrolet 5.5 L V829 DNFGTLM4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy MilnerChevrolet Corvette C7.R136 SteeringChevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V830PC11 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Bruno JunqueiraOreca FLM09110 +50 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V831PC38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French Conor Daly Jerome MeeOreca FLM09105 +55 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V832 DNFP60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr.Ligier JS P2102 SuspensionHonda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo33 DNFP0 DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Memo Rojas Katherine LeggeDeltaWing DWC1395 GearboxÉlan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo34 DNFGTLM24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Lucas LuhrBMW Z4 GTE77 AccidentBMW 4.4 L V8Sources:+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Continental Michelin Falken Tire
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