2025 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen
The 2025 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was a sports car race held at Watkins Glen International in Dix, New York, on June 22, 2025. It was the sixth round of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the Michelin Endurance Cup.
Background
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International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in March 2024.[1] It was the eleventh time the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Watkins Glen. The 2025 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was the sixth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2025 by IMSA.[1] The race was held at the eleven-turn 3.450 mi (5.552 km) Watkins Glen International on June 22, 2025.[1]
Standings before the race
[edit]The GTP Drivers' Championship was led by Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy with 1795 points, 70 ahead of second-placed Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet. Philipp Eng and Dries Vanthoor sat 83 points behind Nasr and Tandy in third place.[2] Josh Burdon, Felipe Fraga, and Gar Robinson were leading the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 645 points, 2 points ahead of Paul di Resta, Dan Goldburg, and Rasmus Lindh in second.[2] Klaus Bachler and Laurin Heinrich were on top in the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 1014 points, 70 ahead of Antonio García and Alexander Sims in second. Albert Costa sat a further 75 points behind in third place.[2] The GTD Drivers' Championship was topped by Philip Ellis and Russell Ward with 1372 points, 124 ahead of second-placed Jack Hawksworth and Parker Thompson.[2] Porsche was leading the GTP and GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championships, whilst Mercedes-AMG was leading the GTD Manufacturers' Championship.[2] Porsche Penske Motorsport, Riley, AO Racing, and Winward Racing were leading their Teams' Championships.[2]
Entry list
[edit]The entry list was published on June 11, 2025, and featured 56 entries: 13 entries in GTP, 12 entries in LMP2, ten entries in GTD Pro, and 21 entries in GTD.[3] Sarah Bovy, Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting were scheduled to compete for Iron Dames in the No. 83 entry, but due to a foot injury sustained by Gatting in testing for the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans forced the team to withdraw from the event.[4] Stevan McAleer, Sheena Monk and Mike Skeen were listed on compete for Triarsi Competizione in the No. 021 entry, but the trio were replaced by Alessandro Balzan, Jason Hart and Aaron Muss.[5] in GTD Pro, Connor De Phillippi completed the driver lineup for Paul Miller Racing in the No. 1 entry.[6] In GTD, Scott Hargrove completed the driver lineup for Forte Racing in the No. 78 entry, while Wyatt Brichacek did the same for Lone Star Racing's No. 80 entry.[6] Mikey Taylor replaced Seth Lucas in the No. 32 entry by Korthoff Competition Motors prior to practice 1.[7]
Qualifying
[edit]Saturday's afternoon qualifying was broken into four sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD classes each.[9] 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. 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.[10]
Qualifying results
[edit]Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GTP | 93 |  Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
|
 Renger van der Zande
|
1:31.558 | — | 1‡ |
| 2 | GTP | 31 | Cadillac Whelen
|
 Jack Aitken
|
1:31.845 | +0.287 | 2 |
| 3 | GTP | 60 | Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
|
Colin Braun
|
1:32.167 | +0.609 | 3 |
| 4 | GTP | 10 | Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing
|
Ricky Taylor
|
1:32.444 | +0.886 | 4 |
| 5 | GTP | 40 | Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing
|
 Louis Delétraz
|
1:32.566 | +1.008 | 5 |
| 6 | GTP | 24 | BMW M Team RLL
|
 Dries Vanthoor
|
1:32.977 | +1.419 | 6 |
| 7 | GTP | 25 | BMW M Team RLL
|
 Sheldon van der Linde
|
1:33.106 | +1.548 | 7 |
| 8 | GTP | 6 |  Porsche Penske Motorsport
|
 Mathieu Jaminet
|
1:33.323 | +1.765 | 8 |
| 9 | GTP | 23 | Aston Martin THOR Team
|
Ross Gunn
|
1:33.360 | +1.802 | 9 |
| 10 | GTP | 7 | Porsche Penske Motorsport
|
 Felipe Nasr
|
1:33.382 | +1.824 | 10 |
| 11 | GTP | 63 |  Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse
|
Romain Grosjean
|
1:33.479 | +1.921 | 11 |
| 12 | GTP | 5 | Proton Competition
|
 Nicolás Varrone
|
1:33.553 | +1.975 | 12 |
| 13 | GTP | 85 | JDC–Miller MotorSports
|
Tijmen van der Helm
|
1:34.294 | +2.736 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP2 | 99 | AO Racing
|
P. J. Hyett
|
1:35.878 | +4.320 | 14‡ |
| 15 | LMP2 | 11 | TDS Racing
|
Steven Thomas
|
1:36.051 | +4.493 | 15 |
| 16 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports USA
|
Dan Goldburg
|
1:36.683 | +5.125 | 16 |
| 17 | LMP2 | 2 | United Autosports USA
|
Nick Boulle
|
1:37.018 | +5.640 | 17 |
| 18 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport
|
 Tobias Lütke
|
1:37.133 | +5.575 | 18 |
| 19 | LMP2 | 43 |  Inter Europol Competition
|
Jeremy Clarke
|
1:37.147 | +5.589 | 19 |
| 20 | LMP2 | 74 | Riley
|
Gar Robinson
|
1:37.232 | +5.674 | 20 |
| 21 | LMP2 | 88 | AF Corse
|
Luis Pérez Companc
|
1:37.311 | +5.753 | 21 |
| 22 | LMP2 | 73 | Pratt Miller Motorsports
|
Chris Cumming
|
1:37.526 | +5.968 | 22 |
| 23 | LMP2 | 04 |  CrowdStrike Racing by APR
|
George Kurtz
|
1:37.558 | +6.000 | 23 |
| 24 | LMP2 | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports
|
Rodrigo Sales
|
1:37.851 | +6.293 | 24 |
| 25 | LMP2 | 8 | Tower Motorsports
|
John Farano
|
1:39.334 | +7.776 | 25 |
| 26 | GTD Pro | 9 | Pfaff Motorsports
|
Andrea Caldarelli
|
1:44.595 | +13.037 | 26‡ |
| 27 | GTD Pro | 48 | Paul Miller Racing
|
Dan Harper
|
1:44.737 | +13.179 | 27 |
| 28 | GTD | 27 | Heart of Racing Team
|
Zacharie Robichon
|
1:44.788 | +13.230 | 36‡ |
| 29 | GTD | 36 | DXDT Racing
|
Alec Udell
|
1:44.999 | +13.441 | 37 |
| 30 | GTD | 32 | Korthoff Competition Motors
|
Daniel Morad
|
1:45.212 | +13.654 | 38 |
| 31 | GTD | 57 | Winward Racing
|
Russell Ward
|
1:45.236 | +13.678 | 39 |
| 32 | GTD Pro | 4 | Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports
|
Nicky Catsburg
|
1:45.296 | +13.738 | 28 |
| 33 | GTD Pro | 81 | DragonSpeed
|
 Albert Costa
|
1:45.326 | +13.768 | 29 |
| 34 | GTD | 12 | Vasser Sullivan Racing
|
Parker Thompson
|
1:45.443 | +13.885 | 40 |
| 35 | GTD Pro | 14 | Vasser Sullivan Racing
|
Aaron Telitz
|
1:45.450 | +13.892 | 30 |
| 36 | GTD Pro | 3 | Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports
|
Alexander Sims
|
1:45.490 | +13.932 | 31 |
| 37 | GTD Pro | 64 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports
|
Mike Rockenfeller
|
1:45.517 | +13.959 | 32 |
| 38 | GTD Pro | 1 | Paul Miller Racing
|
Madison Snow
|
1:45.532 | +13.974 | 33 |
| 39 | GTD Pro | 77 | AO Racing
|
 Klaus Bachler
|
1:45.572 | +14.014 | 34 |
| 40 | GTD Pro | 65 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports
|
Christopher Mies
|
1:56.646 | +14.088 | 35 |
| 41 | GTD | 47 | Cetilar Racing
|
Lorenzo Patrese
|
1:45.696 | +14.138 | 41 |
| 42 | GTD | 023 | Triarsi Competizione
|
Onofrio Triarsi
|
1:45.882 | +14.324 | 42 |
| 43 | GTD | 78 | Forte Racing
|
Misha Goikhberg
|
1:45.906 | +14.348 | 43 |
| 44 | GTD | 19 | van der Steur Racing
|
Anthony McIntosh
|
1:46.013 | +14.455 | 44 |
| 45 | GTD | 96 | Turner Motorsport
|
Patrick Gallagher
|
1:46.213 | +14.655 | 45 |
| 46 | GTD | 70 | Inception Racing
|
Brendan Iribe
|
1:46.529 | +14.971 | 46 |
| 47 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing
|
John Potter
|
1:46.548 | +14.990 | 47 |
| 48 | GTD | 34 | Conquest Racing
|
Manny Franco
|
1:46.779 | +15.221 | 48 |
| 49 | GTD | 021 | Triarsi Competizione
|
Aaron Muss
|
1:47.416 | +15.858 | 49 |
| 50 | GTD | 120 | Wright Motorsports
|
Adam Adelson
|
1:47.465 | +15.907 | 50 |
| 51 | GTD | 66 | Gradient Racing
|
Till Bechtolsheimer
|
1:47.690 | +16.132 | 51 |
| 52 | GTD | 45 | Wayne Taylor Racing
|
Graham Doyle
|
1:48.138 | +16.580 | 52 |
| 53 | GTD | 13 | AWA
|
Orey Fidani
|
1:48.611 | +17.053 | 53 |
| 54 | GTD | 80 | Lone Star Racing
|
Dan Knox
|
1:49.332 | +17.774 | 54 |
| 55 | GTD | 21 | AF Corse
|
Alessandro Pier Guidi
|
No time set[b] | 55 | |
| Sources:[12][13] | |||||||
Race
[edit]Post-race
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Class winners are in bold and ‡.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Kvyat is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- ^ The No. 21 AF Corse Ferrari had all its lap times disallowed due to failing post-qualifying technical inspection, with an unplugged mandatory sensory permitted by IMSA regulations.[11]
- ^ The No. 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports originally finished 3rd in the GTD Pro class, but was later moved to the back of the class after post-race inspection revealed tire pressures exceeding the allowed limit.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kilbey, Stephen; O'Connell, RJ (March 15, 2024). "IMSA Announces 2025 Calendar". Dailysportscar. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). IMSA Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. May 31, 2025. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (June 11, 2025). "Capacity 56-Car Entry for Watkins Glen". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
- ^ O'Connell, RJ (June 17, 2025). "Iron Dames withdraws from Watkins Glen". Racer. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
- ^ a b c d O'Connell, RJ (June 19, 2025). "Watkins Glen 6H: Thursday Paddock Notes". Dailysportscar. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Dagys, John (June 19, 2025). "Watkins Glen Thursday Notebook". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
- ^ a b O'Connell, RJ (June 20, 2025). "Watkins Glen 6H: Friday Paddock Notes". Dailysportscar. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
- ^ O'Connell, RJ (June 12, 2025). "56 Entries For Six Hours Of The Glen". Dailysportscar. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
- ^ "Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen – Official Schedule" (PDF). IMSA Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. June 11, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
- ^ "2025 IMSA Sporting Regulations & Series Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). IMSA. April 30, 2025. Retrieved May 31, 2025.
- ^ "IMSA Penalty Notice – TP-25-18" (PDF). IMSA Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. June 21, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
- ^ "Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen – Qualifying Results" (PDF). IMSA Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. June 21, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
- ^ "Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen – Race Official Starting Grid" (PDF). IMSA Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. June 22, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
- ^ "IMSA Penalty Notice – TP 25-20" (PDF). IMSA Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. June 24, 2025. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
- ^ "Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen – Race Provisional Results (6 Hours)" (PDF). IMSA Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. June 24, 2025. Retrieved June 25, 2025.