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]

Track Map of Watkins Glen International.

Practice and qualifying

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 Patron 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 Patron ESM	Renger van der Zande	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	455	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	PC	26	BAR1 Motorsports	Brian Alder	1:43.575	+9.170	13
14	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand	1:42.507	+8.102	14
15	GTLM	25	BMW RLL Racing	Alexander Sims	1:42.813	+8.408	15
16	GTLM	24	BMW RLL Racing	Martin Tomczyk	1:42.881	+8.476	16
17	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Richard Westbrook	1:42.884	+8.479	17
18	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet	1:43.140	+8.735	18
19	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner	1:43.189	+8.784	19
20	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Laurens Vanthoor	1:43.192	+8.787	20
21	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García	1:43.243	+8.838	21
22	GTD	93	Meyer-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	Meyer-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 Motorsports	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	30
31	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen	1:48.098	+13.693	31
32	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports-Team AMG	Ben Keating	1:48.282	+13.877	32
33	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Boris Said	1:48.778	+14.373	33
34	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Matt McMurry	1:48.895	+14.490	34
35	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Michael de Quesada	1:49.131	+14.726	35
36	GTD	50	Riley Motorsports-WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil	1:49.878	+15.474	36
37	GTD	23	Alex Job Racing	Townsend Bell	1:50.647	+16.242	37
38	GTD	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett	1:50.973	+16.568	38
Source:[2]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Gap To/Reason Retired
					Engine
1	DPi	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Christian Fittipaldi João Barbosa Filipe Albuquerque	Cadillac DPi-V.R	200	6:01:18.592
					Cadillac 6.2L V8 N/A
2	DPi	85	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Misha Goikhberg Stephen Simpson Chris Miller	Oreca 07	200	+1.183s
					Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 N/A
3	DPi	55	Mazda Motorsports	Tristan Nunez Jonathan Bomarito Spencer Pigot	Mazda RT24-P	200	+8.546s
					Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L I4 Turbo
4	DPi	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorports	Olivier Pla José Gutiérrez	Ligier JS P217	200	+17.583s
					Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 N/A
5	DPi	90	VisitFlorida Racing	Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande	Riley Mk. 30	198	+2 laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 N/A
6	DPi	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor	Cadillac DPi-V.R	197	+3 laps
					Cadillac 6.2L V8 N/A
7	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Patricio O'Ward Kyle Masson	Oreca FLM09	195	+5 laps
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8 N/A
8	GTLM	25	BMW RLL Racing	Alexander Sims Bill Auberlen	BMW M6 F13 GTLM	192	+8 laps
					BMW 4.4L V8 Turbo
9	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi	Richard Westbrook Ryan Briscoe	Ford GT	192	+8 laps
					Ford 3.5L V6 Turbo
10	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	192	+8 laps
					Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5L V8 N/A
11	PC	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Don Yount Daniel Burkett Buddy Rice	Oreca FLM09	192	+8 laps
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8 N/A
12	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	192	+8 laps
					Ford 3.5L V6 Turbo
13	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	192	+8 laps
					Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5L V8 N/A
14	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Laurens Vanthoor Gianmaria Bruni	Porsche 911 RSR	192	+8 laps
					Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 N/A
15	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner	Porsche 911 RSR	191	+9 laps
					Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 N/A
16	DPi	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Eric Curran Dane Cameron Filipe Albuquerque	Cadillac DPi-V.R	190	DNF
					Cadillac 6.2L V8 N/A
17	GTD	93	Meyer-Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Andy Lally Katherine Legge	Acura NSX GT3	187	+13 laps
					Acura 3.5L V6 Turbo
18	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan Matteo Cressoni	Ferrari 488 GT3	187	+13 laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9L V8 Turbo
19	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Justin Marks Jens Klingmann	BMW M6 G13 GT3	187	+13 laps
					BMW 4.4L V8 Turbo
20	GTD	50	Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	Cooper MacNeil Shane van Gisbergen Gunnar Jeannette	Mercedes-AMG GT	187	+13 laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8 N/A
21	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Jack Hawksworth Austin Cindric Robert Alon	Lexus RC F GT3	187	+13 laps
					Lexus 5.0L V8 N/A
22	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Sage Karam Scott Pruett	Lexus RC	187	+13 laps
					Lexus 5.0L V8 N/A
23	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Michael de Quesada Michael Christensen Daniel Morad	Porsche 911 GT3 R	187	+13 laps
					Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 N/A
24	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Matt McMurry Patrick Lindsey	Porsche 911 GT3 R	187	+13 laps
					Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 N/A
25	GTD	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Lawson Aschenbach Andrew Davis	Audi R8 LMS	186	+14 laps
					Audi 5.2L V10 N/A
26	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Mario Farnbacher	Mercedes-AMG GT	186	+14 laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8 N/A
27	GTD	27	Dream Racing Motorsport	Paolo Ruperti Cédric Sbirrazzuoli	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	186	+14 laps
					Lamborghini 5.2L V10 N/A
28	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow Bryan Sellers	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	186	+14 laps
					Lamborghini 5.2L V10 N/A
29	GTD	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Niclas Jönsson	Porsche 911 GT3 R	186	+14 laps
					Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 N/A
30	GTD	23	Alex Job Racing	Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo Bill Sweedler	Audi R8 LMS	184	+16 laps
					Audi 5.2L V10
31	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Boris Said Kenny Habul Tristan Vautier	Mercedes-AMG GT	184	+16 laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8 N/A
32 DNF	DPi	2	Tequila Patron ESM	Pipo Derani Ryan Dalziel Scott Sharp	Nissan Onroak DPi	177	Throttle
					Nissan 3.8L V6 Turbo
33	PC	26	BAR1 Motorsports	Gustavo Yacamán Derek Jones Brian Alder	Oreca FLM09	176	+24 laps
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8 N/A
34 DNF	GTD	86	Meyer-Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Jeff Segal Oswaldo Negri Jr.	Acura NSX GT3	167	Hub
					Acura 3.5L V6 Turbo
35 DNF	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Martin Tomczyk John Edwards	BMW M6 F13 GTLM	161	Radiator
					BMW 4.4L V8 Turbo
36 DNF	DPi	22	Tequila Patron ESM	Johannes van Overbeek Bruno Senna	Nissan Onroak DPi	160	Oil Pressure
					Nissan 3.8L V6 Turbo
37 DNF	GTD	16	Change Racing	Corey Lewis Jeroen Mul Brett Sandberg	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	89	Crash
					Lamborghini 5.2L V10 N/A
38 DNF	DPi	70	Mazda Motorsports	Joel Miller Marino Franchitti Tom Long	Mazda RT24-P	61	Trubo
					Mazda 2.0L I4 Turbo
Source: [3][4]

Statistics

Pole Position - #1 Pipo Derani - 1:34.405[5]

Fastest Lap - #52 Oliper Pla - 1:33.314[6]

References

1. https://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Watkins_Glen-2017-07-02.html
2. https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Watkins_Glen-2017-07-02.html?sort=Qualifying
3. https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Watkins_Glen-2017-07-02.html?sort=Results
4. https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2017_Sahlens_Six_Hours_of_the_Glen/TU
5. "Qualifying Results" (PDF). 1 July 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
6. "Race Official Results". 6 July 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2020.