Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1996 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: First Union Six Hours of the Glen Presented by Acxiom		Date: 9.6.1996
Track: Watkins Glen International Circuit (United States), 5.472 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
International Motor Sport Association (round 6) IMSA GTS (round 6) International Motor Sport Association (round 6)

Weather:	warm, brief rain
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	6 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	36
Practiced:	30
Qualified:	30
Started:	30
Finished:	19

Classes:	Pract	Start
IMSA WSC	12	12
IMSA GTS-1	6	6
IMSA GTS-2	12	12

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Race notes:
5 full-course cautions for 85 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 8/6
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 150 minutes on 7-8/6
15 minute pre-race warm-up held.

Winners:
Overall:	30	Ferrari 333 SP	Papis / Moretti
IMSA GTS-1:	5	Oldsmobile Aurora	Brassfield / Cunningham / Hoerr / DeVries
IMSA GTS-2:	26	Porsche 911 ME	Haywood / Slater / Hessert
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	30	Ferrari 333 SP	Max Papis (I)	1:40.919	195.189 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	30	Ferrari 333 SP	Max Papis (I)	1:39.684	197.608 km/h
IMSA GTS-1:	5	Oldsmobile Aurora	Brassfield / Cunningham / Hoerr / DeVries	1:50.599	178.106 km/h
IMSA GTS-2:	07	BMW M3	Auberlen	1:57.851	167.146 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), Oldsmobile (5), Riley & Scott (4), BMW (3), Ferrari (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (8), BMW (5), Chevrolet (3), Ferrari (2), Ford (2), Oldsmobile (2), Buick (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Riley & Scott Mk III (4), BMW M3 E36 (3), Porsche 964 Carrera (3), Porsche 911 (3), Oldsmobile Cutlass (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (62), I (10), GB (4), CDN (3), CR (2), F (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (37%), front-engined (34%), rear-engined (29%)
Oldest known drivers:	Dick Greer (64), Larry Schumacher (60), Gianpiero Moretti (56)
Youngest known drivers:	Rob Morgan (23), Mike Borkowski (23), Matthew Cohen (24)

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