Watkins Glen 6 Hours 2000 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Bosch Sports Car Summerfest		Date: 17.8.2000
Track: Watkins Glen International Circuit (United States), 5.472 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
Grand-American Road Racing Championship (round 9)

Weather:	warm, dry, overcast
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	6 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	59
Practiced:	53
Qualified:	52
Started:	52
Finished:	35

Classes:	Pract	Start
Sportsracer	10	10
Sportsracer II	4	4
GTO	8	8
GTU	22	22
AGT	9	8

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Race notes:
11 full-course cautions for 38 laps (144 minutes)

Pre-race sessions:
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 150 minutes on 25-26/8
2 qualifying races (for SR and GT)

Winners:
Overall:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Weaver / Leitzinger / Wallace
Sportsracer II:	62	Kudzu DLM Mazda	Spencer / Grupp / Thomas
GTO:	5	Saleen Mustang	Johnson / Borcheller
GTU:	81	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Law / Fitzgerald
AGT:	09	Chevrolet Camaro	Conway / Goad / Flis
Leaders:
laps 107-108:	37	Lola B2K/10 Judd
laps 109-137:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 1-18:	27	Doran Judd
laps 138-140:	37	Lola B2K/10 Judd
laps 141-166:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 19-27:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 28-30:	27	Doran Judd
lap 31:	74	Riley & Scott Mk III Judd
laps 32-37:	27	Doran Judd
laps 38-55:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 56-62:	37	Lola B2K/10 Judd
laps 63-69:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 70-74:	37	Lola B2K/10 Judd
laps 75-85:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 86-88:	37	Lola B2K/10 Judd
laps 89-106:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	37	Lola B2K/10 Judd	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:39.200	198.973 km/h	lap 56
Sportsracer II:	6	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Buddy Rice (USA)	1:45.600	186.537 km/h	lap 22
GTO:	25	Porsche 911 GT2	Cort Wagner (USA)	1:51.800	176.193 km/h	lap 45
GTU:	7	Porsche 996 GT3-R	David Murry (USA)	1:54.000	172.792 km/h	lap 4
AGT:	91	Chevrolet Camaro	Irv Hoerr (USA)	1:50.700	177.944 km/h	lap 39
Pole Positions:
Overall:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Weaver / Leitzinger / Wallace		198.163 km/h
Sportsracer II:	6	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Rice / Tiller / Macaluso		187.133 km/h
GTO:	5	Saleen Mustang	Johnson / Borcheller		175.285 km/h
GTU:	81	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Law / Fitzgerald		171.234 km/h
AGT:	91	Chevrolet Camaro	Hoerr / Frank / Schramm		174.596 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (24), Riley & Scott (5), Lola (5), Chevrolet (5), BMW (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (25), Chevrolet (6), Ford (5), Judd (3), Mazda (3), BMW (3), Nissan (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-R (6), Riley & Scott Mk III (5), Chevrolet Camaro (5), Porsche 993 GT2 (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (108), CDN (10), D (6), GB (3), I (2), PR (2), B (2)
Most used colours:	white (41%), red (12%), blue (11%), yellow (10%), black (7%), silver (7%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (48%), mid-engined (28%), front-engined (24%)
Average engine size:	4319 cc (with regard to 12% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4526 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Larry Schumacher (64), Andy Petery (61), Joe Policastro (59)
Youngest known drivers:	Lucas Luhr (21), Jean-Francois Dumoulin (24), Dirk Müller (25)
Female drivers:	Kimberly Hiskey

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