Watkins Glen 6 Hours 2003 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Sahlen's Sports Car Grand Prix Watkins Glen		Date: 22.6.2003
Track: Watkins Glen International (United States), 5.472 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
Grand-American Road Racing Championship (round 6)

Weather:	warm, brief light rain
Start time:	10:31
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	6 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	41
Practiced:	26
Qualified:	25
Started:	25
Finished:	12

Classes:	Pract	Start
Daytona Prototypes	5	5
SportsRacing Prototypes II	2	2
Grand Touring Sport	5	5
Grand Touring	13	13

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Race notes:
Qualifying session cancelled due to rain, grid based on team championship positions
7 full-course cautions, 34 laps, 86 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held on 19/6 in 2 sessions for a total of 60 minutes
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 195 minutes on 20-21/6
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	58	Fabcar FDSC/03 Porsche	Donohue / Borkowski / Goodyear
SportsRacing Prototypes II:	80	Picchio D-USA BMW	Marshall / Prilika / Bayliff
Grand Touring Sport:	48	Ford Mustang	Riggins / Machavern / Lagasse
Grand Touring:	83	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Neiman / Van Overbeek / Pechnik
Leaders:
laps 102-165:	54	Doran JE4 Chevrolet
laps 1-46:	54	Doran JE4 Chevrolet
laps 166-167:	58	Fabcar FDSC/03 Porsche
laps 47-80:	58	Fabcar FDSC/03 Porsche
lap 81:	54	Doran JE4 Chevrolet
laps 82-91:	58	Fabcar FDSC/03 Porsche
laps 92-95:	54	Doran JE4 Chevrolet
laps 96-101:	58	Fabcar FDSC/03 Porsche
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	58	Fabcar FDSC/03 Porsche	Scott Goodyear (CDN)	1:50.3400	110.9300 km/h	lap 158
SportsRacing Prototypes II:	5	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Justin Pruskowski (USA)	1:53.4940	173.5629 km/h	lap 78
Grand Touring Sport:	48	Ford Mustang	Tommy Riggins (USA)	1:54.1490	172.5667 km/h	lap 134
Grand Touring:	83	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Johannes Van Overbeek (USA)	1:55.7980	170.1093 km/h	lap 128
Pole Positions:
Overall:	59	Fabcar FDSC/03 Porsche	France / Haywood / Dyson	1:51.1940	177.1405 km/h
SportsRacing Prototypes II:	80	Picchio D-USA BMW	Marshall / Prilika / Bayliff	2:02.6610	160.5803 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	48	Ford Mustang	Riggins / Machavern / Lagasse	1:53.8840	172.9562 km/h
Grand Touring:	33	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Cort Wagner (USA)	1:53.1450	174.0988 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (7), Fabcar (3), Pontiac (3), Chevrolet (3), Picchio (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (9), Chevrolet (5), BMW (3), Pontiac (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Fabcar FDSC/03 (3), Pontiac Firebird (3), Porsche 996 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (56), CDN (3)
Most used colours:	silver (20%), white (19%), blue (17%), red (16%), yellow (14%), black (9%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (37%), front-engined (33%), rear-engined (30%)
Oldest known drivers:	Doug Mills (61), Richard Valentine (59), Frank Del Vecchio (59)
Youngest known drivers:	Chris Dyson (25), Cory Friedman (25), Wayne Nonnamaker (28)

Official Race Programme:

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