Watkins Glen 6 Hours 2015 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen		Date: 28.6.2015
Track: Watkins Glen International (United States), 5.472 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
TUDOR United SportsCar Championship (round 6)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	10:10
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	6 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	36
Practiced:	34
Qualified:	34
Started:	34
Finished:	26

Classes:	Pract	Start
Prototype	8	8
Prototype Challenge	7	7
Grand Touring Le Mans	8	8
Grand Touring Daytona	11	11

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
Qualifying session was cancelled, best free practice times shown instead.
8 full-course cautions: laps 15-17 (no.11 off course), laps 23-24 (no.38 contact), laps 44-47 (no.07 off course), laps 80-82 (no.24 off course), laps 134-138 (track conditions
red flag), laps 140-141 (no.4 off course), laps 146-153 (track conditions), laps 158-160 (no.007 contact)

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 26-27/6
1 qualifying session scheduled for a total of 15 minutes on 27/6 was cancelled
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	90	Chevrolet Corvette DP	Westbrook / Valiante
Prototype Challenge:	8	Oreca FLM 09	Hedlund / van der Zande / Popow
Grand Touring Le Mans:	17	Porsche 991 RSR	Sellers / Henzler
Grand Touring Daytona:	93	Dodge Viper SRT	Carter / Lawrence / Goossens
Leaders:
laps 1-15:	5
laps 16-29:	90
laps 30-44:	5
laps 45-71:	01
laps 72-87:	10
laps 88-103:	5
laps 104-142:	10
lap 143:	5
laps 144-156:	01
laps 157-160:	90
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	5	Chevrolet Corvette DP	João Barbosa (P)	1:39.2940	198.3838 km/h	lap 63
Prototype Challenge:	54	Oreca FLM 09	Colin Braun (USA)	1:41.9870	193.1454 km/h	lap 99
Grand Touring Le Mans:	24	BMW Z4 GTE	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:44.7970	187.9666 km/h	lap 71
Grand Touring Daytona:	93	Dodge Viper SRT	Marc Goossens (B)	1:49.6350	179.6720 km/h	lap 60
Pole Positions:
Overall:	5	Chevrolet Corvette DP	Fittipaldi / Barbosa / Papis	1:38.7400
Prototype Challenge:	54	Oreca FLM 09	Bennett / Braun / Gue	1:40.8150
Grand Touring Le Mans:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Magnussen / Garcia	1:44.1890
Grand Touring Daytona:	48	Audi R8 LMS	Haase / von Moltke / Miller	1:50.2320
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), Oreca (7), Chevrolet (6), BMW (3), Ferrari (2), Dodge (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (13), Porsche (8), BMW (3), Ferrari (2), Viper (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca FLM 09 (7), Porsche 991 GT America (5), Chevrolet Corvette DP (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (42), GB (9), D (8), I (4), CDN (4), BR (3), B (2), DK (2), NL (2), NZ (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (52%), rear-engined (23%), front-engined (25%)
Average engine size:	5016 cc (with regard to 10% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5216 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Mike Guasch (57), Scott Pruett (55), Max Angelelli (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Matthew McMurry (18), Cameron Lawrence (23), Earl Bamber (25)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen

Official Race Programme:

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