Watkins Glen 6 Hours 2017 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen		Date: 2.7.2017
Track: Watkins Glen International (United States), 5.472 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (round 6)

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

Entered:	38
Practiced:	38
Qualified:	38
Started:	38
Finished:	31

Classes:	Pract	Start
Prototype	10	10
Prototype Challenge	3	3
Grand Touring Le Mans	8	8
Grand Touring Daytona	17	17

No Photos Yet Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 30/6-1/7
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 1/7
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	5	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Fittipaldi / Barbosa / Albuquerque
Prototype Challenge:	38	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	French / O'Ward / Masson
Grand Touring Le Mans:	25	BMW M6 GTLM	Sims / Auberlen
Grand Touring Daytona:	93	Acura NSX GT3	Lally / Legge
Leaders:
laps 1-14:	2	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 15-22:	52	Ligier JSP217 Gibson
lap 23:	31	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 24-63:	2	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 64-65:	5	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 66-91:	31	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 92-108:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 109-118:	90	Riley Mk.30 Gibson
laps 119-157:	5	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 158-159:	55	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 160-184:	5	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 185-193:	85	Oreca 07 Gibson
laps 194-200:	5	Cadillac DPi-V.R
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	52	Ligier JS P217 Gibson	Olivier Pla (F)	1:33.3140	211.0993 km/h	lap 189
Prototype Challenge:	38	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	Patricio O'Ward (MEX)	1:37.8490	201.2984 km/h	lap 73
Grand Touring Le Mans:	25	BMW M6 GTLM	Alexander Sims (GB)	1:41.6080	193.8986 km/h	lap 182
Grand Touring Daytona:	15	Lexus RCF GT3	Jack Hawksworth (GB)	1:44.7860	187.9987 km/h	lap 153
Pole Positions:
Overall:	2	Nissan Onroak DPi	Pipo Derani (BR)	1:34.4050	208.5710 km/h
Prototype Challenge:	38	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	James French (USA)	1:40.0490	196.8228 km/h
Grand Touring Le Mans:	66	Ford GT	Joey Hand (USA)	1:42.5070	192.1557 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	93	Acura NSX GT3	Andy Lally (USA)	1:46.0510	185.7183 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (5), Oreca (4), Cadillac (3), BMW (3), Mercedes-AMG (3), Lamborghini (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (5), Porsche (5), Cadillac (3), Gibson (3), BMW (3), Mercedes-AMG (3), Lamborghini (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Cadillac DPi-V.R (3), Oreca FLM 09 (3), BMW M6 (3), Mercedes-AMG GT3 (3), Porsche 991 GT3 R (3), Lamborghini Huracán (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (48), GB (7), D (5), I (4), BR (4), DK (3), P (3), F (3), NL (3), MEX (2), CDN (2), AUS (2), B (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (65%), front-engined (26%), rear-engined (9%)
Average engine size:	4721 cc (with regard to 27% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5230 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Scott Pruett (57), Boris Said (55), Niclas Jönsson (50)
Youngest known drivers:	Matthew McMurry (20), Pipo Derani (24), Laurens Vanthoor (26)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen

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