2014 6 Hours of The Glen

Track Map of Watkins Glen International.

The 2014 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) held on the Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York on June 29, 2014. The event served as the seventh of thirteen scheduled rounds of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship.

Background

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Watkins Glen International, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship schedule in October 2013. It was the first year the event was held as part of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship. The 2014 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was the seventh of thirteen scheduled sports car races of 2014 by IMSA, and it was the third round held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. The event was held at the eleven-turn 3.450 mi (5.552 km) Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York on June 29, 2014.

Before the race, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 160 points, 7 points clear of João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi in second, and Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas with 145 points. With 133 points, PC was led by Jon Bennett and Colin Braunwith a six-point advantage over Renger van der Zande. In GTLM, the Drivers' Championship was led by Bill Auberlen and Andy Priaulx with 123 points; the duo held a five-point gap over Antonio García and Jan Magnussen. Bill Sweedler and Townsend Bell led the GTD Drivers' Championship with 111 points, 1 point ahead of Leh Keen and Cooper MacNeil. Chevrolet, Porsche, and Ferrari were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Wayne Taylor Racing, CORE Autosport, BMW Team RLL, and AIM Autosport were their respective Teams' Championships.

Entry list

Fifty-five cars were officially entered for the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen, with the bulk of entries in the Prototype (P) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) classes. Action Express Racing (AER) fielded two Chevrolet Corvette DP cars while VisitFlorida Racing (VFR) and Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR) fielded one. Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) and Michael Shank Racing (MSR) entered one Ford-powered Riley MkXXVI. Speedsource had two Lola B12/80 while Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) entered two HPD ARX-03b cars and OAK Racing entered one Morgan LMP2 chassis with Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 engine. The DeltaWing car after skipping the Belle Isle round. The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of ten Oreca FLM09 cars: two from Starworks Motorsport and RSR Racing. BAR1 Motorsports, CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, and 8Star Motorsports entered one car each. GTLM was represented by eleven entries from five different brands. In the list of GTD entrants, twenty-one GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers.

Practice

There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. The third on Saturday afternoon lasted an hour.

Qualifying

Saturday afternoon's 80-minute four-group qualifying session gave 15-minute sessions to all categories. Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM, PC, and Prototype had three separate identically timed sessions. Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order. IMSA would arranged the grid to put all Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM, and GTD cars.

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	42	OAK Racing	Alex Brundle	1:37.902	_	1‡
2	P	5	Action Express Racing	Christian Fittipaldi	1:38.560	+0.658	2
3	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Michael Valiante	1:38.692	+0.790	3
4	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Pruett	1:38.738	+0.836	4
5	P	1	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp	1:39.005	+1.103	5
6	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor	1:39.055	+1.153	6
7	P	2	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek	1:39.143	+1.241	7
8	P	9	Action Express Racing	Jon Fogarty	1:39.454	+1.552	8
9	P	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian	Oswaldo Negri Jr.	1:40.128	+2.226	9
10	P	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars	Katherine Legge	1:40.538	+2.636	10
11	PC	54	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	1:40.562	+2.660	11‡
12	PC	25	8Star Motorsports	Tom Kimber-Smith	1:40.823	+2.921	12
13	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Renger van der Zande	1:40.955	+3.053	13
14	PC	7	Starworks Motorsport	John Martin	1:41.041	+3.139	14
15	P	31	Marsh Racing	Eric Curran	1:41.341	+3.439	15
16	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Gunnar Jeannette	1:41.509	+3.607	16
17	PC	38	Performance Tech	David Ostella	1:41.897	+3.995	17
18	PC	09	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira	1:42.076	+4.174	18
19	PC	88	BAR1 Motorsports	Martin Plowman	1:42.268	+4.366	19
20	P	07	Speedsource	Joel Miller	1:43.788	+5.886	20
21	GTLM	55	BMW Team RLL	Andy Priaulx	1:44.084	+6.182	21‡
22	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	1:44.376	+6.474	22
23	GTLM	56	BMW Team RLL	Dirk Müller	1:44.377	+6.475	23
24	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Michael Christensen	1:44.482	+6.580	24
25	GTLM	93	SRT Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito	1:44.606	+6.704	25
26	GTLM	91	SRT Motorsports	Dominik Farnbacher	1:44.755	+6.853	26
27	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner	1:44.783	+6.881	27
28	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Pierre Kaffer	1:44.950	+7.048	28
29	GTLM	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers	1:45.134	+7.232	29
30	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Patrick Pilet	1:45.219	+7.317	30
31	P	70	Speedsource	Sylvain Tremblay	1:45.825	+7.923	31
32	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	Leh Keen	1:48.831	+10.929	32‡
33	GTD	94	Turner Motorsport	Dane Cameron	1:49.023	+11.121	33
34	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:49.119	+11.217	34
35	GTD	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly	1:49.253	+11.351	35
36	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally	1:49.371	+11.469	36
37	GTLM	57	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn	1:49.558	+11.686	37
38	GTD	35	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Dion von Moltke	1:49.783	+11.861	38
39	GTD	555	AIM Autosport	Townsend Bell	1:49.850	+11.948	39
40	GTD	007	TRG-AMR North America	James Davison	1:50.020	+12.118	40
41	GTD	23	Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing	Mario Farnbacher	1:50.024	+12.122	41
42	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Alessandro Balzan	1:50.025	+12.123	42
43	GTD	27	Dempsey Racing	Andrew Davis	1:50.050	+12.148	43
44	GTD	58	Snow Racing	Jan Heylen	1:50.450	+12.548	44
45	GTD	81	GB Autosport	Damien Faulkner	1:50.456	+12.544	45
46	GTD	46	Fall-Line Motorsports	Charles Espenlaub	1:50.589	+12.687	46
47	GTD	30	NGT Motorsport	Kuba Giermaziak	1:51.009	+13.107	47
48	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryce Miller	1:51.347	+13.445	54
49	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Jaap van Lagen	1:51.502	+13.600	48
50	GTD	18	Mühlner Motorsports America	Peter Ludwig	1:53.744	+15.842	49
51	GTD	51	Spirit of Race	Jack Gerber	1:56.625	+18.723	50
52	PC	08	RSR Racing	None	No Time Established		51
53	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	None	No Time Established		52
54	GTD	19	Mühlner Motorsports America	None	No Time Established		54
55	GTD	71	Park Place Motorsports	None	No Time Established		55
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Race

Race results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 P 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Chevrolet Corvette DP C 191‡ Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 2 P 42 OAK Racing Alex Brundle Ho-Pin Tung Gustavo Yacamán Morgan LMP2 C 191 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 3 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Burt Frisselle Chevrolet Corvette DP C 191 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 4 P 9 Action Express Racing Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Jon Fogarty Chevrolet Corvette DP C 191 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 5 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Max Angelelli Chevrolet Corvette DP C 190 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 6 PC 54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun Jon Bennett James Gue Oreca FLM09 C 186‡ Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 7 PC 88 BAR1 Motorsports Doug Bielefeld David Cheng Martin Plowman Oreca FLM09 C 186 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 8 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette Frankie Montecalvo Oreca FLM09 C 186 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 PC 38 Performance Tech David Ostella Mike Hedlund Oreca FLM09 C 186 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 10 PC 7 Starworks Motorsport Sam Bird Martin Fuentes Oreca FLM09 C 185 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 185‡ Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 12 GTLM 91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher Jonathan Bomarito SRT Viper GTS-R M 185 SRT 8.0 L V10 13 GTLM 93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer Marc Goossens SRT Viper GTS-R M 185 SRT 8.0 L V10 14 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 185 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 15 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Richard Lietz Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR M 185 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 GTLM 56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE M 185 BMW 4.4 L V8 17 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella Pierre Kaffer Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 185 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 18 P 31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran Boris Said Guy Cosmo Chevrolet Corvette DP C 184 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 19 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Patrick Long Michael Christensen Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR M 184 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 20 GTLM 17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers Porsche 911 RSR F 184 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 GTLM 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Andy Priaulx BMW Z4 GTE M 184 BMW 4.4 L V8 22 PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Tomy Drissi Oreca FLM09 C 181 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 23 DNF PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande Oreca FLM09 C 180 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 24 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Riley MkXXVI C 179 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 25 GTD 94 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron Markus Palttala BMW Z4 GT3 C 178‡ BMW 4.4 L V8 26 GTD 555 AIM Autosport Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 178 Ferrari 4.5L V8 27 GTD 44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally John Potter Sebastian Asch Porsche 911 GT America C 177 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 28 GTD 27 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Andrew Davis Porsche 911 GT America C 177 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 29 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Balzan Jeff Westphal Brandon Davis Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 177 Ferrari 4.5L V8 30 DNF P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Sage Karam Riley MkXXVI C 175 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 31 GTD 30 NGT Motorsport Kuba Giermaziak Christina Nielsen Porsche 911 GT America C 175 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 32 GTD 35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Dion von Moltke Seth Neiman Spencer Pumpelly Audi R8 LMS ultra C 175 Audi 5.2 L V10 33 P 07 Speedsource Tristan Nunez Joel Miller Tristan Vautier Mazda Prototype C 175 Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 34 DNF PC 08 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Alex Tagliani Rusty Mitchell Oreca FLM09 C 174 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 35 GTLM 57 Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 174 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 36 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase Bryce Miller Audi R8 LMS ultra C 173 Audi 5.2 L V10 37 GTD 81 GB Autosport Damien Faulkner Ben Barker Michael Avenatti Porsche 911 GT America C 171 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 38 DNF PC 09 RSR Racing Duncan Ende Bruno Junqueira Ryan Lewis Oreca FLM09 C 170 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 39 GTD 46 Fall-Line Motorsports Charles Espenlaub Charles Putman Marco Bonanomi Audi R8 LMS ultra C 170 Audi 5.2 L V10 40 P 1 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ryan Dalziel Scott Sharp HPD ARX-03b C 168 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 41 GTD 007 TRG-AMR North America James Davison Al Carter David Block Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 168 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 42 P 2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Anthony Lazzaro HPD ARX-03b C 160 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 43 PC 25 8Star Motorsports Tom Kimber-Smith Sean Rayhall Eric Lux Oreca FLM09 C 158 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 44 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Philipp Frommenwiler Porsche 911 GT America C 156 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 45 GTD 58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen Madison Snow Porsche 911 GT America C 149 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 46 GTD 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Nelson Canache Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Brett Sandberg Audi R8 LMS ultra C 141 Audi 5.2 L V10 47 GTD 18 Mühlner Motorsports America David Calvert-Jones Peter Ludwig Patrick-Otto Madsen Porsche 911 GT America C 137 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 48 DNF GTD 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher Ian James Porsche 911 GT America C 124 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 49 DNF GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating SRT Viper GT3-R C 91 SRT 8.0 L V10 50 DNF P 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Katherine Legge Gabby Chaves DeltaWing DWC13 C 74 Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo 51 DNF GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey Jim Norman Jaap van Lagen Porsche 911 GT America C 57 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 52 DNF GTD 51 Spirit of Race Jack Gerber Matt Griffin Michele Rugolo Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 48 Ferrari 4.5L V8 53 P 70 Speedsource Sylvain Tremblay Tom Long Ben Devlin Mazda Prototype C 13 Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) Sources:

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer C Continental M Michelin F Falken Tire