2022 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen
The 2022 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was a sports car race held at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York on June 26, 2022. It was the seventh round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the third round of the 2022 Michelin Endurance Cup.[1][2] The No. 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura piloted by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque took the victory in DPi.[3] In LMP2, the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports No. 52 piloted by Ben Keating, Scott Huffaker, and Mikkel Jensen took the victory, while the No. 74 Riley Motorsports entry driven by Gar Robinson, Felipe Fraga, and Kay van Berlo took the victory in LMP3.[4] In GTD Pro, the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 piloted by Ross Gunn and Alex Riberas claimed victory after the No. 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 were penalized post-race. In GTD, the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 took the victory with Maxime Martin and Ian James.[5]
Background
On June 16, 2022, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event. In DPi, the Acura ARX-05 received a 10 kilogram weight increase while the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a 15 kilogram weight break. In GTD Pro and GTD, the Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 received a 10 kilogram weight increase and a fuel capacity increase of 3 liters. The Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 got a fuel capacity increase of 1 liter while the McLaren 720S GT3 got a fuel capacity reduction of 2 liters.[6]
Entries
A total of 48 cars took part in the event, split across five classes. 7 were entered in DPi, 7 in LMP2, 11 in LMP3, 7 in GT Daytona Pro, and 17 in GTD.[7][8] DPi featured the expected addition of the Ally Cadillac Racing #48 alongside the six full-season entries in the class. In LMP2, United Autosports were absent due to Jim McGuire having a medical procedure.[9] Sebastián Montoya joined Juan Pablo Montoya, and Hendrick Hedman in the DragonSpeed entry.[10] Racing Team Nederland returned as part of their Endurance Cup campaign. In LMP3, Kyle Marceli replaced Kuno Wittmer in the AWA entry.[11] Nolan Siegel joined Ari Balogh, and Garett Grist in the Jr III Motorsports entry.[12] In GTD Pro, Risi Competizione returned as part of their Endurance Cup campaign.[13] Kyle Kirkwood subbed Jack Hawksworth who was injured, in the Vasser Sullivan Racing #14.[14] In GTD, AF Corse, Cetilar Racing, Gradient Racing, Crucial Motorsports, Inception Racing, Team Hardpoint, Magnus Racing, and NTE Sport returned.[15] Winward Racing withdrew its #56 entry after the cars steer-by-wire technology did not meet unanimous approval by multiple manufactures competing despite IMSA approving the entry.[16]
Qualifying
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.
| Pos. | Class | Position in class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | DPi | 1 | 60 | Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Tom Blomqvist | 1:29.580 | - | 1‡ |
| 2 | DPi | 2 | 10 | WTR - Konica Minolta Acura | Filipe Albuquerque | 1:29.744 | +0.164 | 2 |
| 3 | DPi | 3 | 01 | Cadillac Racing | Sébastien Bourdais | 1:30.048 | +0.468 | 3 |
| 4 | DPi | 4 | 02 | Cadillac Racing | Earl Bamber | 1:30.242 | +0.662 | 4 |
| 5 | DPi | 5 | 31 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Olivier Pla | 1:30.500 | +0.920 | 5 |
| 6 | DPi | 6 | 5 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | Tristan Vautier | 1:31.059 | +1.479 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | 1 | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Ben Keating | 1:33.930 | +4.350 | 7‡ |
| 8 | LMP2 | 2 | 11 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Steven Thomas | 1:33.931 | +4.351 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 | 3 | 20 | High Class Racing | Dennis Andersen | 1:35.448 | +5.868 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 | 4 | 29 | Racing Team Nederland | Frits van Eerd | 1:35.778 | +6.198 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 5 | 8 | Tower Motorsport | John Farano | 1:35.838 | +6.258 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 | 6 | 81 | DragonSpeed - 10 Star | Henrik Hedman | 1:36.120 | +6.540 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP2 | 7 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Dwight Merriman | 1:37.658 | +8.078 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP3 | 1 | 40 | FastMD Racing | Nicolás Varrone | 1:40.028 | +10.448 | 14‡ |
| 15 | LMP3 | 2 | 58 | MLT Motorsports | Josh Sarchet | 1:40.590 | +11.010 | 15 |
| 16 | LMP3 | 3 | 54 | CORE Autosport | Jon Bennett | 1:41.288 | +11.708 | 16 |
| 17 | LMP3 | 4 | 36 | Andretti Autosport | Jarett Andretti | 1:41.360 | +11.780 | 17 |
| 18 | LMP3 | 5 | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Dan Goldburg | 1:41.471 | +11.891 | 18 |
| 19 | LMP3 | 6 | 74 | Riley Motorsports | Gar Robinson | 1:41.481 | +11.901 | 19 |
| 20 | LMP3 | 7 | 7 | Forty7 Motorsports | Anthony Mantella | 1:42.296 | +12.716 | 20 |
| 21 | LMP3 | 8 | 30 | Jr III Motorsports | Ari Balogh | 1:42.392 | +12.812 | 21 |
| 22 | LMP3 | 9 | 13 | AWA | Orey Fidani | 1:42.886 | +13.306 | 22 |
| 23 | LMP3 | 10 | 6 | Mühlner Motorsports America | Dillon Machavern | 1:43.193 | +13.613 | 23 |
| 24 | GTD Pro | 1 | 25 | BMW Team RLL | Connor De Phillippi | 1:44.755 | +15.175 | 24‡ |
| 25 | GTD Pro | 2 | 23 | Heart of Racing Team | Ross Gunn | 1:44.803 | +15.223 | 25 |
| 26 | GTD | 1 | 32 | Team Korthoff Motorsports | Stevan McAleer | 1:45.077 | +15.497 | 26‡ |
| 27 | GTD Pro | 3 | 62 | Risi Competizione | Davide Rigon | 1:45.169 | +15.589 | 27 |
| 28 | GTD Pro | 4 | 14 | Vasser Sullivan Racing | Ben Barnicoat | 1:45.215 | +15.635 | 28 |
| 29 | GTD | 2 | 12 | Vasser Sullivan Racing | Richard Heistand | 1:45.417 | +15.837 | 29 |
| 30 | GTD | 3 | 96 | Turner Motorsport | Robby Foley | 1:45.426 | +15.846 | 30 |
| 31 | GTD Pro | 5 | 9 | Pfaff Motorsports | Mathieu Jaminet | 1:45.548 | +15.968 | 31 |
| 32 | GTD | 4 | 57 | Winward Racing | Russell Ward | 1:45.631 | +16.051 | 32 |
| 33 | GTD | 5 | 1 | Paul Miller Racing | Madison Snow | 1:45.634 | +16.054 | 33 |
| 34 | GTD | 6 | 42 | NTE Sport/SSR | Jaden Conwright | 1:45.756 | +16.176 | 34 |
| 35 | GTD | 7 | 16 | Wright Motorsports | Zacharie Robichon | 1:45.762 | +16.182 | 35 |
| 36 | GTD | 8 | 47 | Cetilar Racing | Giorgio Sernagiotto | 1:45.916 | +16.336 | 36 |
| 37 | GTD Pro | 6 | 3 | Corvette Racing | Jordan Taylor | 1:46.259 | +16.679 | 37 |
| 38 | GTD | 9 | 39 | CarBahn with Peregrine Racing | Robert Megennis | 1:46.264 | +16.684 | 38 |
| 39 | GTD | 10 | 27 | Heart of Racing Team | Ian James | 1:46.309 | +16.729 | 39 |
| 40 | GTD Pro | 7 | 79 | WeatherTech Racing | Cooper MacNeil | 1:46.699 | +17.119 | 40 |
| 41 | GTD | 11 | 70 | Inception Racing | Brendan Iribe | 1:46.821 | +17.241 | 41 |
| 42 | GTD | 12 | 59 | Crucial Motorsports | Jon Miller | 1:46.936 | +17.356 | 42 |
| 43 | GTD | 13 | 44 | Magnus Racing | John Potter | 1:47.466 | +17.886 | 43 |
| 44 | GTD | 14 | 21 | AF Corse | Luis Pérez Companc | 1:47.497 | +17.917 | 44 |
| 45 | DPi | 7 | 48 | Ally Cadillac Racing | Kamui Kobayashi | 2:17.096 | +47.516 | 45 |
| 46 | LMP3 | 11 | 33 | Sean Creech Motorsport | None | No time | - | 46 |
| 47 | GTD | 15 | 66 | Gradient Racing | None | No time | - | 47 |
| 48 | GTD | 16 | 99 | Team Hardpoint | None | No time | - | 48 |
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Results
Race
Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.
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- Penalized for not meeting the minimum drive time
Standings after the race
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References
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