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
Preview
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 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). +ClassTeamDriverTime1P42 OAK Racing Alex Brundle1:37.902_12P5 Action Express Racing Christian Fittipaldi1:38.560 +0.65823P90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante1:38.692 +0.79034P01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett1:38.738 +0.83645P1 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp1:39.005 +1.10356P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor1:39.055 +1.15367P2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek1:39.143 +1.24178P9 Action Express Racing Jon Fogarty1:39.454 +1.55289P60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr.1:40.128 +2.226910P0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Katherine Legge1:40.538 +2.6361011PC54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun1:40.562+2.6601112PC25 8Star Motorsports Tom Kimber-Smith1:40.823 +2.9211213PC8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande1:40.955 +3.0531314PC7 Starworks Motorsport John Martin1:41.041 +3.1391415P31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran1:41.341 +3.4391516PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette1:41.509 +3.6071617PC38 Performance Tech David Ostella1:41.897 +3.9951718PC09 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira1:42.076 +4.1741819PC88 BAR1 Motorsports Martin Plowman1:42.268 +4.3661920P07 Speedsource Joel Miller1:43.788 +5.8862021GTLM55 BMW Team RLL Andy Priaulx1:44.084+6.1822122GTLM3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen1:44.376 +6.4742223GTLM56 BMW Team RLL Dirk Müller1:44.377 +6.4752324GTLM912 Porsche North America Michael Christensen1:44.482 +6.5802425GTLM93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito1:44.606 +6.7042526GTLM91 SRT Motorsports Dominik Farnbacher1:44.755 +6.8532627GTLM4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner1:44.783 +6.8812728GTLM62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer1:44.950 +7.0482829GTLM17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers1:45.134 +7.2322930GTLM911 Porsche North America Richard Lietz1:45.219 +7.3173031P70 Speedsource Sylvain Tremblay1:45.825 +7.9233132GTD22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen1:48.831+10.9293233GTD94 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron1:49.023 +11.1213334GTD33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen1:49.119 +11.2173435GTD45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly1:49.253 +11.3513536GTD44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally1:49.371 +11.4693637GTLM57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn1:49.558 +11.6863738GTD35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Dion von Moltke1:49.783 +11.8613839GTD555 AIM Autosport Townsend Bell1:49.850 +11.9483940GTD007 TRG-AMR North America James Davison1:50.020 +12.1184041GTD23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher1:50.024 +12.1224142GTD63 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Balzan1:50.025 +12.1234243GTD27 Dempsey Racing Andrew Davis1:50.050 +12.1484344GTD58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen1:50.450 +12.5484445GTD81 GB Autosport Damien Faulkner1:50.456 +12.5444546GTD46 Fall-Line Motorsports Charles Espenlaub1:50.589 +12.6874647GTD30 NGT Motorsport Kuba Giermaziak1:51.009 +13.1074748GTD48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller1:51.347 +13.4455449GTD73 Park Place Motorsports Jaap van Lagen1:51.502 +13.6004850GTD18 Mühlner Motorsports America Peter Ludwig1:53.744 +15.8424951GTD51 Spirit of Race Jack Gerber1:56.625 +18.7235052PC08 RSR RacingNoneNo Time Established5153PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSportsNoneNo Time Established5254GTD19 Mühlner Motorsports AmericaNoneNo Time Established5455GTD71 Park Place MotorsportsNoneNo Time Established55Sources:
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). ClassTeamDriversChassisTireEngine1P90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante Richard WestbrookChevrolet Corvette DP191Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V82P42 OAK Racing Alex Brundle Ho-Pin Tung Gustavo YacamánMorgan LMP2191Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V83P5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Burt FrisselleChevrolet Corvette DP191Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V84P9 Action Express Racing Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Jon FogartyChevrolet Corvette DP191Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V85P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Max AngelelliChevrolet Corvette DP190Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V86PC54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun Jon Bennett James GueOreca FLM09186Chevrolet 6.2 L V87PC88 BAR1 Motorsports Doug Bielefeld David Cheng Martin PlowmanOreca FLM09186Chevrolet 6.2 L V88PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Gunnar Jeannette Frankie MontecalvoOreca FLM09186Chevrolet 6.2 L V89PC38 Performance Tech David Ostella Mike HedlundOreca FLM09186Chevrolet 6.2 L V810PC7 Starworks Motorsport Sam Bird Martin FuentesOreca FLM09185Chevrolet 6.2 L V811GTLM3 Corvette Racing Antonio García Jan MagnussenChevrolet Corvette C7.R185Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V812GTLM91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Dominik Farnbacher Jonathan BomaritoSRT Viper GTS-R185SRT 8.0 L V1013GTLM93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer Marc GoossensSRT Viper GTS-R185SRT 8.0 L V1014GTLM4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy MilnerChevrolet Corvette C7.R185Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V815GTLM911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Richard Lietz Patrick PiletPorsche 911 RSR185Porsche 4.0 L Flat-616GTLM56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Dirk MüllerBMW Z4 GTE185BMW 4.4 L V817GTLM62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella Pierre KafferFerrari 458 Italia GT2185Ferrari 4.5 L V818P31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran Boris Said Guy CosmoChevrolet Corvette DP184Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V819GTLM912 Porsche North America Patrick Long Michael Christensen Patrick PiletPorsche 911 RSR184Porsche 4.0 L Flat-620GTLM17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler Bryan SellersPorsche 911 RSR184Porsche 4.0 L Flat-621GTLM55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Andy PriaulxBMW Z4 GTE184BMW 4.4 L V822PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Tomy DrissiOreca FLM09181Chevrolet 6.2 L V823 DNFPC8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis Renger van der ZandeOreca FLM09180Chevrolet 6.2 L V824P60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr. John PewRiley MkXXVI179Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V625GTD94 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron Markus PalttalaBMW Z4 GT3178BMW 4.4 L V826GTD555 AIM Autosport Townsend Bell Bill SweedlerFerrari 458 Italia GT3178Ferrari 4.5L V827GTD44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally John Potter Sebastian AschPorsche 911 GT America177Porsche 4.0L Flat-628GTD27 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Andrew DavisPorsche 911 GT America177Porsche 4.0L Flat-629GTD63 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Balzan Jeff Westphal Brandon DavisFerrari 458 Italia GT3177Ferrari 4.5L V830 DNFP01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Sage KaramRiley MkXXVI175Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V631GTD30 NGT Motorsport Kuba Giermaziak Christina NielsenPorsche 911 GT America175Porsche 4.0L Flat-632GTD35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Dion von Moltke Seth Neiman Spencer PumpellyAudi R8 LMS ultra175Audi 5.2 L V1033P07 Speedsource Tristan Nunez Joel Miller Tristan VautierMazda Prototype175Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel)34 DNFPC08 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Alex Tagliani Rusty MitchellOreca FLM09174Chevrolet 6.2 L V835GTLM57 Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson Tracy KrohnFerrari 458 Italia GT2174Ferrari 4.5 L V836GTD48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase Bryce MillerAudi R8 LMS ultra173Audi 5.2 L V1037GTD81 GB Autosport Damien Faulkner Ben Barker Michael AvenattiPorsche 911 GT America171Porsche 4.0L Flat-638 DNFPC09 RSR Racing Duncan Ende Bruno Junqueira Ryan LewisOreca FLM09170Chevrolet 6.2 L V839GTD46 Fall-Line Motorsports Charles Espenlaub Charles Putman Marco BonanomiAudi R8 LMS ultra170Audi 5.2 L V1040P1 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ryan Dalziel Scott SharpHPD ARX-03b168Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V641GTD007 TRG-AMR North America James Davison Al Carter David BlockAston Martin V12 Vantage GT3168Aston Martin 6.0 L V1242P2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Anthony LazzaroHPD ARX-03b160Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V643PC25 8Star Motorsports Tom Kimber-Smith Sean Rayhall Eric LuxOreca FLM09158Chevrolet 6.2 L V844GTD22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Philipp FrommenwilerPorsche 911 GT America156Porsche 4.0L Flat-645GTD58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen Madison SnowPorsche 911 GT America149Porsche 4.0L Flat-646GTD45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Nelson Canache Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Brett SandbergAudi R8 LMS ultra141Audi 5.2 L V1047GTD18 Mühlner Motorsports America David Calvert-Jones Peter Ludwig Patrick-Otto MadsenPorsche 911 GT America137Porsche 4.0L Flat-648