The 2025 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was a sports car race held at Watkins Glen International in Dix, New York, on June 22, 2025. It was the sixth round of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the Michelin Endurance Cup.
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International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in March 2024. It was the eleventh time the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Watkins Glen. The 2025 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was the sixth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2025 by IMSA. The race was held at the eleven-turn Watkins Glen International on June 22, 2025.
Standings before the race The GTP Drivers' Championship was led by Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy with 1795 points, 70 ahead of second-placed Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet. Philipp Eng and Dries Vanthoor sat 83 points behind Nasr and Tandy in third place. Josh Burdon, Felipe Fraga, and Gar Robinson were leading the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 645 points, 2 points ahead of Paul di Resta, Dan Goldburg, and Rasmus Lindh in second. Klaus Bachler and Laurin Heinrich were on top in the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 1014 points, 70 ahead of Antonio García and Alexander Sims in second. Albert Costa sat a further 75 points behind in third place. The GTD Drivers' Championship was topped by Philip Ellis and Russell Ward with 1372 points, 124 ahead of second-placed Jack Hawksworth and Parker Thompson. Porsche was leading the GTP and GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championships, whilst Mercedes-AMG was leading the GTD Manufacturers' Championship. Porsche Penske Motorsport, Riley, AO Racing, and Winward Racing were leading their Teams' Championships.
Entry list
The entry list was published on June 11, 2025, and featured 56 entries: 13 entries in GTP, 12 entries in LMP2, ten entries in GTD Pro, and 21 entries in GTD. Sarah Bovy, Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting were scheduled to compete for Iron Dames in the No. 83 entry, but due to a foot injury sustained by Gatting in testing for the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans forced the team to withdraw from the event. Stevan McAleer, Sheena Monk and Mike Skeen were listed on compete for Triarsi Competizione in the No. 021 entry, but the trio were replaced by Alessandro Balzan, Jason Hart and Aaron Muss. in GTD Pro, Connor De Phillippi completed the driver lineup for Paul Miller Racing in the No. 1 entry. In GTD, Scott Hargrove completed the driver lineup for Forte Racing in the No. 78 entry, while Wyatt Brichacek did the same for Lone Star Racing's No. 80 entry. Mikey Taylor replaced Seth Lucas in the No. 32 entry by Korthoff Competition Motors prior to practice 1.
Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) (13 entries) 5 Proton Competition Porsche 963 Neel Jani Nico Pino Nicolás Varrone 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Felipe Nasr Nick Tandy 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 23 Aston Martin THOR Team Aston Martin Valkyrie Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn 24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Philipp Eng Dries Vanthoor 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann 31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R Jack Aitken Earl Bamber Frederik Vesti 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Louis Delétraz Jordan Taylor 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun 63 Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse Lamborghini SC63 Romain Grosjean Daniil Kvyat 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 Gianmaria Bruni Tijmen van der Helm 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 Kakunoshin Ohta Nick Yelloly Renger van der Zande LMP2 (Le Mans Prototype 2) (12 entries) 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca 07-Gibson Malthe Jakobsen George Kurtz Toby Sowery 2 United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson Nick Boulle Juan Manuel Correa Ben Hanley 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Sebastián Álvarez Sébastien Bourdais John Farano 11 TDS Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Mikkel Jensen Hunter McElrea Steven Thomas 18 Era Motorsport Oreca 07-Gibson Paul-Loup Chatin David Heinemeier Hansson Tobias Lütke 22 United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson Dan Goldburg Paul di Resta Rasmus Lindh 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07-Gibson Jeremy Clarke Tom Dillmann Bijoy Garg 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Mathias Beche Benjamin Pedersen Rodrigo Sales 73 Pratt Miller Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Chris Cumming Manuel Espírito Santo Pietro Fittipaldi 74 Riley Oreca 07-Gibson Josh Burdon Felipe Fraga Gar Robinson 88 AF Corse Oreca 07-Gibson Luis Pérez Companc Matías Pérez Companc Matthieu Vaxivière 99 AO Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Dane Cameron Jonny Edgar P. J. Hyett GTD Pro (GT Daytona Pro) (10 entries) 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo Connor De Phillippi Madison Snow Neil Verhagen 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Antonio García Alexander Sims 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Nicky Catsburg Tommy Milner 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Andrea Caldarelli Sandy Mitchell 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Ben Barnicoat Aaron Telitz 48 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo Dan Harper Max Hesse 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Sebastian Priaulx Mike Rockenfeller 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Christopher Mies Frédéric Vervisch 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Klaus Bachler Laurin Heinrich 81 DragonSpeed Ferrari 296 GT3 Albert Costa Davide Rigon GTD (GT Daytona) (20 entries) 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 Alessandro Balzan Jason Hart Aaron Muss 023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 James Calado Onofrio Triarsi Andrew Waite 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Jack Hawksworth Frankie Montecalvo Parker Thompson 13 AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Matt Bell Orey Fidani Lars Kern 19 van der Steur Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Valentin Hasse-Clot Anthony McIntosh Rory van der Steur 21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Simon Mann Alessandro Pier Guidi Lilou Wadoux 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Tom Gamble Zacharie Robichon Casper Stevenson 32 Korthoff Competition Motors Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Kenton Koch Daniel Morad Mikey Taylor 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Manny Franco Daniel Serra Ben Tuck 36 DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Charlie Eastwood Alec Udell Salih Yoluç 44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo John Potter Spencer Pumpelly Marco Sørensen 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Graham Doyle Danny Formal Trent Hindman 47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Antonio Fuoco Lorenzo Patrese Giorgio Sernagiotto 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Indy Dontje Philip Ellis Russell Ward 66 Gradient Racing Ford Mustang GT3 Till Bechtolsheimer Tatiana Calderón Joey Hand 70 Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Frederik Schandorff 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Mario Farnbacher Misha Goikhberg Scott Hargrove 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Scott Andrews Wyatt Brichacek Dan Knox 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher Jake Walker 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Adam Adelson Tom Sargent Elliott Skeer Source:
Qualifying Saturday's afternoon qualifying was broken into four sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD classes each. The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.
Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with . ClassEntryDriverTime1GTP93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Renger van der Zande1:31.558—12GTP31 Cadillac Whelen Jack Aitken1:31.845 +0.28723GTP60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Colin Braun1:32.167 +0.60934GTP10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor1:32.444 +0.88645GTP40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Louis Delétraz1:32.566 +1.00856GTP24 BMW M Team RLL Dries Vanthoor1:32.977 +1.41967GTP25 BMW M Team RLL Sheldon van der Linde1:33.106 +1.54878GTP6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Mathieu Jaminet1:33.323 +1.76589GTP23 Aston Martin THOR Team Ross Gunn1:33.360 +1.802910GTP7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Felipe Nasr1:33.382 +1.8241011GTP63 Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse Romain Grosjean1:33.479 +1.9211112GTP5 Proton Competition Nicolás Varrone1:33.553 +1.9751213GTP85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Tijmen van der Helm1:34.294 +2.7361314LMP299 AO Racing P. J. Hyett1:35.878 +4.3201415LMP211 TDS Racing Steven Thomas1:36.051 +4.4931516LMP222 United Autosports USA Dan Goldburg1:36.683 +5.1251617LMP22 United Autosports USA Nick Boulle1:37.018 +5.6401718LMP218 Era Motorsport Tobias Lütke1:37.133 +5.5751819LMP243 Inter Europol Competition Jeremy Clarke1:37.147 +5.5891920LMP274 Riley Gar Robinson1:37.232 +5.6742021LMP288 AF Corse Luis Pérez Companc1:37.311 +5.7532122LMP273 Pratt Miller Motorsports Chris Cumming1:37.526 +5.9682223LMP204 CrowdStrike Racing by APR George Kurtz1:37.558 +6.0002324LMP252 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Rodrigo Sales1:37.851 +6.2932425LMP28 Tower Motorsports John Farano1:39.334 +7.7762526GTD Pro9 Pfaff Motorsports Andrea Caldarelli1:44.595 +13.0372627GTD Pro48 Paul Miller Racing Dan Harper1:44.737 +13.1792728GTD27 Heart of Racing Team Zacharie Robichon1:44.788 +13.2303629GTD36 DXDT Racing Alec Udell1:44.999 +13.4413730GTD32 Korthoff Competition Motors Daniel Morad1:45.212 +13.6543831GTD57 Winward Racing Russell Ward1:45.236 +13.6783932GTD Pro4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Nicky Catsburg1:45.296 +13.7382833GTD Pro81 DragonSpeed Albert Costa1:45.326 +13.7682934GTD12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Parker Thompson1:45.443 +13.8854035GTD Pro14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Aaron Telitz1:45.450 +13.8923036GTD Pro3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Alexander Sims1:45.490 +13.9323137GTD Pro64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mike Rockenfeller1:45.517 +13.9593238GTD Pro1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow1:45.532 +13.9743339GTD Pro77 AO Racing Klaus Bachler1:45.572 +14.0143440GTD Pro65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Christopher Mies1:56.646 +14.0883541GTD47 Cetilar Racing Lorenzo Patrese1:45.696 +14.1384142GTD023 Triarsi Competizione Onofrio Triarsi1:45.882 +14.3244243GTD78 Forte Racing Misha Goikhberg1:45.906 +14.3484344GTD19 van der Steur Racing Anthony McIntosh1:46.013 +14.4554445GTD96 Turner Motorsport Patrick Gallagher1:46.213 +14.6554546GTD70 Inception Racing Brendan Iribe1:46.529 +14.9714647GTD44 Magnus Racing John Potter1:46.548 +14.9904748GTD34 Conquest Racing Manny Franco1:46.779 +15.2214849GTD021 Triarsi Competizione Aaron Muss1:47.416 +15.8584950GTD120 Wright Motorsports Adam Adelson1:47.465 +15.9075051GTD66 Gradient Racing Till Bechtolsheimer1:47.690 +16.1325152GTD45 Wayne Taylor Racing Graham Doyle1:48.138 +16.5805253GTD13 AWA Orey Fidani1:48.611 +17.0535354GTD80 Lone Star Racing Dan Knox1:49.332 +17.7745455GTD21 AF Corse Alessandro Pier GuidiNo time set55Sources:
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