IMSA 2021: 6 Hours of the Glen
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Qualifications.
DPi
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Ricky Taylor dominated the DPi qualifying session with his Wayne Taylor Racing Acura #10. Together with his co-driver Filipe Albuquerque, they extended their championship lead as a result of the pole for the Six Hours of The Glen.
LMGTE
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Antonio Garcia in the # 3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R set the best time in GTLM qualifications and beat teammate Tommy Milner by 0.374 seconds.
The Teams RLL BMW M8 GTEs were third and fourth, and the WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 finished fifth.
The race
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Start of the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen.
A bit further John Farano with Tower Motorsport #8 Oreca LMP2 slams into the safety rail. He’ll be able to get back to the pit to change the front cover but will abandon in the next lap.
A bit later, Cameron will take the lead with Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian #60 Acura.
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Fire in the left rear suspension area for GTLM Weathertech Porsche 911 RSR #79 driven by Cooper MacNeil 7’.
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Harry Tincknell, Oliver Jarvis and Jonathan Bomarito won the 6 hours race with their # 55 Mazda RT24-P.
With one hour to go, a fourth safety car shook the running order, with Tincknell taking over the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05 of Olivier Pla thanks to a brilliant short pit strategy by Mazda Motorsport.
That strategy of a single-tire stop and short fuel was key to the #55 Mazda win and was so well calculated that Tincknell ran out of fuel on the cool-down lap.
Pla, who won at the Glen two years ago with Tincknell and Bomarito, finished second with the # 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05.
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The #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura DPi of Filipe Albuquerque finished third ahead of the # 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R of Pipo Derani.
Magnussen failed to finish the race after being hit by Kamui Kobayashi and ending in the gravel.
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Corvette Racing #3 celebrated victory in GTLM with Antonio Garcia under pressure from the #24 Team RLL BMW M8 GTE of John Edwards.
With 30 minutes to go, Garcia took the class lead from teammate Nick Tandy Racing in the #4 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R, who ended third.
Sorry for the poor quality of the photo’s. Due to pandemic we had to follow the race on IMSA TV and get those instants on an iPad.
