Continental Tire Keys to the Race: Watkins Glen

Race: Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen

Track: Watkins Glen International

Length: 6 Hours

Entries: 39 cars spread across four classes: 10 cars (P), 4 cars (PC), 8 cars (GTLM), 17 cars (GTD)

Schedule:

Friday, June 30 (all times ET)
Practice 1 – 11:05 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
Practice 2 – 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 1
Practice 3 – 8-9 a.m.
Qualifying – 11:40 a.m.-1:10 p.m.
CTSC Race – 2:25 – 4:25 p.m. (2 hours)

Sunday, July 2
Warm-up – 8 – 8:20 a.m.
Race –  10:10 a.m. – 4:10 p.m. (6 hours)

Previous Winners: Action Express Racing (P), Starworks Motorsport (PC), Ford Chip Ganassi Racing (GTLM), Scuderia Corsa (GTD)

Previous Polesitters: Johannes Van Overbeek (P), Renger van der Zande (PC), Richard Westbrook (GTLM), Robin Liddell (GTD)

Driver Insight: “Watkins Glen is challenging as it is a great mix of super quick corners and low speed corners. It can be tricky to get the car to have a nice feel and balance in the fast corners while being strong on brakes and traction in the slow corners. They did a great job with their repave last year and the track is incredibly fast and high grip, making for some of the highest cornering speeds and g-forces we see all year.” – Dane Cameron, No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R

Drive Times: Minimum: 1 hour and 45 minutes for PC/GTD Silver/Bronze drivers; Base Drive Time: 30 minutes (all drivers);  Maximum: 4 hours

Tires: Continental Tire “Black” for P, PC and GTD. Multiple tire brands/compounds for GTLM

Pit Stops: 45-50 minute stint length for P, PC; 50-55 minutes for GTLM, GTD

Weather: Partly Cloudy, High: 85 F, 20 percent chance of rain

TV: Sunday July 2, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET (FS1); 1-4:30 p.m. (FS2)

Radio: Complete session-by-session coverage on IMSA Radio

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