2026 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen

The 2026 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen will be a sports car race held at Watkins Glen International in Dix, New York, on June 28, 2026. It will be the sixth round of the 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the Michelin Endurance Cup.

The layout of Watkins Glen International, where the race will be held.

Background

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Preview

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Watkins Glen International, where the race will be held.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in March 2025.[1] It will be the twelfth time the IMSA SCC hosts a race at Watkins Glen. The 2026 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen will be the sixth of nine scheduled sports car races of 2026 by IMSA.[2] The race will be held at the eleven-turn 3.450 mi (5.552 km) Watkins Glen International on June 28, 2026.[2]

Standings before the race

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The GTP Drivers' Championship is currently being led by Jack Aitken with 1760 points, 144 ahead of second-placed Laurin Heinrich. Julien Andlauer and Felipe Nasr sit 154 points behind Aitken in third place.[3] Paul di Resta, Dan Goldburg and Rasmus Lindh are leading the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 662 points, 3 points ahead of George Kurtz, Alex Quinn and Toby Sowery in second.[3] Nicky Catsburg and Tommy Milner are currently on top in the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 1243 points, 18 ahead of Connor De Phillippi and Neil Verhagen in second. Christopher Mies and Frédéric Vervisch sits a further 20 points behind in third place.[3] The GTD Drivers' Championship is topped by Eduardo Barrichello with 1280 points, 140 ahead of second-placed Robby Foley and Patrick Gallagher.[3] Cadillac is leading the GTP Manufacturers' Championships. Chevrolet is leading the GTP Pro Manufacturers' Championship and Ferrari is leading the GTD Manufacturers' Championship.[3] Cadillac Whelen, United Autosports USA, Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports, and Heart of Racing Team are leading their Teams' Championships.[3]

Qualifying

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Race

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Post-race

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Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTP 31 United States Cadillac Whelen United Kingdom Jack Aitken
New Zealand Earl Bamber
Denmark Frederik Vesti
Cadillac V-Series.R 182 6:00:47.095‡
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
2 GTP 93 United States Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Japan Kakunoshin Ohta
Acura ARX-06 182 +11.166
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
3 GTP 5 United States JDC–Miller MotorSports Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm
Germany Laurin Heinrich
United States Kaylen Frederick
Porsche 963 182 +13.742
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
4 GTP 24 Belgium BMW M Team WRT South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
BMW M Hybrid V8 182 +17.859
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
5 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Julien Andlauer
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Porsche 963 182 +23.263
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
6 GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Kévin Estre
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963 182 +23.970
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
7 GTP 10 United States Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United States Ricky Taylor
Cadillac V-Series.R 182 +43.600
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
8 GTP 40 United States Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Switzerland Louis Delétraz
United States Jordan Taylor
Cadillac V-Series.R 182 +44.462
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
9 GTP 25 Belgium BMW M Team WRT Austria Philipp Eng
Germany Marco Wittmann
BMW M Hybrid V8 182 +1:24.688
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
10 LMP2 99 United States AO Racing United States Dane Cameron
United Kingdom Jonny Edgar
United States P.J. Hyett
Oreca 07 180 +2 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 04 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR United States George Kurtz
United Kingdom Alex Quinn
United Kingdom Toby Sowery
Oreca 07 179 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United States Jacob Abel
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
United States Naveen Rao
Oreca 07 179 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition United States Jeremy Clarke
France Tom Dillmann
United States Bijoy Garg
Oreca 07 179 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA United Kingdom Paul di Resta
United States Dan Goldburg
Sweden Rasmus Lindh
Oreca 07 179 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15 LMP2 52 United States Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen Canada Misha Goikhberg
Canada Parker Thompson
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Oreca 07 179 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16 LMP2 8 Canada Tower Motorsports Mexico Sebastián Álvarez
Canada John Farano
France Tristan Vautier
Oreca 07 179 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
17 LMP2 73 United States Pratt Miller Motorsports Canada Chris Cumming
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
Oreca 07 179 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18 LMP2 2 United States United Autosports USA Canada Phil Fayer
Denmark Mikkel Jensen
New Zealand Hunter McElrea
Oreca 07 179 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
19 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
Lexus RC F GT3 171 +11 Laps‡
Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8
20 GTD Pro 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Connor De Phillippi
United States Neil Verhagen
BMW M4 GT3 Evo 171 +11 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
21 GTD Pro 64 United States Ford Racing United Kingdom Ben Barker
Norway Dennis Olsen
Ford Mustang GT3 Evo 171 +11 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
22 GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Spain Antonio García
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 171 +11 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
23 GTD Pro 62 United States Risi Competizione Italy Davide Rigon
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 171 +11 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
24 GTD 912 Germany Manthey 1st Phorm United States Ryan Hardwick
Italy Riccardo Pera
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 171 +11 Laps‡
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
25 GTD 120 United States Wright Motorsports United States Adam Adelson
United Kingdom Callum Ilott
Australia Tom Sargent
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 171 +11 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
26 GTD 068 United States Car Blanche United States Trenton Estep
France Marius Fossard
France Valentin Hasse-Clot
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 171 +11 Laps
Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8
27 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing Denmark Benjamin Pedersen
United States Aaron Telitz
United States Frankie Montecalvo
Lexus RC F GT3 171 +11 Laps
Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8
28 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Brazil Eduardo Barrichello
United Kingdom Tom Gamble
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 171 +11 Laps
Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8
29 GTD 34 United States Conquest Racing Spain Albert Costa
Italy Lorenzo Patrese
Spain Fran Rueda
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 171 +11 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
30 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley
United States Patrick Gallagher
United States Francis Selldorff
BMW M4 GT3 Evo 171 +11 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
31 GTD 023 United States Triarsi Competizione United States Kenton Koch
United States Robert Megennis
United States Onofrio Triarsi
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 171 +11 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
32 GTD Pro 033 United States Triarsi Competizione Italy Riccardo Agostini
United Kingdom James Calado
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 171 +11 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
33 GTD Pro 77 United States AO Racing United Kingdom Harry King
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 171 +11 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
34 GTD Pro 4 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United States Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 171 +11 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
35 GTD 28 United States RS1 Belgium Jan Heylen
United States Dillon Machavern
United States Eric Lux
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 171 +11 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
36 GTD 80 United States Lone Star Racing Australia Scott Andrews
Netherlands Lin Hodenius
Republic of Ireland James Roe
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 171 +11 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
37 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Italy Andrea Caldarelli
United Kingdom Sandy Mitchell
Lamborghini Temerario GT3 170 +12 Laps
Lamborghini L411 4.0 L Turbo V8
38 GTD 36 United States DXDT Racing United States Mason Filippi
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Turkey Salih Yoluç
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 170 +12 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
39 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United States Jake Walker
United States Corey Lewis
United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer
Ford Mustang GT3 Evo 170 +12 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
40 GTD 13 Canada 13 Autosport United Kingdom Matt Bell
Canada Orey Fidani
Germany Lars Kern
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 170 +12 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
41 GTD Pro 65 United States Ford Racing Germany Christopher Mies
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Ford Mustang GT3 Evo 169 Crash
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
42 GTD 16 United States Myers Riley Motorsports Brazil Felipe Fraga
United States Sheena Monk
United States Jenson Altzman
Ford Mustang GT3 Evo 161 +21 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
43 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing Switzerland Philip Ellis
United States Russell Ward
Netherlands Indy Dontje
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 145 +37 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
44 GTD Pro 59 United States RLL Team McLaren United States Max Esterson
United States Nikita Johnson
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 140
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
45 GTD 81 United States DragonSpeed Italy Giacomo Altoè
Sweden Henrik Hedman
United Kingdom Casper Stevenson
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 137 +45 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
46 GTD 21 Italy AF Corse USA Italy Antonio Fuoco
United States Simon Mann
United States Alec Udell
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 122 Crash
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
47 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 94 Crash
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
48 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 94 Crash
Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8
49 LMP2 11 France TDS Racing Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Canada Tobias Lütke
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Oreca 07 91 Crash
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
50 GTD Pro 911 Germany Manthey Racing Austria Klaus Bachler
Denmark Michael Christensen
Netherlands Loek Hartog
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 55 Crash
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
51 GTD 45 United States Wayne Taylor Racing Costa Rica Danny Formal
United States Trent Hindman
United States Graham Doyle
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 46 Mechanical
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
52 LMP2 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Jon Field
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Seth Lucas
Oreca 07 31 Crash
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
53 GTP 60 United States Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
United States Colin Braun
Acura ARX-06 21 Crash
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
54 GTP 23 United States Aston Martin THOR Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Aston Martin Valkyrie 21 Crash
Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12
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References

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  1. Kilbey, Stephen; O'Connell, RJ (March 13, 2025). "IMSA Announces 2026 Calendar". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Cite error: The named reference Calendar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Alkamel Systems. May 30, 2026. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  4. "Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen" (PDF). June 28, 2026. Retrieved June 30, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)