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Mazda, BMWs fastest in dry Watkins Glen warm-up
It’s race day at Watkins Glen International, and the weather forecast has taken a change for the better as rain is not anticipated for today’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen -- Round 6 of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and Round 3 of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Challenge.
Mazda Team Joest’s Harry Tincknell led Sunday morning’s 20-minute warm-up with a lap of 1m30.943s in the No. 55 Mazda RT-24P, while teammate Timo Bernhard was third in the No. 77 RT-24P, 1m31.438s, that will start from the pole at the hands of Oliver Jarvis.
In between was Colin Braun in the No. 54 CORE autosport Nissan Ligier JS P217, 1m30.970s.
BMW led both GT classes. Conor De Phillippi was best in GTLM, 1m41.732s in the No. 25 Team RLL BMW M8 GTLM, while Robby Foley led GTD, 1m44.933s in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3.
Eric Lux was fastest in LMP2, 1m39.403s in the No. 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA Gibson.
All 36 qualified cars participated.
Townsend Bell and Frankie Montecalvo practiced in the No. 12 Lexus RC F GT3.R, which skipped qualifying while the team changed engines after being unhappy with the data from Saturday morning practice.
UP NEXT (all times ET): The Sahlen’s Six Hours takes the green flag at 9:45 a.m. It airs live on the NBC Sports app, and NBCSN tomorrow evening starting at 7 p.m.
J.J. O'Malley
J.J. O’Malley became news editor for Chris Economaki in 1977, launching him on a career covering all facets of motorsports in many capacities. He did public relations at Watkins Glen International for 14 years; followed by four seasons at Homestead-Miami Speedway; news editor at ISC Publications (now Edgeset Marketing); and communications manager for Grand-Am and IMSA. He’s currently completing his 13th book on racing – a history of the Daytona Prototype – in addition to covering events for RACER.com, Edgeset Marketing and Sunday Group Management. O’Malley is an honorary member of the prestigious Road Racing Drivers Club.
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