2022 Salhen's Six Hours of The Glen

[Kiante]

It's already begun, about 32 minutes in and the Acura DPis are running away with it right now.
LMP3 is chaotic, per usual.
GTD Pro and GTD is pretty nuts in how close all of the cars are.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

#81 LMP2 seems to have set its left front wheel free to run its own race. Unusual for that team to make that kind of mistake.

EDIT - happened late in a run, not post-stop. Mechanical failure?

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Taking a LOOOOONG time to clean up each of the two cautions in the first hour.

 

[Speedbowl14]

Love the track. So cool to see them fly. Now if only the race could get going...

 

[Charlie Spencer]

If at first you don't succeed, go back and really tear it up good.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Has it been that bad so far? I’m betting LMP3s…I look forward to them presumably going away next year.

IMSA needs to look into virtual safety car / slow zones like a normal road racing series. The FCY procedure is simply too long to have to bring it out for any incident.

 

[Kiante]

Rough go for LMP3 cars today.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Has it been that bad so far?

Pretty much, yeah. I'm sure they must have run more green time it seems like, but you couldn't prove it by my internal clock.

 

[Kiante]

2.9 million for the 963 customer car.

Man...

 

[FLRacingFan]

Pretty deep into green running now and the 01 and 60 have been inseparable the whole time. First, Blomqvist and Bourdais; now, Jarvis and Van der Zande.

Good battle in P2 with the top four covered by just a couple of seconds with the pros in at the moment.

 

[Speedbowl14]

Should start raining in the next 15 minutes or so for a passing shower. So fun watching the 60 and the 10

 

[Speedbowl14]

Wish there was a better turnout for fan attendance. That area is extremely economically depressed and heavily relies on tourism these days

 

[FLRacingFan]

Wish there was a better turnout for fan attendance. That area is extremely economically depressed and heavily relies on tourism these days

Camping and infield looks pretty good. I’m definitely not trying to sit in grandstands for six hours. NASCAR also sells out the whole thing, grandstands and camping alike.

 

[FLRacingFan]

I’d like to see rain but unfortunately it looks pretty heavy and with lightning too. Any nearby strike probably means a 30 minute red.

 

[kkfan91]

Camping and infield looks pretty good. I’m definitely not trying to sit in grandstands for six hours. NASCAR also sells out the whole thing, grandstands and camping alike.

Yeah I've only been to Road America but if I'm at a road course I'm going to wander to different spots until I find one I like. At Road America that was in the woods on the outside of the carousel.

 

[Speedbowl14]

Ooooof car on the foot yikes

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Wish there was a better turnout for fan attendance. That area is extremely economically depressed and heavily relies on tourism these days

Overall inflation and specifically the price of gas have to be part of that.

Note: this is not a political statement and does not speculate on the causes of inflation.

 

[Speedbowl14]

Wow. Huge hit I can't believe that

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Walks away. Good.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Ooooof car on the foot yikes

He sounded in big pain in that interview.

Dumbass move by the Team Nederland car, no track awareness at all and just a dumb move to retaliate. This shakes things up.

 

[Kiante]

Red flag is out for weather.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

And there's the red for lightning.

 

[jws926]

Damn, front of that Lambo is gone, that was a very hard hit.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Is it supposed to pass at least? Still over 80 minutes to go.

 

[Kiante]

Nasty work man:

 

[donthaveanickname]

That Red flag came out about two seconds after I tuned in.

I don't think we have lightning protocols like this over here.

 

[Speedbowl14]

Is it supposed to pass at least? Still over 80 minutes to go.

Yes, pretty soon in fact.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Nasty work man:

Awfully similar to how the Corvette got rammed alongside a couple of those P2s at Le Mans. Must be terrible peripheral visibility in those things.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

That Red flag came out about two seconds after I tuned in.

I don't think we have lightning protocols like this over here.

Over here, it's not only auto racing. Most major sports with outdoor venues now have lightning protocols.

 

[Speedbowl14]

Over here, it's not only auto racing. Most major sports with outdoor venues now have lightning protocols.

Yes. NASCAR swept a couple lightning deaths of fans under the rug in the past 15ish years and it's good to see standard protocols in place now.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Back under yellow, green will probably come with around 25 minutes to go.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Green with 21 to go

 

[FLRacingFan]

Woah, highly committed move by Albuquerque on the outside of Blomqvist into the bus stop to take the lead.

 

[Kiante]

This is fantastic.

 

[Kiante]

The 10 almost got squeezed into the armco there by the NTE Lambo!

 

[Kiante]

No way the 10 makes these last three laps.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Sumbich! He made it!

 

[Kiante]

Wow.

I expected an additional lap, but that didn't happen. Good on WTR.

Hell of a battle in LMP2 to the finish. Glad to see Louis doing well in sportscar racing.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Holy cow, what a finish with all of the traffic bunched together for the sprint run. Can’t believe it’s been so long for WTR to win the 6 Hour here.

Great nose-to-tail finish in LMP2 as well, and a fuel mileage winner for the M4 in GTD Pro.

 

[Kiante]

RLL needed some momentum in the sports car world and congrats to Windward in the 57!

I hope IMSA takes away some of that added weight on the Caddy, it really hindered them today.