2025 Six Hours of The Glen

Charlie Spencer

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Three of my favorite tracks. I'll watch the Glen live while recording RA, watch Cup at Pocono on Prime on Monday (then cancel Prime), and then watch the IndyCar recording on Tuesday. At least, that's the current plan, subject to weather conditions at the tracks and here.
 
One car shy of a capacity grid this weekend after the Iron Danes withdrew following Michelle Gatting’s broken foot suffered at Le Mans.

Not surprisingly, most GTP/GTD Pro teams opted for two-driver lineups with the Nurburgring 24 also taking place this weekend.

 
Only one practice session today, but pretty interesting results. 1.1 seconds covered the top 10 GTP machines, then the LMP2 leaders were right behind at 1.2 seconds off the overall best. Both customer Porsche and the Lamborghini GTP entries finished behind LMP2 cars. LMP2 cars carry a lot less weight and have more downforce so a fast, flowing track like Watkins Glen is where they shine the most.

 
Got a couple of birthdays in the family to celebrate tomorrow so I might have to punt on this one until Monday. Seems like there may be some storms in the area in the morning, hopefully the bad stuff clears out before noon.

 
Downpour at the 40-minute mark has at least four spinners even though the track was yellow for an earlier wreck. At least two with damage plus the original LMP2 wreck.
 
LMP2 teams need to be worrying less about meeting minimum drive time for the bronzes in these conditions than actually just surviving. Bronze drivers have no business being out there in this rain. Strategy fail.
 
Tandy loses it coming out of turn 1 with appx. 1:30 left. Wads up the #7 Porsche big time. No nose, no back end, left front ****ed around.
Watching the race back in full now. Holy cow, that was massive. Wonder if he caught any moisture left on that curbing. That’s gotta be the biggest crash for a GTP car in a good while.
 
Well, that race certainly had it all - from the treacherous slick conditions at the start, the sudden downpour of rain, the fuel dramas at the end, and everything in between.

Bamber had extended the lead over the chasing Acuras to about ten seconds before that final caution. I’m surprised Action Express didn’t have him back it down a bit to save fuel for the finish. To have to take a splash coming to the white flag is awfully gutting after being so quick all day.

Pretty rough and tumble day in the GT classes, as usual. Very odd finish with the Vasser Sullivan Lexus grinding to a halt from the GTD lead on the final lap, apparently not from an actual lack of fuel but some sort of pickup issue instead. Another gutting finish.

Really cool to see the Lambo lead some laps in GTP and come home with a 7th on the lead lap. Hopefully the parent company throw some more support behind that program, it seems there’s potential but they’re gonna need some joker updates if they really want to elevate that car.
 
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