A dupla Max Angelelli / Ricky Taylor (SunTrust Racing / Chevrolet Dallara) venceu no sábado (04/06), a 30ª edição da Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, em Watkins Glen, 6ª etapa da GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. Foi a segunda vitória consecutiva da dupla. A dupla Scott Pruett / Memo Rojas (Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley) terminou em 2º, seguida pela dupla Jon Fogarty / Alex Gurney (GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Chevrolet Riley).
Pruett e Rojas caminhavam para a quarta vitória consecutiva na prova, quando nos minutos finais Paul Dalla Lana (Turner Motorsport / BMW M3) saiu da pista, acionando a 5ª e última bandeira amarela da prova.
Na relargada, a três voltas do final, Taylor, superou Pruett, e abriu vantagem, para vencer com 3s839 de vantagem. Foi a 3ª vitória de Taylor na categoria, e 17ª de Angelelli. Foi também a segunda vitória consecutiva da dupla saindo da pole-position. Eles lideraram 128, das 174 voltas disputadas.
Pruett/Rojas terminaram em 2º, mantendo a liderança do campeonato, com 19 pontos de vantagem sobre Taylor/ Angelelli, 193 a 174.
Gurney/ Fogarty foram 3º. O brasileiro Oswaldo Negri (Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley) em dupla com John Pew, terminou em 4º. O trio David Donohue / Burt Frisselle / Darren Law (Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley) e a dupla Brian Frisselle / Henri Richard (Doran Racing / Ford Dallara) fechando os seis primeiros.
A dupla Andrew Davis / Leh Keen (Brumos Racing / Porsche GT3) venceu na Classe GT. No geral foram 7º.
A proxima etapa acontece no dia 25 de junho, no Road America em Elkhart Lake.Â
Grid:
1 DP 1 Angelelli / Taylor SunTrust Racing / Chevrolet Dallara 1:40.691 Â Â Â
2 DP 2 Edwards / Garcia Spirit of Daytona Racing / Chevrolet Coyote 1:40.909 Â Â Â
3 DP 3 Pruett / Rojas Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley 1:41.011 Â Â Â
4 DP 4 Fogarty / Gurney GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Chevrolet Riley 1:41.787 Â Â Â
5 DP 5 Frisselle / Richard Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:42.407 Â Â Â
6 DP 6 Donohue / Frisselle / Law Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley 1:42.481 Â Â Â
7 DP 7 Negri / Pew Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:43.474 ÂÂ Â
8 8 DP 8 Braun / Dalziel / Forest Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 1:43.689 Â Â Â
9 DP 9 Barbosa / Borcheller / France Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley 1:45.272
10 GT 1 Lester / Milner / Taylor Autohaus Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:51.939 Â Â Â
11 GT 2 Bremer / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:52.189 Â Â Â
12 GT 3 Gavin / Schaldach / Skeen Banner Racing / Camaro GT.R 1:52.304
13 GT 4 Curran / Said Marsh Racing / Corvette 1:53.016
14 GT 5 Gidley / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 1:53.358 Â Â Â
15 GT 6Â Bomarito / Edwards / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:53.467 Â Â Â
16 GT 7Â Davis / Keen Brumos Racing / Porsche GT3 1:53.657 Â Â Â
17 GT 8Â Dempsey / Espenlaub / Foster Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:54.388
18 GT 9Â Cameron / Gue Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8Â 1:54.400
19 GT 10 Potter / Sellers / Stanton Magnus Racing / Porsche GT3 1:54.444 Â Â Â
20 GT 11 Assentato / Cosmo / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:55.356
21 GT 12 James / Nastasi TPN Racing/Blackforest / Ford Mustang 1:56.200   Â
22 GT 13 Lux / Marsal / Straus Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 1:56.293 Â Â Â
23 GT 14 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 1:57.692
24 GT 15 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 1:58.269 Â Â Â
25 GTÂ 16 Bertheau / Eversley / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 sem tempo
26 GTÂ 17 Auberlen / Dalla Lana / Hand Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 sem tempo
Final:
1 DP 1 Angelelli / Taylor SunTrust Racing / Chevrolet Dallara 174 voltas
2 DP 2 Pruett / Rojas Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley 174 Â Â Â
3 DP 3 Fogarty / Gurney GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Chevrolet Riley 174 Â Â Â
4 DP 4 Negri / Pew Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 174 Â Â Â
5 DP 5 Donohue / Frisselle / Law Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley 174 Â Â Â
6 DP 6 Frisselle / Richard Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 173 Â Â Â
7 GT 1 Davis / Keen Brumos Racing / Porsche GT3 165
8 GT 2 Lester / Milner / Taylor Autohaus Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 164 Â Â Â
9 GT 3 Assentato / Cosmo / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 164 Â Â Â
10 GT 4 Gavin / Schaldach / Skeen Banner Racing / Camaro GT.R 164 Â Â Â
11 GT 5 Potter / Sellers / Stanton Magnus Racing / Porsche GT3 164 Â Â Â
12 GT 6 Curran / Said Marsh Racing / Corvette 163
13 GT 7 Gidley / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 163 Â Â Â
14 GT 8 Cameron / Gue Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 163 Â Â Â
15 GT 9 Dempsey / Espenlaub / Foster Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 163 Â Â Â
16 GT 10 Bomarito / Edwards / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 161 Â Â Â
17 DP 7 Barbosa / Borcheller / France Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley 155 Â Â Â
18 GT 11 Auberlen / Dalla Lana / Hand Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 153 Â Â Â
19 GT 12 Lux / Marsal / Straus Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 150 Â Â Â
20 DP 8 Edwards / Garcia Spirit of Daytona Racing / Chevrolet Coyote 135 Â Â Â
21 GT 13 James / Nastasi TPN Racing/Blackforest / Ford Mustang    99
22 GT 14 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 89
23 GT 15 Bremer / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 28 Â Â Â
24 GT 16 Bertheau / Eversley / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 26
25 GT 17 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 23 Â Â Â
26 DP 9 Braun / Dalziel / Forest Braun / Dalziel / Forest Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 4