6 Hours of Watkins Glen

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The Six Hours of Watkins Glen (currently sponsored as the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen) is a sports car endurance race held annually at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. The race dates from 1948, and has been a part of the SCCA National Sports Car Championship, United States Road Racing Championship, World Sportscar Championship, IMSA GT Championship, Rolex Sports Car Series and currently the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

History

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Frank Griswold won the first Watkins Glen Grand Prix in this 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta[1]

The first Watkins Glen Grand Prix was held in 1948 on a 6.6-mile course around Watkins Glen State Park and the village of Watkins Glen. Cameron Argetsinger, a Cornell law student and SCCA member, organized the event along with the local Chamber of Commerce. The 8-lap, 52.8-mile race was won by Frank Griswold in a pre-war Alfa Romeo 8C. In 1950, three spectators were injured during a support race, and driver Sam Collier was killed during the Grand Prix. The 1951 event became a part of the new SCCA National Sports Car Championship series. In 1952, twelve spectators were injured and one killed when a car left the circuit in the village.[2] This led organizers to move the course to a hillside southwest of Watkins Glen for 1953. Drivers complained of poor visibility and run-off, prompting the construction of a permanent circuit, today called Watkins Glen International, in 1956.[3]

In 1963, the race switched to the SCCA's new series, the United States Road Racing Championship. In 1968, the race was expanded to six hours, and joined the World Sportscar Championship. Along with the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, the Six Hours of Watkins Glen served as an American round of the WSC from 1968 until 1981, traditionally held during the summer. With the track's bankruptcy and the FIA's decision not to return the World Championship to the United States in 1982, the event was not held again until 1984. It returned as an event for the IMSA Camel GT Championship.

Under the control of IMSA, the event was radically altered and shortened. In the 1984 running, a break was held after three hours before the race began again and completed the next three hours.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". This event became known as the Camel Continental. A second event later in the year was also held lasting for just three hours or 500 kilometers, and was known as the New York 500. The Continental was modified once more in 1985, this time running sports prototypes in one three-hour event, and grand tourer cars in a second three-hour event. By 1986, the event was shortened altogether, and became a single 500 mile race, then shortened once more in 1987 to just 500 km.

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Cars dive into turn one during the 2014 event.

For several years IMSA kept the Continental as a 500 km race for prototypes in the summer, and the 500 km New York 500 for grand tourers in autumn. IMSA chose to drop the New York 500 in 1992, retaining the Continental as an event just for prototypes until 1995. In 1996, IMSA restored the Watkins Glen event to its historic format, combining prototypes and grand tourers once again.

By 1998, Watkins Glen chose to schedule the Six Hours as part of the new United States Road Racing Championship. This championship change was short lived, as the USSRC folded during the 1999 season prior to their second running at Watkins Glen, leaving an FIA GT Championship event as the year's sportscar headliner. In the wake of USRRC's collapse, the Grand American Road Racing Championship took control of the event, and retained the Six Hours since 2000 as part of the Rolex Sports Car Series. In 2014 after the merger of Grand-AM and the ALMS sports car series, IMSA regained control of the event under the United SportsCar Championship. The format of the race remains the same as it was under Grand-Am operation.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the 2020 race to be moved to Road Atlanta, as New York state authorities would not allow NASCAR Holdings to host events.

Race winners

First street course

Year Drivers Team Car Duration/Distance Race Title Championship
1948 Template:Flagicon Frank Griswold Template:Flagicon Frank Griswold Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Script error: No such module "convert". Grand Prix Watkins Glen Non-championship
1949 Template:Flagicon Miles Collier Template:Flagicon Collier Bros. Riley-Mercury Special
"Ardent Alligator"[4] 		Script error: No such module "convert". Grand Prix Watkins Glen Non-championship
1950 Template:Flagicon Erwin Goldschmidt Template:Flagicon Alfred Goldschmidt Allard J2-Cadillac Script error: No such module "convert". Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Non-championship
1951 Template:Flagicon Phil Walters Template:Flagicon Briggs Cunningham Cunningham C2R Script error: No such module "convert". Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1952 Template:Flagicon Briggs Cunningham Template:Flagicon Briggs Cunningham Cunningham C4R-Chrysler Script error: No such module "convert".† Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen SCCA National Sports Car Championship
† Not completed; race stopped after fatal accident involving spectators

Second street course

Year Drivers Team Car Duration/Distance Race Title Championship
1953 Template:Flagicon Walt Hansgen Template:Flagicon Walt Hansgen Jaguar XK120 Script error: No such module "convert". Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Non-championship
1954 Template:Flagicon Phil Walters Template:Flagicon Briggs Cunningham Cunningham C4R-Chrysler Script error: No such module "convert". Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1955 Template:Flagicon Sherwood Johnston Template:Flagicon Briggs Cunningham Jaguar D-Type Script error: No such module "convert". Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen SCCA National Sports Car Championship

Watkins Glen International

Year Drivers Team Car Duration/Distance Race Title Championship
1956 Template:Flagicon George Constantine Template:Flagicon Mary L. Constantine Jaguar D-Type Script error: No such module "convert". Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1957 Template:Flagicon Walt Hansgen Template:Flagicon Briggs Cunningham Jaguar D-Type Script error: No such module "convert". Watkins Glen Grand Prix SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1958 Template:Flagicon Ed Crawford Template:Flagicon Briggs Cunningham Lister-Jaguar Script error: No such module "convert". Grand Prix Watkins Glen SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1959 Template:Flagicon Walt Hansgen Template:Flagicon Briggs Cunningham Lister-Costin Jaguar Script error: No such module "convert". Watkins Glen Grand Prix SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1960 Template:Flagicon Augie Pabst Template:Flagicon Meister Brauser Scarab Mk II-Chevrolet Script error: No such module "convert". Watkins Glen Grand Prix SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1961 Template:Flagicon George Constantine Template:Flagicon John T. Bunch Ferrari 250 TR 59 Script error: No such module "convert". Grand Prix at Watkins Glen SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1962 Template:Flagicon Walt Hansgen Template:Flagicon Briggs Cunningham Cooper Monaco T61-Buick Script error: No such module "convert". Grand Prix at Watkins Glen SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1963 Template:Flagicon Bob Holbert Porsche 718 RS61 Script error: No such module "convert". Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix United States Road Racing Championship
1964 Template:Flagicon Jim Hall Template:Flagicon Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet Script error: No such module "convert". Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix United States Road Racing Championship
1965 Template:Flagicon Jim Hall Template:Flagicon Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet Script error: No such module "convert". Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix United States Road Racing Championship
1966 Template:Flagicon John Fulp Lola T70 Mk.2-Chevrolet Script error: No such module "convert". Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix United States Road Racing Championship
1967 Template:Flagicon Mark Donohue Template:Flagicon Roger Penske Lola T70 Mk.3-Chevrolet Script error: No such module "convert". Sports Car Grand Prix at Watkins Glen United States Road Racing Championship
1968 Template:Flagicon Mark Donohue Template:Flagicon Roger Penske McLaren M6A-Chevrolet Script error: No such module "convert". Watkins Glen Sports Car Road Race United States Road Racing Championship
Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx
Template:Flagicon Lucien Bianchi 		Template:Flagicon J.W. Automotive Engineering Ford GT40 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		World Sportscar Championship
1969 Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert
Template:Flagicon Brian Redman 		Template:Flagicon Porsche of Austria Porsche 908/02 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Watkins Glen Six Hours World Sportscar Championship
1970 Template:Flagicon Pedro Rodríguez
Template:Flagicon Leo Kinnunen 		Template:Flagicon J.W. Automotive Engineering Porsche 917K six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		6 Hours of the Glen World Sportscar Championship
1971 Template:Flagicon Andrea de Adamich
Template:Flagicon Ronnie Peterson 		Template:Flagicon Autodelta SpA Alfa Romeo T33/3 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		6 Hours of the Glen World Sportscar Championship
1972 Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti
Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx 		Template:Flagicon SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 312 PB six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		6 Hours of the Glen World Sportscar Championship
1973 Template:Flagicon Gérard Larrousse
Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo 		Template:Flagicon Équipe Matra-Simca Matra-Simca MS670B six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		6 Hours of the Glen World Sportscar Championship
1974 Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jarier
Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Beltoise 		Template:Flagicon Équipe Gitanes Matra-Simca MS670C six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		6 Hours of the Glen World Sportscar Championship
1975 Template:Flagicon Derek Bell
Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo 		Template:Flagicon Willi Kauhsen Racing Team Alfa Romeo 33TT12 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		6 Hours of the Glen World Sportscar Championship
1976 Template:Flagicon Rolf Stommelen
Template:Flagicon Manfred Schurti 		Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Porsche System Porsche 935 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		6 Hours of the Glen World Sportscar Championship
1977 Template:Flagicon Jochen Mass
Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx 		Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Porsche System Porsche 935/77 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		6 Hours of the Glen World Sportscar Championship
1978 Template:Flagicon Toine Hezemans
Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick
Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg 		Template:Flagicon GeLo Racing Team Porsche 935/77 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		World Championship 6-Hours World Sportscar Championship
1979 Template:Flagicon Don Whittington
Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig
Template:Flagicon Bill Whittington 		Template:Flagicon Whittington Brothers
Template:Flagicon Kremer Racing 		Porsche 935 K3 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		World Championship 6-Hours World Sportscar Championship
1980 Template:Flagicon Hans Heyer
Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese 		Template:Flagicon Lancia Corse Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		World Championship 6-Hours World Sportscar Championship
1981 Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese
Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto 		Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Glen Six Hours of Endurance World Sportscar Championship
1982–1983 Not held following track bankruptcy and the end of the United States Grand Prix being held at the circuit in 1980
1984 Template:Flagicon Al Holbert
Template:Flagicon Derek Bell
Template:Flagicon Jim Adams 		Template:Flagicon Holbert Racing Porsche 962 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Camel Continental IMSA GT Championship
1985 Template:Flagicon Al Holbert
Template:Flagicon Derek Bell 		Template:Flagicon Holbert Racing Porsche 962 three hours Camel Continental IMSA GT Championship
1986 Template:Flagicon Al Holbert
Template:Flagicon Derek Bell 		Template:Flagicon Holbert Racing Porsche 962 Script error: No such module "convert". Camel Continental IMSA GT Championship
1987 Template:Flagicon Price Cobb
Template:Flagicon Vern Schuppan 		Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing Porsche 962 Script error: No such module "convert". Camel Continental IMSA GT Championship
1988 Template:Flagicon Geoff Brabham
Template:Flagicon John Morton 		Template:Flagicon Electramotive Engineering Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo Script error: No such module "convert". Camel Continental IMSA GT Championship
1989 Template:Flagicon Geoff Brabham
Template:Flagicon Chip Robinson 		Template:Flagicon Electramotive Engineering Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo Script error: No such module "convert". Camel Continental IMSA GT Championship
1990 Template:Flagicon Chip Robinson
Template:Flagicon Bob Earl 		Template:Flagicon Nissan Performance Technology Nissan NPT-90 Script error: No such module "convert". Camel Continental IMSA GT Championship
1991 Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio II Template:Flagicon All American Racers Eagle HF90-Toyota Script error: No such module "convert". Camel Continental IMSA GT Championship
1992 Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio II Template:Flagicon All American Racers Eagle MkIII-Toyota two hours, forty-five minutes Camel Continental IMSA GT Championship
1993 Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio II Template:Flagicon All American Racers Eagle MkIII-Toyota Script error: No such module "convert". Camel Continental IMSA GT Championship
1994 Template:Flagicon Giampiero Moretti
Template:Flagicon Eliseo Salazar 		Template:Flagicon MOMO Ferrari 333 SP three hours Glen Continental IMSA GT Championship
1995 Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger
Template:Flagicon James Weaver 		Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford three hours Glen Continental IMSA GT Championship
1996 Template:Flagicon Giampiero Moretti
Template:Flagicon Max Papis 		Template:Flagicon MOMO Ferrari 333 SP six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		First Union 6 Hours of the Glen IMSA GT Championship
1997 Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger
Template:Flagicon James Weaver
Template:Flagicon Elliott Forbes-Robinson 		Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		First Union 6 Hours of the Glen IMSA GT Championship
1998 Template:Flagicon Giampiero Moretti
Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi
Template:Flagicon Didier Theys 		Template:Flagicon MOMO/Doran Racing Ferrari 333 SP six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		First Union 6 Hours of the Glen United States Road Racing Championship
1999 Template:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Belloc
Template:Flagicon David Donohue 		Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R three hours Bosch Sports Car Oktoberfest FIA GT Championship
2000 Template:Flagicon James Weaver
Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace
Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger 		Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Bosch Sports Car Summerfest Grand American Road Racing Championship
2001 Template:Flagicon Didier Theys
Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi
Template:Flagicon Fredy Lienhard 		Template:Flagicon Doran Racing Ferrari 333 SP-Judd six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sports Car Grand Prix at the Glen Grand American Road Racing Championship
2002 Template:Flagicon James Weaver
Template:Flagicon Chris Dyson 		Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
2003 Template:Flagicon David Donohue
Template:Flagicon Mike Borkowski
Template:Flagicon Scott Goodyear 		Template:Flagicon Brumos Porsche Fabcar FDSC/03-Porsche six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
2004 Template:Flagicon Max Papis
Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett 		Template:Flagicon Chip Ganassi Racing Riley MkXI-Lexus six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
2005 Template:Flagicon Tracy Krohn
Template:Flagicon Niclas Jönsson 		Template:Flagicon Krohn Racing Riley MkXI-Pontiac six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
2006 Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister
Template:Flagicon Boris Said 		Template:Flagicon Krohn Racing Riley MkXI-Ford Six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
2007 Template:Flagicon Alex Gurney
Template:Flagicon Jon Fogarty 		Template:Flagicon Bob Stallings Racing Riley MkXI-Pontiac six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
2008 Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett
Template:Flagicon Memo Rojas 		Template:Flagicon Chip Ganassi Racing Riley MkXX-Lexus six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
2009 Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett
Template:Flagicon Memo Rojas 		Template:Flagicon Chip Ganassi Racing Riley MkXX-Lexus six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
2010 Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett
Template:Flagicon Memo Rojas 		Template:Flagicon Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Riley MkXX-BMW six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
2011 Template:Flagicon Max Angelelli
Template:Flagicon Ricky Taylor 		Template:Flagicon SunTrust Racing Dallara DP08-Chevrolet six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
2012 Template:Flagicon João Barbosa
Template:Flagicon Darren Law 		Template:Flagicon Action Express Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP
(Coyote CPM-Chevrolet) 		six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
2013 Template:Flagicon João Barbosa
Template:Flagicon Christian Fittipaldi 		Template:Flagicon Action Express Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP
(Coyote CPM-Chevrolet) 		six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
2014 Template:Flagicon Richard Westbrook
Template:Flagicon Michael Valiante 		Template:Flagicon Spirit of Daytona Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP
(Coyote CPM-Chevrolet) 		six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen Tudor United SportsCar Championship
2015 Template:Flagicon Richard Westbrook
Template:Flagicon Michael Valiante 		Template:Flagicon VisitFlorida.com Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP
(Coyote CPM-Chevrolet) 		six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen Tudor United SportsCar Championship
2016 Template:Flagicon Filipe Albuquerque
Template:Flagicon João Barbosa
Template:Flagicon Christian Fittipaldi 		Template:Flagicon Action Express Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP
(Coyote CPM-Chevrolet) 		six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2017 Template:Flagicon João Barbosa
Template:Flagicon Christian Fittipaldi
Template:Flagicon Filipe Albuquerque 		Template:Flagicon Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R
 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2018[5] Template:Flagicon Misha Goikhberg
Template:Flagicon Stephen Simpson
Template:Flagicon Chris Miller 		Template:Flagicon JDC-Miller Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson
 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2019 Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bomarito
Template:Flagicon Olivier Pla
Template:Flagicon Harry Tincknell 		Template:Flagicon Mazda Team Joest Mazda RT24-P six hours
Script error: No such module "convert".1 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2020 Moved to Road Atlanta due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bomarito
Template:Flagicon Oliver Jarvis
Template:Flagicon Harry Tincknell 		Template:Flagicon Mazda Motorsports Mazda RT24-P six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2022 Template:Flagicon Filipe Albuquerque
Template:Flagicon Ricky Taylor 		Template:Flagicon Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2023 Template:Flagicon Nick Yelloly
Template:Flagicon Connor De Phillippi 		Template:Flagicon BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2024 Template:Flagicon Dane Cameron
Template:Flagicon Felipe Nasr 		Template:Flagicon Porsche Team Penske Porsche 963 six hours
Script error: No such module "convert". 		Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Notes

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References

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External links

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