2021 WeatherTech 240 at The Glen

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The 2021 WeatherTech 240 at The Glen was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York on July 2nd, 2021. This race was the sixth round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the 2021 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

The race featured a 46-minute weather-enforced red flag period, and was won by the Whelen Engineering Racing duo of Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr.[1]

Background[]

The race was a late addition to the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship calendar, after travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the second consecutive year.[2] With the round scheduled for the July 4th weekend, the WeatherTech 240 was run less than a week after the 2021 6 Hours of The Glen, creating a veritable double header at Watkins Glen.

On June 30, 2021, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[3] The lone change occurred in DPi, where the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a one liter fuel capacity increase after finishing fourth through seventh in class the previous weekend.

Entries[]

Further information: 2021 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 30 cars took part in the event, split across five classes. 6 cars were entered in DPi, 3 in LMP2, 6 in LMP3, 3 in GTLM, and 12 in GTD. The pre-event entry list featured 31 cars, but was reduced to the final tally of 30 following the #16 Wright Motorsports entry's withdrawal.[4]

The only change from the previous round in DPi was the absence of Ally Cadillac Racing, while LMP2 saw a reduced three full-season entries after Era Motorsport announced their intention to scale back their 2021 program.[5] The Michelin Endurance Cup entry from United Autosports was also absent, as was their entry in LMP3. BMW Team RLL's absence saw the return of the three-car GTLM field, while GTD featured a host of changes owing to the round only paying points towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Pfaff Motorsports and Magnus Racing withdrew, as they had done at Detroit, while Gradient Racing and Compass Racing replaced them as part of their Sprint Cup-only campaigns.[6] Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports also made their IMSA SportsCar Championship debut at this event, bringing the GTD class tally to 13.[7]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying results[]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by double-dagger.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor 1:30.058 _ 1double-dagger
2 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Olivier Pla 1:30.404 +0.346 2
3 DPi 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Kevin Magnussen 1:30.545 +0.487 3
4 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:30.684 +0.626 4
5 DPi 55 Mazda Motorsports Harry Tincknell 1:30.947 +0.889 5
6 DPi 5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Loïc Duval 1:31.094 +1.036 6
7 LMP2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Ben Keating 1:34.969 +4.911 7double-dagger
8 LMP2 11 WIN Autosport Steven Thomas 1:35.392 +5.334 8
9 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsport by Starworks John Farano 1:39.644 +9.586 9
10 LMP3 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Mateo Llarena 1:42.633 +12.575 10double-dagger
11 LMP3 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett 1:43.368 +13.310 11
12 LMP3 36 Andretti Autosport Jarett Andretti 1:43.608 +13.550 12
13 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor 1:43.821 +13.763 16double-dagger
14 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Nick Tandy 1:44.045 +13.987 17
15 LMP3 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson 1:44.650 +14.592 13
16 LMP3 84 D3+ Transformers-Dawson Racing Theodor Olsen 1:49.677 +19.619 14
17 LMP3 91 Riley Motorsports Jim Cox 1:50.230 +20.172 15
18 GTLM 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil 1:57.420 +27.362 18
19 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:59.380 +29.322 19double-dagger
20 GTD 12 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:59.820 +29.762 20
21 GTD 39 CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing Richard Heistand 2:00.946 +30.888 21
22 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Till Bechtolsheimer 2:01.146 +31.088 22
23 GTD 76 Compass Racing Jeff Kingsley 2:01.146 +31.088 23
24 GTD 23 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 2:01.198 +31.140 24
25 GTD 28 Alegra Motorsports Michael de Quesada 2:01.201 +31.143 25
26 GTD 14 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Aaron Telitz 2:01.396 +31.338 26
27 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 2:01.894 +31.836 27
28 GTD 88 Team Hardpoint EBM Rob Ferriol 2:02.907 +32.849 28
29 GTD 32 Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Shane Lewis 2:04.610 +34.552 29
— GTD 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team Time Disallowed —
Sources:[8][9][10][11]

Results[]

Class winners are denoted in bold and double-dagger.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Felipe Nasr
Brazil Pipo Derani 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 63 2:41:27.882double-dagger
Cadillac 5.5L V8
2 DPi 01 United States Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Denmark Kevin Magnussen 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 63 +1.473
Cadillac 5.5L V8
3 DPi 10 United States Konica Minolta Acura United States Ricky Taylor
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 		Acura ARX-05 63 +10.315
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
4 DPi 5 United States JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing France Tristan Vautier
France Loïc Duval 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 63 +12.025
Cadillac 5.5L V8
5 DPi 55 Canada Mazda Motorsports United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 		Mazda RT24-P 63 +12.446
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
6 DPi 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United States Dane Cameron
France Olivier Pla 		Acura ARX-05 63 +15.107
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
7 LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Ben Keating
Denmark Mikkel Jensen 		Oreca 07 59 +4 Lapsdouble-dagger
Gibson 4.2L GK428 V8
8 LMP2 11 United States WIN Autosport United States Steven Thomas
United States Tristan Nunez 		Oreca 07 59 +4 Laps
Gibson 4.2L GK428 V8
9 LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsport by Starworks Canada John Farano
France Gabriel Aubry 		Oreca 07 59 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
10 LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports United States Gar Robinson
Brazil Felipe Fraga 		Ligier JS P320 59 +4 Lapsdouble-dagger
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
11 LMP3 91 United States Riley Motorsports United States Jim Cox
United States Dylan Murry 		Ligier JS P320 59 +4 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
12 LMP3 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun 		Ligier JS P320 59 +4 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
13 LMP3 36 United States Andretti Autosport United States Jarett Andretti
United States Oliver Askew 		Ligier JS P320 59 +4 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
14 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 59 +4 Lapsdouble-dagger
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
15 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Tommy Milner
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 59 +4 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
16 GTLM 79 United States WeatherTech Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
Australia Matt Campbell 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 58 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6
17 LMP3 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports Guatemala Mateo Llarena
Sweden Rasmus Lindh 		Ligier JS P320 58 +5 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
18 GTD 14 United States Vasser-Sullivan Racing United States Aaron Telitz
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 		Lexus RC F GT3 57 +6 Lapsdouble-dagger
Lexus 5.0L V8
19 GTD 12 United States Vasser-Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Zach Veach 		Lexus RC F GT3 57 +6 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
20 GTD 23 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ross Gunn 		Aston Martin Vantage GT3 57 +6 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
21 GTD 39 United States CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing United States Richard Heistand
United States Jeff Westphal 		Audi R8 LMS Evo 57 +6 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
22 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports Canada Daniel Morad
United States Michael de Quesada 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 57 +6 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
23 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer
United States Marc Miller 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 57 +6 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
24 GTD 32 United States Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports United States Guy Cosmo
United States Shane Lewis 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 57 +6 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
25 GTD 88 United States Team Hardpoint EBM United States Rob Ferriol
United Kingdom Katherine Legge 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 57 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
26 GTD 76 United States Compass Racing Canada Jeff Kingsley
Germany Mario Farnbacher 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 54 +9 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
27 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 48 Did Not Finish
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
28 GTD 19 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Canada Misha Goikhberg
France Franck Perera 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 48 +15 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
29 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley 		BMW M6 GT3 31 Did Not Finish
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
30 LMP3 84 United Kingdom D3+ Transformers-Dawson Racing Norway Theodor Olsen
United States Dominic Cicero 		Ligier JS P320 31 Did Not Finish
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
Source:[12]

References[]

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  2. ^ "WeatherTech 240 At The Glen Set for Friday, July 2". imsa.com. April 7, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "TB-IWSC-21-24-WGI-2-BoP-Tables-06302021.pdf" (PDF). imsa.com. June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Wright Porsche Opts Out of WeatherTech 240". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. June 29, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  5. ^ "Era Scales Back LMP2 Program". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. June 25, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "31 Entries for WeatherTech 240 at The Glen". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. June 29, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  7. ^ "Gilbert Korthoff Steps Up to GTD With Mercedes for Cosmo, Lewis". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. June 26, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
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  9. ^ "03_Results_Qualifying - LMP3 Position - Points.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  10. ^ "03_Results_Qualifying - GTD Points-GTLM Position - Points.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
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  12. ^ "03_Results_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). July 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

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