Race day dawned with more blue sky than has been seen in the last few days at Watkins Glen, but cloud cover soon rolled in to remind competitors that the chance of rain during the Sahlen's Six Hours is present, and there are plenty of rain tires ready to go in pit lane.
Rain began to fall 30 minutes into the first practice session for the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen, becoming both a blessing and a curse. While it kept many teams from setting a truly representative dry time, it also allowed IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams a good chance to prepare fo.
Can you name the last time neither a Cadillac nor an Acura were on the podium of an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race? After Saturday's Porsche-BMW-Porsche result at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, I asked that question myself, and it turns out the answer is 2016, before the beginning.
A bold strategy by Porsche Penske Motorsports that saw both 963s complete the 100-minute Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on a single set of tires, combined with a pit stop issue for the polesitting Wayne Taylor Racing, left the No.
Filipe Albuquerque predicted that Acura had closed the gap to Cadillac on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's rougher circuits such, and he and co-driver Ricky Taylor delivered solid evidence that he was correct during the first practice session for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.