Action Express Takes Dominant Win in 6H Watkins Glen

Action Express Takes Dominant Win in 6H Watkins Glen

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Key Points:

  • Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber, and Fred Vesti secured victory in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, giving Action Express Racing and Cadillac back-to-back IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship wins, with Aitken driving the No. 31 Cadillac V-Series.R to the win.
  • The race ended under yellow due to a massive crash by Christopher Mies on the final lap, while Nick Yelloly's No. 93 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 finished second and Laurin Heinrich’s No. 5 JDC-Miller Motorsports Porsche 963 took third.
  • In the LMP2 class, the No. 99 AO Racing Oreca 07 Gibson driven by Dane Cameron, Jonny Edgar, and PJ Hyett claimed their first win of the season, holding off the No. 04 CrowdStrike by APR machine.
  • Vasser Sullivan's Jack Hawksworth and Ben Barnicoat broke an 836-day winless streak in GTD Pro, winning in the No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3, while the GTD class was won by the No. 912 Manthey Porsche of Riccardo Pera, Richard Lietz, and Ryan Hardwick.
  • The race was incident-filled with multiple crashes causing nine retirements, including a significant pileup in the Esses that affected several GTD class contenders and led to seven full-course cautions.

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