2026 IMSA Watkins Glen
LIVE: Sahlen’s Six Hours of Watkins Glen lap-by-lap commentary and race updates
Motorsport.com provides live updates from the 2026 edition of IMSA's six-hour endurance racing classic at Watkins Glen International
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Final results (provisional)
GTD Pro
- #14 Lexus / Hawksworth
- #1 BMW / Verhagen
- #64 Ford Racing Ford Mustang / Olsen
GTD
- #912 Porsche / Pera
- #120 Porsche / Ilott
- #068 Aston Martin / Hasse Clot
Final results (provisional)
GTP
- #31 Whelen Cadillac / Aitken
- #93 MSR Acura / Yelloly
- #5 JDC-Miller Porsche / Heinrich
LMP2
- #99 AO Racing / Cameron
- #04 Crowdstrike Racing by APR / Quinn
- #18 Era Motorsport / Habsburg
Race ends under caution — IMSA is sorting results and we'll pass them along as soon as we can
Overall winner will be #31 Cadillac of Jack Aitken, ahead of the #93 Acura and #5 Porsche
Big wreck! Full course yellow, with the #65 Ford Racing Ford Mustang of Christopher Mies in the wall
Final lap!
How close are they? This close
It's not over yet—the Acura and Porsche GTPs are closer than ever with 3 minutes remaining
Five minutes remaining—the #31 Cadillac of Jack Aitken holds a 6.2 second lead over the #93 Acura of Yelloly and #5 Porsche of Heinrich
10 minutes remaining!
Wow! #5 of Laurin Heinrich passes the #24 BMW of van der Linde in the Bus Stop, meaning the JDC-Miller Racing Porsche is now running in 3rd position overall
Final pit stops happening in GTD Pro, GTD, and LMP2. GTP cars should have enough energy to make it to the finish from here. Just over 13 minutes remaining
Drive-through penalty for Nick Tandy in the #77 AO Racing Porsche! That's gotta hurt—track limits for the car running second in class.
Five hours, forty minutes down—only 20 minutes remaining in the IMSA Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen!
GTD lead change, with the #12 Lexus of Aaron Telitz passing the #66 Gradient Racing Mustang of Corey Lewis
The closest battle on track is in GTD Pro, with 'Rexy', the #77 AO Racing Porsche driven by Nick Tandy, putting serious pressure on the class-leading #64 Ford Racing Ford Mustang (Dennis Olsen)
33 minutes remaining…
#5 JDC-Miller Porsche of Heinrich back up to 4th overall and now chasing down van der Linde in the #24 BMW for the final podium spot
This kind of intense car-to-car action has been happening all race — there's little space for mistakes at Watkins Glen today, with razor-thin margins between competitors
Time check, 42 minutes remaining!
#25 BMW of Wittmann also makes their final stop, handing the overall lead back to the #31 Cadillac of Jack Aitken
#31 of Jack Aitken back ahead of his rivals, with other pitstops shuffling the GTP field yet again. #25 BMW of Wittmann leads overall. #5 of Heinrich drops back into #7th overall after it's suspected they took more fuel
#5 GTP Porsche of Laurin Heinrich comes into the pits for his final stop
Leading GTP cars come into the pits for their final stops, including the #31 Cadillac, #6 Porsche, #93 Acura and the #10 Cadillac
How did Heinrich do it? By going around the outside in Turn 1 (!) at Watkins Glen, and carrying more momentum as the cars climbed uphill through the Esses
#5 JDC-Miller Porsche of Heinrich goes through into 4th overall, with a tight pass over the #4 BMW of van der Linde. Wow!
GTD top 3: #34 Conquest Racing Ferrari of Costa leads the #120 Wright Motorsports Porsche of Callum Ilott and the #913 Manthey 1St Phorm Porsche with Riccardo Pera behind the wheel
GTD Pro, #14 Lexus of Jack Hawksworth just passed the #4 Corvette of Catsburg for the class lead
LMP2, #99 of Dane Cameron leads #8 (Vautier) and #04 (Gunn)
Up front, the top three overall (GTP): #93 Acura / Yelloly leads Albuquerque in the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac, with his teammate Jack Aitken in the #31 Cadillac behind
The field resumes at a kicked-up intensity, with multiple close battles at every corner on track
Both cars continue at speed with no visible damage
💥 Contact as the #64 Ford Racing Ford Mustang muscles into 3rd in class, pushing the #1 BMW of Verhagen wide as it made room
1 hour, 12 minutes remaining!
Back to green, with the #91 Acura leading the field!
By: Nick DeGroot