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Watkins Glen

2026 IMSA Watkins Glen

United States
Jun 25, 2026 to Jun 28, 2026
Watkins Glen International, US
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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

#6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre, Felipe Nasr

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Final results (provisional)

GTD Pro

  1. #14 Lexus / Hawksworth
  2. #1 BMW / Verhagen
  3. #64 Ford Racing Ford Mustang / Olsen

GTD

  1. #912 Porsche / Pera
  2. #120 Porsche / Ilott
  3. #068 Aston Martin / Hasse Clot

Final results (provisional)

GTP

  1. #31 Whelen Cadillac / Aitken
  2. #93 MSR Acura / Yelloly
  3. #5 JDC-Miller Porsche / Heinrich

LMP2

  1. #99 AO Racing / Cameron
  2. #04 Crowdstrike Racing by APR / Quinn
  3. #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

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 

 

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)

#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

 

#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

💥 Contact as the #64 Ford Racing Ford Mustang muscles into 3rd in class, pushing the #1 BMW of Verhagen wide as it made room 

Back to green, with the #91 Acura leading the field!

By: Nick DeGroot

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