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Prototype class takes streak of five different winners to Sahlen’s Six Hours

Defending champs Braun and Bennett lead Prototype Challenge

Race start: #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP: Ricky Taylor, Jordan Taylor leads
#54 CORE autosport Oreca FLM09: Jon Bennett, Colin Braun and #11 RSR Racing Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet: Chris Cumming, Bruno Junqueira
#11 RSR Racing Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet: Chris Cumming, Bruno Junqueira
#5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP: Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi
#01 Chip Ganassi Ford/Riley: Scott Pruett, Joey Hand
#90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Corvette DP: Richard Westbrook, Michael Valiante
#0 DeltaWing Racing DWC13: Memo Rojas, Katherine Legge
#07 SpeedSource Mazda Prototype: Joel Miller, Tom Long
#07 SpeedSource Mazda Prototype: Joel Miller, Tom Long
#60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Ligier JS P2 Honda: John Pew, Oswaldo Negri Jr.
#52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09: Mike Guasch, Tom Kimber-Smith
#31 Action Express Racing Corvette DP: Eric Curran, Dane Cameron
#70 SpeedSource Mazda Mazda: Jonathan Bomarito, Tristan Nunez
#11 RSR Racing Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet: Chris Cumming, Bruno Junqueira

Daytona Beach – The TUDOR United SportsCar Championship takes a streak of five different overall winners in 2015 competition heading to Watkins Glen International for Round 6, Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen this Sunday.

The Sahlen’s Six Hours – continuing a tradition dating back to 1968 – also serves as the third round of the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup, joining the classic races at Daytona, Sebring and Road Atlanta.

The race takes the green flag on Sunday at 10:05 a.m. ET. The race will be televised live on FOX Sports 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., continuing on FOX Sports 2 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. There also will be a highlight show on FOX Sports 1 on Sunday, July 5, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. ET.

The 'P' class

The competitive Prototype (P) class also has a tie for the lead atop the standings that includes the most recent Watkins Glen winners. Michael Valiante and Richard Westbrook, who won last year’s event in the No. 90 VisitFlorida.com Corvette DP, are tied with 2013 Sahlen’s Six Hours winners Christian Fittipaldi and Joao Barbosa in the No. 5 Mustang Sampling/Cider Tree Corvette DP.

Earlier this year, Fittipaldi and Barbosa won the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida in March, while Valiante and Westbrook won the Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix powered by Mazda at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Brothers Ricky and Jordan Taylor won on the streets of Long Beach, California, in the No. 10 Konica Minolta Corvette DP, while Eric Curran and 2014 Sahlen’s Six Hours GT Daytona (GTD) winner Dane Cameron won at Detroit’s Raceway at Belle Isle Park in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering/Team Fox Corvette DP.

Scott Pruett, a four-time winner of the event for Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates, is among the drivers yet to win in 2015 competition – although Ganassi’s No. 02 Target Ford EcoBoost/Riley DP won the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona in its lone scheduled appearance this season. Pruett will co-drive the team’s No. 01 Ford EcoBoost/Riley DP with Joey Hand.

Other Prototype teams looking for their first victory of 2015 include Ozz Negri and John Pew in the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Ligier JS P2/Honda; the No. 70 Mazda Motorsports entry for drivers Tristan Nunez, Jonathan Bomarito and Sylvain Tremblay; the No. 07 Mazda Motorsports Castrol/ModSpace Mazda of Tom Long, Joel Miller and Ben Devlin; and Memo Rojas and Katherine Legge in the No. 0 Claro Video/TracFone DeltaWing DWC13.

Points leaders Braun, Bennett seek first PC Victory of 2015

Colin Braun and Jon Bennett lead the Prototype Challenge (PC) class. The pair – joined by James Gue – won at The Glen en route to capturing both TUDOR Championship and Patrón Endurance Cup titles in 2014. While winless this season, three second-place finishes have given the full-time drivers of the No. 54 CORE autosport Flex-Box ORECA FLM09 a five-point lead in the standings.

Mike Guasch, Tom Kimber-Smith and Andrew Palmer hold a slim one-point lead in the PC class standings of the Patrón Endurance Cup. Co-driving the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Cuttwood ORECA, the trio is coming off victories at Daytona and Sebring.

Other top PC competitors include Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca winners Bruno Junqueira and Chris Cumming in the No. 11 AutoMax USA entry for RSR Racing, and Starworks Motorsport’s No. 8 Martini ORECA of Renger van der Zande and Mirco Schultis, which won last time out at Detroit. Up-and-coming IndyCar star Conor Daly is expected to return for Performance Tech Motorsports, joining James French and Jerome Mee in the No. 38 Ric Man Construction/GO-PUCK/Braille Batteries ORECA.

Practice for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen begins at 11 a.m. ET on Friday, with qualifying set for Saturday at 4:05 p.m. ET.

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