Colin Braun set a new qualifying track record to capture pole position for the Sahlens Six Hours of The Glen in his CORE autosport Oreca, beating Paul di Resta’s United Autosports Ligier by a mere 0.006sec.

In a session in which 14 of the 15 cars beat the existing Prototype lap record for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Braun took pole with a 1min32.350sec.

He and Di Resta thus consigned the two Acura Team Penskes to the second row, beating Ricky Taylor and Dane Cameron by 0.29 and 0.43sec respectively.

Simon Trummer was 0.67sec off top spot in the JDC-Miller Oreca, while Pipo Derani was sixth in the leading ESM Nissan, but had to pull off the track when his car suffered a suspected engine issue.

Gustavo Yacaman put the AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Ligier into seventh, ahead of the fastest of the Cadillac DPi-V.Rs – the Wayne Taylor Racing entry of Renger van der Zande. The other Cadillacs will line up 11th, 12th and 14th.

Richard Westbrook put the #67 Ford GT on pole with the three fastest laps of the session to edge teammate Joey Hand by 0.111sec, and the only driver to duck under the 1min42sec barrier.

The cars came in two-by-two formation because next up were the Corvette C7.Rs – Tommy Milner 0.4sec behind top spot followed by Antonio Garcia.

The two Porsches will occupy the third row of the GTLM field, Earl Bamber ahead of Patrick Pilet, with Tom Blomqvist and Connor De Phillippi seventh and eighth in the BMW M8s – the latter 1.6sec from pole.

Jack Hawksworth put the #15 Lexus RC F of 3GT Racing on pole for the second time this season, lapping the course in 1min44.499sec on his sixth and final flier.

That was enough to beat Christopher Mies in the Audi R8 of Montaplast by Land Motorsport by 0.112sec, and his Lexus teammate Kyle Marcelli by 0.213.

The two Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSXs of Alvaro Parente and Lawson Aschenbach were fourth and fifth ahead of Scuderia Corsa’s Jeff Segal, ahead of Madison Snow in the Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan.

IMSA Watkins Glen Six Hours, Qualifying

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	54	Romain Dumas Jon Bennett Colin Braun	P	ORECA LMP2	9	1'32.350			131.370
2	32	Bruno Senna Paul di Resta Philip Hanson	P	Ligier LMP2	6	1'32.356	0.006	0.006	131.361
3	7	Helio Castroneves Graham Rahal Ricky Taylor	P	Acura DPi	9	1'32.638	0.288	0.282	130.961
4	6	Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud Dane Cameron	P	Acura DPi	9	1'32.782	0.432	0.144	130.758
5	85	Simon Trummer Nelson Panciatici Robert Alon	P	ORECA LMP2	7	1'33.016	0.666	0.234	130.429
6	22	Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek Nicolas Lapierre	P	Nissan DPi	5	1'33.092	0.742	0.076	130.323
7	52	Gustavo Yacaman Sebastian Saavedra Will Owen	P	Ligier LMP2	8	1'33.447	1.097	0.355	129.828
8	10	Jordan Taylor Ryan Hunter-Reay Renger van der Zande	P	Cadillac DPi	9	1'33.528	1.178	0.081	129.715
9	99	Mikhail Goikhberg Chris Miller Stephen Simpson	P	ORECA LMP2	8	1'33.574	1.224	0.046	129.651
10	38	Joel Miller James French Kyle Masson	P	ORECA LMP2	9	1'33.624	1.274	0.050	129.582
11	31	Mike Conway Eric Curran Felipe Nasr	P	Cadillac DPi	8	1'33.716	1.366	0.092	129.455
12	90	Matt McMurry Tristan Vautier Eddie Cheever III	P	Cadillac DPi	8	1'33.761	1.411	0.045	129.393
13	55	Harry Tincknell Spencer Pigot Jonathan Bomarito	P	Mazda DPi	10	1'33.902	1.552	0.141	129.199
14	5	Christian Fittipaldi Joao Barbosa Gabby Chaves	P	Cadillac DPi	9	1'33.971	1.621	0.069	129.104
15	2	Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel Olivier Pla	P	Nissan DPi	7	1'34.526	2.176	0.555	128.346
16	67	Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook	GTLM	Ford GT	9	1'41.948	9.598	7.422	119.002
17	66	Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Müller	GTLM	Ford GT	8	1'42.059	9.709	0.111	118.872
18	4	Marcel Fassler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	GTLM	Corvette C7.R	9	1'42.365	10.015	0.306	118.517
19	3	Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia Mike Rockenfeller	GTLM	Corvette C7.R	9	1'42.497	10.147	0.132	118.364
20	912	Gianmaria Bruni Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	8	1'42.507	10.157	0.010	118.353
21	911	Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet Frédéric Makowiecki	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	8	1'42.615	10.265	0.108	118.228
22	24	John Edwards Jesse Krohn Tom Blomqvist	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	7	1'43.277	10.927	0.662	117.470
23	25	Bill Auberlen Connor de Phillippi Alexander Sims	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	7	1'43.539	11.189	0.262	117.173
24	15	David Heinemeier Hansson Jack Hawksworth Sean Rayhall	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	7	1'44.499	12.149	0.960	116.097
25	29	Alessio Picariello Christopher Mies Sheldon Van Der Linde	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	7	1'44.611	12.261	0.112	115.973
26	14	Kyle Marcelli Dominik Baumann Philipp Frommenwiler	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	5	1'44.712	12.362	0.101	115.861
27	86	Alvaro Parente Katherine Legge Trent Hindman	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	7	1'44.742	12.392	0.030	115.827
28	93	Justin Marks Lawson Aschenbach Mario Farnbacher	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	6	1'44.778	12.428	0.036	115.788
29	63	Jeff Segal Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	6	1'44.812	12.462	0.034	115.750
30	48	Corey Lewis Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	7	1'45.429	13.079	0.617	115.073
31	58	Patrick Long Christina Nielsen Robert Renauer	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	5	1'45.429	13.079	0.000	115.073
32	71	Daniel Morad Loris Spinelli JC Perez	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	8	1'45.724	13.374	0.295	114.752
33	75	Kenny Habul Thomas Jäger Mikael Grenier	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	9	1'45.802	13.452	0.078	114.667
34	33	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Luca Stolz	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	9	1'45.803	13.453	0.001	114.666
35	69	Ryan Eversley Tom Dyer Chad Gilsinger	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	8	1'45.891	13.541	0.088	114.571
36	96	Don Yount Markus Palttala Dillon Machavern	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	9	1'46.966	14.616	1.075	113.419
37	44	Andy Lally Andrew Davis John Potter	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	9	1'47.076	14.726	0.110	113.303
38	64	Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo Bill Sweedler	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	8	1'47.360	15.010	0.284	113.003
39	51	Mathias Lauda Daniel Serra Francesco Piovanetti Ozz Negri	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	8	1'47.481	15.131	0.121	112.876
40	36	Marc Miller Kuno Wittmer Till Bechtolsheimer	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	9	1'48.165	15.815	0.684	112.162