2021 WeatherTech 240 at The Glen

The 2021 WeatherTech 240 at The Glen was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York on July 2, 2021. This race was the sixth round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the 2021 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Track map of Watkins Glen International

The race featured a 46-minute weather-enforced red flag period, and was won by the Whelen Engineering Racing duo of Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr.[1]

Background

The race was a late addition to the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship calendar, after travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the second consecutive year.[2] With the round scheduled for the July 4th weekend, the WeatherTech 240 was run less than a week after the 2021 6 Hours of The Glen, creating a veritable double header at Watkins Glen.

On June 30, 2021, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[3] The lone change occurred in DPi, where the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a one-liter fuel capacity increase after finishing fourth through seventh in class the previous weekend.

Entries
Further information: 2021 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 30 cars took part in the event, split across five classes. 6 cars were entered in DPi, 3 in LMP2, 6 in LMP3, 3 in GTLM, and 12 in GTD. The pre-event entry list featured 31 cars, but was reduced to the final tally of 30 following the #16 Wright Motorsports entry's withdrawal.[4]

The only change from the previous round in DPi was the absence of Ally Cadillac Racing, while LMP2 saw a reduced three full-season entries after Era Motorsport announced their intention to scale back their 2021 program.[5] The Michelin Endurance Cup entry from United Autosports was also absent, as was their entry in LMP3. BMW Team RLL's absence saw the return of the three-car GTLM field, while GTD featured a host of changes owing to the round only paying points towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Pfaff Motorsports and Magnus Racing withdrew, as they had done at Detroit, while Gradient Racing and Compass Racing replaced them as part of their Sprint Cup-only campaigns.[6] Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports also made their IMSA SportsCar Championship debut at this event, bringing the GTD class tally to 13.[7]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor 1:30.058 _ 1
2 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Olivier Pla 1:30.404 +0.346 2
3 DPi 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Kevin Magnussen 1:30.545 +0.487 3
4 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:30.684 +0.626 4
5 DPi 55 Mazda Motorsports Harry Tincknell 1:30.947 +0.889 5
6 DPi 5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Loïc Duval 1:31.094 +1.036 6
7 LMP2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Ben Keating 1:34.969 +4.911 7
8 LMP2 11 WIN Autosport Steven Thomas 1:35.392 +5.334 8
9 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsport by Starworks John Farano 1:39.644 +9.586 9
10 LMP3 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Mateo Llarena 1:42.633 +12.575 10
11 LMP3 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett 1:43.368 +13.310 11
12 LMP3 36 Andretti Autosport Jarett Andretti 1:43.608 +13.550 12
13 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor 1:43.821 +13.763 16
14 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Nick Tandy 1:44.045 +13.987 17
15 LMP3 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson 1:44.650 +14.592 13
16 LMP3 84 D3+ Transformers-Dawson Racing Theodor Olsen 1:49.677 +19.619 14
17 LMP3 91 Riley Motorsports Jim Cox 1:50.230 +20.172 15
18 GTLM 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil 1:57.420 +27.362 18
19 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:59.380 +29.322 19
20 GTD 12 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:59.820 +29.762 20
21 GTD 39 CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing Richard Heistand 2:00.946 +30.888 21
22 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Till Bechtolsheimer 2:01.146 +31.088 22
23 GTD 76 Compass Racing Jeff Kingsley 2:01.146 +31.088 23
24 GTD 23 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 2:01.198 +31.140 24
25 GTD 28 Alegra Motorsports Michael de Quesada 2:01.201 +31.143 25
26 GTD 14 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Aaron Telitz 2:01.396 +31.338 26
27 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 2:01.894 +31.836 27
28 GTD 88 Team Hardpoint EBM Rob Ferriol 2:02.907 +32.849 28
29 GTD 32 Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Shane Lewis 2:04.610 +34.552 29
— GTD 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team Time Disallowed —
Sources:[8][9][10][11]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr
Pipo Derani		 Cadillac DPi-V.R 63 2:41:27.882
Cadillac 5.5L V8
2 DPi 01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Renger van der Zande
Kevin Magnussen		 Cadillac DPi-V.R 63 +1.473
Cadillac 5.5L V8
3 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque		 Acura ARX-05 63 +10.315
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
4 DPi 5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Tristan Vautier
Loïc Duval		 Cadillac DPi-V.R 63 +12.025
Cadillac 5.5L V8
5 DPi 55 Mazda Motorsports Oliver Jarvis
Harry Tincknell		 Mazda RT24-P 63 +12.446
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
6 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Dane Cameron
Olivier Pla		 Acura ARX-05 63 +15.107
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
7 LMP2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen		 Oreca 07 59 +4 Laps
Gibson 4.2L GK428 V8
8 LMP2 11 WIN Autosport Steven Thomas
Tristan Nunez		 Oreca 07 59 +4 Laps
Gibson 4.2L GK428 V8
9 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsport by Starworks John Farano
Gabriel Aubry		 Oreca 07 59 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
10 LMP3 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson
Felipe Fraga		 Ligier JS P320 59 +4 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
11 LMP3 91 Riley Motorsports Jim Cox
Dylan Murry		 Ligier JS P320 59 +4 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
12 LMP3 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett
Colin Braun		 Ligier JS P320 59 +4 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
13 LMP3 36 Andretti Autosport Jarett Andretti
Oliver Askew		 Ligier JS P320 59 +4 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
14 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García
Jordan Taylor		 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 59 +4 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
15 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy		 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 59 +4 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
16 GTLM 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil
Matt Campbell		 Porsche 911 RSR-19 58 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6
17 LMP3 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Mateo Llarena
Rasmus Lindh		 Ligier JS P320 58 +5 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
18 GTD 14 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Aaron Telitz
Jack Hawksworth		 Lexus RC F GT3 57 +6 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
19 GTD 12 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo
Zach Veach		 Lexus RC F GT3 57 +6 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
20 GTD 23 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis
Ross Gunn		 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 57 +6 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
21 GTD 39 CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing Richard Heistand
Jeff Westphal		 Audi R8 LMS Evo 57 +6 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
22 GTD 28 Alegra Motorsports Daniel Morad
Michael de Quesada		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 57 +6 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
23 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Till Bechtolsheimer
Marc Miller		 Acura NSX GT3 Evo 57 +6 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
24 GTD 32 Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Guy Cosmo
Shane Lewis		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 57 +6 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
25 GTD 88 Team Hardpoint EBM Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge		 Porsche 911 GT3 R 57 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
26 GTD 76 Compass Racing Jeff Kingsley
Mario Farnbacher		 Acura NSX GT3 Evo 54 +9 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
27 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 48 Did Not Finish
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
28 GTD 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team Misha Goikhberg
Franck Perera		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 48 +15 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
29 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley		 BMW M6 GT3 31 Did Not Finish
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
30 LMP3 84 D3+ Transformers-Dawson Racing Theodor Olsen
Dominic Cicero		 Ligier JS P320 31 Did Not Finish
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
Source:[12]

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