#40: Wayne Taylor Racing avec Andretti, Acura ARX-06, GTP: Jordan Taylor, Louis Deletraz
Louis Deletraz secured the top position in the #40 WTRAndretti Acura ARX-06 for the IMSA Sports Car Championship 6 Hours of Glen. He set a time of 1:32.209, which was 0.038 seconds faster than Renger van der Zande in the #01 Cadillac V-Series.R.
During the session, Deletraz took the lead halfway through and no one else was able to beat his time in the remaining minutes.
Van der Zande briefly held the fastest time, but Deletraz ended up surpassing him. However, neither of them were able to improve their lap times after setting their fastest laps.
Jack Aitken secured the third fastest time in the #31 Action Express Cadillac V-Series.R, finishing 0.270 seconds behind Deletraz. Phil Hanson was the fourth fastest in the #95 JDC Miller Porsche 963, which was the fastest Porsche, only 0.046 seconds behind Aitken.
The fastest factory Porsche, driven by Mathieu Jaminet in the #6 Porsche 963, finished in fifth place. Jaminet’s lap time was only 0.054 seconds slower than Hanson’s, highlighting the impressive performance of the Porsche customer team.
In the LMP2 category, P.J. Hyett set an exceptional time of 1:35.925 in the #99 AO Racing Oreca 07-Gibson, going nearly seven tenths of a second faster than Daniel Goldburg of United Autosports, who finished in second place.
Hyett dominated the session in the purple ‘Spike the dragon’ car, continuously improving his lap times. His final lap, after the 15-minute session, was nearly two seconds faster than his initial lap. On his last lap, he was nearly four tenths of a second faster than his previous best time, solidifying his pole position.
Goldburg était constamment près du sommet pendant toute la session, mais n’a pas réussi à surpasser Hyett. À un moment donné, il est tombé à la troisième place après que Steven Thomas, au volant de la TDS Racing Oreca 07-Gibson n°11, ait pris la deuxième position. Cependant, Goldburg a rapidement repris la deuxième place, terminant seulement à 0,002 secondes devant Thomas.
Nick Boulle a terminé à la quatrième place dans l’Oreca 07-Gibson Inter Europol PR1 Mathiasen n°52, à 0,372 secondes derrière Thomas et plus d’une seconde derrière Hyett. Ben Keating a obtenu le cinquième meilleur temps dans la United Autosports n°2, se situant à deux dixièmes de seconde derrière Boulle.
