#40: Wayne Taylor Racing with 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 Sportscar Championship’s 6 Hours of the 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 surpass his time in the remaining minutes.
Van der Zande briefly held the fastest time, but Deletraz ultimately beat 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 fourth quickest in the #95 JDC Miller Porsche 963, which was the fastest Porsche, just 0.046 seconds behind Aitken.
The fastest factory Porsche, driven by Mathieu Jaminet in the #6 Porsche 963, finished fifth. Jaminet’s lap time was only 0.054 seconds slower than Hanson’s, highlighting the impressive performance of Porsche’s customer team.
In the LMP2 category, P.J. Hyett set an outstanding time of 1:35.925 in the #99 AO Racing Oreca 07-Gibson, going almost seven tenths of a second faster than Daniel Goldburg from 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 almost two seconds quicker than his initial lap. On his last lap, he was nearly four tenths of a second faster than his previous best, solidifying his pole position.
Goldburg was consistently near the top throughout the session but couldn’t quite surpass Hyett. At one point, he dropped to third place after Steven Thomas, in the #11 TDS Racing Oreca 07-Gibson, moved into second place. However, Goldburg quickly reclaimed second position, finishing just 0.002 seconds ahead of Thomas.
Nick Boulle finished fourth fastest in the #52 Inter Europol PR1 Mathiasen Oreca 07-Gibson, 0.372 seconds behind Thomas and over a second behind Hyett. Ben Keating secured the fifth fastest time in the #2 United Autosports, trailing Boulle by an additional two tenths of a second.