Robby Foley led the final 22 laps to close out a victory for the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW late Saturday afternoon in the Sahlen’s 120 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International.
Foley teamed with starting driver Vin Barletta to capture the 2-hour race at the 3.4-mile road course for their second overall win in five IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge races this season. They also won at Sebring in March.
The race started about 50 minutes late because of a thunderstorm and included three cautions in the final 30 minutes. It ended up going 46 laps, with Foley grabbing the lead on a restart when Eric Filguerias made a final pit stop.
“It was a crazy race,” Foley said. “Vin did a great job just to survive when it was very wet and get us to the middle of the race. We made some changes, anticipating this kind of weather with a wet setup, and the car was really good.”
Robert Megennis and Cameron Lawrence gave Turner Motorsport a 1-2 showing with a second-place finish in the No. 95 BMW, 0.680 seconds behind the winning duo.
Turner Motorsport has three straight Pilot Challenge wins at WGI, with Bill Auberlen and Dillon Machavern winning for the team in 2021 and 2022.
Ted Giovanis and Owen Trinkler, in the No. 64 Team TGM Aston Martin Vantage GT4, finished third in the field of 35 cars that included 20 Grand Sport entrants.
Tim Lewis and Roy Block won the Touring Car class in the No. 5 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering Alfa Romeo, placing 13th overall.
Rain cuts short Six Hours qualifying
Starting spots for the top Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class in Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen were determined by points after rainy conditions sent multiple cars off the track, leading to an early finish for qualifying in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship event.
Cars in the GT Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) and GT Daytona (GTD) classes completed qualifying before the combined LMP2/LMP3 session was cut short after a hard rain fell just as the session got going. The cars of Ari Balogh,…
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