IMSA at Watkins Glen, it doesn’t get much better than that.

Sometimes the demands of work and life mean that one does not have the time to do a write up or commentary on the race. Rather, all I have time to say is that a Mazda DPi won the race, I own two Mazdas, so I’m calling it a victory for the home team.


The race-winning #55 Mazda Team Joest RT24-P DPi of Jonathan Bomarito, Harry Tinknell, and Olivier Pla lapping the #29 Team Montaplast by Land Audi R8 LMS GT3 of Christopher Mies, Ricky Feller, and Daniel Morad. Photo : Rob Riistuccia

DPi

The #77 Mazda RT24-P DPi leads the DPi field through Turn 1 after the start Photo : Rob Ristucca


#5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R of Joao Barbosa, Fillipe Albuquerque, and Mike Conway Photo : Rob Ristuccia

#85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi-V.R of Misha Golkhberg, Tristan Vautier, and Juan Piedrahita Photo : Rob Ristuccia


#77 Mazda RT24-P DPi of Oliver Jarvis, Tristan Nunez, and Timo Bernhard Photo : Rob Ristuccia

#6 Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 DPi of Dane Cameron and Jaun Pablo Montoya Photo : Rob Ristuccia


#31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R of Felipe Nasr, Luis Felipe ‘Pipo’ Derani, and Eric Curran Photo : Rob Ristuccia

#50 Juncos Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R of Will Own and Rene Binder Photo : Rob Ristuccia


#54 CORE autosport Nissan DPi of Jonathan Bennett, Colin Braun, and Romain Dumas Photo : Rob Ristuccia


LMP2

#38 Performance Tech Motorsports ORECA 07 Gibson of Kyle Masson, Cameron Cassels, and Andrew Evans Photo : Rob Ristuccia


#52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorspots ORECA 07 Gibson of Matthew McMurry, Eric Lux, and Gabriel Aubry Photo : Rob Ristuccia

#38 Performance Tech Motorsports ORECA 07 Gibson spun at the Bus Stop Photo : Rob Ristuccia


GTLM

#912 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR of Laurens Vanthoor and Earl Bamber just ahead of the #25 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE of Tom Blomqvist and Connor De Phillippi in Turn 1 Photo : Rob Ristuccia


#67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT of Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook Photo : Rob Ristuccia

#66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT of Joey Hand and Dirk Muller Photo : Rob Ristuccia


#912 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR of Laurens Vanthoor and Earl Bamber Photo : Rob Ristuccia

#25 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE of Tom Blomqvist and Connor De Phillippi Photo : Rob Ristuccia


#3 Corevette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R of Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia Photo : Rob Ristuccia

#24 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE of Jesse Krohn and John Edwards Photo : Rob Ristuccia


#66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT of Joey Hand and Dirk Muller at the Bus Stop Photo : Rob Ristuccia

Late in the race, the #25 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE caught fire in the pits, ending their weekend Photo : Rob Ristuccia


GTD

Just a few laps into the race, contact between the #63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 and the #29 Team Montaplast by Land Audi R8 LMS GT3 Photo : Rob Ristuccia


#86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura NSX-GT3 Evo of Mario Farnbacher, Trend Hindman, and Justin Marks Photo : Rob Ristuccia

#63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 of Cooper MacNeil, Toni Vilander, and Jeff Westphal Photo : Rob Ristuccia


#96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 of Bill Auberlen, Robby Foley, and Dillon Machavern Photo : Rob Ristuccia

#73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R of Marco Seefried, Patrick Long, and Nicholas Boulle Photo : Rob Ristuccia


+47 Precision Performance Motorsport (PPM) Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo of Brandon Gdovic, Don Yount, and Jake Edison Photo : Rob Ristuccia

#9 PFAFF Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R of Scott Hargrove, Zacharie Robichon, and Lars Kern Photo : Rob Ristuccia


#44 Magnus Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo of John Potter, Andy Lally, and Spencer Pumpelly Photo : Rob Ristuccia