The Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti (WTRAndretti) GTD team has seen the grid set for Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. Piloting the No. 45 DEX Imaging Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2, Graham Doyle completed his first career qualifying session in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. For the 15-minute session, the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup co-driver earned a fastest lap time of 01:48.790 for 18th in the GTD class.
The Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen will go green at 11:10 a.m. ET from Watkins Glen International. All six hours of the endurance classic will be broadcast live on Peacock.
TOP FIVE GTD STARTING GRID
1. No. 12 Vasser Sullivan (Lexus RC F GT3) F. Montecalvo, J. Hawksworth, A. Telitz (116.970 mph)
2. No. 023 Triarsi Competizione (Ferrari 296 GT3) O. Triarsi, C. Scardina, A. Rovera (116.303 mph)
3. No. 32 Korthoff/Preston Motorsports (Mercedes-AMG GT3) M. Skeen, M. Grenier, K. Koch (116.093 mph)
4. No. 57 WINWARD Racing (Mercedes-AMG GT3) R. Ward, P. Ellis, I. Dontje (115.973 mph)
5. No. 557 Turner Motorsport (BMW M4 GT3) R. Foley, P. Gallagher, J. Walker (115.781 mph)
18. No. 45 DEX Imaging Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 (Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2) K. Marcelli, D. Formal, G. Doyle (112.510 mph)
Graham Doyle, No. 45 DEX Imaging Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2:
“End of my first qualifying in an IMSA race. It is special for me at The Glen as it is the first place I got a podium in my career. Being back here this weekend has been amazing with the WTRAndretti team and DEX Imaging. Qualifying went well today. I have a good spot to fight from the start and then when I pass the car over to Danny and Kyle, we are going to have a very competitive car.”
ABOUT WTRANDRETTI
Andretti Global and Wayne Taylor Racing announced a new, long-term partnership in 2023 that combines the resources of the two championship-caliber teams to compete in IMSA’s top classes. In 2024, Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti (WTRAndretti) has expanded to a two-car GTP program as well as competes in the GTD class. Coming off its 2023 championship winning effort, WTRAndretti continues its Driver Development Program competing in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America series with a full stable.
WTRAndretti’s global motorsports enterprise boasts two IMSA driver championships (2013 and 2017), and back-to-back IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Championships (2020, 2021) which contributed to nine IMSA manufacturer championships for Acura, Pontiac, Corvette and Cadillac. In its brief 17-year history, WTRAndretti has accumulated multiple victories in sportscar racing’s most iconic events: Rolex 24 At Daytona, Twelve Hours of Sebring, Petit Le Mans, Mid-Ohio, Road America and the Six Hours of The Glen. With its back-to-back PRO Class Championship wins (2022, 2023), WTR also has ten North America Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship titles and a Lamborghini World Finals title.
Andretti Global, a Championship-winning motorsports organization, competes in additional racing categories worldwide, including the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, Extreme E, Australian Supercars and the Mexico SuperCopa Championship. Additionally, the racing enterprise commits to driver development through competition in INDY NXT by Firestone and through support of Sebastian and Oliver Wheldon’s racing careers.