2021 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen

Relive all the action from the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International, the fifth race of the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

[@joshuaking5600]

I just turned 21 yesterday and I’m still verifiably fricked. This is the first thing I’m watching today and I couldn’t ask for a better belated birthday present. Thanks IMSA!!🙏🏾

[@karlsmith8113]

Happy belated Birthday dude!

[@imsaofficial]

Hopefully it was a great celebration. Happy belated birthday @Joshua King

[@chriscooper9171]

@@karlsmith8113 eres tú como la que se buenos días va

[@jmurr357]

@@WyldStallion-bs9oo what type of Motorsport do you prefer? I like all of it honestly.

[@PoRRasturvaT]

You know your day's gonna be good when you can just chill watching a 6h race.

[@Bobbarker23455]

Imsa baby!! road racing is growing in america and imsa will grow as well. Its is a great series!

[@tracyridge6245]

i was there and it was the largest crowd I have seen at this event in the 12 years i have been going

[@saxman01]

Excellent telecast. Announcer team is very good I really like the helicopter aerial video segments showing the Finger Lakes and the beautiful setting in NY state. It is uncanny how many hours I have spent listening to John, Jeremy and Shea. It's like a tonic for this race fan. They seemed more casual and loose in this broadcast. Jeremy was extra-special good. I thought he spoke up more and when he would briefly call the action, he was surprisingly effective and exciting. The cameramen (or women) at the track did a fine job, too. The broadcast team had some missed cues and awkward moments, more than usual it seems, but they handled it cheerfully and after all, it's a 6 hour race. Congrats to all involved in the telecast, and thanks.

[@tt350zJason]

I love that you put these races up on KZbin. Thanks so much. I wish I could just sit and watch but it makes for great listening and occasional viewing while one works.

[@Aidanbolling8781]

IMSA has very quickly become one of my favorite sport to watch, and race in iracing

[@nathancantano6973]

I like the cooperation between teams for dealing with the 79 car. Thanks for the race IMSA!!!!

[@brendanlittle7127]

Thankyou IMSA for uploading these.

[@rahkinrah1963]

EXCELLENT! Thank you IMSA for such great racing!

[@madams3110]

Back under lock down and these uploads help. Thanks IMSA!!

[@kyledelaplane8972]

Imsa you've out done yourself That's an understatement Love the racing Excellent coverage

[@stephenlatimer1428]

thx again IMSA from Australia.

[@AndyChittum]

"Hallow everybody and..." Some of the best words in racing. 👍

[@RosarioCostanzo]

Exciting race and amazing thrilling final!! Thank you IMSA, I love you❤ cheers from Italy

[@carlcarr9584]

I gotta say that corvette guy in that first caution because of the weathertech Porsche catching fire was a very good sport. The sport of racing needs more guys like that.

[@iWerli]

Had no idea IMSA existed until i played the series on iRacing. Gotta say i love the series lol

[@emozie7428]

I love how the teams was ready for 79 in pits. Good team work to all.

[@erwins676]

Great race, very entertaining from beginning to end! What a dramatic quality of the last hour, spoils the fun a bit..speeds up slows down..last 25mins.are fine again.

[@andrewharper4296]

Shame about the slightly bad sound quality towards the end. Excellent as always though. Wow those last 45 minutes were epic. Well done Mazda 👍🏻

[@wildannandawicaksana5004]

Full race? Wow thanks IMSA.

[@imsaofficial]

Full WeatherTech Championship races are posted the Thursday following their TV broadcast. Thanks!

[@jacktheIV44]

This is a fantastic spectacle! I’d love to see it live

[@samzilla1050]

Imsa always hooking it up! You guys are the best!

[@BlueJimmie48Fan]

This was my first IMSA race in person and I can safely say this won't be my last one! 😄

[@soundbelch1600]

That last half hour... wow. Superb.

[@PANTYEATR1]

i totally missed the Super Touring races of the 90s, but now i have IMSA!💪💗

[@harleyfanboy8165]

Thank you imsa official

[@whoeveriam0iam14222]

thanks for the quick upload. the race happened at night for me and now I can watch it anyway

[@a1oh]

I have NBC trackpass...but I always wait for the youtube upload since I greatly prefer listening to Hindy do the broadcasting/commentary. I just really cant get into the way NBC presents the races. I wish I could watch it live this way.

[@IndianaJoe3]

This is the best IMSA season since the ALMS merged with Rolex Grand-Am.

[@raysmith1630]

Wow! That last half hour got pretty crazy! Good race at one of my all-time favorite tracks. Too bad Kevin Magnuson got taken out on the last lap. He's really starting to look like his Dad. Jan Magnuson, another one of my favorite race drivers. Don't get me started on how many younger race drivers are making a name for themselves now of whom I watched their Fathers or Grand Fathers win races in the past. I've been a race fan for a very long time.

[@ColonelRPG]

As always, fantastic job by the commentary team! 👏

[@marvelous3999]

I'm glad they reply the race on KZbin. Because I got monster jam 7pm on msmbc. Smdh

[@imsaofficial]

The race aired on NBCSN.

[@DaveTRG]

What in the world happened to the playback in the last hour? It just sped up and then went back to normal several times. Very hard to watch...

[@francegallsonglove3829]

Imsa good 👍

[@Eden_24_]

5:30 Race Start

[@SCAJolly]

Thank you for the upload! Around 5h there's a bloody lot of audio and video artefacting/stuttering going on, just fyi.

[@SCAJolly]

Ends at 5h19, kicks off again at 5h24, ends at 5h27 More again at 5h29m10 and intermittent after 5h31

[@imsaofficial]

We wanted to fix and re-upload but unfortunately the archived video also has the issue. Apologies for the issue.

[@Snow_OwL217]

Good to see Sébastien Bourdais. The smart Man from Le Mans :)

[@BlitzMekanika]

Dear Imsa, starting around the 55 minutes to go mark the audio starts having issues. It gets grainy and seems to be in fast forward like an old vhs tape. The video also speeds up a bit as well.

[@JohnFPreston]

I've noticed the same thing

[@joeygold24]

IMSA is awesome because of the tracks, and its commitment to professional racing. Its not just the racing parts of the tracks, the venues welcome fans into the pits and the camping areas. One thing IMSA needs to work on is cautions. They are still such an interruption to the race, not just in terms of waiting but also how they interrupt all the strategic battles on track. The endurance rounds should have a full course yellow/virtual safety car to preserve the distances between the cars.

[@RubenHernandez-lx1ej]

Just in time for the Independence Day weekend

[@chrisl211]

Is it Skype or the chat sound we hear from time to time? :)

[@TechSalvager]

IMSA looks like there is some speed up\down issues around 5:08:23 in

[@roddiedigital]

Changing playback speed to 0.75 seems to help a bit

[@imsaofficial]

We'll get it taken care of. Thanks for your feedback.

[@marksaxby607]

@@imsaofficial Will you post an update when it's done? It's hard to follow as is.

[@imsaofficial]

Our team is troubleshooting it and will get it re-uploaded ASAP. No ETA at this point. Thanks for your patience.

[@imsaofficial]

Unfortunately, that issue persists on the records we have in archive and production team unfortunately doesn't have a solution for the fix fully. Apologies for the inconvenience.

[@dimfromlux1449]

thank you IMSA :) but what are those strange sounds?

[@EikeSky]

The bloop noises near the start was Skype. I thinking the commentary team is still remote.

[@imsaofficial]

That is correct, they are still remote (Europe). Thanks!

[@shipleyzimlich8032]

@@imsaofficial any idea when they'll be back on site IMSA?

[@jacquesduplessis8944]

@@shipleyzimlich8032 pandemic?

[@r.f.r.4824]

@@EikeSky Thank you. That was making me crazy. Hoping they won't be going for the entire race.

[@gcranston83]

Hey @IMSA Official , is there any way to mute the skype/chat notification chime in these broadcasts. It's pretty distracting.

[@imsaofficial]

Are you indicating that the commentators are receiving notifications during the stream and that is distracting (apologies, not 100% what you are referring to). If that's the case, no, the feed comes directly from Europe and is mixed with the broadcast. Apologies for any inconvenience.

[@offworldatom8850]

I miss Bud at the Glen. NASCAR was fun back then.

[@shumatsusenshi]

Woohoo was waiting for this since the weekend!

[@TyronStDenis]

Jimmy is the #48 Driver in the NASCAR Cup Series Race and Now he is the NASCAR Hall of Fame Driver.

[@bmstylee]

All right. A way to kill a Saturday night.

[@IanJamesWs]

the audio right around the last hour or even just the whole thing

[@Stig472]

Loving the imsa racing. But what the hell was up with the audio in the last hour. Seemed to be sped up for most of it and had the video sped up aswell.

[@corykoenig7396]

Green Flag around 5:25

[@Beardedvikingweirdo]

Love the Benny Hill version of the broadcast in the last 45 min...

[@aw.img_motorpsort_media]

Was here for the race! awesome weekend!

[@mcspeedypantsjr5713]

Thanks for posting the race IMSA, however it's frustrating to get to the final hour of a 6hr race and discover that the video constantly speeds up/slows down, rendering it practically unwatchable. Not the first time this has happened with the channel. Maybe a quick manual check before uploading could prevent this in future?

[@imsaofficial]

Videos are manually QA'd, however we unfortunately do not have the resources to watch every single minute of every single race posted. We pride ourselves in getting the races uploaded and published for our fans as quickly as possible. Feedback is very important to us and normally any issue reported is remedied. Will definitely reach out to our production team and relay your feedback. Thanks!

[@mcspeedypantsjr5713]

@@imsaofficial thanks for the reply. The issue starts around the 5:08 mark. Other than frustration with the occasional tech glitch, rest assured that IMSA provides some of the best racing and coverage in world IMO

[@imsaofficial]

Appreciate it. Our team acknowledged the issue and will prepare a new upload. I'm hopeful this will be completed today.

[@imsaofficial]

Unfortunately, that issue persists on the records we have in archive and production team unfortunately doesn't have a solution for the fix fully. Apologies for the inconvenience.

[@Icantkeepout]

My parents used to own a bit of property up there watched GP races there, when Hunt won the championship and this race a few years ago. The Glen is a beautiful party of NY. Does anyone know what that bubble sound is, so kind of alert?

[@CandidM]

Messenger notifications on a phone close to the mic :)

[@JT-qd6uc]

I'm astonished anyone would give this video a thumbs down 😶

[@DSIVXX]

Anyone know what albuquerque's deal was at the 5:15:00 ish mark while and after pitting? He was right up the A of the mazda entering the pits which is kinda whatever, difference in pit limiters... but then the conflict the magnussen under yellow doesn't make any damn sense. Or what did i miss

"Mazda have won" chills... I hope they didn't have to leave :,(

[@lnerell]

Did you guys intentionally speed up the video to ruin it for us? I hope this can be corrected as the last hour is almost unwatchable.

[@imsaofficial]

Unfortunately it cannot be corrected as the archived video also has the issue. Apologies for the inconvenience.

[@zippywheeler]

Why is Jeremy's microphone low in volume and muddy?

[@davidgill9363]

Ahh, such a shame that the sound / video was intermittently poor for the last hour. ☹️

[@imsaofficial]

Apologies. Unfortunately the archived file also has issues.

[@davidgill9363]

Amazing race though. Just finished watching the end. Epic!

[@douglastrevisan89]

why so much delay in servicing the cars that caught fire

[@davidrome6066]

Bloody awesome Mazda zoom zoom 🦘🍾

[@jacksevers3177]

when the audio is jittering and the video looks sped up, switch the playback to 0.75. clears that up :)

[@m.r.9127]

Was this live streamed? I’m having trouble setting notifications for race live streams and full replays. I have the bell set to ‘all’ but never get notifications. On other channels as well.

[@EikeSky]

Might have settings wrong in your phone. This was only uploaded a few hours ago, and wasn't livestreamed. You need to go to imsa dot tv for the live stream when you aren't in the US

[@imsaofficial]

The live stream URL is IMSA.com/tvlive to watch WeatherTech Championship race sessions outside of the USA.

[@imsaofficial]

WeatherTech Championship qualifying is live streamed on IMSA.com/tvlive but due to our TV contract WeatherTech Championship races are unavailable for streaming in the United States, Latin America and New Zealand.

[@EikeSky]

@@imsaofficial haha finally beat you to the replies! Absolutely outstanding work from everyone at IMSA as always. I know the race winner, but I am looking forward to reliving the story of the race even more with that knowledge.

[@nf1racing]

They got one leaky sink in the booth, so many water droplet sounds

[@imsaofficial]

Commentators are in Europe, not at track.

[@aldogallegos3307]

excellent.

[@apxfng9627]

Why was the #28 merc running with one yellow light and one white?

[@Fwr942]

Barroop! So there is actually a saying that goes "might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb"?!? Approx 4:26 left in race

[@Fwr942]

They need to give the commentators less tech info during the race. Most of the time they seem so busy doing other things that they aren't even watching the race! Multiple times there was an overtake or contact happening live that they flat out missed because they were too busy looking at other stuff.

[@tokyodragonmasterlee409]

Awesome

[@kresimirsimunovic5333]

IMSA, why dont you do Sights and Sounds short highlights anymore? I like this also kind of highlights, dont get me wrong.

[@gzapant]

I wondered what happened to the WeatherTech Porsche. I saw the aftermath in the paddock

[@lemans_news_and_stories]

God I would love to visit every one of the tracks on the calender... But America is so far away, I can't afford that^^

[@rene8144]

Please Re-upload and fix bad audio/video in last hour. Video is running fast during last hour. Fast audio and sped up video.

[@imsaofficial]

Unfortunately it cannot be corrected as the archived video also has the issue. Apologies for the inconvenience.

[@rjnation5042]

Love the racing, but near the end, last half hour was running at 1& a half speed, was really hard to watch, Rj in Oz

[@imsaofficial]

Yes, as indicated in the comments, "We wanted to fix and re-upload but unfortunately the archived video also has the issue. Apologies for the issue."

[@runegregersen4454]

Kobayashi just straight kamikaze Magnusen at the end

[@austinsenkerik8825]

hey imsa why you fast forwarding bits i wanna watch the race lol

[@michaelberggren3203]

lol those go bowling signs. Bottas has entered the chat.

[@anowlgazi]

Mazdaspeed 💪💪💪

[@petervogwill6499]

Goofy playback speed...inconsistent and bothersome to watch at certain intervals....

[@imsaofficial]

We wanted to fix and re-upload but unfortunately the archived video also has the issue. Apologies for the issue.

[@beenaplumber8379]

I don't know about ELMS, but the big difference I see between IMSA and WEC is personified in Sebastian Buemi. Yeah, he's FAST as hell, a very gifted driver, but every time I hear his voice, I hear a whiny little boy who blames everybody else for everything. He acts like he's entitled, with no humility. He takes me right out of it. And he works for a team that seems bent on extracting all the fun from racing. They are effective at winning - sorta - but where is the joy? (I felt the same about Penske's team though, but not their drivers.) And when I attend an IMSA race in person, I feel like I'm the celebrity guest. IMSA REALLY knows how to treat us fans as the valuable assets we are. All of those sponsorship decals and signs, they're there for us to see, not the teams. We're what makes any sports series a financially viable entity. We are the consumers of the marketing that pays for all this, and IMSA never takes us for granted. I'm not being cynical either. I think we fans are more than dollar signs to IMSA. As a parallel example, I'm a musician, and a good audience who enjoys the show takes my performance up a notch. I think sports teams are the same way. Maybe that's more difficult from inside the racing cockpit, but I think it's still a factor across the team. And IMSA makes sure the drivers get to know us fans. They get a sense of our excitement for what they do. That's my $.02

[@karlkirschenmann1808]

did IMSA speed up the last hour of the race on purpose? not saying it ruined the race but damn that was annoying

[@nate_geo1821]

IMSA video game?

[@RacecarSpelledBackwards71]

Forza Motorsports on XBOX with racing wheel gives a decent driving experience for these cars/tracks.

[@marquesdeportago1596]

Such a shame that sometimes the video is like on x1,5

[@ralph2186]

I agree with Ben a plumber's comments except as concerns Sebastien buemi I think the comment was absolutely wrong

[@CoasterMan13Official]

You guys need to race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

[@imsaofficial]

A one mile road course, do tell.

[@CoasterMan13Official]

@@imsaofficial wow, wasn't expecting you guys to respond. But they do have an infield road course, but I'm sure you already know about that.

[@chavruta2000]

i think he should have pulled over where he was and exited the car immediately.

[@b.p.879]

I gotta get back to the glen pretty soon or they'll worry, people disappear in the Finger Lakes.

[@handoru9497]

Three!

[@DSMedicAWD1]

Five!

[@Blueflag04]

sadly the Nick Tandy Corvette wasnt able to hold off the BMW for third

[@xcruzrr6]

I cant believe the #8 team didn't realize there was a suspension issue and sent the car back out. Sh*t happens I guess.

[@carlnilssonyoung8961]

Why Lexus always qualified very well n always slips down during every races? Seems they r out paced many times in races, but qualified so well 🤔

[@joshbooth9772]

They've had such bad luck too.

[@dimfromlux1449]

the uploads have been better in the past 😅

[@imsaofficial]

Technology is not perfect. Thanks for your feedback.

[@dimfromlux1449]

@@imsaofficial that's true. this can happen :)

[@12th.jahlil]

Two!

[@shiorii8740]

One!

[@Icantkeepout]

The GT cars are beautiful, the rest of the bubbles not so much.

[@ianmccarthy1323]

Wow, they were just flying there at the end. LOL havent seen a p2 car ever go that fast. Or Hindhough talking that fast lol...

[@jeffreyy9134]

cooliy driving car on fire

[@saraestes2821]

I don't like 2 drivers that driving the 48 Ally.Cadillac they think they are better than Jimmie Johnson the 7-time champion. I'm a true Jimmie Johnson fan since 2006

[@petrolo72]

🤦🏻‍♂️ I’m perplexed by IMSA and their decision to have five categories in this series. The category that was actually one of the most exciting for GT racing is now pretty much two manufacturers racing if that, and then they added the lower class LMP’s which are incredibly boring and don’t get any camera time.

[@imsaofficial]

If you would like to submit feedback to the competition department please send an email to [e-mail] and we'll be happy to forward it to the appropriate.