The 2021 Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen is under caution early on, as the WeatherTech Racing Porsche burst into flames after a handful of laps.
Cooper MacNeil was behind the wheel of the #79 Porsche 911 RSR-19 when flames appeared at the left rear of the car. MacNeil brought the car into the pitlane engulfed in flames, but was able to escape unharmed before pitlane workers were able to extinguish the flames.
At the same time, the #8 Tower Motorsport ORECA 07-Gibson came to a stop after it went off on the opening lap.
Dane Cameron currently leads the race, having seized the lead for the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05 after overtaking polesitter Ricky Taylor on the first lap.
Taylor sits in second ahead of Kamui Kobayashi, with Renger van der Zande fourth.
Steven Thomas leads LMP2 from pole in the #11 WIN Autosport ORECA 07-Gibson, ahead of Ben Keating for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsport second and Dwight Merriman third in the #18 Era Motorsport ORECA.
Jarett Andretti has captured the LMP3 lead in the #36 Andretti Autosport Ligier JS P320 from polesitter Austin McCusker in the #2 United Autosports Ligier, with Dan Goldburg third for Performance Tech Motorsports.
The two Corvettes have swapped positions in the opening stages, as Tommy Milner captured the lead in the #4 Corvette C8.R from team-mate Antonio Garcia.
Connor de Philippi holds fourth in the #25 BMW M8 GTE, with John Edwards fourth in the #24 BMW.
The major position in GTD have remained unchanged from the start, as Kyle Kirkwood still leads in the #14 Lexus RC F GT3 from the #16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R in the hands of Trent Hindman.
