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Cadillac at The Glen: All 3 qualify in top 5

Cadillac V-Series.R follow front-row start at Le Mans with another for IMSA raceWATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 21, 2025) – For the second consecutive endurance race weekend — on two continents, under different sanctioning body rulesets and on divergent road courses — Cadillac Racing has secured a front-row starting position.
Jack Aitken, driving the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R, qualified second in the 13-car Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) field for Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen with a lap of 1 minute, 31.845 seconds on the 3.4-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen International course in the 15-minute IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship session.
Nine days earlier, the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R earned the pole for the 93rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans – the first for an American automaker since 1967 – and Aitken’s Cadillac Whelen teammate, Earl Bamber, qualified second in the No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R for a Cadillac lockout of the front row.
Aitken, who set the Hypercar qualifying track record June 12 at Circuit de la Sarthe and topped the time sheet in both pre-qualifying practice sessions at The Glen, will also share driving duties with Frederik Vesti in the third of five IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup races.
Cadillac Racing placed all three of its GTP entries in the top five. The No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R, with Ricky Taylor in the seat, qualified fourth with a lap of 1:32.444. Louis Deletraz qualified fifth in the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R with a lap of 1:32.566.
Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque, a three-time winner at The Glen, are coming off a runner-up finish in the 100-minute IMSA race on the streets of Detroit. Deletraz and Jordan Taylor started from the pole in 2024 and finished fourth at The Glen with another manufacturer.
The front-row start is the highest for Cadillac Racing in IMSA GTP competition this season, and all three entries on the first three rows is also a season best. Former Cadillac Racing driver Renger van der Zande earned the pole with a lap of 1:31.558 (0.287 of a second quicker than Aitken’s lap).
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Cadillac Racing has earned podium spots the past three years at The Glen and swept the top two places in the 2-hour, 40-minute race in 2021.
The race completes a busy period of competition for Cadillac Racing, which earned a runner-up finish May 31 in the Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic in addition to two weekends of running in France.
NBC will telecast the first half of the race starting at noon ET Sunday, with Peacock (U.S. customers) streaming the final three hours. IMSA Radio will broadcast the race at IMSA.com along with XM 206 and SiriusXM Online 996.
What they’re saying
No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R
Ricky Taylor: “I think if we put everything together we had a little bit more today, but not for P1. The car for the race is a comfortable car and don’t think it was a qualifying car, so maybe for the race we have something to fight with everyone for six hours. I think these are the closest track conditions we have for the race, so maybe this is the best read of what our racecar will be like.”No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R
Jack Aitken: “With the forecast being a bit hotter tomorrow, it actually will play into the 31 car. It’s much more our strength, especially when you get later in the race and you have to take care of your tires more. Front row is good. Solid performance It’s shame we missed out on pole. Still hunting for the first one of the year for us. I felt like the lap was good, the car was decent and we made some good steps from practice, but not quite enough to beat the other car to pole. We’re right in the mix, so we’ll race for the victory tomorrow.”No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R
Louis Deletraz: “It’s our best quali of the year, so that’s positive. The car felt good today and we have a good racecar. Conditions will be very hot, so that’s what we have to work towards. It’s a good starting position and we can race from there, so I’m looking forward to the race.”