Will Torque Freak Racing continue its strong run following back-to-back GT3 class victories and overall victory at Mid-Ohio?

Can Lone Wolf Motorsports and their No. 747 Dallara team defend their P2 championship lead after seeing it shrink to a mere ten points over Element SimRacing?

How will the Mercedes teams such as DRG Racing and Pist’n Broke Racing fare in what will most likely be the final race before the debut of the all-new Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo?

No matter where one looks, there are plenty of storylines keeping folks busy and talking in the paddock going into the fifth race weekend of the year.

One story in for itself: The track. Watkins Glen International, as it is known today was originally opened as a street course through the town of Watkins Glen, hosting races as early as 1948 through 1952 when a tragic accident took the life of a young boy.

As a result, the race moved to the outskirts of the town in a bid to improve safety and after three years a permanent road course was opened on top of a hill, southwest of the town.

The track was modified in 1970, removing and reprofiling a few turns and moving the start/finish line to where it is today.

Next, the “Boot” section of the track was added, which will also be in use in this weekend’s 6 Hours of the Glen.

Eventually in the year 1991, after ever increasing speeds, the chicane was added on the back straight to address safety risks to drivers and track personnel. Ever since, the track has remained largely unchanged and at 3.45 miles (5.55 km) in length.

Saturday’s race is expected to see a full grid off 55 cars again (22 P2 Prototypes, 33 GT3 cars) and while some familiar names are considered favorites, nobody truly knows what to expect in one of the hottest races of the year.

High track temperatures have given teams some trouble and a challenge to work on the car’s consistent handling in Free Practice 1 on Saturday.

Coming off back-to-back VSCA Sprint Cup races, teams and drivers will also have to get used again to running a much longer race, with a total distance of six hours.

In the in-series VSCA Endurance Cup, that counts only the four endurance races of the year, the top-15 teams are all within seven points, adding additional drama in the second-to-last endurance race of the season.

The race will be streamed live by VSCA on the VSCA YouTube channel, so fans and friends can follow all the racing action live, from start to finish.