International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship schedule in October 2013.
The 2014 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was the seventh of thirteen scheduled sports car races of 2014 by IMSA, and it was the third round held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.
[2] With 133 points, PC was led by Jon Bennett and Colin Braunwith a six-point advantage over Renger van der Zande.
[2] In GTLM, the Drivers' Championship was led by Bill Auberlen and Andy Priaulx with 123 points; the duo held a five-point gap over Antonio García and Jan Magnussen.
[2] Fifty-five cars were officially entered for the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen, with the bulk of entries in the Prototype (P) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) classes.
[4] The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of ten Oreca FLM09 cars: two from Starworks Motorsport and RSR Racing.