Last sprint race at VIRginia International Raceway

IMSA

Aug 23

The 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship concludes the sprint race season with the annual GT-only race, the Michelin GT Challenge at VIRginia International Raceway. Ten Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) and thirteen Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) FIA GT3-homologated cars will battle this weekend. Both GTD and GTD PRO classes championships are tight.

Snow and Koch look for back-to-back wins

📷 © IMSA at Road America. #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO (left); #021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 (right).

Two GT class winners of the Motul SportsCar Grand Prix at Road America head into VIR looking for back-to-back wins both this season and also at VIR. Madison Snow (#1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO) and Kenton Koch (#021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3) won in GTD PRO and GTD at Road America and won in GTD PRO and GTD at VIR last season, although Koch’s win last year was with a different team and manufacturer.

📷 © IMSA at Road America 2025 and Virginia International Raceway: Madison Snow (left) with #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO and Kenton Koch with #32 Mercedes AMG GT3 at VIR and #021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 at Road America.

Potential movement in Championships ranking

The top three entries in GTD PRO are covered by 97 points and the top three in GTD by 117 points, so there’s potential for big movement.

📷 © IMSA at Road America 2025. From left to right: #3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3, #81 DragonSpeed Ferrari 296 GT3 and #77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R
#3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports leads GTD PRO Teams Championship with 2254 points followed by #81 Dragonspeed with 2224 points and #77 defending champion AO Racing with 2157 points. A win and a pole allows a team to collect 385 points and the gap in points increases with the ranking. Those three need to be among the top three at VIR to avoid other teams enter in the top three.

Schedule

Qualifying: Saturday, Aug. 23, 4:55 - 5:35 p.m. ET

Race: Sunday, Aug. 24, 2:10 - 4:50 p.m. ET