Michelin GT Challenge VIR entry list confimed

23 cars are entered for Next week's Michelin GT Challenge at VIR (Virginia International Raceway), the only GT-exclusive sprint race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The entry list is split between ten GTD PRO and 13 GTD cars. With only three races to go, VIR will be a critical championship juncture for several teams.

Only 97 points cover the top three teams in the GTD PRO standings, led by the No. 3 Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Antonio Garcia and Alexander Sims. Even without a race victory, four podiums for Garcia and Sims have them 30 points ahead of DragonSpeed's Albert Costa, who is now second in the standings.

The No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R of defending champion Laurin Heinrich and co-driver Klaus Bachler is now third, ahead of the No. 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT3 (-160) and the two Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3s.

Madison Snow, who won the last IMSA race at Road America alongside Neil Verhagen in the No. 1 Paul Miller BMW, is also the defending VIR race winner.

Chevrolet also leads the GTD PRO Manufacturers' Championship by 17 points, with BMW in second, and Ferrari (-56) in third.

Winward Racing's Russell Ward and Philip Ellis still lead the GTD standings in their No. 57 Mercedes-AMG GT3. They have a 112-point advantage over the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 (Parker Thompson/Jack Hawksworth).

Heart of Racing Team driver Casper Stevenson (-117) is third, and in fourth following his win at Road America is Kenton Koch, last year's winner at VIR.

Triarsi Competizione's No. 021 Ferrari 296 GT3 will finish the year with Koch and Onofrio Triarsi as its drivers, and while there was some doubt over whether the team would be able to enter the VIR round, Triarsi gave a firm commitment after their maiden IMSA victory.

"We have a commitment to finish out the year running this other entry, and we will," said Triarsi, whose team expanded to two cars for 2025.

Robert Wickens is also set to make his final IMSA sprint race appearance of 2025 in the No. 36 DXDT Racing Corvette.

And crucially, the two-driver battle for the IMSA Bob Akin Award is level between AWA's Orey Fidani and Inception Racing's Brendon Iribe. The race for a guaranteed invitation to the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours will now be a "best-of-three" between the two drivers.