Race Report: 2020 Michelin GT Challenge

Virginia International Raceway
Aug. 22, 2020

Results	View PDF: Overall \| By Class \| By Fastest Lap
Driver Fastest Lap	View PDF: Overall \| By Class
Lap Chart	View PDF
Best Sector Times	View PDF
Leader Sequence	View PDF
Average Distance and Speed	View PDF
Fastest Lap Sequence	View PDF
Analysis by Lap	View PDF
Drive Time	View PDF
Pit Stop Analysis	View PDF
Time Cards	View PDF
Weather	View PDF

Results

Race

Pos.	Class Pos.	No.	Class	Drivers	Team	Car	Laps	Total Time	Gap	Best Lap Lap Time MPH
1	1	3	GTLM	Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor	Corvette Racing	Corvette C8.R	85	2:40:40.846	—	38 1:41.868 115.561
2	2	25	GTLM	Bruno Spengler, Connor De Phillippi	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	85	2:40:44.367	3.521 3.521	40 1:41.908 115.515
3	3	911	GTLM	Nick Tandy, Fred Makowiecki	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	85	2:40:45.046	4.200 0.679	82 1:41.333 116.171
4	4	4	GTLM	Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner	Corvette Racing	Corvette C8.R	85	2:41:51.706	1:10.860 1:06.660	85 1:41.747 115.698
5	1	96	GTD	Robby Foley, Bill Auberlen	Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	83	2:40:42.297	2 Laps 2 Laps	61 1:46.143 110.906
6	2	86	GTD	Mario Farnbacher, Matt McMurry	Meyer Shank Racing	Acura NSX GT3	83	2:40:49.808	2 Laps 7.511	60 1:45.446 111.639
7	3	48	GTD	Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers	Paul Miller Racing	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	83	2:40:50.503	2 Laps 0.695	61 1:45.982 111.075
8	4	74	GTD	Gar Robinson, Lawson Aschenbach	Riley Motorsports	Mercedes-AMG GT3	83	2:40:51.339	2 Laps 0.836	57 1:45.645 111.429
9	5	14	GTD	Jack Hawksworth, Aaron Telitz	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Lexus RC F GT3	83	2:41:11.353	2 Laps 20.014	53 1:46.172 110.876
10	6	16	GTD	Ryan Hardwick, Patrick Long	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3R	83	2:41:20.871	2 Laps 9.518	56 1:45.741 111.328
11	7	57	GTD	Alvaro Parente, Misha Goikhberg	Meyer Shank Racing	Acura NSX GT3	83	2:41:22.113	2 Laps 1.242	52 1:46.094 110.957
12	8	44	GTD	Andy Lally, John Potter	GRT Maguns	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	83	2:41:45.023	2 Laps 22.910	62 1:46.491 110.544
13	9	23	GTD	Roman de Angelis, Ian James	Heart of Racing Team	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	83	2:41:45.232	2 Laps 0.209	61 1:46.755 110.270
14	10	12	GTD	Frankie Montecalvo, Townsend Bell	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Lexus RC F GT3	83	2:41:45.974	2 Laps 0.742	37 1:46.175 110.873
15	5	912	GTLM	Earl Bamber, Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	82	2:41:48.941	3 Laps 1 Lap	40 1:41.672 115.783
16	11	22	GTD	Till Bechtolsheimer, Marc Miller	Gradient Racing	Acura NSX GT3	81	2:41:57.119	4 Laps 1 Lap	62 1:46.496 110.539
17	12	76	GTD	Corey Fergus, Paul Holton	Compass Racing	McLaren 720S GT3	74	2:26:05.306	Not Running	56 1:46.182 110.865
18	6	24	GTLM	Jesse Krohn, John Edwards	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	66	2:40:56.950	19 Laps 8 Laps	55 1:42.193 115.193
19	13	63	GTD	Cooper MacNeil, Toni Vilander	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	55	1:54:45.221	Not Running	43 1:45.980 111.077
20	14	30	GTD	Rob Ferriol, Spencer Pumpelly	Team Hardpoint	Audi R8 LMS GT3	27	59:44.931	Not Running	26 1:47.300 109.710

— Race: Results (PDF) | Back to the session list

Qualifying

Pos.	Class Pos.	No.	Class	Drivers	Team	Car	Time	Lap	Total	Gap	MPH
1	1	911	GTLM	Nick Tandy, Fred Makowiecki	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	1:40.389	5	6		117.263
2	2	912	GTLM	Earl Bamber, Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	1:40.519	6	6	+0.130 +0.130	117.111
3	3	25	GTLM	Bruno Spengler, Connor De Phillippi	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	1:41.095	6	6	+0.706 +0.576	116.444
4	4	3	GTLM	Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor	Corvette Racing	Corvette C8.R	1:41.228	8	9	+0.839 +0.133	116.291
5	5	4	GTLM	Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner	Corvette Racing	Corvette C8.R	1:41.662	8	8	+1.273 +0.434	115.795
6	6	24	GTLM	Jesse Krohn, John Edwards	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	1:41.716	5	6	+1.327 +0.054	115.733
7	1	76	GTD	Corey Fergus, Paul Holton	Compass Racing	McLaren 720S GT3	1:45.236	4	6	+4.847 +3.520	111.862
8	2	96	GTD	Robby Foley, Bill Auberlen	Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	1:45.310	6	7	+4.921 +0.074	111.783
9	3	12	GTD	Frankie Montecalvo, Townsend Bell	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Lexus RC F GT3	1:45.397	6	6	+5.008 +0.087	111.691
10	4	86	GTD	Mario Farnbacher, Matt McMurry	Meyer Shank Racing	Acura NSX GT3	1:45.434	7	8	+5.045 +0.037	111.652
11	5	48	GTD	Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers	Paul Miller Racing	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1:45.453	5	5	+5.064 +0.019	111.632
12	6	14	GTD	Jack Hawksworth, Aaron Telitz	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Lexus RC F GT3	1:45.524	7	9	+5.135 +0.071	111.557
13	7	63	GTD	Cooper MacNeil, Toni Vilander	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	1:45.565	9	9	+5.176 +0.041	111.513
14	8	57	GTD	Alvaro Parente, Misha Goikhberg	Meyer Shank Racing	Acura NSX GT3	1:45.570	8	8	+5.181 +0.005	111.508
15	9	22	GTD	Till Bechtolsheimer, Marc Miller	Gradient Racing	Acura NSX GT3	1:46.196	6	7	+5.807 +0.626	110.851
16	10	23	GTD	Roman de Angelis, Ian James	Heart of Racing Team	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1:46.391	7	8	+6.002 +0.195	110.648
17	11	74	GTD	Gar Robinson, Lawson Aschenbach	Riley Motorsports	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1:46.391	8	8	+6.002 +0.000	110.648
18	12	16	GTD	Ryan Hardwick, Patrick Long	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3R	1:46.459	7	8	+6.070 +0.068	110.577
19	13	30	GTD	Rob Ferriol, Spencer Pumpelly	Team Hardpoint	Audi R8 LMS GT3	1:46.726	5	7	+6.337 +0.267	110.300
20	14	44	GTD	Andy Lally, John Potter	GRT Maguns	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1:48.186	7	8	+7.797 +1.460	108.812

— Qualifying: Results (PDF) | Back to the session list

Practice 2

Pos.	Class Pos.	No.	Class	Drivers	Team	Car	Time	Lap	Total	Gap	MPH
1	1	4	GTLM	Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner	Corvette Racing	Corvette C8.R	2:03.700	8	9	—	95.165
2	2	912	GTLM	Earl Bamber, Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	2:04.385	8	8	+0.685 +0.685	94.641
3	3	911	GTLM	Nick Tandy, Fred Makowiecki	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	2:04.818	8	8	+1.118 +0.433	94.313
4	4	3	GTLM	Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor	Corvette Racing	Corvette C8.R	2:04.857	9	9	+1.157 +0.039	94.283
5	1	14	GTD	Jack Hawksworth, Aaron Telitz	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Lexus RC F GT3	2:07.546	4	6	+3.846 +2.689	92.295
6	2	86	GTD	Mario Farnbacher, Matt McMurry	Meyer Shank Racing	Acura NSX GT3	2:17.138	3	4	+13.438 +9.592	85.840
7	3	12	GTD	Frankie Montecalvo, Townsend Bell	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Lexus RC F GT3			1
8	4	16	GTD	Ryan Hardwick, Patrick Long	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3R			1
9	5	22	GTD	Till Bechtolsheimer, Marc Miller	Gradient Racing	Acura NSX GT3			3
10	6	23	GTD	Roman de Angelis, Ian James	Heart of Racing Team	Aston Martin Vantage GT3
11	5	24	GTLM	Jesse Krohn, John Edwards	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE
12	6	25	GTLM	Bruno Spengler, Connor De Phillippi	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE
13	7	30	GTD	Rob Ferriol, Spencer Pumpelly	Team Hardpoint	Audi R8 LMS GT3			2
14	8	44	GTD	Andy Lally, John Potter	GRT Maguns	Lamborghini Huracan GT3			3
15	9	48	GTD	Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers	Paul Miller Racing	Lamborghini Huracan GT3			5
16	10	57	GTD	Alvaro Parente, Misha Goikhberg	Meyer Shank Racing	Acura NSX GT3			2
17	11	63	GTD	Cooper MacNeil, Toni Vilander	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3			1
18	12	74	GTD	Gar Robinson, Lawson Aschenbach	Riley Motorsports	Mercedes-AMG GT3
19	13	76	GTD	Corey Fergus, Paul Holton	Compass Racing	McLaren 720S GT3
20	14	96	GTD	Robby Foley, Bill Auberlen	Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3			1

— Practice 2: Results (PDF) | Back to the session list

Practice 1

Pos.	Class Pos.	No.	Class	Drivers	Team	Car	Time	Lap	Total	Gap	MPH
1	1	912	GTLM	Earl Bamber, Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	1:41.550	11	20	—	115.922
2	2	911	GTLM	Nick Tandy, Fred Makowiecki	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	1:41.936	17	19	+0.386 +0.386	115.483
3	3	3	GTLM	Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor	Corvette Racing	Corvette C8.R	1:42.036	7	12	+0.486 +0.100	115.370
4	4	4	GTLM	Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner	Corvette Racing	Corvette C8.R	1:42.106	8	19	+0.556 +0.070	115.291
5	5	25	GTLM	Bruno Spengler, Connor De Phillippi	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	1:42.118	8	25	+0.568 +0.012	115.278
6	6	24	GTLM	Jesse Krohn, John Edwards	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	1:42.183	25	29	+0.633 +0.065	115.204
7	1	14	GTD	Jack Hawksworth, Aaron Telitz	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Lexus RC F GT3	1:45.264	7	21	+3.714 +3.081	111.832
8	2	16	GTD	Ryan Hardwick, Patrick Long	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3R	1:45.340	5	26	+3.790 +0.076	111.752
9	3	48	GTD	Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers	Paul Miller Racing	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1:45.412	8	23	+3.862 +0.072	111.675
10	4	63	GTD	Cooper MacNeil, Toni Vilander	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	1:45.517	8	26	+3.967 +0.105	111.564
11	5	96	GTD	Robby Foley, Bill Auberlen	Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	1:45.607	23	26	+4.057 +0.090	111.469
12	6	74	GTD	Gar Robinson, Lawson Aschenbach	Riley Motorsports	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1:45.691	10	22	+4.141 +0.084	111.381
13	7	86	GTD	Mario Farnbacher, Matt McMurry	Meyer Shank Racing	Acura NSX GT3	1:45.705	6	23	+4.155 +0.014	111.366
14	8	30	GTD	Rob Ferriol, Spencer Pumpelly	Team Hardpoint	Audi R8 LMS GT3	1:45.780	9	24	+4.230 +0.075	111.287
15	9	57	GTD	Alvaro Parente, Misha Goikhberg	Meyer Shank Racing	Acura NSX GT3	1:45.889	9	20	+4.339 +0.109	111.172
16	10	12	GTD	Frankie Montecalvo, Townsend Bell	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Lexus RC F GT3	1:45.962	7	23	+4.412 +0.073	111.096
17	11	76	GTD	Corey Fergus, Paul Holton	Compass Racing	McLaren 720S GT3	1:46.075	10	24	+4.525 +0.113	110.977
18	12	22	GTD	Till Bechtolsheimer, Marc Miller	Gradient Racing	Acura NSX GT3	1:46.427	11	25	+4.877 +0.352	110.610
19	13	23	GTD	Roman de Angelis, Ian James	Heart of Racing Team	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1:46.959	11	24	+5.409 +0.532	110.060
20	14	44	GTD	Andy Lally, John Potter	GRT Maguns	Lamborghini Huracan GT3			4

— Practice 1: Results (PDF) | Back to the session list

Green Flag	2 p.m. EDT *
Race Broadcast	2 p.m. on Trackpass 7:30 p.m. on NBCSN (tape delay)
Qualifying	5:35–6:15 p.m. Friday — 5:35–5:50 p.m. (GTD) — 6–6:15 p.m. (GTLM)
Practice Sessions	8–9 a.m. Friday 12–12:30 p.m. Friday (GTD Silver/Bronze) 12:15–1:15 p.m. Friday (GTLM) 12:30–1 p.m. Friday (GTD all drivers)
Official Schedule	View PDF

* All times are in Eastern Daylight Time. View the green-flag time in all time zones.

Entry List	View Table
Pit Assignments	View PDF
Spotter Guide	View PDF

Entry List

Car No.	Class	Drivers	Team	Car	Engine
3	GTLM	Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor	Corvette Racing	Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet
4	GTLM	Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner	Corvette Racing	Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet
24	GTLM	Jesse Krohn, John Edwards	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	BMW
25	GTLM	Bruno Spengler, Connor De Phillippi	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	BMW
911	GTLM	Nick Tandy, Fred Makowiecki	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche
912	GTLM	Earl Bamber, Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche
12	GTD	Frankie Montecalvo, Townsend Bell	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus
14	GTD	Jack Hawksworth, Aaron Telitz	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus
16	GTD	Ryan Hardwick, Patrick Long	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3R	Porsche
22	GTD	Till Bechtolsheimer, Marc Miller	Gradient Racing	Acura NSX GT3	Acura
23	GTD	Roman de Angelis, Ian James	Heart of Racing Team	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Aston Martin
30	GTD	Rob Ferriol, Spencer Pumpelly	Team Hardpoint	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Audi
44	GTD	Andy Lally, John Potter	GRT Maguns	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	Lamborghini
48	GTD	Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers	Paul Miller Racing	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	Lamborghini
57	GTD	Alvaro Parente, Misha Goikhberg	Meyer Shank Racing	Acura NSX GT3	Acura
63	GTD	Cooper MacNeil, Toni Vilander	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari
74	GTD	Gar Robinson, Lawson Aschenbach	Riley Motorsports	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG
76	GTD	Corey Fergus, Paul Holton	Compass Racing	McLaren 720S GT3	McLaren
86	GTD	Mario Farnbacher, Matt McMurry	Meyer Shank Racing	Acura NSX GT3	Acura
96	GTD	Robby Foley, Bill Auberlen	Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	BMW

— Entry List: PDF

ALTON WEATHER

Length	3.27 miles
Duration	2 hours 40 minutes
Turns	17
Direction	Clockwise
Track Map	Credit: IMSA
Event Twitter Account & Hashtag	@VIRNow, #MichelinVIR

2019 Winners	— GTLM: Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy (Porsche GT Team) — GTD: Jeroen Bleekemolen, Ben Keating (Riley Motorsports)
2018 Winners	— GTLM: Connor De Phillippi, Alexander Sims (BMW Team RLL) — GTD: Dominik Baumann, Kyle Marcelli (3GT Racing)
2017 Winners	— GTLM: Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia (Corvette Racing) — GTD: Corey Lewis, Jeroen Mul (Change Racing)
2016 Winners	— GTLM: Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia (Corvette Racing) — GTD: Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers (Paul Miller Racing)
2015 Winners	— GTLM: Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy (Porsche North America) — GTD: Townsend Bell, Bill Sweedler (Scuderia Corsa)

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