2022 GT Challenge at VIR

The 2022 GT Challenge at VIR (known as the 2022 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR for sponsorship reasons) was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia on August 28, 2022. The race was the eleventh round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the eighth round of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Track map of VIR

Background

Virginia International Raceway, where the race was held.

As in previous years, it would be the second of two GT-only rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, in which only the GTD Pro and GTD classes competed.[1] After the previous years edition was moved to October, the race returned to its traditional date of August.[2][3]

The #9 Pfaff Motorsports entry entered the event as defending GTD-class winners, while the GTD Pro class would compete at Virginia International Raceway for the first time in class history.

Entries

A total of 18 cars took part in the event split across two classes. 5 cars were entered in GTD Pro and 13 in GTD.[4] In GTD, Magnus Racing and Team Hardpoint made their first appearances since the Watkins Glen round. Jules Gounon joined Cooper MacNeil in the WeatherTech Racing entry. No changes happened in GTD Pro.

Practice

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 3:50 pm ET on Friday and ended with Connor De Phillippi topping the charts for BMW M Team RLL, with a lap time of 1:45.196.[5]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	GTD Pro	25	BMW M Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi	1:45.196	_
2	GTD	32	Team Korthoff Motorsports	Mike Skeen	1:45.348	+0.152
3	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Jan Heylen	1:45.390	+0.194
Source:[6]

Practice 2

The second and final practice session took place at 10:40 am ET on Saturday and ended with Jack Hawksworth topping the charts for Vasser Sullivan Racing, with a lap time of 1:43.984.[7]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	GTD Pro	14	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Jack Hawksworth	1:43.984	_
2	GTD	51	Rick Ware Racing	Aidan Read	1:44.518	+0.534
3	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen	1:44.610	+0.626
Source:[8]

Qualifying

Ross Gunn took overall pole for Heart of Racing Team, while Russell Ward and Winward Racing scored pole in GTD.[9]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	GTD Pro	23	Heart of Racing Team	Ross Gunn	1:43.953	_	1‡
2	GTD Pro	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García	1:44.667	+0.714	2
3	GTD Pro	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Matt Campbell	1:44.719	+0.766	3
4	GTD Pro	25	BMW M Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi	1:44.791	+0.838	4
5	GTD Pro	14	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Jack Hawksworth	1:44.890	+0.937	5
6	GTD	57	Winward Racing	Russell Ward	1:45.010	+1.057	6‡
7	GTD	51	Rick Ware Racing	Aidan Read	1:45.077	+1.124	7
8	GTD	1	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow	1:45.081	+1.128	8
9	GTD	39	CarBahn with Peregrine Racing	Robert Megennis	1:45.155	+1.202	9
10	GTD	32	Team Korthoff Motorsports	Mike Skeen	1:45.328	+1.375	10
11	GTD	27	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis	1:45.402	+1.449	11
12	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley	1:45.490	+1.537	12
13	GTD	12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Frankie Montecalvo	1:45.830	+1.877	13
14	GTD	42	NTE Sport/SSR	Jaden Conwright	1:45.965	+2.012	14
15	GTD	79	WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil	1:46.648	+2.695	15
16	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Ryan Hardwick	1:46.763	+2.810	16
17	GTD	99	Team Hardpoint	Rob Ferriol	1:47.266	+3.313	17
18	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter	1:47.905	+3.952	18
Sources:[10][11]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Retired
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired
1	GTD Pro	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 911 GT3 R	86	2:40:37.906‡
1	GTD Pro	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	86	2:40:37.906‡
2	GTD Pro	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD	86	+0.823
2	GTD Pro	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	86	+0.823
3	GTD	57	Winward Racing	Philip Ellis Russell Ward	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	86	+4.463‡
3	GTD	57	Winward Racing	Philip Ellis Russell Ward	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	86	+4.463‡
4	GTD	27	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	86	+10.799
4	GTD	27	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis Maxime Martin	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	86	+10.799
5	GTD	1	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	BMW M4 GT3	86	+12.960
5	GTD	1	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6	86	+12.960
6	GTD	12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	Lexus RC F GT3	86	+14.475
6	GTD	12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8	86	+14.475
7	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	86	+15.136
7	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	86	+15.136
8	GTD	79	WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil Jules Gounon	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	86	+15.545
8	GTD	79	WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil Jules Gounon	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	86	+15.545
9	GTD Pro	14	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth	Lexus RC F GT3	86	+18.029
9	GTD Pro	14	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth	Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8	86	+18.029
10	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	BMW M4 GT3	86	+25.791
10	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6	86	+25.791
11	GTD Pro	23	Heart of Racing Team	Ross Gunn Alex Riberas	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	86	+43.249
11	GTD Pro	23	Heart of Racing Team	Ross Gunn Alex Riberas	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	86	+43.249
12	GTD	32	Team Korthoff Motorsports	Stevan McAleer Mike Skeen	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	86	+46.179
12	GTD	32	Team Korthoff Motorsports	Stevan McAleer Mike Skeen	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	86	+46.179
13	GTD Pro	25	BMW M Team RLL	John Edwards Connor De Phillippi	BMW M4 GT3	86	+54.079
13	GTD Pro	25	BMW M Team RLL	John Edwards Connor De Phillippi	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6	86	+54.079
14	GTD	51	Rick Ware Racing	Ryan Eversley Aidan Read	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	86	+1:10.978
14	GTD	51	Rick Ware Racing	Ryan Eversley Aidan Read	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	86	+1:10.978
15	GTD	99	Team Hardpoint	Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge	Porsche 911 GT3 R	86	+1:11.397
15	GTD	99	Team Hardpoint	Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	86	+1:11.397
16	GTD	39	CarBahn with Peregrine Racing	Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	86	+1:38.629
16	GTD	39	CarBahn with Peregrine Racing	Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	86	+1:38.629
17	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	85	+1 Lap
17	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	85	+1 Lap
18	GTD	42	NTE Sport/SSR	Marco Holzer Jaden Conwright	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	1	Did Not Finish
18	GTD	42	NTE Sport/SSR	Marco Holzer Jaden Conwright	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	1	Did Not Finish
Source:[12]

Standings after the race

Drivers

DPi Drivers' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor	3066
2	Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis	3047
3	Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande	2914
4	Alex Lynn Earl Bamber	2899
5	Pipo Derani	2739

LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	Driver	Points
1	John Farano	1640
2	Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman	1607
3	Steven Thomas	1547
4	Juan Pablo Montoya Henrik Hedman	1532
5	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach	1516

LMP3 Drivers' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	1716
2	Gar Robinson	1633
3	Garett Grist Ari Balogh	1597
4	João Barbosa	1458
5	Orey Fidani	1448

GTD Pro Drivers' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1		Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet	3173
2	1	Antonio García Jordan Taylor	2908
3	1	Ben Barnicoat	2892
4		Ross Gunn Alex Riberas	2791
5		Connor De Phillippi John Edwards	2522

GTD Drivers' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1	2	Roman De Angelis	2630
2	1	Stevan McAleer	2585
3	1	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen	2573
4	2	Phillip Ellis Russell Ward	2490
5		Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	2468

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

Teams

DPi Teams' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	Team	Points
1	#10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura	3066
2	#60 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	3047
3	#01 Cadillac Racing	2914
4	#02 Cadillac Racing	2899
5	#31 Whelen Engineering Racing	2739

LMP2 Teams' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	Team	Points
1	#52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	1659
2	#8 Tower Motorsport	1640
3	#18 Era Motorsport	1607
4	#11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	1547
5	#81 DragonSpeed USA	1532

LMP3 Teams' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	Team	Points
1	#54 CORE Autosport	1716
2	#74 Riley Motorsports	1633
3	#30 Jr III Motorsports	1597
4	#33 Sean Creech Motorsport	1458
5	#13 AWA	1448

GTD Pro Teams' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	+/–	Team	Points
1		#9 Pfaff Motorsports	3173
2	1	#3 Corvette Racing	2908
3	1	#14 Vasser Sullivan Racing	2892
4		#23 Heart of Racing Team	2791
5		#25 BMW M Team RLL	2522

GTD Teams' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	+/–	Team	Points
1	2	#27 Heart of Racing Team	2630
2	1	#32 Team Korthoff Motorsports	2585
3	1	#16 Wright Motorsports	2573
4	2	#57 Winward Racing	2490
5		#96 Turner Motorsport	2468

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

Manufacturers

DPi Manufacturers' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	+/–	Manufacturer	Points
1		Acura	3333
2		Cadillac	3300

GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Porsche	3173
2	Lexus	2922
3	Chevrolet	2918
4	Aston Martin	2861
5	BMW	2607

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings[13]
Pos.	+/–	Manufacturer	Points
1		BMW	2972
2	1	Mercedes-AMG	2949
3	1	Aston Martin	2913
4		Lamborghini	2709
5		Porsche	2700

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

References

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Lloyd, Daniel (August 17, 2022). "18 Entries for VIR as Magnus, Hardpoint Commit". sportscar365.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
Lopez, David (August 26, 2022). "VIR IMSA: BMW and Mercedes lead first practice". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
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"03_Results_Practice 202.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. August 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
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External links

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[1] Ryan, Nate (August 28, 2022). "IMSA SportsCar Championship at VIR: How to watch, TV, start times, streaming, entry list". motorsports.nbcsports.com. NBC. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

[2] Dagys, John (August 6, 2021). "CTMP to Return in Largely Unchanged 2022 Schedule". sportscar365.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

[3] Allaway, Phil (August 6, 2021). "IMSA Reveals 2022 Schedules, Changes". frontstretch.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

[4] Lloyd, Daniel (August 17, 2022). "18 Entries for VIR as Magnus, Hardpoint Commit". sportscar365.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

[5] Lopez, David (August 26, 2022). "VIR IMSA: BMW and Mercedes lead first practice". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

[6] "03_Results_Practice 201.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. August 26, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

[7] Dagys, John (August 27, 2022). "Hawksworth Quickest in Second Practice at VIR". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

[8] "03_Results_Practice 202.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. August 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

[9] "Gunn Scores Pole At VIR For Heart Of Racing". dailysportscar.com. August 28, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

[10] "03_Results_Qualifying.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

[11] "01_Grid_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

[12] "03_Results_Race_Unofficial.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

[:0-13] "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved July 3, 2023.