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Photo: Wes Duenkel/Ford Gregory Liefooghe led home a Ford Mustang GT4 1-2 finish following a dramatic conclusion to Saturday’s Virginia is for Racing Lovers Grand Prix at Virginia International Raceway. Liefooghe, in the No. 19 Stephen Cameron Racing Mustang, passed the No. 60 KohR Motorsports entry of Mike Skeen on the inside of Turn 1 with three minutes to go, just moments before the GS championship-leading No. 13 McCumbee McAleer Racing Mustang of Robert Noaker was spun by a Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT4 EVO and lost pieces of his car’s rear bumper, leading to a caution for debris. The two-hour contest ended under full-course caution as a result. It marked the first IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge win for the longtime California-based team, with Liefooghe sharing driving duties with Sean Quinlan. Additionally, it was the Mustang GT4’s first series win since Road America 2025. Luca Mars and Dillon Machavern took over the GS points lead with a third place resu...

Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA Westin Workman regained his spot atop the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge GSX field in the first of two 45-minute sprint races at Virginia International Raceway. From pole, the driver of the No. 8 RAFA Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 led all 22 laps around the 3.27-mile, 17-turn course. As the race ended under full-course caution, the margin of victory was not reflective of the 14-plus second lead he built prior to the yellow. It’s his eighth win of the season in nine rounds, and a welcome recovery after an early race mechanical issue sidelined him in the second race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Workman sought consistency over the course of the race and regularly gapped his opponents by several tenths per lap. A Lap 7 pass exiting the final turn, Turn 17, netted Caio Chaves second place in the No. 98 Panam Motorsport Toyota ahead of Courtney Crone in third in her No. 35 CarBahn Motorsports BMW M4 GT4 EVO. The Bronze Cup championship battle took a...

Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA Danny Formal put the No. 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 on top of the time sheets in the second and final IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice session prior to qualifying for tomorrow’s Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway. Formal reeled off a 1:45.591 lap time in the GTD class entry to outpace the GTD Pro class pace-setting No. 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Nicky Catsburg by 0.062 seconds. The No. 59 Team RLL McLaren 720S GT3 Evo of Max Esterson made a late-session improvement to third quickest overall and second in GTD Pro. Andrea Caldarelli and Casper Stevenson completed the top-five in their Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini Temerario GT3 and DragonSpeed Corvette, respectively. Robby Foley was sixth overall in the Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 EVO, while Vasser Sullivan’s No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3 showed a return to form with Jack Hawksworth credited ...

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA Fred Vervisch paced the opening practice session for Sunday’s Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway, leading a 1-2 in the GTD Pro class for the factory Ford Mustang GT3 EVOs. The Belgian in the No. 65 Mustang reeled off a chart-topping 1:46.065 to edge out the GTD pace-setting No. 70 Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo of Frederik Schandorff by just 0.003 seconds. Tom Gamble slotted in third quickest overall in the GTD points-leading No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo, followed by the No. 64 Multimatic Motorsports-run Mustang of Dennis Olsen in fourth. The GTD Pro championship-leading No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO of Neil Verhagen completed the overall top-five but had a sizable accident in Turn 14 that brought out the session’s only red flag. Verhagen returned to the track in the final 12 minutes with a fully repaired car after sustaining mostly front bodywork damage in his off-course moment. ...

Photo: Bob Chapman/Ford Wheelhouse Motorsports driver Sandy Satullo was quickest following a pair of practice sessions for this weekend’s Mustang Challenge North America races at Virginia International Raceway. Satullo, in the No. 7 Ford Mustang Dark Horse R, reeled off a chart-topping 1:57.327 in Friday’s second session to outpace Dark Horse points leader Cole Loftsgard by 0.579 seconds. The Round 3 Racing driver’s best time was set in the morning’s 30-minute session, which ran in full dry conditions before heavy rain and thunderstorms blanketed the 3.27-mile circuit in time for IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge’s opening practice. While the second Mustang Challenge practice was shortened by five minutes due to an adjusted schedule, Satullo went quicker in the afternoon running. Will Lucas posted the third quickest time on the combined timesheets in his No. 34 Wheelhouse Mustang, followed by Devin Anderson and Ethan Low, who completed the top-five for Te...

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA Kiko Porto set the quickest time in a rain-affected opening IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge practice session of the day at Virginia International Raceway. The driver of the No. 12 RAFA Racing Team Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 reeled off a pace-setting 1:54.989 lap time on his first flying lap of the session prior to a sudden downpour and red flag at the eight-minute mark of the 60-minute scheduled session. The No. 59 KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 of Bob Michaelian went off in Turn 14 amid the arrival of heavy rain. The track remained red-flagged for nearly an hour due to multiple strikes of lightning in the area, before IMSA elected to extend the session through the lunchtime break once conditions improved. The session restarted with 53 minutes added to the clock and saw several more incidents in wet track conditions, including an accident for Allen Patten in the No. 66 YRB Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo in Turn 1 that brought out a stoppage. Patt...

Photo: Conquest Racing Longtime GT racing driver Cedric Sbirrazzuoli has died at the age of 39. A cause of his death has not yet been disclosed but is understood to not be motorsport-related. News of Sbirrazzuoli’s passing first appeared on AF Corse’s Instagram page on Thursday evening, with the following words: “You were a very talented, determined and professional driver, with that passion and desire to win that only belongs to those who really love racing. “But you were also much more: an authentic, respectful and sunny person, capable of bringing healthy enthusiasm and your own special way of living your passion for motorsport. “It has been a privilege to work and dream together. “Your race stopped too soon. Your memory will keep running forever. We hug your wife, parents and all your loved ones with love.” Sbirrazzuoli, who won the GTD class at the 2024 Motul Petit Le Mans with Conquest Racing, had been a longtime driver and coach i...