Pfaff Motorsports is making a grand exit from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Series.
Three weeks after announcing a pause for 2027 on its GTD Pro program, the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini Temerario GT3 scored its second consecutive victory.
Andrea Caldarelli and Sandy Mitchell led nearly the entire two-hour, 40-minute race Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway. The event marked the only time this season that IMSA would featured only the GT cars.
The GT Cars fought it out at VIR!
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Here are your unofficial results for the 2026 Michelin GT Challenge! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/SxG859iuXX
Caldarelli started from the pole as the No. 9 led 69 of 84 laps. Pfaff, which also won on Aug. 2 at Road America, has 14 IMSA class wins. It’s the first win at the Alton, Virginia, road course for Lamborghini.
Ford Mustang GT3s took the other two spots on the podium with the No. 64 Ford Mustang GT3 of Dennis Olsen and Ben Barker and the No. 65 of Frederic Vervisch and Christopher Mies.
In the championship battle, the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO increased its lead on the No. 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3.R. The No. 9 Lamborghini moved up to third in the points.
In GTD, the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes took the class victory and championship lead as Philip Ellis snatched the lead of the race and standings from the No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 EVO driven by Tom Gamble with 7 minutes left.
With the team’s 15th IMSA win and third consecutive this season, Ellis and Russell Ward have rallied from a 300-point deficit two months ago to takea 36-point lead with three races reamining.
Robby Foley and Patrick Gallagher took second in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 EVO, and Frederik Schandorff and Brendan Iribe were third in the No. 70 Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO. Gamble and Dudu Barrichello were fourth, falling from first to third in the points.
Results from the 2026 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR
- Results
- Results by class
- Fastest laps by driver
- Fastest laps by driver after race (over the weekend)
- Fastest laps by driver and class after race
- Race distance and average speed
- Fastest lap sequence
- Leader sequence
- Lap chart
- Race analysis by lap
- Stint analysis
- Time cards
- Pit stop time cards
- Best sector times
- Flag analysis with race control messages
- Weather report
