Tommy Milner denied Jordan Taylor of his sixth consecutive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship pole in a closely fought GT Le Mans qualifying session between the Corvette Racing teammates for Saturday’s Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway.

Milner reeled off a best lap of 1:40.263 to edge out class championship leader Taylor by just 0.003 seconds.

It marked Milner’s long-awaited first WeatherTech Championship pole in the car he’ll share with Nick Tandy in the two-hour and 40-minute GT-only contest.

The No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19, which paced both of Friday’s practice sessions in the hands of Porsche factory driver Kevin Estre,
will roll off third on the grid after being qualified by Cooper MacNeil.

MacNeil’s 1:42.132 was nearly two seconds off Milner’s pole-winning lap.