C8.R Corvette drivers Tommy Milner & Nick Tandy scored their 3rd consecutive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship class win in Saturday’s hard-fought Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway.

The 2 hour & 40-minute GT only contest saw all 3 GTLM machines take turns leading & trading paint, with the No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R coming out on top following a final-hour fight.

A fuel only stop while under the race’s only full-course caution saw the No. 3 Corvette of Antonio Garcia emerge as the leader after a pit stop miscue set the class championship-leading car back by more than 30 seconds.

The No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Kevin Estre, however, pushed his way into the lead with less than an hour to go, only to get shoved off track by Tandy moments later.

No further action was taken after IMSA officials reviewed the incidents.

Tandy made his final stop just as Estre went off-course at Oak Tree, cementing a Corvette Racing 1-2 finish in the penultimate round of the season.
The Englishman finished 17.852 seconds ahead of the No. 3 Corvette of Garcia, with Estre taking the checkered flag a further three seconds back in third.

Estre came into contention courtesy of the yellow for the No. 66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo of Mario Farnbacher, who plowed into tire barriers with 1 hour & 27 minutes to go.
Cooper MacNeil started the No. 79 Porsche in third, but dropped more than 30 seconds from the Corvettes before making a stop & driver change early on.