A total of 23 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD Pro and GTD cars are set for this weekend’s Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway, marking the lone GT-only race of the season following the elimination of Lime Rock Park from this year and next year’s calendars.

Antonio Garcia heads into Sunday’s two-hour and 40-minute race as the only driver who can defend his win from last year in class. Garcia, who holds four class wins at the 3.27-mile circuit in Alton, Vir., teamed with Jordan Taylor for top honors, in what came as the last victory for the GTE-spec Chevrolet Corvette C8.R in worldwide competition.

Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow, who won last year’s race in GTD, meanwhile, have moved up to GTD Pro to face off against the pair of factory-supported Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs, works-run Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3s and the championship-leading AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R, among others.

Laurin Heinrich will have his third co-driver in as many races, with the AO driver joined by Klaus Bachler in an expected one-off appearance for the Austrian. Julien Andlauer, who was the first to step into Seb Priaulx’s vacated seat last time out at Road America, is racing for Proton Competition in this weekend’s European Le Mans Series race.

Canadian Corvette squad AWA was the first to officially confirm its 2025 WeatherTech Championship program earlier this week, which will see Orey Fidani and Matt Bell return to the team’s No. 13 GTD class entry.
AWA has not ruled out returning to a two-car operation next year, according to the team’s competition director Jeff Braun, who said they continue to have both the capacity and desire to run two Corvettes.