Madison Snow and Bryan Sellers drove to a commanding victory in Sunday’s Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway for Paul Miller Racing and BMW.

Snow, who started on pole, took the No. 1 BWM M4 GT3 to a 3.368-second win over the No. 64 Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 of Mike Rockenfeller in the two-hour and 40-minute contest.
A late-race full-course caution for the No. 70 Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, which suffered an apparent engine failure, set up a 22-minute shootout to the finish but didn’t see any major changes up front.

Rockenfeller took over second place in the closing hour after the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo of Ross Gunn was assessed a drive-through penalty for not adhering to the minimum refueling time.

Gunn had led the race outright during the middle stint before the Paul Miller BMW jumped Gunn in the final round of stops.
It marked the first GTD Pro victory for Paul Miller and back-to-back class wins for the team at VIR after Snow and Sellers took top class honors in GTD last year.
The drive-through for Gunn ultimately only cost them one position, having dropped to third overall.

Crucially, Gunn finished ahead of GTD Pro points leader Laurin Heinrich in the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R, which was forced to make an additional stop in the final hour after going off-sequence because of an black and orange flag for a tire operational requirement at the 35-minute mark.

It came on top of a drive-through penalty for Heinrich for spinning the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth.
The AO Porsche finished 10th overall and seventh in class, one position behind Hawksworth and co-driver Ben Barnicoat.

The No. 65 Multimatic Mustang GT3 of Dirk Mueller and Joey Hand, which also had a drive-through for not meeting the minimum refueling time, was able to rebound to finish fourth, with the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo completing the top-five after battling a radio issue during Marvin Kirchoffer’s middle stint.

Both of the Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs hit trouble, with power steering and suspension woes for the No. 3 car and a suspected starter motor problem for the No. 4 machine.