Clean Sweep for O'Connell, Montecalvo in Utah
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Johnny O’Connell and Frank Montecalvo won both races at Miller Motorsports Park in GT and GTA respectively, whilst Colin Thompson beat race 1 winner Alec Udell to the GT Cup victory.
While GTLM was a Porsche 1-2, the Ferrari of Scuderia Corsa won the thrilling GTD battle at Virginia International Raceway’s Oak Tree Grand Prix
Michael Cooper won GTS round 14 at Miller Motorsports Park, ahead of Vesko Kozarov, whilst a photo-finish decided third position.
Sebastien Ogier led a Volkswagen 1-2-3 finish at his team’s home event, and ended the running with a 23 second lead.
Mark Wilkins led from flag to flag in the first of two GTS rounds at Miller Motorsports Park, and survived a late-race charge from Jack Baldwin.
Round 16 of the GT and GTA classes was won by Johnny O’Connell and Frank Montecalvo, while Alec Udell took a round 14 GTC victory at Miller Motorsports Park.
Porsche North America’s #911 car will start from GTLM pole, whilst Paul Miller Racing took GTD pole position at Virginia International Raceway
Sebastien Ogier is once again asserting his dominance over the WRC field, and has a 34 second lead heading into the final day.
Vesko Kozarov and Jason Wolfe took their second wins of the weekend in TC and TCA respectively, whilst Johan Schwartz took his ninth TCB win of the season.
Due to unachievable Balance of Performance alterations, K-PAX Racing has been forced to cancel their Miller Motorsports Park Pirelli World Challenge entry.
The GTLM and GTD classes race this weekend at Virginia International Raceway as the season enters the home stretch.
Round 13 of the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car classes saw Vesko Kozarov take his third straight victory ahead of Ernie Francis Jr.
Sebastien Ogier had a near-perfect first day of Rallye Deutschland and ends it with a 9.5 second lead over his team-mates.
The Checkered Flag interviewed GTD championship contender Dion von Moltke before the VIR round, about his current season, the 2016 changes, studying and more.
A total of seven races across all classes are scheduled for this weekend’s Miller Motorsports Park round of Pirelli World Challenge.
WRC content is now available to Amazon Fire TV users through the World Rally Championship’s new Smart TV App.
Following Jari-Matti Latvala’s home win in Finland, the WRC circus heads to Germany for the first tarmac rally of the year. Thierry Neuville won last year.
