On the undercard of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Michelin GT Challenge at VIR is the Continental Tire SportsCar Championship. Biscuitville, a Greensboro, N.C.-based chain of fast food restaurants that specializes in Southern food, will serve as the primary sponsor of Saturday’s two-hour race. 32 teams will challenge the tricky 3.27-mile full course at VIRginia International Raceway.
In Grand Sport, there are 14 entries, the same number as at Road America. However, those are not necessarily the same 14. Mühlner Motorsports America has not entered their No. 21 Porsche. This car was driven by Gabriele Piana and Moritz Kranz on the road to a second-place finish before a penalty dropped them to ninth.
BGB Motorsports returns to the grid with their No. 38 Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR that hasn’t raced since Sebring. James Cox and John Tecce will drive.
At Automatic Racing, both Charles Espenlaub and Charles Putman are out of the Stoner Car Care No. 99 Aston Martin. In their place are Rob Ecklin Jr. and Steven Phillips, both of whom have driven for the team in the past.
In Street Tuner, there are a couple of changes of note. DXDT Racing is back with the pairing of David Askew and Aaron Povoledo. However, they are back without the Kensai joint venture. Likely due to this, the team has entered the race using the No. 98 on their Porsche Cayman as opposed to No. 63.
Devin Jones in back in the Bodymotion Racing No. 31 Porsche Cayman in place of Colin Thompson. Jones missed Road America to compete in the XFINITY Series Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen for SS-Green Light Racing. Jones started 38th and finished two laps down in 26th.
The only other change of note sees Brent Mosing return to the No. 65 Murillo Racing Porsche Cayman. Mosing replaces Justin Piscitell.
Entry List: Biscuitville Grand Prix
| Class | Team | Drivers | Car |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Sport | 4 - TeamTGM | Guy Cosmo Hugh Plumb | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR |
| Grand Sport | 7 - VOLT Racing | Alan Brynjolfsson Chris Hall | Ford Mustang GT4 |
| Grand Sport | 12 - Bodymotion Racing | Cameron Cassels Trent Hindman | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| Street Tuner | 17 - Rennsport One | Nick Galante Spencer Pumpelly | Porsche Cayman |
| Street Tuner | 18 - Rennsport One | Connor Bloum Aurora Straus | Porsche Cayman |
| Street Tuner | 25 - Freedom Autosport | Stevan McAleer Chad McCumbee | Mazda MX-5 |
| Street Tuner | 26 - Freedom Autosport | Andrew Carbonell Liam Dwyer | Mazda MX-5 |
| Street Tuner | 27 - Freedom Autosport | Britt Casey Jr. Tom Long | Mazda MX-5 |
| Grand Sport | 28 - Rennsport One | Dillon Machavern Dylan Murcott | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR |
| Street Tuner | 31 - Bodymotion Racing | Devin Jones Drake Kemper | Porsche Cayman |
| Grand Sport | 33 - CJ Wilson Racing | Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| Street Tuner | 34 - Murillo Racing | Christopher Stone Christian Szymczak | Mazda MX-5 |
| Grand Sport | 35 - CJ Wilson Racing | Damien Faulkner Russell Ward | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| Street Tuner | 37 - MINI JCW Team | Mike LaMarra James Vance | MINI JCW |
| Grand Sport | 38 - BGB Motorsports | James Cox John Tecce | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR |
| Street Tuner | 44 - CRG-I Do Borrow | Sarah Cattaneo Owen Trinkler | Nissan Altima Coupe |
| Street Tuner | 52 - MINI JCW Team | Nate Norenberg Tyler Stone | MINI JCW Team |
| Street Tuner | 54 - JDC/Miller MotorSports | Michael Johnson Stephen Simpson | BMW 228i |
| Street Tuner | 56 - Murillo Racing | Eric Foss Jeff Mosing | Porsche Cayman |
| Grand Sport | 57 - Stevenson Motorsports | Matt Bell Robin Liddell | Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R |
| Grand Sport | 59 - KohR Motorsports | Dean Martin Jack Roush Jr. | Ford Mustang GT4 |
| Street Tuner | 65 - Murillo Racing | Brent Mosing Tim Probert | Porsche Cayman |
| Grand Sport | 68 - Motorsports in Action | Rod Randall Kenny Wilden | McLaren 570S GT4 |
| Grand Sport | 69 - Motorsports in Action | Chris Green Jesse Lazare | McLaren 570S GT4 |
| Street Tuner | 73 - MINI JCW Team | Derek Jones Mat Pombo | MINI JCW |
| Street Tuner | 75 - C360R | Roy Block Pierre Kleinubing | Audi S3 |
| Grand Sport | 76 - C360R | Paul Holton Matt Plumb | McLaren 570S GT4 |
| Grand Sport | 77 - C360R | Matthew Keegan Nico Rondet | McLaren 570S GT4 |
| Street Tuner | 81 - BimmerWorld Racing | Ari Balogh Greg Liefooghe | BMW 328i |
| Street Tuner | 84 - BimmerWorld Racing | James Clay Tyler Cooke | BMW 328i |
| Street Tuner | 98 - DXDT Racing | David Askew Aaron Povoledo | Porsche Cayman |
| Grand Sport | 99 - Automatic Racing | Rob Ecklin Jr. Steven Phillips | Aston Martin Vantage GT4 |
The Biscuitville Grand Prix is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 2:10 p.m. The race will be streamed live at IMSA.com and FansChoice.tv.
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