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RS1 Takes Third GS Win at VIR as Speed Syndicate Earns First TCR Victory

Provisional results carry immediate championship implications.

Valentino Catalano celebrates his victory in IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Race No. 2 at VIR with the Michelin Man, Bibendium, 8/23/2025 (Photo: Courtesy of IMSA)
Jan Heylen during practice for the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Virginia Is For Racing Lovers Grand Prix at VIRginia International Raceway, 8/22/2025 (Photo: Courtesy of IMSA)

Overview

  • Jan Heylen passed Francis Selldorff on the final restart with about 15 minutes left to secure the GS win with Luca Mars by 0.658 seconds over KohR’s Sam Paley and Nick Persing.
  • Jaden Conwright overtook Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundais late to deliver a first Michelin Pilot Challenge victory for himself, co-driver Luke Rumberg, and Speed Syndicate in TCR by 2.838 seconds.
  • Multiple cautions and divergent pit strategies set up the decisive restart, with earlier incidents drawing penalties including a stop-and-60-second hold for CarBahn’s Bill Cain after Turn 1 contact.
  • Pole-sitter Nate Cicero’s McCumbee McAleer Ford dropped from contention after a pit-stop restart issue for Jenson Altzman, leaving them 11th and unofficially 240 points behind Heylen and Mars in GS.
  • TCR standings shuffled as Preston Brown and Denis Dupont took an unofficial 20-point lead over Harry Gottsacker after contact with the winning Audi was reviewed with no further action; the series heads to the Indianapolis road course on Sept. 20.