2016 Oak Tree Grand Prix

[1] It was the third consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The 2016 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR was the tenth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2016 by IMSA, and was the seventh round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.

[2] IMSA altered the balance of performance to try to create parity within the GTLM and GTD categories.

The Ferrari 488 GTE and Ford GT's refuelling hose restrictor was shortened by 0.5 mm (0.020 in).

[4] Twenty-one cars were officially entered for the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR, with most of the entries being in the Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) category.

[2] There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, two on Friday and one on Saturday.

912 Porsche 911 RSR lapped quickest at 1:43.232, 0.018 seconds ahead of Joey hand in the No.

67 Ford GT placed fourth and Giancarlo Fisichella's Risi Ferrari rounded out the top five.

6 Stevenson Audi into the turn-fifteen barriers gave right-side damage and caused the second stoppage.

48 Paul Miller Lamborghini record the quickest class lap: 1:44.944, 0.165 seconds faster than Bleekemolen's second-placed No.

48 car driven by Snow (whose benchmark time of 1:43.864 was 0.262 seconds quicker than Corey Lewis' No.

Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM had a separate identically timed session.

Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order.

IMSA would arranged the grid to put all GTLMs ahead of the GTD cars.

3 Corvette set a new category track record, and his took first pole position since the 2014 Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase with a lap of 1 minute, 41.557 seconds.

9 Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8 LMS qualified second, and Cédric Sbirrazzuoli's No.

Track map of VIR
Virginia International Raceway , where the race was held.
Jan Magnussen (pictured in 2009) took the overall pole position for Corvette Racing .