2017 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR

[2] Much like in previous years, the event was a GT only round, in which the GTLM and GTD classes were scheduled to compete.

[4] On August 16, 2017, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of performance for the event.

[11] The first practice session took place at 11:45 am ET on Friday and ended with Tommy Milner topping the charts for Corvette Racing, with a lap time of 1:42.341.

[13] The second practice session took place at 4:10 pm ET on Friday and ended with Antonio García topping the charts for Corvette Racing, with a lap time of 1:41.323.

Andy Lally was second in the #93 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian entry and Andrew Davis rounded out the top 3.

[17] The third and final practice session took place at 8:45 am ET on Saturday and ended with Toni Vilander topping the charts for Risi Competizione, with a lap time of 1:40.855.

Regulations stipulated that teams nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class' starting order.

Jeroen Mul qualified on pole for the class driving the #16 car for Change Racing, besting Jesse Krohn in the Turner Motorsport entry.

Joey Hand qualified on pole driving the #66 car for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, beating Alexander Sims in the #25 BMW Team RLL entry by over two tenths of a second.

Antonio García Richard Westbrook Giancarlo Fisichella Alexander Sims Joey Hand Tommy Milner Laurens Vanthoor Dirk Werner Jeroen Mul Jesse Krohn Trent Hindman Alessandro Balzan Madison Snow Gunnar Jeannette Sage Karam Colin Braun Daniel Morad Patrick Lindsey Mike Skeen Lawson Aschenbach