BMW racing fans who were at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the final rounds of the SRO-sanctioned U.S. GT series and the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) finale witnessed a monumental weekend. BMW drivers won almost every class championship that was up for grabs, including the GT4 America Silver, Pro-Am and Am class driver championships, the GT World Challenge Pro and Pro-Am class titles, the GT America SR03 class, as well as the IGTC championship and overall race win.
Here’s a look at the champions.
GT World Challenge America Pro Class: Random Vandals Racing, Kenton Koch & Connor De Phillippi
Connor De Phillippi (left) and Kenton Koch had seven Pro class wins in GTWCA this season. Team Principal Paul Sparta is on the right. (Photo courtesy SRO)
Random Vandals Racing has come on strong in the SRO America championships, with multiple entries in both the GT4 America series with the M4 GT4 EVO and in GT World Challenge America (GTWCA) with the M4 GT3 EVO. Kenton Koch and works driver Connor De Phillippi drove the #99 M4 GT3 EVO to seven class wins and five additional podium finishes in the GTWCA championship, capped off by a fourth-place overall finish in the Indy 8 Hour finale, first place among the GTWCA Pro class entries.
The championship was the first as a BMW factory driver for Connor De Phillippi and Kenton Koch became the first driver to win championships in both GTWCA and GT4 America in the same year.
“We had some things that crept up on us at the beginning of the year, but those were growing pains,” says Koch. “There was some luck involved and we were able to salvage some good results, while learning to better execute in the next race. The team did a good job in figuring things out. We wouldn’t have been where we were at the Indy 8 Hour without going through some of the things we went through during the season.”
Random Vandals is likely to return to both the GTWCA championship next season, though they have also been actively looking at entering the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD Pro class with BMW.
GT World Challenge America Pro-Am Class: Turner Motorsport, Robby Foley & Justin Rothberg
Turner Motorsport scored five Pro-Am class wins in GTWCA in 2025. (Photo by David Haueter)
Turner Motorsport came into 2025 as defending champions in the GTWCA Pro-Am class with drivers Robby Foley and Justin Rothberg. They were in a tight points race toward the end of the season with a Corvette team but won their second consecutive championship with a third-place finish among all entries in the Indy 8 Hour (which includes European teams) and a first-place finish among GTWCA Pro-Am entries. Overall, the duo had five class wins and five additional podiums on the season with the #29 M4 GT3 EVO.
Works driver Foley was happy with the season and with the development of co-driver Rothberg. “We finished up Indy in the best way possible,” he said after the Indy race. “We had a clean race. Obviously, weather played a factor, but we wrapped up the championship, finished third overall in Pro-Am, and first in the American class – so it was a great day. I’m happy to get two in a row. Justin has made incredible progress this season – he’s on a great trajectory. Our second year working together has been awesome; we were faster, more consistent, and racked up more wins.”
The GTWCA championship for Turner Motorsport was especially impressive since they were dealing with added weight and other penalties to atone for having Rothberg in the Pro-Am class, a move the series made since Rothberg has proven to be faster than most of the FIA Bronze-rated drivers he competes against. The team is looking to move into the GTWCA Pro class in 2026 since the series will not allow Rothberg to compete in the Pro-Am class for another year.
GT America SR03 Class: Turner Motorsport, Justin Rothberg
Justin Rothberg clinched the GT America SR03 class championship with a fourth place finish at Indy. (Photo by David Haueter)
Turner Motorsport driver Justin Rothberg also won the GT America SRO3 championship for GT3-spec cars in the #29 M4 GT3 EVO (same number, different car than what they raced in GTWCA). On the season, Rothberg score six wins and five additional podiums despite carrying added weight and grid penalties for his driver rating (see previous paragraph). Rothberg started his final race at Indy in ninth place after a five-place grid penalty, but his fourth-place finish in the race gave him the championship in 2025 after finishing second in 2024.
GT4 America Silver Class: Random Vandals Racing, Kenton Koch & Kevin Boehm
Kenton Koch and Kevin Boehm clinched the GT4 America Silver class championship at Indy when they started the first race.
Photo: David Haueter
The driving duo of Kenton Koch and Kevin Boehm was the most dominant BMW driver pairing in 2025. Driving the Random Vandals Racing #97 M4 GT4 EVO, Koch and Boehm scored seven Silver class wins in the GT4 America championship as well as three additional podium finishes. The two had an incredible five-race win streak between the Sebring race weekend in mid-May and the Road America weekend in mid-August.
Koch and Boehm only had to start the penultimate race at Indianapolis to clinch the championship. They finished eighth in class in the first race there after having to replace a flat tire but finished the season strong with a second-place finish in the final race. “Hats off to the whole Random Vandals Racing team this year,” said Boehm after the race. “They’ve given us a rocketship every single race, I think we’ve consistently been one of the fastest BMWs this whole season. I think it just goes into the preparation that they do behind the scenes. What a day!”
GT4 America Pro-Am Class: Random Vandals Racing, Josh Green & Sam Craven
Josh Green and Sam Craven had three Pro-Am class wins and four additional podium finishes in GT4 America. (Photo by David Haueter)
As if winning championships in GTWCA and the GT4 America Silver class wasn’t enough, the Random Vandals Racing team also won the GT4 America Pro-Am class championship with drivers Josh Green and Sam Craven sharing the #94 M4 GT4 EVO.
Overall, the duo had three class wins and four additional podium finishes on the season, including second and fourth-place class finishes in the final two races at Indianapolis to close out the season.
“We put our heads down and did what we had to do,” said Craven. “It’s been an amazing season for Josh and I. It was our first time in SRO, and Random Vandals Racing did an incredible job. The whole team was just awesome, awesome, awesome!” Craven was also awarded the Rookie of the Year award for the season.
The Green/Craven duo was so quick in the #94 BMW that they often found themselves competing among the Silver class entries, which is a step above the Pro-Am class. They finished in the top three overall at Sonoma, Sebring (both races) and VIR. Random Vandals Racing was also in the hunt for a championship in the Am class going into the final races of the season.
GT4 America Pro-Am Class: BimmerWorld Racing, James Clay & Charlie Postins
BimmerWorld duo James Clay and Charlie Postins ended their season (and Charlie’s racing career) with a second place finish at Indy. (Photo by David Haueter)
The GT4 America Am class had the most BMWs of any class in the series, and BimmerWorld drivers James Clay and Charlie Postins won their third drivers’ championship in the last four years behind the wheel of the #36 M4 GT4 EVO. Overall, the duo had five class wins and four additional podiums in 2025 and capped it off with a second-place finish in the final race at Indy.
“The competition in the Am class was strong this year,” said Clay. “More than half of the field are BMWs and it’s a great car that’s supported very well by BMW. 2022 was our first championship and it almost felt too easy, but it definitely doesn’t feel that way anymore. The field has gotten a lot closer and there’s lots of cars on any given weekend that are very competitive. I’m happy we won this one and it certainly feels like an accomplishment that we worked hard for.”
The BimmerWorld duo of James Walker, Jr. and Tyler McQuarrie also had a strong season in the Pro-Am class and were in contention for the championship until the penultimate round at Indy, when they were caught up in an accident and taken out of the race. The team is planning to be back with two entries in GT4 America in 2026, though Clay will have to find a new co-driver since Charlies Postins retired from racing at the end of the season
Intercontinental GT Challenge: Team WRT, Kelvin van der Linde
Kelvin van der Linde (middle) celebrates the Indy 8 Hour win with Valentino Rossi (left) and Charles Weerts. (Photo courtesy SRO)
Team WRT had a great year of racing with the M4 GT3 EVO in SRO-sanctioned series, though they didn’t have the same success with the car in FIA WEC. The team won the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup and overall championships with Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts, and van der Linde clinched the SRO-sanctioned Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) drivers’ championship with an overall win at Indy, driving with Weerts and Valentino Rossi. Van der Linde four out of five races in IGTC, with wins at Bathurst, the Nürburgring and Suzuka in addition to Indy.
The win at Indy came after an early pit stop put the #46 car that van der Linde was driving ahead of the #777 M4 GT3 EVO that was driven by Augusto Farfus, Al Faisal Al Zubair and Raffaele Marciello. Marciello would have won the IGTC championship if they had finished ahead of the #46. “The #777 deserved the win – they were stronger the whole weekend,” said van der Linde after the race. “But sometimes you just have bad luck in racing. Unfortunately, the weather decided the race today.”
WRT and van der Linde won four out of five ICGT races, including the finale at Indy. (Photo by David Haueter)
Apart from that, four wins in five races make this an extraordinary year for BMW M Motorsport and Team WRT. We need to enjoy and celebrate that – it doesn’t happen every year. I’m very proud to have contributed a small piece of history in my first year with BMW M Motorsport.”
BMW also won the IGTC manufacturers championship for the first time, ahead of Porsche.
