Jeroen Bleekemolen

Ben Keating and Bleekemolen won a GT Daytona class contest for the first time this season in their Riley Motorsports-prepared Mercedes-AMG GT3 Sunday at Virginia International Raceway. Bleekemolen made the move of the race with 50 minutes to go when the Dutchman muscled his way past Mario Farnbacher in the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura heading into the Rollercoaster section, sportscar365.com reports.

Bleekemolen put the retro-liveried Mercedes-AMG GT3 for Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports at the top of the GT Daytona class followed by a pair of Ferraris driven by Pedro Lamy and Toni Vilander during session 1 of the Roar Before the 24, sportscar365.com reports.

The No. 33 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Bleekemolen led the way in GT Daytona second practice at Road America with a 1:20.506 lap, sportscar365.com reports.

Bleekemolen was fastest in GT Daytona practice 2 for the Michelin GT Challenge driving the No. 33 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 by a mere 0.001 seconds over Turner Motorsport driver Bill Auberlen, sportscar365.com reports.

Bleekemolen and Ben Keating picked up the GT Daytona win in Sunday's Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, taking their Mercedes-AMG GT3 back to victory lane for the first time since Circuit of The Americas last year, sportscar365.com reports.