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Bosch Engineering 250 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series |
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April 23-26, 2009
VIR hosts the season's signature sports car race: the Bosch Engineering 250 for the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototypes and GT cars for the weekeend of April 24-26. Joining sleek, exotic Prototypes and thundering GT cars of the Rolex Series, SCCA's Pro Racing Jetta TDI Cup returns to the track that saw this series' inaugural race, plus the Star Mazda Championship and the Skip Barber National Championship open-wheeled excitement, all on VIR's historic Full Course.
Always a crowd and driver favorite, this event has produced some of the most exciting racing in the Rolex Sports Car Series and some of the closest finishes.
Some of what is on tap for this fantastic weekend event:
- Bosch Engineering 250 at VIR Grand Am Rolex DP and GT
- SCCA Pro Racing VW Jetta TDI Series ("VW")
- Star Mazda Championship Presented by Goodyear ("Mazda")
- Formula BMW Americas ("BMW")
- BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National presented by Mazda ("SBRS")
- Grand-Am Fan Experience
- Bosch Track Attack at VIR
| 7:30-9:00 |
Registration for Open Practice North Tower (Advance registration available) |
| 8-10AM |
ROLEX team move in |
| 8:00-8:15 |
Drivers Meeting for Open Practice Drivers North Tower Classroom |
| 8:30-9:30 |
SBRS Practice |
| 9:40-10:40 |
Mazda Practice |
| 10:50-11:50 |
SBRS Practice |
| 12-5PM |
ROLEX tech |
| 11:50-1:15 |
Lunch (All participants in open practice allowed on track on scooters, golf karts (no cars) after workers are off track and in by 1:10) |
| 1:15-2:15 |
Mazda Practice |
| 2:25-3:25 |
SBRS Practice |
| 3:30-4:30 |
Mazda Practice |
| 4:30-5:00 |
VW Media Track Time |
| 6:45-7:45 |
VW Track Walk |
| 8:15-9:00 |
SBRS Practice |
| 9-9:30AM |
ROLEX GT practice |
| 9:30-10:30AM |
ROLEX combined practice |
| 10:30-11AM |
ROLEX DP practice |
| 11:00-11:30 |
BMW Practice |
| 11:30-12:00 |
TDI Practice |
| 12:00-12:45 |
Mazda Practice |
| 12:45-1:15 |
SBRS Qualifying For Race 1 |
| 1:15-1:30 |
Worker Break |
| 1:30-2:00 |
BMW Qualifying Race 1 |
| 2:00-2:30 |
VW Qualifying 1 |
| 2:30-3:10 |
ROLEX combined practice |
| 3:20-3:40 |
ROLEX Trueman/Akin participant practice |
| 4:00-4:15 |
ROLEX DP Qualifying |
| 4:30-4:45 |
ROLEX GT practice |
| 4:45-5:15 |
VW Qualifying 2 |
| 5:15-6:00 |
Mazda Practice 2 |
| 8:00-8:30 |
BMW Qualifying Race 2 |
| 8:35-9:20 |
Mazda Qualifying |
| 9:30-10AM |
ROLEX final practice |
| 10-10:30 |
SBRS Race 1 |
| 10:30-11:10 |
BMW Race 1 |
| 11:10-12:00 |
VW Race 1 |
| 12:00-2pm |
Sponsor, Grand-Am and VW Track Time, Fan Laps, Driver Introductions, Pre-Race for Rolex |
| 2PM |
Pre-race and recon laps ROLEX race |
| 2:30PM |
START ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES RACE (250 miles or 2.75 hours maximum) |
| 8:30-9:00 |
SBRS Qualifying for Race 2 |
| 9:00-9:15 |
Mazda Warm Up |
| 9:15-12:15 |
Grand-Am Fan Experience |
| 9:00-12:45PM |
Bosch Track Attack at VIR, Sponsor and VW Track Time |
| 12:45 |
-Pre-Race Activities |
| 1:00-2:00 |
Mazda Race |
| 2:00-2:50 |
VW Race 2 |
| 3:00-3:45 |
BMW Race 2
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| 3:45-4:15 |
SBRS Race 2 |
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