VIR News
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New Karts, Track Layout Highlight Fourth Suzuki Big Kahuna Challenge |
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Danville, VA (June 26, 2009) - The popular Big Kahuna Nationals Superstars Kart Enduro Challenge, a race pitting AMA Superbike stars, fans, AMA officials and the media in a kart challenge team race, is racing on a new track layout with new karts at the 10th Annual Suzuki Big Kahuna Nationals presented by Dunlop Tires and Makita.
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USA TODAY NAMES CAMP MOTORSPORT IN 10 BEST CAMPS IN AMERICA |
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JUNE 12 ALTON VA - USA Today has named Camp Motorsport's Adult/Child program as one of the ten best multi-generational summer camp programs in America.
"We are thrilled to have been selected," shares director Diane Tyrrell. "We are pleased to offer a program where kids and adults can participate together at camp. The Adult/Child Camp Sampler Weekend program is a wonderful bonding opportunity for adults & children to spend some quality time together."
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Heacock Gold Cup Vintage Races Host to Huge Crowds |
Danville, VA (June 7, 2009) - The tenth annual Heacock Classic Gold Cup SVRA Historic Races at VIRginia International Raceway saw a field of nearly 300 race entrants, plus hundreds of entrants in the car show along with an enthusiastic crowd of spectators enjoying vintage sports cars racing on a classic road course.
"The Gold Cup concept was one of our ideas from the day we decided to reopen VIR," said track partners Harvey Siegel and Connie Nyholm. "As racers ourselves in vintage races, this is a very special event and a special track. We always enjoy hosting vintage racers at VIR."
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Nearly 300 Vintage Cars Expected at Gold Cup |
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Danville, VA (May 28, 2009) - VIR announced today that entries to-date for the Heacock Classic Gold Cup SVRA Historic Races at VIR are upwards of 300 cars! MGs, Morgans, Historic Stock Cars, Ferraris, Corvettes, Historic Trans-Am racers, Mustangs, Porsches and virtually every kind of race car that raced in years past make up the field for the Gold Cup, facing the challenges of VIR's 3.27-mile road course June 5-7. Driven the way they were intended -- hard and fast -- on a track in essentially the identical layout it had when it first opened in 1957, these cars return the early days of road racing to VIR.
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Stock Car Tests Coming to VIR May 26 |
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Danville, VA (May 12, 2009) - VIRginia International Raceway's popular open Stock Car test day is coming, May 26. The day after Memorial Day will see some of America's favorite stock car racers testing and tuning their cars in preparation for the races at Sonoma and Watkins Glen.
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Countdown to Bosch Engineering 250 at VIR |
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 Danville, VA (April 8, 2009) - The exotic prototypes and thundering GT cars from the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series are heading to VIRginia International Raceway, Saturday, April 25, for the Bosch Engineering 250.
Coming to VIR after the closest finish in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, entries are headed by the winning team in that race, with second-generation star David Donohue teamed with Darren Law in their Brumos Porsche Riley prototype racer.
Actor Patrick Dempsey has filed an entry in the GT category for Saturday's race, combining the Prototypes and GT cars for the 2:30 green flag over VIR's historic 3.27-mile road course. A complete schedule of support races fills both Saturday and Sunday, plus the Grand-Am Fan Experience, track and paddock tours and more.
Event Details"We expect that this will be the best Bosch 250 yet," said track General Manager Josh Lief. "With all the activities added to the on-track action, fans will find something for everyone to enjoy."
Tickets for the Bosch Engineering 250 are available for online purchase by clicking on the button below.
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VW Jetta TDI Cup Announces Partnership with iRacing.com |
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ALTON, Va. (April 25, 2009) - Volkswagen of America, Inc. and its SCCA Pro Racing Jetta TDI Cup series have announced a partnership with iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, LLC, that will allow the racing series to utilize iRacing's online racing simulations to further enhance training and recruiting capabilities. The partnership will aid in current Jetta TDI Cup driver training and identify driver candidates for future seasons.
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Atterbury wins first Volkswagen TDI Cup Race of Season |
Alton, VA(April 25, 2009) - Another picture-perfect day greeted the SCCA Pro Racing Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup at VIRginia International Raceway today for Round 1 of the 2009 season. While series veterans put on a strong showing, it was rookie Joey Atterbury who took the checkered flag in the #14 Red Bull car.
The Renton, Wash. native battled another rookie driver, AJ Nealey, for much of the race with the pair swapping the lead four times during the race. Series veteran Timmy Megenbier rounded out the podium with his third-place finish.
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AIM Autosport anxious to get back on track at VIR |
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Woodbridge, Ontario (2009.04.22) AIM Autosport is looking forward to racing in the Bosch Engineering 250 at Virginia International Raceway this weekend for a couple of reasons. Mostly, because the Rolex Daytona Prototype team has had three months to ponder the results of the Rolex 24 at Daytona and is looking for some redemption but in truth, everyone is remembering last year's run at VIR and are really looking to get the podium that slipped away.
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VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI CUP DRIVERS TAKE TO THE TRACK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2009 AT VIR |
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Atterbury and Megenbier to sit on the poles for Rounds 1 & 2 at VIR Alton, VA (April 24, 2009) - Picture-perfect conditions at VIRginia International Raceway provided an ideal setting for the SCCA Pro Racing Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup series to hit the track today for the first action of the 2009 season. Today's schedule included an open practice and a qualifying session for each of the two races that will take place at the track this weekend on the 3.27-mile road course.
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From the first time I drove my street car around VIR to experiencing my first race win last October with NASA, VIR has held a very special please in my heart. Each lap is thrilling, challenging and wonderfully satisfying. Thank you for re-iniventing one of our countries greatest racing facilities!
- Trevor Parmer Competitor, NASA Mid Atlantic GTS2 class |
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