Danville, VA (April 16, 2009) - Fans with three-day tickets for the April 24-26 Grand-American Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Bosch Engineering 250 are able to drive the track Sunday morning in their own cars as well as tour the garages and haulers guided by Grand-Am officials in the Grand-Am Fan Experience and the Bosch Track Attack.

Daytona Beach, FL (14 April 2009) ­- The Spirit of Daytona Racing No. 09 Porsche V8-powered Coyote will be back in action this month, as the team has entered the Bosch Engineering 250 at Virginia International Raceway with drivers Guy Cosmo and Scott Russell slated to share the driving duties on April 23-25 for round 2 of the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series championship.

Danville, VA (March 18, 2009) - Famed rocker Neil Young's motor coach and car collection includes a ‘series hybrid' vehicle - a 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible. Young and his team recently stopped by VIRginia International Raceway to utilize the Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research's (VIPER) chassis dyno to work on the car's generator engine.

Using VIPER's instruments to fine-tune the single-rotor Wankel engine driving the generator, the stop helped to improve the car's efficiency. Dyno staff led by Victor Seaber helped the team test the generator engine and electric motor output on the chassis dynamometer at VIPER's lab in VIR's North Paddock.

Danville, VA (March 16, 2009) - WERA motorcycles racers are headed into VIRginia International Raceway for the series' second event of the new season.

Long a favorite among racers, WERA brings together some of the best racers on two wheels for an exciting weekend of races on the 2.25-mile North Course.

With VIR's policy of admitting guests aged fifteen and under free with a paid adult admission, plus the low weekend ticket prices of only $15 in advance for a two-day admission, VIR's races are a great way to entertain the entire family.