DANVILLE, VA – The Bosch Engineering 250 at VIR Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 race for the Daytona Prototype and GT classes is only a month away!

There is still plenty of time to order spectator tickets for the April 25-27 event, but get your orders in soon, so you can plan on the most thrilling weekend of sports car racing yet at VIR’s classic Full Course. This 3.27-mile track features straights of up to 4000 feet, 130 feet of elevation change and twists and turns that challenge the skills of the world’s best road racers.Celebrated drivers already entered include J.C. France, of the NASCAR France family; Scott Pruett, Trans-Am and Indy car winner; several past Formula One drivers and actor Patrick Dempsey is entered in the GT category, driving a Mazda RX-8 for the Hyper Sport team from Norcross, Ga. Dempsey enjoys racing: “coming here is a great release,” he said last October. “It’s like a vacation.”

The exotic Prototypes and their production GT cousins race in the feature 250-mile race but there is lots more action for fans, with the inaugural race in the brand-new Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup series; the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National presented by Mazda open-wheeled racers; theSunTrust MotoST super twin motorcycles and the SCCA Speed Touring Car championships all taking to the track and adding to the excitement. The JettaTDI Cup introduces Volkswagen's new TDI Diesel cars in the first racing series certified as "Carbon Free" by CarbonFund.org, taking VIR another step toward the future of motorsports.

The biggest addition to the weekend's action is the firstEast Coast appearance of the Society of Automotive Engineers' Formula SAE Collegiate Design Series. Pitting college engineering schools against eachother to design and build the best small formula cars, FSAE rewards engineering excellence; efficiency; handling; overall design and acceleration. Rules limit the use of exotic materials and methods, challenging the creativity and imagination of the student teams. An international collection of universitieswill be bringing their entries to VIR, with cars expected from Virginia Tech,Old Dominion University, North Carolina State, Georgia Tech, MIT and even theUS Air Force Academy.So college alumni should come out and root for theirf avorite engineering team.

Fans will have the chance to win all kinds of exciting additions to the Bosch Engineering Weekend including:

• Race car rides in a two-seat race Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup car that is the sister car to the cars in the race
• Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, winners of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, is creating a truly special program for a lucky fan. Selected lucky fans will be part of the team's "Pit Crew Experience," allowing them to see the race and pit action from inside the team's pit stall.
• Pace car rides as they lead the field to the green flag.
• 1 free hour of karting at VIR's Plantation Valley Kart Track, at which fans can try their skills on the exciting 9hp go-karts.
• Bosch prize packages.

"These are just some of the extras that we hope will makethe Bosch Engineering 250 an even more special weekend for our fans," said track general manager Josh Lief. "VIR is a special place and these special attractions will make the weekend a truly memorable one for several lucky fans."