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SVRA Vintage Sports Cars Returning to VIR |
DANVILLE, VA - VIR brings back sports car road racing the way it was in the "good old days" this weekend with the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association's VIR Fall Festival, September 27-28.
Combining the thunder of historic stock cars, the scream of sports racers and the beauty of cars from the early days of sports car racing in America, this weekend has already attracted over 200 entries from all across the spectrum. Entries include a McLaren Can-Am car, a classic-era 1928 Frazer-Nash, a Lister-Jaguar from 1959 and a broad collection of Porsches, BMWs, MGs, Nissans, Lotuses, Corvettes and a whole group dedicated to historic stock cars. Joining all these cars are a variety of open-wheeled formula cars, powered by everything from a VW Beetle engine to three-liter F1 engines to the Formula 5000 V8s.
The bonus for the weekend is the Reunion for IMSA RS cars and Trans-Am
2.5 Challenge cars that raced here in the heyday decades of the ‘60s
and ‘70s. Stars of the era are scheduled to attend, including IMSA
champions Amos Johnson and Dennis Shaw, of Team Highball fame, plus
possibly Nick Craw, Jim Downing, Roger Mandeville, and more.
Whether your favorite is a sedan or a formula car, a sports racer or a
production car, the SVRA Fall Festival brings it all together. Tickets
are available at the gate, so don't miss this chance to see and hear
the sounds of the past. The paddock is open to the public too, letting
everyone get a close-up look at their favorite cars.
VIRginia International Raceway is a multi-purpose road racing facility,
located on the Dan River between Danville and South Boston, Virginia.
Reopened in 2000, VIR hosts a wide range professional and amateur auto
and motorcycle racing and track events, and is well established as
"America's Motorsport Resort." In addition to its historic 3.27 mile
natural-terrain road racing circuit, VIR is the cornerstone of VIR
Club, America's first motorsports country club; the VIR Raceplex
Industrial Park and Motorsports Technology Park, which includes the
Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research ("VIPER");
the Plantation Valley Kart Track, a 5/8 mile paved natural terrain
karting circuit; an expanding variety of on-site lodging (with 45 hotel
rooms and the trackside Villas which are for sale); Camp Motorsport for
enthusiasts of all ages; and the Oak Tree Tavern, a full-service
restaurant located within the circa-1840 Plantation Clubhouse.
VIR's racing season keeps going strong with this weekend's Sportscar
Vintage Racing Association vintage sports cars and the Reunion of the
IMSA Radial Challenge competitors. The weekend of October 3-5 sees GT
Live and the KONI Challenge bring their combination of drifting, track
attack and endurance sports car races with the KONI Challenge series
finales. These events are all combined with a wide variety of amateur
and vintage road racing and schools throughout the year.
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