DANVILLE, VA. - The most varied weekend of excitement comes to VIRginia International Raceway the weekend of October 5-7 with GT Live hosting drifting, motorcycle stunt riding, track attack competition and the KONI Challenge racing sports cars in their six-hour enduro races to cap the season for street stock racers.

With the widest variety of motorsports available, GT Live's headline event is the Koni Challenge races for high-performance production sports cars, coupes and sedans. With limited modifications, these are the same cars seen on the highways every day. The VIR races will end the 2007 season for both classes, each featuring a six-hour endurance race. The big engined Grand Sport (GS) racers will take the track in the weekend's capstone, while the smaller Street Tuner (ST) class attracts the import and hot compact crowd.

GS races feature Porsche, Nissan, BMW, Mustang and Pontiac, while the ST cars attract entries such as Mazda RX-8, Chevrolet Cobalt SS, Dodge SRT-4, MINI Cooper S, Acuras and a variety of BMWs. The entire KONI Challenge field races on spec Hoosier tires, further equalizing the competition.

 Last year's winner Tim Traver started out crewing for the family vintage team and then took a Bob Bondurant driving school. Last year was his first major win, so the team has high hopes for a repeat this year. Traver co-drove with Mikel Miller in last year's six-hour enduro finale. Together, their No. 83 BGB Motorsports Porsche 997 completed 152 laps over the 3.27-mile VIR full course.  Traver and Miller are entered in this year's event, as is TV star Patrick Dempsey.

 Other attractions of the GT Live weekend include such diverse programs as:

.  GT Sim Race: Ride in some of the world's hottest cars in cars on VIR's 3.27-mile Full Course.

.  Tarzan's Lap Battle: Drive your own car in on the 1.1-mile Patriot Course in a Time Attack, competing for lap times

.  Rally-X: drive your car on VIR's gravel rally stage roads.

.  Karting Zone: race karts in the on VIR's Plantation Valley Kart Track.

.  Car and bike shows and fan festivals for Mazda, Nissan/Infiniti, Subaru and Mitsubishi EVO.

.  GT Track Attack pitting American tuners against Japanese tuners for cash prizes.

.  US Drift Shootout: the best amateur and professional drifters competing on the Patriot Course for cash.

.  The best motorcycle stunt riders in the business compete for cash prizes in the invitation-only XDL U.S. Stunt Riding Championship.

 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 (including 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.

 For information on the track and other event schedules, call 434-822-7700 or check our web site at www.virclub.com.