Porscheplatz Parking - American Le Mans Series VIR Sept. 15

[Mister Moo]

Not really a technical post but - seriously - a great excuse for a drive and a Porsche parking corral to boot. Come on down for the inaugural ALMS race.

ALMS Adds VIR To 2012 Event Schedule



“It is a wild track. It is very fast, daunting in a lot of areas and narrow. It is fun to drive on. To put a really good lap together around VIR is definitely thrilling. You certainly make sure your belts are tight because there some super high speed edgy areas.” — Scott Sharp, Driver for Extreme Speed Motorsports Tequila Patrón Ferrari

“The Lightning Lap on VIR’s Grand Course is the closest thing to Nordscheife ‘Ring’ benchmark in Germany!” — Car and Driver Magazine

“One of the Top 6 Road Courses in the U.S.A” – Car and Driver Magazine

“If there is a heaven on earth, it is VIR” — Paul Newman

“It’s just a great track… it doesn’t get any better!” — Boris Said

“It’s a really beautiful track. Really beautiful part of the country. Very challenging. It’s a very fast track.” — Patrick Dempsey, Grand-Am Racer

“I think this is the most interesting and fun race track that’s been built in this country.” — Carroll Shelby

“Truly one of the world’s best race courses!” — Chris Economaki

“VIR is one of the highest speed tracks we test at in the US. It has many configurations that provide the turn combinations and speeds required to fully test our powertrains to the extreme limit.” — Luke Sewell – Energy/Powertrain Integration – Performance Car – General Motors

“The combination of high-speed aerodynamic turns and low-speed finesse turns at VIR provide a very complete package when you’re tuning a car. VIR is without question my favorite racetrack in the country with facilities that are second to none.”— Jim Mero – Corvette Suspension Vehicle Dynamics – General Motors

“I love driving VIR’s different configurations, with a track surface that has consistent grip levels and is so well maintained. VIR offers the greatest challenge for man and machine in North America.” — Aaron Link – Vehicle Dynamics Engineer, 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 – General Motors

[Patrice911]

Instead, if you are more interested in driving on the track ( Full Course) the previous weekend of the ALMS race
there is an HPDE at VIR. It is actually a 3 days one. Fri-Sat-Sun. See link below.

MotorsportReg.com : Tarheel Sports Car Club announces 2012 THSCC John Mullis Memorial HPDE/TT (Fri 7 - Sun 9 Sep, 2012) info at Virginia Int'l - Full Course, Alton, VA 24520 (4307)

I'm already registered for it.

[toddo]

I'll be there on Saturday with my son, can't wait.

[DaveE]

VIR's an awesome track. I drove there with SCCA several years ago, but using the full back straight instead of that configuration. I'd love to go back there again.

[GothingNC]

I'll be there

[Mister Moo]

My tickets showed up the other day. I lose things.

Maybe best to put them in the glove compartment.

[GothingNC]

I ordered my tickets to pick up at the gate.

Copies of the confirmation are in the glovebox, office desk and my wallet.

[LoydAviles]

VIR's an awesome track.

[cfries]

Just ordered mine Should be a great race!