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Virginia International Raceway (VIR) is a race track located in Alton, Virginia, near Danville. It is less than a half-mile from the North Carolina/Virginia border just outside Milton, North Carolina, on the banks of the Dan River. VIR hosts amateur and professional automobile and motorcycle events, driving schools, club days, and private test ...
The GT Challenge at VIR is a sports car race held at the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, since 1957.After being a part of the SCCA National Sports Car Championship and the IMSA GT Championship the race, along with the track, went on hiatus from the early 1970s until 2002.
The championship will return to Virginia International Raceway and Barber Motorsports Park after one- and four-year absences respectively. The non-championship round at Laguna Seca will not be held, as will the round at Circuit of the Americas. Three of the rounds will be shortened to two instead of three races, forming a 21-race calendar.
It was the eleventh consecutive year the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Virginia International Raceway. The 2024 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR was the ninth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2024 by IMSA. [2] The race was held at the seventeen-turn 3.270 mi (5.263 km) Virginia International Raceway on August 25, 2024. [2]
Virginia International Raceway, where the race was held. International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2021. [1] It was the ninth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida: May 3–5 GT World Challenge America: 4 Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas: May 17–19 5 Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia: July 19–21 6 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin: August 16–18 7 Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama: September 6–8 8
Virginia International Raceway, where the race was held. International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in September 2020. It was the eighth consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC. [1]
Virginia International Raceway, where the race was held. International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2022. [1] It was the tenth consecutive year the event will be held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.