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Virginia International Raceway (VA) (Images of Sports Series) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Chris Holaday, Nick England, Phil Allen
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 886865
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0738515167
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780738515168
ASIN: 0738515167
Publication Date: June 2003
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From the August 1957 VIR race program: iThe rolling Virginia hills have been painstakingly clad with an ultra-smooth skin of macadam to provide a course of great natural beauty. The superb spectator visibility is nicely equated to a road layout that will test the best in racing machines and men.i YYIn the late 1950s, a group of sports car enthusiasts dreamed of creating a first-class racing facility. The result was Virginia International Raceway, a challenging 3.2-mile course with 12 turns, 2 straightaways, and over 100 feet of elevation change. Located in southern Virginia, east of Danville and just across the North Carolina border, the track opened in 1957. During VIRis first 18 years of existence, races featured some of the top names in American motorsports including Carroll Shelby, Roger Penske, Walt Hansgen, and Richard Petty. The track also hosted numerous important events including SCCA Nationals, the Presidentis Cup, a Trans-Am race in the first season of that circuit, as well as IMSA races in the early 1970s. Facing financial difficulties, the track shut down in 1974, and for the next 25 years VIR was a cow pasture. It was reopened in 2000 and the outstanding new facility is again one of the top racing venues in the country. Y
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