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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  06.06.2015 - 11:38 pm
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Nicknamed "VIR," this track was built in 1957 and has been one of
America's best road courses in the years since. For decades a signature
feature of this track was the "Oak Tree" turn where a 200-year old giant
oak stood alongside the track. It collapsed in July 2013. A relative
tree grown from one of the famed oaks' acorns was planted at the track
near the site of the old tree, but outside the track, the following year.

This track was the site of the first-ever IMSA GT race in 1971.

Scenes for a "Series 16" episode of the British car program "Top Gear"
were filmed here. The episode featured the show's hosts visiting the
course to race their European supercars against each other as part of an
American road trip. In addition to the track the episode also showed off
VIR's accompanying resort facilities.


  2.   Seibaru (Tylor Thaber) posted:
  08.29.2017 - 12:34 am
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Closed in 1972, reopened in 2000.


  3.   JeffBurton99 posted:
  08.18.2018 - 4:18 pm
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Here now watching Chad Mccumbee and Ty mageski battle it out in Some
mustangs. Lots of drivers from all sorts of racing backgrounds here today!


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