Michelin GT Challenge at VIR
08-21-2016, 07:50 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Michelin GT Challenge at VIR
Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway
August 26-28, 3016
Danville, VA
Track: VIRginia International Raceway
Race Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes
Circuit Length: 3.27 miles
Entry by Class:
GTLM:10
GTD:16
Television Broadcast:
1:30 -4:30 PM ET 8/28/2016 FOX Sports 1
Live Qualifying:Saturday August 27, 2016
11:55 to 12:10 pm EDT GTD
12:20 to 12:35 pm EDT GTLM
Online Coverage
IMSA.com (includes live images, in-car cameras and announcers)
http://www.imsa.com/
http://www.imsa.com/camera/imsatv
http://www.foxsports.com/motor/tudor-live-stream
Fox Sports Go app (desktop or mobile-must have FS1)
New IMSA Mobile App
http://www.imsa.com/all-new-mobile-app
Radio: IMSA Radio
http://imsatv.imsa.com/
http://radiolemans.0157.org/nplayer.php
IMSA mobile app
Sirius 145
XM 203
Internet 967
PIT NOTES:
https://twitter.com/search?q=IMSA
http://twitter.com/ @CorvetteRacing, @UnitedSportsCar, @IMSA, @IMSAlive, @DISupdates,
TICKET INFO:
http://www.etix.com/ticket/p/3284966...40&cobrand=vir
Event Schedule:
http://sportscarchampionship.imsa.co...anschedule.pdf
Entry List:
http://johndagys.wpengine.netdna-cdn..._entrylist.pdf
Maps:
http://virnow.com/track/configurations/
Spotters Guide:
http://www.spotterguides.com/
WEATHER:
http://www.myweather2.com/Motor-Raci...l-Raceway.aspx
Hotels:
http://virnow.com/lodging/
Corvette Corral:
http://virnow.com/wp-content/uploads...0160818PDF.pdf
08-27-2016, 08:13 AM
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I've seen every Grand-Am, ALMS and IMSA race at VIR since 2003, but I'll be watching on TV this time. Last year I had to park so far from where I usually watch that I was exhausted by the time I schlepped all my stuff there. I'm probably done with IMSA races at VIR until they figure out the parking situation.
08-27-2016, 10:38 AM
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Melting Slicks
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Press Release:
CORVETTE RACING AT VIR: Garcia Sets Fastest Friday Time in No. 3 Corvette C7.R
Team arrives at Virginia with two consecutive victories
ALTON, Va. (Aug. 26, 2016) - Corvette Racing’s Antonio Garcia set the best time on the opening day of the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR on Friday with a 1:42.623 (114.7 mph) in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R. His time came in the second of two practice sessions at the 3.27-mile, 17-turn road circuit on a day where air temperatures reached 99 degrees and track readings approached 130 degrees according to tire engineers with Michelin.
This is the first race for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on the newly paved VIR surface which was completed about one month ago. As a result, drivers reported a huge increase in grip over past seasons. Corvette Racing’s two Corvette C7.Rs got to sample the new asphalt for the first time Friday.
The third and final official practice is set 8 a.m. ET on Saturday with GT Le Mans qualifying at 12:20 p.m. ET.
The two-hour, 40-minute Michelin GT Challenge at VIR is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. ET on Sunday, Aug. 28. It will air live on FOX Sports 1 starting at 1:30 p.m. ET with IMSA Radio coverage and Chevrolet on-board cameras available on IMSA.com.
ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R – FASTEST OVERALL IN FRIDAY PRACTICE: “All the work we’ve done between Road America and now definitely has helped. We brought a few things from our Road Atlanta test, and they seemed to work. I’m very happy with that. All the testing we have done has helped and improved things. The new surface here at VIR is very nice. We are already going faster here already than we ever have. It’s a nice improvement from last year, even though it is super-hot today. In normal conditions, I would think it would be mega! But for today, I’m very happy with the track and our Corvette. We have some data and other things to analyze, but so far so good.”
CORVETTE RACING AT VIR: Garcia Sets Fastest Friday Time in No. 3 Corvette C7.R
Team arrives at Virginia with two consecutive victories
ALTON, Va. (Aug. 26, 2016) - Corvette Racing’s Antonio Garcia set the best time on the opening day of the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR on Friday with a 1:42.623 (114.7 mph) in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R. His time came in the second of two practice sessions at the 3.27-mile, 17-turn road circuit on a day where air temperatures reached 99 degrees and track readings approached 130 degrees according to tire engineers with Michelin.
This is the first race for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on the newly paved VIR surface which was completed about one month ago. As a result, drivers reported a huge increase in grip over past seasons. Corvette Racing’s two Corvette C7.Rs got to sample the new asphalt for the first time Friday.
The third and final official practice is set 8 a.m. ET on Saturday with GT Le Mans qualifying at 12:20 p.m. ET.
The two-hour, 40-minute Michelin GT Challenge at VIR is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. ET on Sunday, Aug. 28. It will air live on FOX Sports 1 starting at 1:30 p.m. ET with IMSA Radio coverage and Chevrolet on-board cameras available on IMSA.com.
ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R – FASTEST OVERALL IN FRIDAY PRACTICE: “All the work we’ve done between Road America and now definitely has helped. We brought a few things from our Road Atlanta test, and they seemed to work. I’m very happy with that. All the testing we have done has helped and improved things. The new surface here at VIR is very nice. We are already going faster here already than we ever have. It’s a nice improvement from last year, even though it is super-hot today. In normal conditions, I would think it would be mega! But for today, I’m very happy with the track and our Corvette. We have some data and other things to analyze, but so far so good.”
08-28-2016, 07:29 AM
#5
Burning Brakes
I've seen every Grand-Am, ALMS and IMSA race at VIR since 2003, but I'll be watching on TV this time. Last year I had to park so far from where I usually watch that I was exhausted by the time I schlepped all my stuff there. I'm probably done with IMSA races at VIR until they figure out the parking situation.
08-28-2016, 10:31 AM
#7
Burning Brakes
With Nissan as track sponsor there is a Nissan car coral too