TUDOR United SportsCar Championship comes to VIR this weekend - WRIC
Danville, Virginia – The TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, the premier sports car racing series in North America, will once again return to VIRginia International Raceway this August for a family-friendly weekend of high-end sports car racing. 21, includes more than nine support series races, and then culminates with the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship race and victory lane celebration on Sunday, Aug. The series is the result of a 2013 merger between the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series. The Oak Tree Grand Prix features the TUDOR Championship’s GT Le Mans and GT Daytona classes. The GTLM class is widely recognized as the most competitive GT class in the world, featuring factory-backed teams from Corvette Racing, Porsche, Ferrari and BMW. In fact, the same Corvette that won this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours – the world’s most prestigious sports car race, will be racing at VIR. The GTD class includes world-class race cars including the Aston Martin Vantage, Audi R8, BMW Z4, Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R, Ferrari 458 and Porsche 911. These cars are fielded by elite sports. Source: wric.com
