VIR Grand-Am Cup Finale to Feature Twin Six-Hour Races
07-19-2006, 08:04 AM
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VIR Grand-Am Cup Finale to Feature Twin Six-Hour Races
Grand American officials have announced that the Grand-Am Cup Series season finale at Virginia International Raceway on October 7th will now be run as two six hour split-class races. Originally, it was planned that both GS and ST categories would run together in a twelve hour enduro. However, due to the enormous grids seen this season, running nearly 100 cars for twelve hours on a tight and twisty track could produce problems.
“With as many cars as we’ve had throughout the Grand-Am Cup season, it only makes sense to split our season finale into two six-hour races, while still delivering the 12 hours of racing that we and our partners at VIR have promised to the fans,” said Grand American President Roger Edmondson. “This will ensure that our fans and competitors will get the kind of close and exciting competition befitting of a season finale. We expect an action-packed weekend as our Grand-Am Cup championships are decided at VIR.”
The GS six-hour race will be held on October 7th from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM while the ST class will run their season finale the following day on October 8th from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM EST.
source: http://www.the-paddock.net/content/view/240372/1/
“With as many cars as we’ve had throughout the Grand-Am Cup season, it only makes sense to split our season finale into two six-hour races, while still delivering the 12 hours of racing that we and our partners at VIR have promised to the fans,” said Grand American President Roger Edmondson. “This will ensure that our fans and competitors will get the kind of close and exciting competition befitting of a season finale. We expect an action-packed weekend as our Grand-Am Cup championships are decided at VIR.”
The GS six-hour race will be held on October 7th from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM while the ST class will run their season finale the following day on October 8th from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM EST.
source: http://www.the-paddock.net/content/view/240372/1/
