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Few road courses anywhere, have the character, history, high speeds and technical challenge of VIR, the beautiful circuit on the banks of the Dan River, just outside historic Danville, Virginia. Some thirty ground pounding V8 racer's are expected this weekend for the North Carolina Regions SCCA Al Fairer Double SARRC event. Some of the "local" talent will prove to be double tough on this challenging course. Racer's like Scott Murphy in his GT-1 Corvette, Ron Fariss , Bryan Dobyns, Kenny Liesfeld and Rob Moriss in their GTA rides, Steve Epley in his V8 GT2 Z06 Vette, and Phil Soucy in his V8SPO Grand Prix should give the "furriners" from Georgia, Alabama and Florida all they can handle. With good weather expected, look for the V8 Series track records in all four classes to be in jeopardy. Both Dave Machavern and Scott Murphy are capable of resetting the GT-1 standard, Epley already owns the V8 GT2 record and looks to be even faster this year. Bryan Dobyns has the GTA mark, but there are several car and driver combinations capable of eclipsing his 2007 run. Soucy and his Pontiac will have to deal with V8 SPO fast guys Paul Breehne and Lee Arnold.

For more information on the series, the schedule, the four classes, check out www.v8stockcar.com

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Scott Murphy: Pancho Weaver Chassis Corvette

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Dave Machavern: Tommy Riggins Chassis GT-1 Corvette

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Ron Fariss: GTA Monte Carlo

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Steve Epley: V8 GT2 (ST) Z06 Corvette, class record holder VIR

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Doug Sanders: ex Cup Monte Carlo

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Looks like a healthy population of converted oval track cars (the ones mentioned in a "cheaper than z06" thread).

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Saturday winners:

V8 GT-1 Dave Machavern Riggins Chassis C6 Corvette Lozano SB2 SBC 331 ci

V8 GT-2 Steve Epley C6 Z06

V8 SPO Lee Arnold SouthWest tour type Impala Hamke chassis 358 ci 18* SBC

V8 GTA Kurt Roehrig Roehrig Engineering Monte Carlo Howe Chassis LS1 power

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Sunday Winners:

V8 GT1: Dave Machavern Heritage Motorsports Corvette
V8 GT2: David Rankin Rankin Racing C4 Corvette

V8 SPO: Paul Breehne Danisa Ent/RouschYates Perf. Parts Ford Fusion
V8 GTA: Kurt Roehrig Roehrig Engineering Monte Carlo

new V8SC GTA track record: Kurt Roehrig 1:59.5xx

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Where did my buddy Ron Farris finish?

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Involved in a crash Saturday DNF

Sunday: led early over a very fast Kurt Roehrig and succumbed to
shifter problems I heard.