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robharvey
 Post subject: Virginia International Raceway - 1998 before renovation
PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:54 pm 
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Mark V....thanks for sending out this link. Really makes you appreciate all the work they have done at VIR.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4kwF5mg1Vg

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Thanks! That reminds me of what it looked like the first time I saw it in the spring of 1999. Somewhere I have a photo of Karl Kauffman challenging a large turtle to a race, on the straight between turns 3 and 4.

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Arthur McDonald wrote:
Thanks! That reminds me of what it looked like the first time I saw it in the spring of 1999. Somewhere I have a photo of Karl Kauffman challenging a large turtle to a race, on the straight between turns 3 and 4.


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WOW! I had no idea it had gotten so bad before they renovated the track. Some parts of it looked more like a rallycross course than a race track.

Thanks. It gives one a nice perspective on the many improvements.

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Great video! It adds a lot of "feel" to the pictures from the past: http://www.virhistory.com/vir.html

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Here are some videos from the 50's & 60's at VIR. It's a nice trip down memory lane. Safety improvements have come a long way since then!

1966 SCCA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h_-I10s ... re=related
1961 SCCA National Races: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Plcdfp ... re=related
1968 SCCA National Races: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diBTyKpK ... re=related

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wow.


maybe there is still hope for L'Burg.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQlouQqhTkQ

Someone just posted this film from 1967'ish time frame at VIR. About halfway through he moves over to roller coaster. You can see the hog pin barn down at turn 17! Very cool!

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