Track Event 2024: Virginia International Raceway - March 9-10
- March 09, 2024 - 06:30 AM EST to March 10, 2024 - 06:00 PM EST
- Track Night, Southeast, VIRginia International Raceway
- 6 Comments
This Track Event is being run in conjunction with the 2024 Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials National Tour at VIRginia International Raceway Powered by Hagerty
Registration and additional event details can be found HERE.
FAST FACTS
ON-TRACK
Referred to by Paul Newman as "Heaven on earth", Virginia International Raceway will kick of the 2023 Time Trials National Tour. This awesome event will have a bit of everything for all car/driving enthusiast! The 2024 TTNT @ VIR will feature:
- Full weekends worth of Time Trials competition! 8 total 20 minute sessions! 2 Practice sessions on Sat morning, followed by 6 more sessions to get your fastest laps in over the course of the weekend! Each driver's final score will come from combining the best times from three sets of sessions. Groups will be built by experience for practice, then all non-novice drivers will be combined and re-grouped by lap time allowing for a better opportunity to get your best lap in!
- Two opportunities to participate in a Track Day! Want to drive on track, but want to keep it casual? The Track Day events are offered separately on Saturday and Sunday, with each driver getting 4 twenty minute sessions on track. Want to do both days? No problem! Sign up for both and double your fun!
- A car show brought to you by Driver Motorsports!! Driver Motorsports, known for their award winning R32 GTR at SEMA 2022, will be onsite hosting a car show on Saturday that will bring some of the coolest cars east of the Mississippi to VIR!
Of course the usual TTNT festivities will be included! The Hagerty Social Dinner, the paddock parties with your Time Trials friends and family!
Registration for the Time Trials and Track Day events opens on Friday, Jan 5th at 5pm EST. Space will be limited for both, so sign up early to make sure you have a spot!!
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EVENT FORMAT
For this Track Event the sessions will be split into two groups.
TE Group A will be passing only on the straightaways with a point-by. If you have minimal previous track experience or you prefer passing only on the straightaways, this group is for you.
TE Group B will be passing anywhere with a point-by. Only drivers with previous track event experience should register for this group. Track Night in America Advanced group participation or multiple events of Intermediate group participation (or equivalent) would be appropriate.
PRICING
Single day Track Event Entry Fee: $275
Early Bird Track Event Entry Fee: $250 - ends Feb 2nd!
Multi-day discount for Track Event: $50 off second day entry!
(Annual SCCA Membership not required. Weekend membership rate applies)
EVENT SCHEDULE * subject to change
Friday, March 8th
| 4:30PM | Gates Open |
| 4:00PM |
Check-In/Registration/Tech Opens
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| 7:00PM | Check-In/Registration/Tech Close |
Saturday, March 9th
| 6:30AM | Check-In/Tech Open |
| 7:30AM | Driver Briefing - (Location TBA) |
| 8:00AM | Paced Laps |
| 8:20AM | TT1 - Practice Session 1 - TT/TE Novice Meeting |
| 8:40AM | Time Trials Practice Sessions 1 |
| 10:00AM | TE Group B - Session 1 |
| 10:20AM | TE Group A - Session 1 |
| 10:40AM | Time Trials Practice Sessions 2 |
| 12:20PM | TE Group B - Session 2 |
| 12:40PM | TE Group A - Session 2 |
| 1:10PM | Time Trials Time Attack 1: Sessions |
| 2:50PM | TE Group B - Session 3 |
| 3:10PM | TE Group A - Session 3 |
| 3:40PM | Time Trials Time Attack 1: Sessions |
| 5:20PM | TE Group B - Session 4 |
| 5:40PM | TE Group A - Session 4 |
| 6:00PM | Course Closed - Hagerty Social Dinner Party |
Sunday, March 10th
| 7:00AM | Check-In/Reg/Tech Open |
| 7:30AM | Driver's Briefing |
| 8:00AM | Paced Laps |
| 8:20AM | TT1 - Time Attack 2: Session 1 - TT/TE Novice Meeting |
| 8:40AM | Time Trials Time Attack 2: Sessions |
| 10:00AM | TE Group A & B - Session 1 |
| 10:20AM | Flex Time |
| 10:40AM | Time Trials Time Attack 2: Sessions |
| 12:20PM | TE Group A & B - Session 2 |
| 1:20PM | Lunch - Late Check-In/Tech Closed |
| 1:40PM | Time Trials Time Attack 3: Sessions |
| 3:20PM | TE Group A & B - Session 3 |
| 3:40PM |
Flex Time |
| 4:00PM | Time Trials Time Attack 3: Sessions |
| 5:40PM | TE Group A & B - Session 4 |
| 6:00PM | Course Closed - Koni Podium |
* Times are an approximation (Weather and on-track issues can play havoc with a schedule, and sometimes officials might have to improvise to make sure everyone gets the most out of the event.)
We will be there on August 8th.
Our 2024 Schedule can be found here: https://www.tracknightinamerica.com/articles/2018147-track-night-2024-fun-coming-to-a-track-near-you
Hey Steve, I think with your participation history this might be an opportunity to try Group B which is similar to the Track Night Advanced Group. While point-bys in that group are acceptable anywhere it is still up to the car in front to be comfortable before giving that point-by. At VIR the turn complexes are technical enough and the straightaways long enough that most Advanced drivers, in my opinion, are most comfortable in giving and receiving point-bys in the normal places where you would feel the same. In any case, these Track Event groups are not cemented for you at registration. If you find yourself potentially in the wrong group at the event we can facilitate a change.
Very interested in going to this event as my first track day, however schedule conflicts might prevent me from going. Will there be more VIR TNIA events added later on? I recall last year there was a quite a few more events listed on the calendar than this year. Thanks