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(Words and Photos by David Whealon) Well we\u2019re back to the rolling hills of the southern Virginia countryside at one of the most beautiful and award winning road racing courses in the USA, Virginia International Raceway (VIR) in Alton, Va. This event marks the ninth consecutive running of America\u2019s world class sports car racing series […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1033556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1229,1219,1233,1663,1217,1657,4,5],"tags":[2444,3774,3773,3775,1107],"class_list":["post-1033555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangshiftapex-event-coverage","category-bangshiftapex-gallery","category-bangshiftapex-spotlight","category-autocross-pro-touring","category-bangshiftapex","category-bangshift-galleries","category-event-coverage","category-gallery","tag-david-whealon","tag-imsa-michelin-gt-challenge","tag-imsa-racing","tag-sports-car-road-racing","tag-spotlight"],"yoast_head":"\n