“The Lightning Lap on VIR’s Grand Course is the closest thing to Nordscheife ‘Ring’ benchmark in Germany!” — Car and Driver Magazine
“One of the Top 6 Road Courses in the U.S.A” – Car and Driver Magazine
“If there is a heaven on earth, it is VIR” — Paul Newman
“It’s just a great track… it doesn’t get any better!” — Boris Said
“It’s a really beautiful track. Really beautiful part of the country. Very challenging. It’s a very fast track.” — Patrick Dempsey, Grand-Am Racer
“I think this is the most interesting and fun race track that’s been built in this country.” — Carroll Shelby
“Truly one of the world’s best race courses!” — Chris Economaki
“VIR is one of the highest speed tracks we test at in the US. It has many configurations that provide the turn combinations and speeds required to fully test our powertrains to the extreme limit.” — Luke Sewell – Energy/Powertrain Integration – Performance Car – General Motors
“The combination of high-speed aerodynamic turns and low-speed finesse turns at VIR provide a very complete package when you’re tuning a car. VIR is without question my favorite racetrack in the country with facilities that are second to none.”— Jim Mero – Corvette Suspension Vehicle Dynamics – General Motors
“I love driving VIR’s different configurations, with a track surface that has consistent grip levels and is so well maintained. VIR offers the greatest challenge for man and machine in North America.” — Aaron Link – Vehicle Dynamics Engineer, 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 – General Motors