When Carroll Shelby's Maserati hit the checkered flag on a hot summer day in 1957, a new era of road course racing exploded onto the American scene. Joined by the likes of Roger Penske, Mark Donahue, and many others, the excitement seemed as if it would never end, But it did end --- in 1974.
Destiny. though, had other plans for VIR, and "VIR Reborn" tells that story --- and along with it, the story of North American road course racing. Legends like Skip Barber, Hurley Haywood, Brian Redman, and the incomparable Richard Petty, regale their war stories from VIR, with the likes of Patrick Dempsey and Marco Andretti providing an in-depth analysis of the mindset of the road course racer!
"If there is a heaven on Earth it’s VIR.” - Paul Newman
