# VIR map: Oak Tree and Climbing Esses The Full Course at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, is 3.27 miles long with 17 turns. The track is near Danville and less than half a mile from the North Carolina line. It hosts pro and amateur car and motorcycle racing, schools, and club days. ## Facts - Location: Alton, Virginia. 1245 Pine Tree Rd., Alton, VA 24520. - Opened: August 3, 1957. It closed in 1974 and reopened in March 2000. - Length: 3.27 mi (5.262 km) on the Full Course. - Turns: 17 on the Full Course. - Direction: Clockwise. - Other configurations: Wikipedia lists the Grand East Course at 4.2 miles with 25 turns and the Grand West Course at 4.1 miles. - Major series: IMSA, Trans-Am, and MotoAmerica. - Official site: virnow.com - Lap record: Lucas Luhr, 1:36.112, in 2012. LMP1, on the Full Course. - Sticker: A single is $6.99 and a five-pack is $32.99. ## Questions ### How long is VIR? 3.27 miles (5.262 km) on the Full Course, the layout on the sticker. ### How many turns does VIR have? 17 turns on the Full Course. ### Which way does VIR run? Clockwise. ### What races are held at VIR? IMSA, Trans-Am, and MotoAmerica race there. ### Can I drive my own car at VIR? Yes. VIR's getting on track page lists car clubs, racing schools, and HPDE groups that run there. ### What is the lap record at VIR? 1:36.112, set by Lucas Luhr in 2012 in an LMP1 car on the Full Course. ### What are the named corners at VIR? Turns 7 through 9 are the Climbing Esses, Turn 10 is South Bend, Turn 11 is Oak Tree, and Turn 14 is the Roller Coaster. ## The Full Course The Full Course is VIR's most common configuration: 3.27 miles and 17 turns. The Climbing Esses at Turns 7 through 9 are taken at high speed off a straight. South Bend at Turn 10 is a blind left that drops downhill. Oak Tree at Turn 11 is one of the best known corners on the property. Wikipedia describes the Roller Coaster at Turn 14 as a scaled-down mirror image of the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca. Our VIR outline is the Full Course, checked against the Wikimedia Commons map. This is the layout on [the VIR outline sticker](https://www.trackoutline.com/tracks/virginia-international-raceway). ## History VIR opened on August 3, 1957. Carroll Shelby won the feature race that first weekend in a Maserati 450S. The track closed in 1974 and reopened in March 2000 under Harvey Siegel and Connie Nyholm, who ran it on a membership, country club model that other tracks have since followed. The Rolex Sports Car Series used the Full Course from 2002 through 2011, and the American Le Mans Series raced there in 2012. ## The VIR sticker [See the VIR sticker](https://www.trackoutline.com/tracks/virginia-international-raceway) One sticker is about $12.28 with US shipping. The five-pack ships free, $6.60 a sticker. - 4 inch single: https://291rxa-mt.myshopify.com/cart/67705126224171:1?utm_source=trackoutline&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=buy&utm_content=virginia-international-raceway-single&attributes%5B_to_fp%5D=to-067-agent-md-cart-attr-20261030&attributes%5B_to_ref%5D=agent-md.guides.virginia-international-raceway - Five-pack: https://291rxa-mt.myshopify.com/cart/67705128288555:1?utm_source=trackoutline&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=buy&utm_content=virginia-international-raceway-5pack&attributes%5B_to_fp%5D=to-067-agent-md-cart-attr-20261030&attributes%5B_to_ref%5D=agent-md.guides.virginia-international-raceway ## Nearby and similar tracks - [Daytona road track guide](https://www.trackoutline.com/guides/daytona-international-speedway-road-course): Daytona Beach, FL · 3.56 mi - [Sebring track guide](https://www.trackoutline.com/guides/sebring-international-raceway): Sebring, FL · 3.74 mi - [Road Atlanta track guide](https://www.trackoutline.com/guides/road-atlanta): Braselton, GA · 2.54 mi [Compare all 20 US road courses](https://www.trackoutline.com/guides/us-road-courses-compared) ## Sources - [Wikipedia: Virginia International Raceway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_International_Raceway) - [Wikimedia Commons Full Course map](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_International_Raceway_-_Full_Course.svg) - [IMSA VIR supplementary regulations, 2026](https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2026/08/12/2026-IMSA-Official-Schedule-and-SR-VIR-081226-1.pdf) - [VIR: getting on track](https://virnow.com/getting-on-track/) - [Virginia International Raceway](https://www.virnow.com/) - [TrackOutline price](https://www.trackoutline.com/tracks/virginia-international-raceway) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q847633) - HTML: https://www.trackoutline.com/guides/virginia-international-raceway - Track page: https://www.trackoutline.com/tracks/virginia-international-raceway - Markdown: https://www.trackoutline.com/guides/virginia-international-raceway.md