ALTON, Va. — VIRginia Int’l Raceway continues its long history with the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli Sept. 25-27 with a unique doubleheader for the Heacock Classic Gold Cup. The 1966 event was Trans Am’s last visit to VIR until 2002, when Boris Said won in a Ford Mustang to wrap up the TA title with his fifth straight victory – and eighth of the season. “That was the 100th win for the Ford Mustang in Trans Am. I remember that the guy who won that first race in a Mustang was there for the race.”. Yeager, who gave Ford its first two victories in Trans Am with Johnson at Mid-America and VIR in 1966, was the Grand Marshal for Trans Am’s return in 2002. Seventeen years later, Said returned to VIR and won the 2019 Trans Am 100-mile feature.

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