Virginia might be for lovers, but July 6-8, 2012 it was for lovers of high-performance sportscars as the North American Road Racing Association took to the twists and turns of Virginia International Raceway.

As the temperature soared so did the on-track action, no more so than in the US GT Championship where heated battles led to a fiery finish. Meanwhile rivals Vette and Viper, STi and Evo, battled it out in the Whelen USTTC.

We talk to racing couple Jim and Kathy Stout about racing and their Coastal Pet Products ‘crash test dog’, hear from SRT celebrity drivers Tommy Kendall and Shane Lewis, and find out why one of our own, Sonny Whelen, decided to hang up the helmet to begin a race of a different kind.