Pirelli World Challenge - Page 22

HighParker · 25 Aug 2015, 12:53 (Ref:3568598)

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Originally Posted by rwintle

WOOHOO!!! I missed this when first posted but this makes me happy.

In other (slightly related) news - no Trans Am at Mosport/CTMP this year. Too bad, I do enjoy that series. But I'll happily trade it for PWC GT. The first race weekend of the year at CTMP just got better.

If PWC GT will be at Lime Rock on U.S. Memorial Day weekend and Detroit a week later in 2016, I'm going to guess they won't be at Mosport the preceding week, as it would result in three consecutive weekends. If so, I hope they can arrange to headline their own event there later in the year.

nasportscar · 28 Aug 2015, 14:17 (Ref:3569367)

Motorsports Veracity dug into the McLaren withdrawal from the PWC Miller rounds and how turbos compare to naturally aspirated cars through this season so far http://nasportscar.com/msv-digging-i...bop-situation/

nasportscar · 3 Sep 2015, 14:22 (Ref:3571044)

Here's a quick look into what it will take for Olivier Beretta to win the championship over Johnny O at Laguna next weekend http://nasportscar.com/it-all-comes-...a-vs-oconnell/

schmidder · 3 Sep 2015, 18:21 (Ref:3571130)

Why not schedule two races for the finale weekend??? Seems so silly to cram 2 into sonoma with indy car and not do 2 at laguna on a stand alone weekend??

Lagunaseca_4life · 4 Sep 2015, 01:35 (Ref:3571253)

I know I question that too,surprised and kind of let down its only one race on Sunday since I thought it would be two and planned the weekend around it.bummer.

Coach Ep · 4 Sep 2015, 14:14 (Ref:3571347)

PWC finale weekend at Laguna is just another shared weekend with Indycar with the exception of the Indycars not being present - the full ladder to Indy is there, all of three series (USF2000, Pro Mazda and Indy Lights) having 2 races over the weekend each.

PWC has 1 GT(A)+Cup race, 1 GTS race and 3 TC races.

All that makes for a pretty full schedule.

Agreed, 2 GT(A) races (not necessarily with Cup) at the finale would have made more sense. Something to improve for next year then!

nasportscar · 5 Sep 2015, 15:16 (Ref:3571553)

Hinted a while back, now it's official...nice http://sportscar365.com/gt/world-cha...s-next-season/

**joeb** · 6 Sep 2015, 12:55 (Ref:3571843)

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Originally Posted by nasportscar

Hinted a while back, now it's official...nice http://sportscar365.com/gt/world-cha...s-next-season/

Nice! What a different looking car compared to the Mustangs and Cameros they will be competing against!

TRspitfirefan · 9 Sep 2015, 22:54 (Ref:3572805)

http://blog.effortracing.com/2015/09...-cars-in-2016/
Effort will be back in PWC next year with two new Porsches!

**joeb** · 10 Sep 2015, 01:41 (Ref:3572844)

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Originally Posted by TRspitfirefan

http://blog.effortracing.com/2015/09...-cars-in-2016/
Effort will be back in PWC next year with two new Porsches!

Good to see them continuing with Porsche.

Rodger Davies · 10 Sep 2015, 21:06 (Ref:3573002)

Laguna has begun......

......and it's still impossible to find the Sonoma races online.

I have been actively avoiding the series for nearly two weeks now in efforts to avoid spoilers. Enjoy that sponsors (although fully aware I'm not your key demographic!)...

Also, seems like something is brewing BoP-wise according to JD's Twitter feed.

Regardless, looking forward to watching the weekend races at whatever time they're on. The series has certainly made its own set of road bumps this year, but there's some great racing and a quality grid in there - combine it with a circuit like Laguna and I'm stoked.

Coach Ep · 10 Sep 2015, 21:13 (Ref:3573005)

Any signs about next year's schedule?

Rodger Davies · 10 Sep 2015, 21:24 (Ref:3573007)

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Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

......and it's still impossible to find the Sonoma races online.

I lie, it's appeared today. Well there goes my night...

nasportscar · 11 Sep 2015, 13:37 (Ref:3573169)

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Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Any signs about next year's schedule?

Full schedule should be out soon...Lime Rock is back and potentially a new addition

DeezPutz · 11 Sep 2015, 18:50 (Ref:3573232)

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Originally Posted by nasportscar

Full schedule should be out soon...Lime Rock is back and potentially a new addition

They need to do more standalone events. Nothing says professional racing like renting a track and no one coming.

Mechanic Z · 14 Sep 2015, 03:03 (Ref:3573711)

Big news: Bove out at PWC.
http://sportscar365.com/gt/world-cha...president-ceo/
This is interesting...

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"While Gill takes temporary control of PWC, there appears to be a number of strong candidates in position for Bove’s replacement.
Of note, former IndyCar president of competition and operations Derrick Walker was at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, and spent time as a guest of WC Vision."

TRspitfirefan · 14 Sep 2015, 12:09 (Ref:3573787)

http://www.racer.com/pwc/item/121430...ove-out-as-ceo
2016 schedule released!

2016 Pirelli World Challenge Schedule
March 3-6 Circuit of the Americas
March 11-13 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
April 15-17 Grand Prix of Long Beach
April 22-24 Barber Motorsport Park
May 19-22 Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
May 27-28 Lime Rock Park
June 23-26 Road America
July 29-30 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
August To Be Announced
September 16-18 Sonoma Raceway
October Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

Coach Ep · 14 Sep 2015, 12:38 (Ref:3573792)

Venues are (almost all) great ones but 3 back-to-back events is a bit much and Detroit seems to be missing so far (although things have changed before).

And no word on the Sprint X thingy, is it still alive?

The resignation of Bove is a surprise and shows that PWC acknowledges their issues are growing above (haha, pun intended

) their head.

nasportscar · 14 Sep 2015, 13:16 (Ref:3573800)

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Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Venues are (almost all) great ones but 3 back-to-back events is a bit much and Detroit seems to be missing so far (although things have changed before).

And no word on the Sprint X thingy, is it still alive?

The resignation of Bove is a surprise and shows that PWC acknowledges their issues are growing above (haha, pun intended

) their head.

Miller is a possibility for the TBA

according to Greg, Sprint X is still coming.

not commenting on the last part

Coach Ep · 14 Sep 2015, 14:22 (Ref:3573811)

Greg Creamer?

nasportscar · 14 Sep 2015, 22:49 (Ref:3573908)

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Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Greg Creamer?

Sorry, Greg Gill

TRspitfirefan · 17 Sep 2015, 16:08 (Ref:3574424)

"Weistec Engineering Set To Race Two AMG GT3 Cars in 2016 Pirelli World Challenge Series."
http://www.world-challenge.com/index...allenge-series
Very cool!

nasportscar · 18 Sep 2015, 15:22 (Ref:3574630)

Mike Skeen write a quick blog about his 2015 season and what he looks forward to w/ 2016 http://nasportscar.com/behind-the-wh...rward-to-2016/

NaBUru38 · 18 Sep 2015, 17:23 (Ref:3574659)

Some history:

http://www.world-challenge.com/news/...committee.html
http://www.world-challenge.com/news/...agreement.html
http://www.world-challenge.com/news/...-wcvision.html
http://www.world-challenge.com/news/...relations.html

So, back to the future:

http://www.racer.com/more/viewpoints...orld-challenge

TRspitfirefan · 19 Sep 2015, 17:18 (Ref:3574955)

http://www.racer.com/international-r...eries-launched
This could be pretty cool!

Also of interest, it appears the top three PWC teams still get to race at Zandvoort.

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The Austin race is part of a link-up between SRO and the PWC, which will begin in October when the top three from the U.S. GT3 series are scheduled to take part in the Blancpain Sprint Series finale at Zandvoort.

The top three in drivers points are Johnny O, Beretta and Ryan Dalziel. It would be cool to see the Cadillac race in Europe. Also if Effort Racing were to make the trip, it would mean that we get to see the old 997 Porsche race one more time.

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