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Old 8 Feb 2018, 18:11 (Ref:3799643)   #201
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I hope the series hits 20+ entries in GT3, but other than that, you really cant argue lack of quality this year...

Parente, Keilwitz, Christensen, Vilander, with Daziel, Soucek and Soulet joining for X
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Old 8 Feb 2018, 19:43 (Ref:3799667)   #202
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Keep up to date with all the latest news here:

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Old 8 Feb 2018, 20:33 (Ref:3799686)   #203
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TCR growing in PWC as well http://nasportscar.com/bryan-herta-a...-tcr-campaign/
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Old 10 Feb 2018, 20:11 (Ref:3800350)   #204
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Looks like Jorge De La Torre will be back: https://www.instagram.com/j.delatorre04/
Also appears that Yuki Harata and Alessandro Bressan will be moving up to the GT3 Lamborghini: https://www.instagram.com/p/Be2KtYil...en-by=ale_brex
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Old 14 Feb 2018, 20:54 (Ref:3801371)   #205
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There will be some more GTS entry info released in the near future. That grid is going to be HUGE
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Old 14 Feb 2018, 22:29 (Ref:3801387)   #206
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Vilander in a Ferrari? How'd I miss this? Probably the only upside to Risi not doing a full season in GTLM whereby freeing up Vilander to do this. This ought to be good.
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Old 15 Feb 2018, 22:54 (Ref:3801700)   #207
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Most articles about the Intercontinental GT Challenge refer to Mclaren as a full season Manufacturer...

This might be a little bit of a stretch, but i wonder if that means they have a programme together for PWC after all

http://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/reg...california-8h/
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Old 16 Feb 2018, 15:23 (Ref:3801821)   #208
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Most articles about the Intercontinental GT Challenge refer to Mclaren as a full season Manufacturer...

This might be a little bit of a stretch, but i wonder if that means they have a programme together for PWC after all

http://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/reg...california-8h/
I have not heard any McLaren PWC info other than the stuff posted here. That doesn't mean a team won't have McLaren this season, but I have not heard of anything going on officially
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Old 16 Feb 2018, 16:30 (Ref:3801842)   #209
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I have not heard any McLaren PWC info other than the stuff posted here. That doesn't mean a team won't have McLaren this season, but I have not heard of anything going on officially
Fair enough, just a hypothetical thought really
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Old 22 Feb 2018, 18:32 (Ref:3803236)   #210
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Crowdstrike has come on board as a series sponsor for 2018:
http://world-challenge.com/latest/se...championships/

Also, Parker Chase has revealed the #19 Truspeed livery:

http://world-challenge.com/latest/te...-partners-pwc/
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Old 22 Feb 2018, 18:35 (Ref:3803237)   #211
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The #45 Flying Lizard Audi is in livery:
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Old 27 Feb 2018, 18:11 (Ref:3804368)   #212
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That is a great lineup, and I thought their car last year was gorgeous, hope they don't change the livery too much.
They're testing this week at MSR Houston alongside PFaff and Truspeed;
looks like it's still white/black/green/gold. Appears to have a #24 on the side.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BftZl3zl9Q5/
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They're testing this week at MSR Houston alongside PFaff and Truspeed;
looks like it's still white/black/green/gold. Appears to have a #24 on the side.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BftZl3zl9Q5/
That's still the IMSA windscreen stripe even.

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Old 1 Mar 2018, 01:28 (Ref:3804785)   #214
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Flying Lizard posted a render of the #23 car's livery:
https://twitter.com/FlyingLizard_MS/...75432338034688


KPAX Bentley liveries:
https://twitter.com/DLaw544/status/968575714483163136
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Three cars for GMG in GTS: 2 Audis full season, 1 McLaren Sprint-X.
http://world-challenge.com/latest/te...s-competition/



Also looks like Muellerized has wrapped their XBow:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfv_FR3A...by=nicolai0912
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Old 1 Mar 2018, 01:34 (Ref:3804787)   #215
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Callaway livery reveal is tomorrow:
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Yeah.. About that program
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Oops, although I can't blame them for defending in the series that's made the car famous, announcing 2 cars without having time to build 2 seems a bit amateur.

Hopefully I'll get out to Barber to catch them finally, been years since WC cars were last at Road Atlanta and I saw them.
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Oops, although I can't blame them for defending in the series that's made the car famous, announcing 2 cars without having time to build 2 seems a bit amateur.

Hopefully I'll get out to Barber to catch them finally, been years since WC cars were last at Road Atlanta and I saw them.
They aren't racing at Barber, so maybe VIR is your best bet?
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They aren't racing at Barber, so maybe VIR is your best bet?
For some reason I thought I saw them on the Barber schedule for the Indy weekend. But maybe they just copy-and-paste the schedule each year. Guess that ends my consideration of making the trip south. VIR is out for me, not worth the trip from here.
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Yeah poor Cooper. A big fan of Callaway but one has to wonder when they knew for sure that a second car wouldnt be ready and when they told that to MC. I can understand them wanting to defend their GT Masters title but they really should've left Kielwitz in Germany for that program. Cooper should've been the main pilot for PWC with him knowing all the circuits as opposed to Keilwitz who pretty much has none of that knowledge even if he is a damn good driver.

Yes they're a small company and all but this isnt a good look for them in my eyes
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Yeah poor Cooper. A big fan of Callaway but one has to wonder when they knew for sure that a second car wouldnt be ready and when they told that to MC. I can understand them wanting to defend their GT Masters title but they really should've left Kielwitz in Germany for that program. Cooper should've been the main pilot for PWC with him knowing all the circuits as opposed to Keilwitz who pretty much has none of that knowledge even if he is a damn good driver.

Yes they're a small company and all but this isnt a good look for them in my eyes
Seeing the livery of the Callaway car, I think it is more a budget question. Just a big Callaway sticker, no other major backers are secured at all.

I agree, if they couldn't bring a second car, whatever the reason is, they better could put Cooper behind the wheel as he is more known in the USA than Keilwitz plus he knows the tracks well. About Keilwitz capabilities, I think he is a good driver, but i think he is not a Vilander or something (yet).

Strange that Valvoline not want to back their usa campain, or their 2016 backer Whelen. The can build fast championship winning cars, but marketing seems a bit of a weak point for them.
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Seeing the livery of the Callaway car, I think it is more a budget question. Just a big Callaway sticker, no other major backers are secured at all.

I agree, if they couldn't bring a second car, whatever the reason is, they better could put Cooper behind the wheel as he is more known in the USA than Keilwitz plus he knows the tracks well. About Keilwitz capabilities, I think he is a good driver, but i think he is not a Vilander or something (yet).

Strange that Valvoline not want to back their usa campain, or their 2016 backer Whelen. The can build fast championship winning cars, but marketing seems a bit of a weak point for them.
Maybe the Valvoline money is from their German branch so we only see their support in GT Masters and nowhere else. I understand they're a small team but to only realise that they wont have a car for Cooper so close to the season opener is pretty disorganised. Its not a good look.

Anyone know what Realtime are up to this year?
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GT3 entry is down for sure. I think in North America specifically, GT3 numbers in both PWC and IMSA are getting hurt by the popularity of GT4. PWC GTS and CTSCC are strong at the moment as an inverse.

It seems in europe GT3 is hanging in there pretty darn good still with Blancpain and ADAC doing very strong. Even IGT Open is still going to grid above 20 cars in 2018 despite losing McLaren and Lexus.
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Sportscar365 has a nice article written by Dr. Preston Calvert detailing the SRO homologation process.

http://sportscar365.com/features/com...t-paul-ricard/
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GT3 entry is down for sure. I think in North America specifically, GT3 numbers in both PWC and IMSA are getting hurt by the popularity of GT4. PWC GTS and CTSCC are strong at the moment as an inverse.

It seems in europe GT3 is hanging in there pretty darn good still with Blancpain and ADAC doing very strong. Even IGT Open is still going to grid above 20 cars in 2018 despite losing McLaren and Lexus.
Budgets are too high here. If PWC wants strong GT3 fields again, they need to reduce the schedule, get back on more Indycar weekends, seriously look at combining GT with GTS and decide to either be Sprint or SprintX, not both
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