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1 Apr 2017, 00:45 (Ref:3722933) | #1 | ||
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2017 Pirelli World Challenge Round 3: Long Beach
Pirelli World Challenge's GT and GTA teams hit the streets of Long Beach next week, with 23 cars on the initial entry.
Patrick Long heads into Round 3 with a slim two-point lead over defending series champion and last year's winner at Long Beach, Alvaro Parente. Johnny O'Connell is only two points further back and will be hungry for the top step of the podium after losing out to a technical infraction last year. After his stellar run at St. Pete, Alec Udell has been reclassified as a GT driver. No really big surprises on the entry, other than the continued absence of Always Evolving's Nissan GT-R. Schedule Entry List Live Stream (World Challenge site) Live Stream (motortrendondemand.com) Timing and Scoring Track Map Weather (racecastweather.com) Weather (National Weather Service) Series Twitter Account |
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2 Apr 2017, 15:35 (Ref:3723299) | #2 | |
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A bit disappointing that James Davison is not on the entry list, after such a great run at St. Pete. Twenty three cars is a good number of entries for Long Beach though. Hopefully we'll get a good clean race.
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I don't think you'll need streaming links this weekend
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Oh well, IMSA is the better quality championship racing this weekend anyway
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Any guesses as to whether Dime Racing will A) Show up at all, B) Have a Mercedes AMG GT3 that they said was coming last year and C) Have Jonathan Summerton or Frankie Montecalvo (yes I'm aware that he is also driving in the GTS class this year) driving for them this year?
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Yes the latest entry list does list Jonathan Summerton, and the car is a Lamborghini Huracan GT3, which, if it appears, would be the debut of this model in the series! But you are apparently seeing another entry list where the entry has disappeared! Doesn't surprise me!
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Well, at least it looks like they're going to have good weather for it.
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I took a pic of the car today, and it's still in it's carbon-finish as delivered. They only received the car on Monday! I don't know how to post the pic however. I can forward it to anyone who wants to post it!
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8 Apr 2017, 01:22 (Ref:3724483) | #14 | ||
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Ryan Dalziel and CRP Racing led Practice 1 with a 1:18.994. Good to see some speed from their Mercedes after the rough races at St. Pete.
Long, Parente, Sellers and O'Connell were 2-5. http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2017/171406fp1pwg.pdf http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...at-long-beach/ |
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Alvaro Parente bettered his own lap record from last year to take pole. Pat Long, Bryan Sellers, Daniel Mancinelli, Alex Riberas, Ryan Dalziel, Pierre Kaffer, Alec Udell, Michael Cooper and Peter Kox fill out the rest of the top 10.
Sounds like there may have been some driving antics during the session. http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2017/171406qu1pwg.pdf http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...-track-record/ Also, Adderly Fong's Bentley will not take part in the race due to suspension damage from Practice 2. |
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Here's the results. Sorry Mr. Hedlund, that's how they made 'em.
Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Long Beach Presented by Optima Batteries Round 3 GT/GTA Race Results. Pos., PIC, Class, Name, Hometown, Car, Laps, Status 1, 1, GT, Alvaro PARENTE, Porto, Portugal, McLaren 650S,31, Running 2, 2, GT, Patrick LONG, Manhattan Beach, CA, Porsche GT3R,31, Running 3, 3, GT, Bryan SELLERS, Braselton, GA, McLaren 650S,31, Running 4, 4, GT, Daniel MANCINELLI, Italy, Ferrari 488 GT3,31, Running 5, 5, GT, Alex RIBERAS, Barcelona, Spain, Ferrari 488 GT3,31, Running 6, 6, GT, Ryan DALZIEL, Windermere, FL, Mercedes AMG,31, Running 7, 7, GT, Alec UDELL, The Woodlands, TX, Porsche GT3R,31, Running 8, 8, GT, Pierre KAFFER, Germany, Audi R8 LMS,31, Running 9, 9, GT, Jon FOGARTY, Bend, OR, Porsche GT3R,31, Running 10, 1, GTA, James SOFRONAS, Villa Park, CA, Porsche GT3R,31, Running 11, 10, GT, Ryan EVERSLEY, Atlanta, GA, Acura NSX GT3,31, Running 12, 11, GT, Jonathan SUMMERTON, Redwood City, CA, Lamborghini Huracan GT3,31, Running 13, 12, GT, Peter KOX, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Acura NSX GT3,31, Running 14, 13, GT, Michael COOPER, Syosset, NY, Cadillac ATS-V.R,31,Running 15, 2, GTA, Michael SCHEIN, Glen Cove, NY, Porsche GT3R,31, Running 16, 3, GTA, John POTTER, Salt Lake City, UT, Audi R8 LMS,31, Running 17, 4, GTA, Yufeng LUO, Arcadia, CA, Bentley Continental GT3,31, Running 18, 5, GTA, Pablo Perez COMPANC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mercedes AMG GT3,31, Running 19, 6, GTA, Jorge DE LA TORRE, McAllen, TX, Aston Martin Vantage GT3,31, Running 20, 14, GT, Johnny O’CONNELL, Flowery Branch, GA, Cadillac ATS-V.R,31, Running 21, 7, GTA, Tim PAPPAS, Boston, MA, Mercedes Benz AMG GT3,28, Not Running 22, 8, GTA, Mike HEDLUND, Redwood City, CA, McLaren 650S,16, Not Running |
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It was quite a race to follow on Twitter. There was a sizable period of FCY/red flag for a river of water on track, caused apparently by someone outside the circuit clobbering a fire hydrant. PWC actually recovered from it pretty well, they added 15 minutes to the race duration and wound up with 48 minutes of race time.
Parente and Long are both starting the season really strong. Solid runs from Sellers, Mancinelli, Riberas and Dalziel too. Tough race for the Cadillac guys. |
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12 Apr 2017, 16:46 (Ref:3725893) | #19 | |
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SC365 debriefs from Alec Udell and Johnny O.
http://sportscar365.com/features/com...beach-debrief/ http://sportscar365.com/features/com...ach-debrief-4/ Good reads. |
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