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US GT Enduro round at CotA (run in conjunction between SRO and PWC) now to be set for 6 hours (or 5 or whatever Ratel feels like when he wakes up tomorrow...):
http://www.racer.com/latest-stories/...ix-hour-format Not sure if a 6 hours race just 2 weeks before Sebring will attract some (much needed?) IMSA teams. 30 cars for an inaugural endurance GT only race in the US sounds a bit too optimistic to me (and besides, at CotA, it will look rather empty anyway). |
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8 Oct 2015, 13:39 (Ref:3580517) | #578 | |
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Good enough. Thanks.
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8 Oct 2015, 15:17 (Ref:3580531) | #579 | |
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Goldcrest M'sport to concentrate on Continental Challenge next year, wonder where that'll leave Baldwin's GTsport racing (GTS)?
http://sportscar365.com/imsa/ctscc/g...eries-in-2016/ |
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8 Oct 2015, 22:56 (Ref:3580607) | #580 | |
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A 6hours races at COTA, yawn...
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GMG has purchased a Porsche 911 GT3-R for 2016:
http://sportscar365.com/gt/world-cha...t3-r-for-2016/ Article and the GMG press release mention contesting GT and GTA with Porsche, so maybe they're actually buying more than one? Last edited by Mechanic Z; 10 Oct 2015 at 00:10. |
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Maybe they are trying to count on these 2-3 car PWC teams to combine drivers and resources into a single car entry to run the enduro. Such as an O'Connell/Pilgrim Cadillac entry or a Dyson/G Smith Bentley.
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10 Oct 2015, 16:05 (Ref:3581098) | #583 | |
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I think this is a really cool tribute from Mclaren.
"Mclaren celebrates 50 year anniversary of the can-am with limited run 650s-can-am." http://www.racer.com/more/historic/i...un-650s-can-am K-Pax/Flying Lizard should run one of their cars (third car?) in this livery next season. |
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Although I hope we get at least one of the new Audis next season. Perhaps CRP will continue with the R8. |
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12 Oct 2015, 18:30 (Ref:3582235) | #585 | |
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The Viper is one of the few "rare" GT3 cars around, so losing one of the only ones running anywhere in the world for a Porsche that we will surely see tons of is a negative in my book. |
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Here are the success rates for standing starts vs rolling starts for the entire GT/GTA season http://nasportscar.com/the-standing-...ng-the-season/
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17 Oct 2015, 16:27 (Ref:3583583) | #589 | |
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http://sportscar365.com/gt/world-cha...r-2016-launch/
Good news! I hope that Road America will be one of the venues for sprintX, despite sharing the weekend with the INDYCAR series. Two extra GT3 races would really add a lot to the weekend. |
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That's interesting, I never heard any numbers for attendance..I was there and there was a decent crowd, but I wouldn't have thought even 1,000 were there. Where did you see that?
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There were way more people there than I think anyone had planned on. |
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For a test, I was very pleased and I think the PWC/Indycar weekend next June will be the largest crowd I've ever experienced at Road America..Going to be a great weekend.
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Yep, and it'll be another weekend that will make Bruggenthies look like the patron saint of motorsports, when in reality, he's a buffoon.
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18 Oct 2015, 22:28 (Ref:3583970) | #597 | |
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On shared weekends with Indycar where also all the 'Road to Indy' series are present there'll be hardly any gap in the schedule to add 2 one hour races + qualy + practice I would think.
The Laguna Seca finale weekend might be different - assuming it will be once again a shared weekend with the 'Road to Indy' series - because Indycar won't be there. I'd expect 5 events for Sprint X/Blancpain US sprint series (in bold): 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 — TBA September 16-18 — Sonoma Raceway October — Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca |
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18 Oct 2015, 23:42 (Ref:3583985) | #598 | |
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I still don't see the point of SprintX.
The difference between a regular race and this is two drivers instead of one, a tire change, and 10 minutes.. Is that type of Blancpain sprint GT racing format really popular around the world? Maybe if it was 100miles or better yet 200miles then sure that would be a good idea. But right now it's too similar to the regular races that PWC already does. |
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A series shouldn't really have a two drivers setup unless it has enduros in its schedule. It just sounds like some Pro-Am gimmick.
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