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World Challenge needs a few marquee events. I like watching it, but I'm never looking forward to a World Challenge race weekend like I do for ALMS or enduro races from other series. I would never travel for a World Challenge race like I would for ALMS / F1 / WEC.
It feels to much like a "B" series, like Continental Tire Series, Indy Lights, Ferrari Challenge, Lambo Trofeo, Porsche Cup... I'm disapointed in myself since they have an awesome line up / variety of cars & full steaming of all their races. |
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That's because it is a B series.
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http://www.endurance-info.com/en/rei...urn-und-taxis/
Reiter Engineering to enter two Lamborghini Gallardo FL2s with Tomas Enge in GT and Albert von Thurn und Taxis in GT-A |
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Mr Kirkcaldy has apparently confirmed two McLarens for the series too, anyone know who's running them?
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No idea but here´s the quote from Dagys´ report:
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K-Pax sounds pausible, too bad the Volvos are leaving that way but the McLarens make a great addition.
It´s gonna be stellar entrylist this way! The more I think of it, the more sense the decision to let full FIA GT3 cars in is starting to make. With the connection to Pirelli both in the US and in Europe, an endurance race spin off at the end of the season would be great - an invitation race over 500k/max. 3 hours for both WC GT/GTS and TUSC GTD cars, set up like the regural Blancpain Endurance Series races with Pro, Pro-Am and Gentelmen Trophy divisions. To be held in late October, Sebring would be nice (Mid-Ohio comes to mind too but not sure about the weather conditions at that time-o-year). One can always dream... |
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Actually, you could already build some fantastically expensive cars under the WC rules. The ACS Mustangs from some years ago were suppossed to have cost well North of $1000000. Also the first-gen Caddy CTS-V was at the time the most complex car ever build by P&M and apparently more expensive than the contemporary C5.R.
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Reiter in with a couple of Lambos. I think this is pretty big news for the series.
Also looking forward to K-Pax announcing their cars soon. http://www.racer.com/index.php/2014-...rghini-program |
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3 according to this.
http://www.dailysportscar.com/?p=22859 The PWC grid is going to be quite the car show. The grid last year was impressive but it is taking another big step forward for 2014. |
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According to the official website, there's 64 grand tourers and 28 touring cars!
o- 19 in GT o- 9 in GT-A o- 36 in GTS o- 10 in TC o- 2 in TCA o- 16 in TCB |
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GTS is touring cars though.
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GTS has plenty of Mustangs and Camaros. GT had the Volvo S60. You know
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K-Pax running 2 McLaren MP4-12C's:
http://sportscar365.com/gt/world-cha...4-12cs-in-pwc/ 2014 will be some damn good racing. -mike |
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Bam, that's awesome.
Any word on where Pobst is ending up? |
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"The McLaren MP4-12C GT3 made its competitive debut in multiple European race series in 2012, winning 19 times in 98 starts. In 2013, the car accounted for 22 victories in 101 races – a staggering winning percentage of more than 22 percent."
My favorite part of the article...how is 22 of 101 more than 22%? Or if added together, 41 of 199? Baffling... |
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