Pirelli World Challenge - Page 8

carbsmith · 24 Dec 2014, 00:13 (Ref:3487538)

Do people not understand World Challenge has been around for 25 years (with multiple booms and busts) and doing standing starts for 14? Treating it like Blancpain Sprint America is ignorant and insulting.

The street courses are far more risky and expensive than standing starts.

Most Porsche Cup series use standing starts by the way, so that's only about a truckload of GT series right there. Super GT did standing starts for their non-points sprint races, which meant not just GT3s but basically LMP1 drivelines doing them twice in one day.

rich07 · 24 Dec 2014, 03:55 (Ref:3487577)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Confirmation of Scuderia Corse's participation: 3 cars including one part-time for 10/10s 'own' Mike Hedlund!

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...or-pwc-season/

Care to inform us which rounds you'll be contesting Mike?

Great to hear Mikes returning!!

That was a great drive at Sonoma this year, hope 2015 is even more enjoyable for you Mr Hedlund

I hope you're retaining the black and yellow livery Mike cause that looked mean as anything.

pach233 · 24 Dec 2014, 04:56 (Ref:3487586)

Great to see so many confirmations recently for the series with LG, Scuderia Corsa and Dragonspeed, Gainsco. Some of the more interesting open questions for the rest of the off season in my mind are:

1. Will the Andretti Nissan program happen? I think it'd be huge for the series and for the Nissan GT academy program in the States. Would love to see it.

2. What is the R. Ferri team doing for 2015? No confirmation of a program yet and Mancuso stopped after Toronto. Lazzarro was strong all season and I'd hate to lose those beautiful red Ferraris.

3. Who will drive for KPAX/Flying Lizard? Thorne was getting stronger at the end of the season and Figge's been with KPAX for a while. Will we see them return or will we see some Flying Lizard regulars in the cars?

4. How much of the season can Dalziel run for EFFORT? Would have been a title front runner had he run the full season without a doubt. Will his ESM duties pull him away from a full year?

5. Who is the "big name" driving for Turner? If it's somebody like Dane Cameron, I expect that car near the front all season.

6. Mike Skeen plans? Awesome to see him develop over the years in PWC but seems to be eyeing more endurance racing drives.

Field seems like it's going to be pretty amazing. Going to be tougher for Johnny O' to bring in number 4 in a row.

Mike Hedlund · 24 Dec 2014, 06:54 (Ref:3487598)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Confirmation of Scuderia Corse's participation: 3 cars including one part-time for 10/10s 'own' Mike Hedlund!

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...or-pwc-season/

Care to inform us which rounds you'll be contesting Mike?

Thanks! Current plan is to be at COTA, St. Pete, Long Beach, (maybe) Barber, Mosport, then Sonoma and Laguna Seca.

Hope to see some of you at the track!

-mike

Mike Hedlund · 24 Dec 2014, 06:57 (Ref:3487599)

Quote:

Originally Posted by rich07

Great to hear Mikes returning!!

That was a great drive at Sonoma this year, hope 2015 is even more enjoyable for you Mr Hedlund

I hope you're retaining the black and yellow livery Mike cause that looked mean as anything.

Thanks Rich! It's a little too early to tell if the car will stay black/yellow or if we'll all run the same livery. I told them I didn't care as long as it's fast... :-)

-mike

nasportscar · 24 Dec 2014, 13:00 (Ref:3487672)

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Originally Posted by pach233

Great to see so many confirmations recently for the series with LG, Scuderia Corsa and Dragonspeed, Gainsco. Some of the more interesting open questions for the rest of the off season in my mind are:

1. Will the Andretti Nissan program happen? I think it'd be huge for the series and for the Nissan GT academy program in the States. Would love to see it.

2. What is the R. Ferri team doing for 2015? No confirmation of a program yet and Mancuso stopped after Toronto. Lazzarro was strong all season and I'd hate to lose those beautiful red Ferraris.

3. Who will drive for KPAX/Flying Lizard? Thorne was getting stronger at the end of the season and Figge's been with KPAX for a while. Will we see them return or will we see some Flying Lizard regulars in the cars?

4. How much of the season can Dalziel run for EFFORT? Would have been a title front runner had he run the full season without a doubt. Will his ESM duties pull him away from a full year?

5. Who is the "big name" driving for Turner? If it's somebody like Dane Cameron, I expect that car near the front all season.

6. Mike Skeen plans? Awesome to see him develop over the years in PWC but seems to be eyeing more endurance racing drives.

Field seems like it's going to be pretty amazing. Going to be tougher for Johnny O' to bring in number 4 in a row.

1) I think it will happen, but maybe not by the season open by CoTA. The program sounds positive at this point

2) Will most likely be back with at least 1 car, hopefully 2. As far as I know, Lazzarro will be behind wheel.

3) Still TBD, but I've heard Canache could be there. I would love to see Thorne back b/c of the improvement he had as the season went on. I'd also like to see Figge back, but I'm not confident in that.

4) He should get most of hte season. TUSC at Watkins Glen will put him in the ESM while PWC is at Road America, but I think that's the only conflict.

5) It's good

6) Sounds like it will be between him and Alex Lloyd for the CRP seat

pach233 · 24 Dec 2014, 14:17 (Ref:3487688)

Thanks for the response nasportscar, very informative. Looking forward to seeing it all play out.

Coach Ep · 24 Dec 2014, 16:34 (Ref:3487715)

Re Kpax/Flying Lizards: are the McLarens new cars or updated ones from the current McLaren? Different articles reported different outcomes on it.

If brand new it will leave the prospect of the 2 older cars being entered as well (or somewhere else?). Unless they get sold/leased out of course.

Also of interest are FL's two Audis - as of now only entered in TUSC for Daytona. After that???

Mechanic Z · 24 Dec 2014, 18:12 (Ref:3487732)

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Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Re Kpax/Flying Lizards: are the McLarens new cars or updated ones from the current McLaren? Different articles reported different outcomes on it.

If brand new it will leave the prospect of the 2 older cars being entered as well (or somewhere else?). Unless they get sold/leased out of course.

They're getting brand new cars, but they have moved the old ones to the Lizard shop:

https://twitter.com/FlyingLizard_MS/...05267548389377

Whether we can read anything into that, or whether they're just using them to get the team used to the cars, remains to be seen.

Quote:

Also of interest are FL's two Audis - as of now only entered in TUSC for Daytona. After that???

So far only Daytona.

nasportscar · 24 Dec 2014, 18:37 (Ref:3487735)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mechanic Z

They're getting brand new cars, but they have moved the old ones to the Lizard shop:

https://twitter.com/FlyingLizard_MS/...05267548389377

Whether we can read anything into that, or whether they're just using them to get the team used to the cars, remains to be seen.

This is just personal opinion, but I would not be surprised to see the old KPax McLarens used in IMSA in 2016, but for now, I think it's just so the FL guys can get to know the cars before the 650S gets in. KPax has stated they would like to go endurance racing at some point. Partnering with Flying Lizard is one of the best ways to do that.

TRspitfirefan · 24 Dec 2014, 20:13 (Ref:3487745)

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Originally Posted by Coach Ep

LG Motorsport (Lou Gigliotti) to enter 3 Aston Martins - 2 GT4s in GTS and 1 GT3 car in GT.
http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...in-pwc-effort/

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Confirmation of Scuderia Corse's participation: 3 cars including one part-time for 10/10s 'own' Mike Hedlund!

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...or-pwc-season/

2015 PWC just keeps looking better and better!

Happy Christmas everyone!

rich07 · 24 Dec 2014, 20:14 (Ref:3487746)

Don't think it's gonna happen but I'd love to see the Flying Lizard livery on those McLarens.

nasportscar · 29 Dec 2014, 15:02 (Ref:3488439)

Updated entry list tracker for GT and GTA classes http://nasportscar.com/entry-list-so...e-gt-and-gt-a/

Mechanic Z · 29 Dec 2014, 18:31 (Ref:3488460)

Quote:

Originally Posted by nasportscar

Updated entry list tracker for GT and GTA classes http://nasportscar.com/entry-list-so...e-gt-and-gt-a/

Looks like there could be a lot of Astons next year.

**FIRE** · 29 Dec 2014, 18:40 (Ref:3488463)

Only 1 Caddy and Acura?

Rodger Davies · 29 Dec 2014, 18:56 (Ref:3488465)

The number of cars is in a separate column

**FIRE** · 29 Dec 2014, 19:01 (Ref:3488468)

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Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

The number of cars is in a separate column

okay

Mike Hedlund · 29 Dec 2014, 19:11 (Ref:3488471)

Quote:

Originally Posted by nasportscar

Updated entry list tracker for GT and GTA classes http://nasportscar.com/entry-list-so...e-gt-and-gt-a/

Could you guys split up the GT/GT-A counts? Or would that just make it messier?

-mike

Rodger Davies · 29 Dec 2014, 19:54 (Ref:3488474)

Wow, the top 3 win an expenses paid (sort of) trip to BSS in Baku: http://sportscar365.com/blancpain/bs...rld-challenge/

Even if only one can take up the offer it would be great, and nice to see a potential bond growing with SRO.

nasportscar · 29 Dec 2014, 21:39 (Ref:3488495)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Hedlund

Could you guys split up the GT/GT-A counts? Or would that just make it messier?

-mike

I've been thinking about adding separate GT and GTA columns, or at least color coding it by each driver...I'll make sure it's done for the next one

rich07 · 30 Dec 2014, 01:04 (Ref:3488528)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

Wow, the top 3 win an expenses paid (sort of) trip to BSS in Baku: http://sportscar365.com/blancpain/bs...rld-challenge/

Even if only one can take up the offer it would be great, and nice to see a potential bond growing with SRO.

That's an awesome idea, great to see the series forming links with SRO and having an American flavor at Baku next year.

Beetle · 30 Dec 2014, 01:27 (Ref:3488530)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

Wow, the top 3 win an expenses paid (sort of) trip to BSS in Baku: http://sportscar365.com/blancpain/bs...rld-challenge/

Even if only one can take up the offer it would be great, and nice to see a potential bond growing with SRO.

I like it. According to this Sportscar365 article, that may not be the only overseas deal on the map for the World Challenge guys. I guess we'll just have to be patient and keep our eyes peeled for info on this one.

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...-race-in-2016/

Australia, Europe, or the Middle East. That actually rules out quite a lot because not only are there a lot of new circuits popping up in Asia (in the last few years, Buriram, Buddh, Yeongam, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Baku...), but these circuits also seem to attract the international, exhibition-style races.

Any chance the overseas race might just be Baku again, except the F1 layout?

Speed-King · 30 Dec 2014, 09:44 (Ref:3488555)

I don't see the point in holding an overseas race in a market that already has its own GT3-series as there really isn't much of a reason for the local fans to turn up when they can see the same cars year round in their own domestic series - so having the race in Europe doesn't really seem to be a smart idea.

**joeb** · 30 Dec 2014, 13:07 (Ref:3488733)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

I don't see the point in holding an overseas race in a market that already has its own GT3-series as there really isn't much of a reason for the local fans to turn up when they can see the same cars year round in their own domestic series - so having the race in Europe doesn't really seem to be a smart idea.

I have to agree with you, they just seem to be trying to answer a question nobody asked.

Coach Ep · 30 Dec 2014, 14:18 (Ref:3488746)

I believe there's still the idea of a FIA GT3 World Finale on the table - Ratel has been mentioning it a couple of times I believe.

Could PWC team up with Ratel to have a go at that?

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