PWC - 2016 (Pirelli World Challenge)

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  1. Steve

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    The PWC 2016 season starts this weekend at COTA in Austin.

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    Event details, schedule, etc: 2016 Circuit of the Americas MAR 3-6 - Pirelli World Challenge


    Here's the full season schedule:

    2016 Pirelli World Challenge Schedule

    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 To Be Announced

    September 16-18 Sonoma Raceway

    October Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca​
     
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    Thanks for the list Steve
     
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    Sure hope you can post some video as I can't get CBS Sports through my

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    FWIW, there's a link for streaming so I'll guess at least some of the races will be streamed live. Regardless, I will post videos when I find them. :Thumbsup:
     
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    For those who do get CBS Sports the GT race is March 13th at 10:30 am eastern. That's all I could find.

    Thanks for keeping us informed on the motorsports front Steve. :Thumbsup:
     
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    A newcomer this year in the GTS class is the KTM XBox GT4, setting the fastest times so far in practice. I'm having trouble understanding how this thing is legal in the class.

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    Look what the Delta Wing is doing, it could have possibly won the 24 if not

    for that accident.
     
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    Yeah, but the Deltawing is different. I'm fairly sure the only reason it exists in the Weathertech series is because it's Don Panoz' baby. No one else would have been able to get that thing included in the merged Grand-Am/ALMS series class structure, and even so it runs as a prototype but an exception to nearly all the class rules.

    That KTM has been built as a homologated FIA GT4 which means it follows all the rules, technically, and can race in any series worldwide that includes a GT4 class. In the US I think the only series with a class that allows GT4s is PWC in the GTS class. My issue is that I thought the FIA's GT4 class to be production street cars with limited modifications for racing, therefore the FIA GT class that includes car models most similar to those you might have parked in your driveway at home. Having trouble imagining a KTM XBow fitting that category. Seems like allowing it as a GT4 (& PWC GTS) reeks of following the letter of the law but missing the intent.

    Or maybe I completely missed the point of GT4...I need to listen to The Great GT Debate 2016 again...
     
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    A lap of COTA (practice) w/ Johnny O'Connell in the Cadillac ATS-V.R

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAxqqkoKwzE"]2016 Cadillac Racing COTA practice lap - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #11 Steve, Mar 17, 2016
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    Tonight, if you have access to CBS Sports Network (TC, TCA and TCB rounds 1 & 2):

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    Thank you Steve! :Thumbsup:

    8:00 is World Challenge racing. :biggrin5:
     
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    4PM (ET) today

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    Sure wish I could get CBS Sports.
     
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    I finally got CBS Sports and got to watch the races in Utah:Thumbsup:

    The GTS class running the GT4 spec cars is interesting. They include 2 cars that are track only. You can't get an XBow road car with a full body, and you can't get a Ginetta road car of any kind. You can get the Sin R1 with either a 7 liter NA or a 6.2 liter supercharged engine, with only 2755 lbs to push. Wow that would be fun if I only had the $200k.
     
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    Awesome!
     

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