In my honest opinion as a motorsports there is a very under appreciated race series out there and that is the Pirelli World Challenge. Its actually a very interesting racing series, its not everyday you see a dominant Cadillac goes up against a Volvo. There are two classes in this GT & TC in the main series. The races for the current season along with last season has been some of the best I've seen & its about to get better. Like Jacob said before hand, he feels that GT3 is the future of racing, well it's about to get interesting...
http://www.racer.com/fia-gt3-cars-in-fia-aero-trimapproved-for-pirelli-world-challenge-competition-in-2014/article/305887/
Series promoter WC Vision announced Friday it has approved the use of
FIA GT3 cars running FIA approved aero packages for competition in the
Pirelli World Challenge starting in 2014. Prior to the start of the 2013
season, the series approved three FIA GT3 platforms – the Audi R8 LMS,
Mercedes SLS, and BMW Z4 – for competition in the Pirelli World
Challenge GT class.
“Following two years of extensive research including a full season of
competition we are pleased to announce the approval of GT3 cars with
their FIA approved aero packages to race in our series,” said the
series' director of competition, Geoff Carter. “With the prior inclusion
of ABS and traction control our approval allows manufacturers from
around the world a stable platform for customer-focused racing.”
“With the integration of FIA GT3 cars into the Pirelli World
Challenge GT championship, we are looking forward to a stronger, deeper
GT field for 2014,” said Scott Bove, president and CEO of WC Vision.
“Fans will see for the first time fully homologated FIA GT3 cars running
in full as delivered GT3 trim race against Pirelli World Challenge GT
cars from Porsche, Cadillac, Audi, Chevrolet, Volvo, and Nissan. Our
series next season will truly deliver the best global GT racing platform
in North America. With over a million TV and Internet viewers and over
500,000 followers on Facebook, we at PWC will deliver on-track
excitement like never before.
This has been looked at by all gearheads as an excellent move & frankly, I have to agree, we don't get a lot of the GT3 love here in the states but this is a step in the right direction, who knows? Maybe this will lead to a new certain racing organization to take the same step *cough, cough* USCR *cough cough*
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