Friday, August 2, 2013

World Challenge seems to be going in the right direction!

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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