2016 Pirelli World Challenge Races 1 & 2: Circuit of the Americas

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In just about two weeks, Pirelli World Challenge will be back in action for first weekend of the 2016 season at Circuit of the Americas!

Sportscar365 expects additional entries for GT, GTA & GT Cup to be announced prior to the event, but the entry in the GT class is already stellar.

2015 driver champion Johnny O'Connell has a new teammate at Cadillac Racing with Michael Cooper joining the team.

2015 team champions EFFORT Racing return with two brand new 911 GT3-Rs, Michael Lewis now joined by the legendary Patrick Long, replacing Ryan Dalziel in the #31.

K-Pax Racing/Flying Lizard has expanded to three McLaren 650s GT3s with an all new driver lineup: Alvaro Parente, Colin Thompson and Austin Cindric.

Always Evolving will have the same lineup, James Davison and Bryan Heitkotter, in their Nissan GT-R GT3s.

RealTime Racing's driver lineup is also unchanged, though Cunningham and Eversley will now be driving RWD Acuras instead of 2015's AWD.

Andrew Palmer makes his series return with Bentley Team Absolute's new US effort alongside series newcomer Adderly Fong.

GMG will field a new Porsche for James Sofronas.

Gainsco Racing will debut their McLaren 650s with longtime driver Jon Fogarty behind the wheel.

Calvert Dynamics also moves up to GT with Andrew Davis driving their new Porsche GT3-R.

CRP Racing and DIME Racing are also on the Preliminary Entry List with an Audi R8 GT3 and two Mercedes AMG GT3s, respectively. Neither team has announced drivers.

Highlights in other classes include new and returning cars and teams in GTA, the full season return of Lawson Aschenbach with Blackdog, new cars and teams in GTS and a huge field for the TC classes.

Schedule

Entry List

Live Stream (World ChallengeTV)

Live Stream (motortrendondemand.com)
This stream will likely have a paywall.

Live Timing and Scoring

Track Maps

Weather (racecastweather.com)

Weather (National Weather Service)

Series Twitter Account

Really looking forward to the PWC season starting.