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4 Jun 2002, 03:37 (Ref:304037)
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query from a newbie
just a newbie and would like to find out the different classes in (GT) sportscar racing and their differences?
links to other websites would also help educate yours truly. TIA. 
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4 Jun 2002, 08:27 (Ref:304119)
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basically gts are bigger, more expensive, more powerful and can be changed most from the road going car that it is based on (most notably the underneath is changed for aerodynamics on the GT;s but in GTO the bottom has to stay flat) Go to www.pistonheads.com then theres a section on motorsport and a bit called GT's explained! hope it helps!
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4 Jun 2002, 08:46 (Ref:304138)
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thanks TVRfan.... got it
http://www.pistonheads.com/motorspor...7&storyId=4646 ....aside from which, got this one in a header from a pontiac GTO site... 'GTO' and 'GT' are European racing classifications. The Italian term, 'Gran Turismo Omologato', means Grand Touring class production vehicle, homologated for racing. The name came to mean a large, high-performance sports car comfortable enough for long trips or 'touring', as opposed to the smaller, less comfortable 2-seater 'true' sports cars. |
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4 Jun 2002, 11:08 (Ref:304289)
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http://www.lemans.org/course/auto200...icles_21.shtml
scroll down the page and you'll find links to the ACO's own rules section. The best bit is the part saying that in the event of any dispute, the French version of the rules will be enforced! I'm no racecar designer, but if you read you'll see there is still a wide scope for the imagination. |
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4 Jun 2002, 17:19 (Ref:304615)
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GTO isn't an "technical term" these days. Initially, Ferrari coined this moniker for a car they pressured the FIA (or its predecessor) into homologating after they'd only built 39 cars instead of the necessary 100... - that was in the early '60s. The Pontiac GTO wasn't "omologato" as a GT, I guess GM just chose a cool name for a cool car
 The old IMSA GTO(-ver 3l) and GTU(-nder 3l) classes are long gone. At Le Mans, in the ALMS and in GrandAm, the "bigger" GT class is called "GTS", the smaller just "GT". In the FIA series, the bigger class is "GT", the smaller one "N-GT".
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4 Jun 2002, 23:13 (Ref:304860)
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the plot thickens.... =)
i just couldn't get the hang which cars belongs to which class..... especially here in our country where we don't have much tv broadcasts of GT and touring events albeit scheduled ones.... in fact, we're going to miss out on THE le mans! aargh!!! anyway, thanks m8s! |
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