Pirelli World Challenge Rounds 8 & 9: CTMP (Mosport)

[carbsmith]

Got a kick out of the TV ad. NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, and oh also PWC.

[jjvincent]

Mills/Whittmer and Riddle/Wilson dominate both Sprint Cup races at Mosport. ViJoen needs to be in the regular GT race. He can drive.

[nasportscar]

Originally Posted by jjvincent

Mills/Whittmer and Riddle/Wilson dominate both Sprint Cup races at Mosport. ViJoen needs to be in the regular GT race. He can drive.

under-the-radar Bronze. Great move by DLT Racing to pick up him

[TRspitfirefan]

Quite an action filled GTS race 2. A lot of caution time, but it sure wasn't boring!

[jjvincent]

Don't worry, other teams will complain and he'll get ranked to the point he will have to pay way more for a seat. That's called proper racing. Too bad the team can't get it together.

Looks like they finally lost it with the GTS race. I guess a three lap shootout was as good as it gets.

All of these teams are going to have to make a quick turnaround for Lime Rock. At least it's nothing like when GA had back to back Laguna and Lime Rock events.

[Rodger Davies]

We really need four pace laps......?

[BullMan]

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

We really need four pace laps......?

A bit excessive and they've started the race behind the safety car. Good way to run a quarter of the time off the clock.

[Rodger Davies]

Once again, half a race (thus far) spent under yellow.

[TRspitfirefan]

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

Once again, half a race (thus far) spent under yellow.

After the race finally restarted following the Eversley/Fong incident it ran pretty clean, especially considering the damp conditions. Not the most entertaining race to watch though, considering how completely dominant Pat Longs Porsche was this weekend. The eventual outcome never really seemed in question.
Congratulations to Porsche, Pat Long, Micheal Schein and the Wright Motorsport team on the super sweep!

[Rodger Davies]

I actually really enjoyed the actual race, but all that effort for 25 minutes of green flag racing just seems utterly daft sometimes. Love the field, the calendar and the online broadcasts, but the race format is really frustrating, Greg Creamer's spin-tastic commentary really grates on me and the fact replays aren't easily available online makes it really difficult to follow along sometimes.

For example, I will be at the N24 next weekend, but I'd love to see the Lime Rock races and this field should be excellent fun on that track - heavens only know if it will be possible to watch sometime.

[Mechanic Z]

Davison has been issued a penalty, moving him down to eleventh. Always Evolving has appealed the decision.

[Mechanic Z]

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

I actually really enjoyed the actual race, but all that effort for 25 minutes of green flag racing just seems utterly daft sometimes. Love the field, the calendar and the online broadcasts, but the race format is really frustrating, Greg Creamer's spin-tastic commentary really grates on me and the fact replays aren't easily available online makes it really difficult to follow along sometimes.

Cautions are frustratingly long, and at Mosport there was the equally frustrating follow-the-leader type racing. Hopefully Lime Rock will be better, though it tends to be a contact heavy circuit.

[Coach Ep]

Originally Posted by Mechanic Z

Davison has been issued a penalty, moving him down to eleventh. Always Evolving has appealed the decision.

Avoidable contact - causing Eversley (Acura) and Fong (Bentley) to crash and retire. The Acura is also out for the next round at Lime Rock.

Not Davison's first offense when it comes to race ending contact...

[MaskedRacer]

GT3 cars today CAN run 60 minutes on fuel. How about make a 50 minute race but the first 10 minutes of full course yellow not count against the race clock.

[David A Scott]

I thought that it was a great race. The occasional bursts of rain helped. I spent the race at Moss. Long had everyone covered but Cunningham holding off two McLaren's (Fogarty and one of the Lizards), Fuentes' 458 and Montecalvo's Merc was entertaining. It seemed that every lap the order behind Cunningham changed. Near the end Fogarty faded.

Other thoughts. The SprintX wasn't too bad. A few more cars would help. The Sin R1, if looks were speed it would have cleaned up. It was also a very quiet car.

The GTS race was good for the small period of time it was green. I was at T2 when the incidents at T3 happened. Both incidents required lengthy tire barrier repair. Interesting mix of cars. The Evora's looked and sounded great. The KTM's looked like they should be running in the P2 class in IMSA.