2018 Pirelli World Challenge Rounds 6 & 7: VIRginia International Raceway - Page 2

cbbrit · 28 Apr 2018, 09:37 (Ref:3817862)

Practice 1 results for TC: (Wet Track so only 3 cars out of 15 posted a time!)

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706fp1pwt.pdf

Practice 2 results for TC:

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706fp2pwt.pdf

Practice 1 results for TCA/TCR:

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706fp1pwr.pdf

Practice 2 results for TCA/TCR:

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706fp2pwr.pdf

cbbrit · 28 Apr 2018, 14:17 (Ref:3817899)

Qualifying for GT/GTA/GTCup Race 1 notes:

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...r-race-1-pole/

And results:

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706qu1pwx.pdf

cbbrit · 28 Apr 2018, 14:18 (Ref:3817900)

Qualifying for TCA/TCR Race 1 results:

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706qu1pwr.pdf

Mechanic Z · 28 Apr 2018, 14:32 (Ref:3817904)

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbbrit

Qualifying for GT/GTA/GTCup Race 1 notes:

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...r-race-1-pole/

The #2 was a full second quicker than last year's qualifying record, great lap from Morad. Good to see the Bentleys closer to the front in qualifying, too.

cbbrit · 28 Apr 2018, 15:51 (Ref:3817913)

Qualifying for GTS Race 1 notes;

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...1-pole-at-vir/

And results:

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706qu1pws.pdf

TRspitfirefan · 28 Apr 2018, 15:55 (Ref:3817914)

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbbrit

Qualifying for GT/GTA/GTCup Race 1 notes:

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...r-race-1-pole/

And results:

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706qu1pwx.pdf

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbbrit

Qualifying for GTS Race 1 notes;

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...1-pole-at-vir/

Good morning for Mercedes fans!

TRspitfirefan · 28 Apr 2018, 15:58 (Ref:3817916)

Loving the GMG Audi in its new livery!

(Photo from WC twitter.)

cbbrit · 28 Apr 2018, 18:47 (Ref:3817926)

Race 1 notes for GT/GTA/GT Cup:

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...-1-win-at-vir/

cbbrit · 28 Apr 2018, 18:51 (Ref:3817928)

VIR Weekend Notebook:

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...kend-notebook/

cbbrit · 28 Apr 2018, 19:51 (Ref:3817939)

Race 1 results for GT/GTA/GT Cup:

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706rc1pwx.pdf

cbbrit · 28 Apr 2018, 19:52 (Ref:3817940)

Race 1 results for GT/GTA/GT Cup:

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706rc1pwx.pdf

cbbrit · 28 Apr 2018, 20:50 (Ref:3817946)

TCA/TCR Race 1 results:

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706rc1pwr.pdf

cbbrit · 28 Apr 2018, 20:51 (Ref:3817947)

Race 1 notes for GS:

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...ns-gts-race-1/

cbbrit · 28 Apr 2018, 22:04 (Ref:3817959)

Race 1 results for GS:

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706rc1pws.pdf

Mechanic Z · 28 Apr 2018, 23:16 (Ref:3817968)

Man, KPax just can't dodge the bad luck this year. Even with the win for the #3, another big crash for the #9 really sucks.

TRspitfirefan · 29 Apr 2018, 00:17 (Ref:3817973)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mechanic Z

Man, KPax just can't dodge the bad luck this year. Even with the win for the #3, another big crash for the #9 really sucks.

Yeah, that was really disappointing. The #9 car looked super fast too.
Glad too see Parente walk away from that one, it was another really hard impact.

TRspitfirefan · 29 Apr 2018, 00:40 (Ref:3817978)

Some really enjoyable racing today I thought. Really cool to see Rodrigo Baptista earn his first GT race win today. Stellar drive from both him and Soulet. The battle between Henzler, Pumpelly and Schiller was really fun, until it ended badly. While I think it was appropriate to Penalize the CRP car for spinning the Allegra car, I kind of thought Pumpelly deserved what he got, for the way he blocked Schiller on the straight and then overslowed in the corner to balk the momentum of the big Mercedes. That was some really aggressive defensive driving and at least partially responsible for the incident.

Good GTS race too. Congratulations to Trent Hindman and Alan Brynjolfsson.
Quite a drive by Micheal Lewis in the TCR race also. Last to second!

cbbrit · 29 Apr 2018, 08:26 (Ref:3818011)

Race 1 TCA/TCR notes:

http://www.racer.com/pwc/item/149022...or-vir-tcr-win

Race 1 TC notes:

http://www.racer.com/pwc/item/149024...-wittmer-in-tc

TRspitfirefan · 29 Apr 2018, 17:16 (Ref:3818181)

Quite a GT race! Caution free, lots of good racing action....it's a pity it had to be won by Mike Skeen and Lonestar Racing. After knocking out Parentes Bentley with that idiot move in race 1, it's ironic and maddening to see Skeen's car prosper with the race 2 victory. I have to think that the #9 car would have been tough to beat this weekend if not for getting taken out by the #80 Mercedes.

Next up- GTS!

JorritVD · 29 Apr 2018, 18:02 (Ref:3818193)

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRspitfirefan

Quite a GT race! Caution free, lots of good racing action....it's a pity it had to be won by Mike Skeen and Lonestar Racing. After knocking out Parentes Bentley with that idiot move in race 1, it's ironic and maddening to see Skeen's car prosper with the race 2 victory. I have to think that the #9 car would have been tough to beat this weekend if not for getting taken out by the #80 Mercedes.

Next up- GTS!

Skeen taking out the Bentley? As far as I see it, it was a racing incident. Skeen was in front and couldn't see Parente was a part next to him due to have good traction out of turn 1. Than Skeen just went to the middle of the track, following the line of Moran, to set his car up for the next couple of corners. Accident happened to the nature of the track and Skeen taking his line. It is not that Parente not had room anymore. Also Parente went more to the middle of the track as well. The penalty for the LSR crew was much to big imo.

https://youtu.be/mdTHoUCv47k?t=3m49s

cbbrit · 29 Apr 2018, 18:37 (Ref:3818203)

GT/GTA/GTCup Race 2 notes:

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...in-vir-race-2/

And results:

http://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PW...1706rc2pwx.pdf

cbbrit · 29 Apr 2018, 18:59 (Ref:3818209)

GTS/GTSA Race 2 notes:

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...e-2-under-fcy/

cbbrit · 29 Apr 2018, 19:30 (Ref:3818219)

GTS/GTSA Race 2 results:

http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=PWC/2018/181706rc1pws.pdf

TRspitfirefan · 29 Apr 2018, 21:51 (Ref:3818238)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JorritVD

Skeen taking out the Bentley? As far as I see it, it was a racing incident. Skeen was in front and couldn't see Parente was a part next to him due to have good traction out of turn 1. Than Skeen just went to the middle of the track, following the line of Moran, to set his car up for the next couple of corners. Accident happened to the nature of the track and Skeen taking his line. It is not that Parente not had room anymore. Also Parente went more to the middle of the track as well. The penalty for the LSR crew was much to big imo.

https://youtu.be/mdTHoUCv47k?t=3m49s

Here's some other perspectives and discussion about the incident. (including on boards) from Andy Soucek and Mike Skeen on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/ASoucek/status/990302890945318914

Obviously Mike Skeen is a very talented driver with a ton of laps at VIR.
He could probably easily drive the track blindfolded. Perhaps the problem with driving a track too much from memory is it sometimes doesn't allow for the extra variable of the other competitors sharing the track with you.

TRspitfirefan · 29 Apr 2018, 21:54 (Ref:3818239)

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbbrit

GTS/GTSA Race 2 notes:

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...e-2-under-fcy/

Way to go GMG!

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