Pirelli World Challenge Rounds 1 & 2: COTA - Page 5

Mechanic Z · 7 Mar 2015, 22:31 (Ref:3512839)

Really impressed with EFFORT racing's Michael Lewis. Top 5 finish in a field that deep is fantastic!

TRspitfirefan · 7 Mar 2015, 22:41 (Ref:3512841)

Fantastic race!
The cars and racing in this series are just plain Awesome.

TRspitfirefan · 7 Mar 2015, 22:43 (Ref:3512842)

Surprised by some of the negativity following such a fantastic race.
Some of you are trying pretty hard to come up with objections to PWC.

Matt · 7 Mar 2015, 22:48 (Ref:3512843)

What was fantastic about it aside from Beretta's last lap pass on Dalziel? It was a fairly average race with a good last few laps between the leaders.

(also, if the 25 didn't get a penalty for who knows what, he would have shot straight into the distance and would have been uncontested.)

You may call me a troll, but I'm just being realistic here.

Speed-King · 7 Mar 2015, 22:51 (Ref:3512844)

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Originally Posted by TRspitfirefan

Surprised by some of the negativity following such a fantastic race.
Some of you are trying pretty hard to come up with objections to PWC.

Surprised by some of the praise following such an average race.
Some of you are trying pretty hard to come up with any reason to hype PWC.

TheDude · 7 Mar 2015, 23:28 (Ref:3512849)

Coverage was pretty sub-par with no on board footage and dubious quality.

Is it going to be like this for the rest of the season? because last year was much better

Ginaro Zukovsky · 7 Mar 2015, 23:36 (Ref:3512853)

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Originally Posted by Mechanic Z

Really impressed with EFFORT racing's Michael Lewis. Top 5 finish in a field that deep is fantastic!

I think I read that you get moved up from GTA if you get two top 5s or a top 3 overall, so I'm sure Mr Lewis will be out of there soon.

BullMan · 8 Mar 2015, 00:01 (Ref:3512860)

It was real race cars not dumbed down by taking parts off of them and making teams pay thousands of dollars to slow them down, and race control didn't throw 75 FCYs. It was a good race.

There was that one white Aston running behind all of the Cup cars though. He might need to go to TCB or something.

fieldodreams79 · 8 Mar 2015, 00:16 (Ref:3512863)

I am trying to find where I can watch today's proceedings without finding out the results, which includes not reading this thread, so sorry if it's mentioned already but is there a way watch the replay anywhere? I am having trouble finding it through WCTV...

Matt · 8 Mar 2015, 00:19 (Ref:3512864)

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Originally Posted by BullMan

It was real race cars not dumbed down by taking parts off of them and making teams pay thousands of dollars to slow them down, and race control didn't throw 75 FCYs. It was a good race.

There was that one white Aston running behind all of the Cup cars though. He might need to go to TCB or something.

Fairly certain anything on a track is a "real" race car. I mean, they're physically there and turning laps, so they're very much real.

Mechanic Z · 8 Mar 2015, 00:25 (Ref:3512866)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

I am trying to find where I can watch today's proceedings without finding out the results, which includes not reading this thread, so sorry if it's mentioned already but is there a way watch the replay anywhere? I am having trouble finding it through WCTV...

I don't think they have it loaded up yet, but I'd keep an eye on their Youtube channel. It ought to be up before too long, and there probably won't be any spoilers.
https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldChallengeTV/videos

BullMan · 8 Mar 2015, 00:28 (Ref:3512867)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt

Fairly certain anything on a track is a "real" race car. I mean, they're physically there and turning laps, so they're very much real.

Nah.

fieldodreams79 · 8 Mar 2015, 00:32 (Ref:3512869)

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Originally Posted by Mechanic Z

I don't think they have it loaded up yet, but I'd keep an eye on their Youtube channel. It ought to be up before too long, and there probably won't be any spoilers.
https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldChallengeTV/videos

Thank you, sir!

TRspitfirefan · 8 Mar 2015, 02:03 (Ref:3512879)

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Originally Posted by TheDude

Coverage was pretty sub-par with no on board footage and dubious quality.

Is it going to be like this for the rest of the season? because last year was much better

I think that the cable TV rebroadcast is a lot more polished.
I've kinda grown used to the more laid back livestream. Just having a livestream available at all is pretty awesome.

TRspitfirefan · 8 Mar 2015, 02:15 (Ref:3512880)

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Originally Posted by Matt

What was fantastic about it aside from Beretta's last lap pass on Dalziel? It was a fairly average race with a good last few laps between the leaders.

Thirty eight ridiculously cool GT racing cars (plus ten extra Porsches cup cars), from Thirteen different manufacturers- flat out racing for fifty minutes- no full course yellows.

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

Surprised by some of the praise following such an average race.
Some of you are trying pretty hard to come up with any reason to hype PWC.

It feels nice to be enthusiastic about sports car racing again.

TRspitfirefan · 8 Mar 2015, 02:21 (Ref:3512881)

Nice Photo Gallery from Sc365.

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...urday-gallery/
This picture is particularly cool.

Matt · 8 Mar 2015, 02:38 (Ref:3512886)

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Originally Posted by TRspitfirefan

Thirty eight ridiculously cool GT racing cars (plus ten extra Porsches cup cars), from Thirteen different manufacturers- flat out racing for fifty minutes- no full course yellows.

It feels nice to be enthusiastic about sports car racing again.

48 cars from thirteen manufacutures flat our racing with no FCY's doesn't automatically make it a fantastic race though.

The racing itself was average, and I'd blame that on the track.

Deleted · 8 Mar 2015, 10:22 (Ref:3512933)

The hyperultrasafe Tilkedrome is probably to 'thank' for the lack of FCYs, had it been bumpy ICS street course or some other traditional venue you'd expect plenty of downtime

Surely usual crashfest coming up at St Pete

airbusA346 · 8 Mar 2015, 10:45 (Ref:3512937)

What a stupid rule IMO.

"PWC Evaluating GTA Driver Upgrades"

http://sportscar365.com/world-challe...iver-upgrades/

TheDude · 8 Mar 2015, 13:30 (Ref:3512969)

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Originally Posted by TRspitfirefan

I think that the cable TV rebroadcast is a lot more polished.
I've kinda grown used to the more laid back livestream. Just having a livestream available at all is pretty awesome.

Thanks.

I guess we ,Europeans, are a little spoiled when it comes live streaming

trahsub · 8 Mar 2015, 14:15 (Ref:3512978)

Race is not yet available online?

TRspitfirefan · 8 Mar 2015, 16:42 (Ref:3513001)

Great drives by Michael Cooper and Ben Clucas in GTS race 2.
I always enjoy rainy races.

Matt · 8 Mar 2015, 17:32 (Ref:3513014)

Confirmed rolling start for GT Race 2 today.

Matt · 8 Mar 2015, 18:13 (Ref:3513020)

Race 2 also pushed up to start in 20 minutes due to incoming weather.

Mechanic Z · 8 Mar 2015, 18:13 (Ref:3513021)

Race start has been moved up for weather! Cars will leave the grid at 1:25 PM CT!

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EFFORT Racing ‏@EFFORTRacing 4m4 minutes ago In order to avoid the weather, we will leave the grid at 1:25pm to start the race early

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