2018 California 8 Hours

NaBUru38 · 20 Feb 2018, 10:23 (Ref:3802592)

October 26-28, Laguna Seca
GT3, GT4, GT Cup and Invitational classes

Entries are open

Bcarr6 · 20 Feb 2018, 11:38 (Ref:3802609)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

October 26-28, Laguna Seca
GT3, GT4, GT Cup and Invitational classes

Entries are open

This was a cool event last year, I hope we see a richer grid. Be nice to see a few more PWC guys as well as some of the GTD faithfuls take a crack.

TRspitfirefan · 29 Aug 2018, 15:22 (Ref:3846898)

https://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/k-...california-8h/
SWEET! That's going to be a good lineup.

Juntos · 29 Aug 2018, 22:47 (Ref:3846991)

The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.

If KPAX can't make it work in regular PWC sprint races, imagine how 8 hours will be...

schmidder · 29 Aug 2018, 23:30 (Ref:3846994)

Not much in terms of support races..

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cbbrit · 18 Sep 2018, 23:25 (Ref:3851351)

The entries are starting to get interesting:

https://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/au...california-8h/

cbbrit · 18 Sep 2018, 23:26 (Ref:3851352)

And here's more:

https://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/bh...california-8h/

cbbrit · 18 Sep 2018, 23:27 (Ref:3851353)

And another:

https://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/ar...-entry-to-bmw/

Bcarr6 · 20 Sep 2018, 14:08 (Ref:3851600)

This is a very rough entry list, not sure if theres anything missing...

California 8 Hours 2018

GT3 - 16 Cars

ARC Bratislava - BMW M6 GT3 - Miro Konopka / TBA / TBA
Audi Sport Team Land - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Robin Frijns / Markus Winkelhock / Dries Vanthoor
Audi Sport Team WRT - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Stuart Leonard / Sheldon van der Linde / Alex Riberas
Audi Sport Team WRT - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Kelvin van der Linde / Christopher Haase / Christopher Mies
Bentley Team M-Sport - Bentley Continental GT3 - Vincent Abril / Andy Soucek / Maxime Soulet
Bentley Team M-Sport - Bentley Continental GT3 - Jordan Pepper / Steven Kane / Jules Gounon
Black Swan Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Tim Pappas / Jeroem Bleekemolen / TBA
DXDT Racing - TBA
K-Pax Racing - Bentley Continental GT3 - Alvaro Parente / Bryan Sellers / Rodrigo Baptista
Manthey Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Fred Makowiecki / Dirk Werner / Romain Dumas
Mercedes-AMG SunEnergy1 Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Kenny Habul / Luca Stolz / Mikael Grenier
Mercedes-AMG SunEnergy1 Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Maro Engel / Tristan Vautier / Raffaele Marciello
Strakka Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Nick Leventis / David Fumanelli / TBA
Strakka Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Oliver Rowland / Maxi Buhk / Adrian Tambay
TruSpeed Autosport - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - TBA
WeatherTech Racing - Ferrari 488 GT3 - TBA

GTC - 1 Car

US RaceTronics - Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO - Steven Aghakhani / Richard Antinucci / Taylor Proto

GT4 - 11 Cars

Classic BMW - BMW m4 GT4 - TBA
GMG Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT4 - TBA
Ian Lacy Racing - TBA
M1GT Racing - TBA
PF Racing - Ford Mustang GT4 - TBA
Racers Edge Motorsports - Sin R1 GT4 - TBA
Rearden Racing - TBA
RHC Strom - BMW M4 GT4 - Daren Jorgensen / Brett Strom / Cameron Lawrence
Robinson Racing - TBa
Team Panoz Racing - Panoz Avezzano GT4 - Ian James / Matt Keegan / Preston Calvert
TRG - TBA

TCR - 2 Cars

Bryan Herta Autosport - Hyundai i30 N TCR - Mark Wilkins / Michael Lewis / TBA
Bryan Herta Autosport - Hyundai i30 N TCR - TBA

cbbrit · 23 Sep 2018, 17:14 (Ref:3852220)

Here's the just released schedule:

http://files.world-challenge.com/eve...S-Schedule.pdf

TRspitfirefan · 25 Sep 2018, 00:01 (Ref:3852508)

https://twitter.com/WCRacing/status/1044268012767862786
A new entry from Vital speed with their Ferrari.

Drivers are Trevor Baek, Jeff Westphal, and Marino Franchitti.

cbbrit · 26 Sep 2018, 15:40 (Ref:3852799)

Add a GT4 entry from Automatic Racing:

https://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/au...california-8h/

cbbrit · 1 Oct 2018, 15:14 (Ref:3853850)

Manthey Racing entry has been withdrawn:

https://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/ma...california-8h/

TRuss · 7 Oct 2018, 06:11 (Ref:3855088)

I may have missed it, but has there been any mention of television or streaming? Seems like CBSSports had pretty complete coverage last year. Maybe it was someone else.

GregUK · 7 Oct 2018, 10:32 (Ref:3855147)

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRuss

I may have missed it, but has there been any mention of television or streaming? Seems like CBSSports had pretty complete coverage last year. Maybe it was someone else.

https://www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/live

TRuss · 7 Oct 2018, 22:23 (Ref:3855303)

Thanks man.

jjvincent · 8 Oct 2018, 22:11 (Ref:3855539)

Now we can keep this thread going because the 8hrs will be at the end of March 2019.

deggis · 8 Oct 2018, 22:30 (Ref:3855542)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjvincent

Now we can keep this thread going because the 8hrs will be at the end of March 2019.

That's the 2019 edition.

cbbrit · 19 Oct 2018, 14:16 (Ref:3857754)

33 cars on the entry list just released:

https://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/33...california-8h/

http://johndagys-wpengine.netdna-ssl...st-Media-2.pdf

cbbrit · 19 Oct 2018, 14:38 (Ref:3857759)

K-PAX reveals a special livery on their Bentley:

https://racer.com/2018/10/18/k-pax-b...l-most-popular

Bcarr6 · 19 Oct 2018, 17:59 (Ref:3857787)

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbbrit

33 cars on the entry list just released:

https://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/33...california-8h/

http://johndagys-wpengine.netdna-ssl...st-Media-2.pdf

Not huge, but actually a very competitive GT3 and GT4 field. And I really think this track doesn’t need a huge grid to show well

I hope that we see a few more MFGs next year. A serious Lambo would be great, the new Mclaren and Aston, a BMW, etc.

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MaskedRacer · 19 Oct 2018, 19:19 (Ref:3857801)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bcarr6

Not huge, but actually a very competitive GT3 and GT4 field. And I really think this track doesn’t need a huge grid to show well

I hope that we see a few more MFGs next year. A serious Lambo would be great, the new Mclaren and Aston, a BMW, etc.

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Better grid overall than last year although we did lose McLaren and Acura entries. Nice mix of American and Euro Blancpain entries. Cool to see how they will compare to each other. I'll pick the all pro SunEnergy1 (#175) Mercedes for the overall win.

deggis · 26 Oct 2018, 00:01 (Ref:3859207)

https://www.intercontinentalgtchalle...u-need-to-know

Friday October 26th
9.20-10.50 Free Practice
14.00-15.30 Pre Qualifying

Saturday October 27th
10.35-10.50 Qualifying 1 - Driver 1
11.00-11.15 Qualifying 2 - Driver 2
11.25-11.40 Qualifying 3 - Driver 3
14.40-14.55 Pole Shootout

Sunday October 28th
9.15-17.15 Laguna Seca Raceway California 8 Hours

HOW TO FOLLOW
All Qualifying sessions, Pole Shootout and Race will be streamed live on the website www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com and on the Facebook-page of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.

Fans in the USA and Canada can watch the race on CBS Sports (from 9am till 11am and from 4pm till 5.30pm) and Motortrend on Demand (full race).

cbbrit · 26 Oct 2018, 02:23 (Ref:3859230)

Live timing can be found here: https://livetiming.tsl-timing.com/184306

Porsche917K · 26 Oct 2018, 04:11 (Ref:3859241)

Any advice for where to stay in Monterey? I'm heading down for my first live race of the year. I don't know if this is appropriate for this thread, if it's not let me know I will delete the post.

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