2014 SCCA World Challenge

[NaBUru38]

More GT3 cars are coming to the SCCA World Challenge:

WC Vision announced today the approval of FIA GT3 cars running FIA approved aero packages for competition in the Pirelli World Challenge Championship Series starting in 2014.

There’s something like 14 manufacturers that can provide a turn-key car for the GT class

[FLGTFAN]

Enter McLaren?

Great news for potential entries, but I cannot get excited about these events at most of the venues since they aligned with Indycar. And now Conti Challenge has a lock on most of the USCR venues.

WC is darned good sports car racing if you happen to be going to an Indy weekend, or if you happen to catch a replay weeks later.

[Maelochs]

PWC has always been entertaining. They aren't yet a headliner (though that may change if USCR continues to fumble) but as a support series, what's not to like? And now, the series is that much better.

[David Land]

I have to wonder if this is where the rumored Penske Porsches will be headed in 2015.

Do we think the SCCA could handle P1 machinery?

[PointDSM]

Originally Posted by David Land

I have to wonder if this is where the rumored Penske Porsches will be headed in 2015.

Do we think the SCCA could handle P1 machinery?

Absolutely not, and please don't make this a rumor. PWC is a GT series. Always has been, always will be.

GT sprint racing...it's a great show if they can figure out local yellow's a bit better.

[MagVanisher]

Originally Posted by David Land

I have to wonder if this is where the rumored Penske Porsches will be headed in 2015.

Do we think the SCCA could handle P1 machinery?

I don't think so... They can't even manage the Trans-Am Series right.

[Lanky Turtle]

Originally Posted by PointDSM

Absolutely not, and please don't make this a rumor. PWC is a GT series. Always has been, always will be.

GT sprint racing...it's a great show if they can figure out local yellow's a bit better.

If a rescue vehicle is on track in American sportscar racing that's a full course yellow.
It may disrupt the natural flow of the race but if it prevents the death of a safety marshal, that's fine by me.

[canamman]

I would have to say this would make a really good weekend deal for fans.

Penske,Ganassi,and maybe Andretti, could take their GT3 and Indy gear
to the same spot every weekend. That would be convenient.

[4KQBOY]

I just hope WC comes back to Road Atlanta and/or VIR so I can see the series in person again

[canamman]

Originally Posted by 4KQBOY

I just hope WC comes back to Road Atlanta and/or VIR so I can see the series in person again

With a little marketing and promotion they could headline a weekend.
I think it would be great to headline some regional SCCA events.

[MoMedic9019]

I don't think they will ever be a headlining Sunday show..but a solid Saturday headliner..

I'd actually really enjoy a Blancpain setup, two 60-90 minute races Saturday and Sunday.

[BullMan]

Originally Posted by 4KQBOY

I just hope WC comes back to Road Atlanta and/or VIR so I can see the series in person again

I don't think they'll go to Road Atlanta now that NASCAR owns it.

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by MoMedic9019

I'd actually really enjoy a Blancpain setup, two 60-90 minute races Saturday and Sunday.

That's not Blancpain, Blancpain does the 3 hour races/24h at Spa/1000k at the Nürburgring

[Beetle]

Originally Posted by Speed-King

That's not Blancpain, Blancpain does the 3 hour races/24h at Spa/1000k at the Nürburgring

Is it an 1000k race at the Ring this year?

I thought that was only in place for next year...

Aside from that, PWC should be that much more entertaining this year. I know people love to complain about all the street circuits like Houston, Toronto, Detroit, etc, but in my opinion, those are the best races to watch. I just hope they develop the schedule even more so that there is more room from regular road course tracks as well, like Road America, Road Atlanta, VIR, possibly a Sebring support race, etc.

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by Beetle

Is it an 1000k race at the Ring this year?

I thought that was only in place for next year...

Nope, already this year...

[MoMedic9019]

Originally Posted by Speed-King

That's not Blancpain, Blancpain does the 3 hour races/24h at Spa/1000k at the Nürburgring

Derp, sorry...I meant the way that FIA GT used to do it...two sprint races

[FLGTFAN]

Mid-Ohio Race 1 rolls off in 30 minutes (17:10 GMT):

http://www.world-challengetv.com/

[FLGTFAN]

Ah sheesh... Not even GT cars in this race. Nevermind.

[Breitling24]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

More GT3 cars are coming to the SCCA World Challenge:

Hopefully this will help PWC get a better TV package.

[FstrthnU]

Originally Posted by MoMedic9019

Derp, sorry...I meant the way that FIA GT used to do it...two sprint races

The FIA GT Series still runs with the two race format. That was what the first poster thought blancpain was running.

[Brake dust]

Here's hoping that there will be many GT3s entering into this series. With the mess at USCS, this might become the series in the states to follow.

[Lanky Turtle]

Originally Posted by Brake dust

Here's hoping that there will be many GT3s entering into this series. With the mess at USCS, this might become the series in the states to follow.

But the mess in USCR is with the prototypes. If you ignore the prototypes you still have the GTE cars, and the GTD cars should be pretty similar to PWC since they are allowing GT3 machinery.
And if you like endurance racing and classic events like Sebring, Daytona, Road Atlanta, racing into the night, driver changes, you won't get that with PWC.
I'm not knocking the series, I follow and like it a lot, but it's sprint races, with no headlining events.

[pederb]

Originally Posted by Lanky Turtle

But the mess in USCR is with the prototypes. If you ignore the prototypes you still have the GTE cars, and the GTD cars should be pretty similar to PWC since they are allowing GT3 machinery.
And if you like endurance racing and classic events like Sebring, Daytona, Road Atlanta, racing into the night, driver changes, you won't get that with PWC.
I'm not knocking the series, I follow and like it a lot, but it's sprint races, with no headlining events.

Don't forget that all FIAGT3 cars in USCR will strangled down to Porsche Cup speed, so PWC cars should be quite a lot faster

[NaBUru38]

Lime Rock and Mid-Ohio seem to have been dropped from the USCR calendar.

Also, it seems that Long Beach will only have the GT classes at the USCR race, and Detroit only the proto classes.

So I'm wondering, do you think that Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio, Long Beach and Detroit could have both Conti Challenge and SCCA World Challenge? (not to mention IndyCar and USCR at the latter two)

[broadrun96]

Conti will follow USCR.
PWC has run on nascar owned track before, and I could see them at a spring event at road atlanta or at watkins glen. I wouldn't be surprised to see them as a headliner of a Fri-Sat meeting at Lime Rock if USCR did drop LRP. And if Baltimore is gone I fully expect to see them at Baltimore with Indycars. Especially since they seem to be Indy's support series lately.