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[05XR8]

http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/05/09/emery-suffers-broken-vertebra-gt-crash/

 

[twitcher]

Just watched the main BlancPain race from Brands... That was one hell of a race. The moves made by the Bentley were amazing, but my favorite was the Nissan taking two cars down Pilgrim's Drop. Even the announcer was bumbling over his words after that one

BlancPain has been un-freakin'-real so far this year 👍

 

[twitcher]

Pat Long with gets a new ride to finish off the PWC season 👍

http://www.motorsport.com/pwc/news/longs-pwc-season-rescued-by-wright-motorsports-736055/

 

[sgohsixthree]

It must be out there, but is there an entry list for Sprint-X yet? I just see the general one on world-challenge.com.

 

[01GTP]

http://www.slipstreamnetwork.com/20...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Includes a photo gallery.

A couple of my photos.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Off to Silverstone in the morning to watch the Practice and Qually sessions for the BES. Support events are rubbish, and I hate the place, so I'm hoping to get all the photos I want tomorrow so I don't have to go on sunday... though I might be on a mission to get a chat with Lucas Ordonez and possible Harris Monkey.

 

[sgohsixthree]

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Johnny O giving you the evil eye.

 

[IforceV8]

Johnny O giving you the evil eye.

And one of the KPAX crew too.

 

[IforceV8]

Michelin GT3 cup series debut at Imola starts soon.http://www.gt3lemanscup.com/en/

 

[doblocruiser]

GT4 from Pau



Love that Camaro

 

[MatskiMonk]

 

[Christhedude]

Hey guys,

back home from the Blancpain endurace weekend ! We finished 24th in the Blancpain but unfortunately i'm not allowed to use onboard camera's.

However, here's the video of Race 1 in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Race. First & last lap ! Very exciting to watch and let me know what you think about the last lap ... ?!



Chris

 

[MatskiMonk]

First & last lap ! Very exciting to watch and let me know what you think about the last lap ... ?!

Chris

I was down at the loop taking photos when the #32 decided to get back on track like he did, I thought it was a boneheaded move at the time, obviously I hadn't seen what happened next.

edit:

1300 photo's from the weekend, and I only got one good one of your car

 

[AJ]

A bit of fun fan interaction here! Less then 60 mins to go and its 50-50!

 

[AJ]

30 mins to go and it is still level!

 

[05XR8]

Oh yeah

http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/05/18/marc-cars-joins-aus-gt-with-bmw-m6/

MARC Cars Australia will expand into the Australian GT Championship this year following the acquisition of a brand new BMW M6 GT3.

The Queensland-based operation is set to field the M6 GT3 in the four-round Australian Endurance Championship and selected Australian GT sprint series events.

Run under the banner of MARC GT, the M6 GT3 will be piloted by Morgan Haber and Jake Camilleri, who have both progressed through the MARC ranks, having raced the organisation’s self-built V8 sedan racers.

The M6 GT3 is the second to join the Australian GT grid following in the footsteps of the factory supported Steven Richards Motorsport entry.

MARC GT’s M6 GT3 will be run independently from the SRM BMW Australia outfit.

The team plans to debut the car in the Australian GT event at Phillip Island from May 27-29.

MARC GT boss Ryan McLeod says moving into GT3 racing was the logical next step for his business, confirming the car will be run alongside his MARC Cars Australia V8 sedan program.

“Moving to Australian GT is the next step of the MARC Cars business,” McLeod told Speedcafe.com.

“In the beginning the MARC Car was created to compete internationally in races with the GT cars

“The ultimate goal is to compete internationally with GT3 cars. We started with an Astra, moved to the MARC Car and now the GT3.

“It is great that we have Morgan (Haber) and Jake (Camilleri) who were with us with the Astra and they have now progressed right through into GT3 cars with us.

“The release of the new car dovetails nicely with what we want to do.

“The MARC Cars program is still active and operating and expanding but the GT3 will allow us to compete for outright wins instead of battling for class wins, which is what we want to do.

“We want the next wave of drivers coming along to use us to not only race nationally but internationally.”

Drivers Haber and Camilleri are eagerly awaiting their first opportunity behind the wheel of the M6 GT3.

“To be one of the foundation drivers for MARC GT in a brand new BMW M6 is simply awesome,” said Haber.

“I really enjoy racing with this team, I can’t think of a better way to return to the GT series.

“This really is a dream come true for me,” added Camilleri.

“It only seems like yesterday we were embarking on our first trip to Dubai with Ryan and the Astras.

“Now we’ve done so much together, and to have such a weapon of a car to launch into GT3 racing is just mind blowing. I can’t wait to get started.”

McLeod has also confirmed plans to field the car in next year’s Bathurst 12 Hour from February 3-5.

“We have been staunch supporter of that event since the very beginning so the immediate thing is to put together an effort to compete to win the race outright,” added McLeod.

A shakedown of its M6 GT3 is scheduled at Queensland Raceway on Thursday and Friday this week prior to its debut at Phillip Island.

BMW factory driver Alexander Sims is set to head out to help the team prepare the car for Phillip Island along with an engineer from the Munich manufacturer.

 

[05XR8]

Guess that answers the question if he'll get to race the Walkinshaw 911.
http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/05/19/tander-secures-audi-phillip-island-gt-drive/

 

[GTracer38]

Guess that answers the question if he'll get to race the Walkinshaw 911.
http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/05/19/tander-secures-audi-phillip-island-gt-drive/

There was a question? Martin and Padayachee have been locked in at least since the car has been on Australia soil.

I'm suprized he isn't with Tony...sort of. Wasn't Garth with Audi at the 12hr (or was meant to be)?

 

[Spacegoat]

Wasn't Garth with Audi at the 12hr (or was meant to be)?

Yeah, he raced, (I assume) the same Audi with McLaughlan in the 12 hour.

Craig Lowndes was meant to be in that car too but he broke his collarbone before the race.

 

[LumpiestFish]

Yeah, he raced, (I assume) the same Audi with McLaughlan in the 12 hour.

Craig Lowndes was meant to be in that car too but he broke his collarbone before the race.

Although they did end up getting Rene Rast, so it was arguably an upgrade in this sort of car. But in the end it didn't really matter as they were stuffed over by tyres going down.

 

[GTracer38]

After watching Lowndes vs Buhk a few years back, I think they'd be a pretty good match (at Bathurst...anywhere outside of Aus would be different).

Speaking of the Audi's, how good will Molina go? Is he as quick/quicker/nearly as quick as the Rast/Mies/Bonanomi?

 

[05XR8]

There was a question?

Remember Rhiana asked Ryan at Perth about Courtney and Tander getting a turn in the 911. He said they need to concentrate on racing the red things.

 

[GTracer38]

Remember Rhiana asked Ryan at Perth about Courtney and Tander getting a turn in the 911. He said they need to concentrate on racing the red things.

Fair enough. Funny how he said he needs to concentrate on they red things, the same goes off an drives for Audi at the same event .

 

[05XR8]

Haha. Yep.

 

[Northstar]

Flying Lizard colors will return at Road America.

 

[CodeRedR51]

PWC race starting now.

http://world-challenge.com/streamvideo/

 

[IforceV8]

http://livetiming.net/pwc/

Holy BOP the Acura is 6mph faster than every other car on the straight.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Gotta say, this race is kind of ho-hum. They spread out and moved around in the first few corners. Since then it's been follow the leader with huge gaps in the field.

 

[DaveMorganJr]

Some pics from the PWC (and Pinty's Nascar Series) weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park/Mosport:

Bonus:

A stellar race-long four-way battle for the lead in the Porsche Canada GT3 Cup Challenge

 

[IforceV8]

So Turner Motorsport took the time to convert one of their M6's to PWC spec, drove to Canada, finished on the GTA podium Saturday.They then cried about the BOP and left early missing the Sunday's race.

The BOP table was released May 9th.