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05XR8
This is just unreal. The race is attracting so many.
http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/10/17/lauda-set-bathurst-12-hour-start/

As a side note:
I do hope teams like Pratt&Miller, decide to join up in the near future(I know Daytona is too close in race dates but they can set up staff to attend some how).
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P&M have expressed interest in doing international events for GT3, just seems like GM's holding them back possibly. Would be cool if they sent some guys down to Australia to support a Callaway GT3.R.
 
Pratt & Miller stickers were seen on Brad Jones Racing's V8Supercars earlier this year, so it seems they're attempting to involve themselves more in Australia.
 
LumpiestFish
Pratt & Miller stickers were seen on Brad Jones Racing's V8Supercars earlier this year, so it seems they're attempting to involve themselves more in Australia.
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I've seen that. It's what gave me hope that they'll be seen at the mountain.
 
http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/10/19/gt3-teams-confirmed-for-challenge-bathurst/
Organisers have confirmed a field of more than 320 cars for the inaugural Challenge Bathurst sprint event to be held at Mount Panorama next month.

The brainchild of James O’Brien, the event will consist of four days of sprints split into 20 minute timed track sessions at the 6.2km circuit, designed for both professional and regular drivers.

Seen as a chance to log valuable track time ahead of February’s Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, the November 24-27 Challenge Bathurst event has attracted several GT3 teams.

The Lightning Super Sprint, for elite and experienced competitors, has been fully subscribed with 120 cars entered.

The line-up is headed by Maranello Motorsport which will field its Ferrari 488 GT3, to be piloted by Supercars stars Craig Lowndes, Jamie Whincup and GT ace Toni Vilander at the Bathurst 12 Hour.

Pending their availability, Lowndes and Whincup are expected to attend to complete valuable test runs.

Steven Richards Motorsport will enter two BMW M6 GT3s, including the recently confirmed Bathurst 12 Hour trio of Mark Skaife, Russell Ingall and Tony Longhurst.

BMW, which has booked the circuit privately for Monday, November 28, will also deploy factory engineers to the test to assist the team’s lead up to the endurance event.

Others entered include Ferrari squad Vicious Rumour Racing and the Miedecke Stone Racing Aston Martin outfit.

Australian GT racers Mark Griffith (Mercedes AMG GT3) and Yasser Shahin (Lamborghini Gallardo) will also run alongside McElrea Racing and a five car contingent from MARC Cars Australia.

Organisers have received 200 entries for the Thunder Regularity sessions designed for non-professional drivers.

Event director O’Brien has been stunned by the response to the Challenge Bathurst concept.

“The reaction to Challenge Bathurst has been outstanding and shows the appeal that Mount Panorama has for motor racing fans and competitors from all around Australia,” said event director O’Brien.

“The Lightning Super Sprint is sold out and will be a very fast, very competitive few days with some of the fastest GT cars and biggest brands involved alongside a lot of private entries – all in serious machinery.

“The Thunder Regularity has achieved 200 entries. With the cap set at 275, there is still time for people looking to get some laps of Mount Panorama to submit an entry and be part of the action.

“We are very pleased with the outcome in both Lightning and Thunder, and it will deliver a big four days on the Mountain this November.”

Entries will remain open until October 28.
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catamount39
P&M have expressed interest in doing international events for GT3, just seems like GM's holding them back possibly. Would be cool if they sent some guys down to Australia to support a Callaway GT3.R.
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Why would Pratt & Miller run a competitors GT3 car instead of their own?
 
Let's say Callaway have no interest to run at Bathurst. Can a team purchase a car to run on the mountain? Trofeo Motorsport purchased the Z06 GT3 from Germany and ran it at the 12H in 2013. Are there restrictions to bring a C7 to Australia? I couldn't find such restrictions on the web.
 
05XR8
Let's say Callaway have no interest to run at Bathurst. Can a team purchase a car to run on the mountain? Trofeo Motorsport purchased the Z06 GT3 from Germany and ran it at the 12H in 2013. Are there restrictions to bring a C7 to Australia? I couldn't find such restrictions on the web.
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No somebody could, but the logistics are what stop that from happening since they're a smaller team based in Germany.
 
05XR8
Let's say Callaway have no interest to run at Bathurst. Can a team purchase a car to run on the mountain? Trofeo Motorsport purchased the Z06 GT3 from Germany and ran it at the 12H in 2013. Are there restrictions to bring a C7 to Australia? I couldn't find such restrictions on the web.
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catamount39
No somebody could, but the logistics are what stop that from happening since they're a smaller team based in Germany.
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Callaway have permissions to sell the cars to a customer base, like Reiter with their Lamborghinis' and Sareni Camaro,
 
C7 will be 3 years old next year. If someone were to purchase one, the car is due for an upgrade in 2018, possibly MR in 2019. Now, I see why it might not be an attractive package, currently.
 
05XR8
C7 will be 3 years old next year. If someone were to purchase one, the car is due for an upgrade in 2018, possibly MR in 2019. Now, I see why it might not be an attractive package, currently.
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But isn't the GT3 basically brand new? I thought 2016 was its first year?
 
Callaway also builds the car to order, and it would be a tight fit to get a car built and shipped to Australia with enough time to do sufficient testing before the race.

And as mentioned above, the C7 GT3 is new this year.
 
Clarification: C7 road car.

C7.R GT3 will be out of date when the next model debuts. Or, I guess right on time if it's only going to be raced for a possible 3 year cycle.

I think the C6.R & Z06(R?) were around nearly 10(?)years.
 
05XR8
Clarification: C7 road car.

C7.R GT3 will be out of date when the next model debuts. Or, I guess right on time if it's only going to be raced for a possible 3 year cycle.

I think the C6.R & Z06(R?) were around nearly 10(?)years.
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I suppose, but if it took Callaway nearly 2-3 years to get the GT3 car up and running then I would add another 2-3 years after that. So as far as The GT car is concerned, it isn't so much of a worry.

In the end I would've thought it'd come down to price with something like this. If it's significantly cheaper or more expensive then a manufacturer backed competitor, that could be the deciding factor.

Hopefully the rumours of a team in Aus looking into them for next year onwards come true.
 
We don't know if the C8 will be an MR car, at this point its more likely that its a Cadillac rather than a Corvette. Anything could happen but the C7 GT3.R is going to be competitive for a while.
 

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