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[05XR8]

2017

Don't kill our dreams, man.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Strakka to join Blancpain for 2017/18 with Mclaren.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/127002/strakka-exits-lmp2-for-mclaren-gt-deal

 

[05XR8]

http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/11/09/ratel-attend-highlands-australian-gt-finale/

If I had the budget, I'd get a Mustang GT4 and race everywhere I could. Wouldn't matter if I raced against only one other GT4 car. The experience would be amazing.

I hope something can come of these two. Not that anything is mentioned, even an inclusion of GT4 at LeMans(if possible), would make for some exciting racing in the category.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Pirelli Shootout to ignite qualifying day

Yesssssssssssss! This is one thing I like about the V8 Supercars that I wish they did more, and stoked to see it cross over to the 12hr.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

That's going to be one hotly contested shootout. It'll be interesting to see how the international drivers compare to the Supercar drivers over one lap of the mountain too.

 

[05XR8]

That is going to be one to watch for sure.

 

[TDZdave]

Pirelli Shootout to ignite qualifying day

Yesssssssssssss! This is one thing I like about the V8 Supercars that I wish they did more, and stoked to see it cross over to the 12hr.

This will be good, if the BoP is in order, otherwise it will probably be a clear ferrari/ McLaren domination, they just really seem to suit the circuit,

 

[05XR8]

He'd be silly to pass it up
http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/11/11/winterbottom-poised-for-bathurst-12-hour/

 

[05XR8]

http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/11/11/nissan-objective-mclaren-withdrawn/
Oh well, couldn't watch it this weekend anyway.

 

[Spacegoat]

SRM's BMW and the Walkinshaw 911 are both out of the Endurance Championship decider tomorrow. Following a crash in the second sprint race today.

Fingers crossed that both can be repaired in time for Challenge Bathurst in a couple of weeks time. The Porsche looks like it took a real hard hit, though.

 

[05XR8]

That Camaro again.

 

[05XR8]

http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/11/13/ktm-x-bow-gt4s-headed-bathurst/
This will become my favorite category.

 

[Spacegoat]

That Camaro again.

The way Burgess talked in that article. Seems like Walkinshaw will only compete in the enduro events next year, not the sprint races. Shame but it's understandable.

Also, the KTM looks like something straight out of Ridge Racer. Wild.

 

[05XR8]

Yeah, don't know why they'd have two risky sprint races before an enduro. Would be better to have them separate weekends.

All that potential for GT4 goodness. The cars available today: RC-F, Mustang, Cayman, Maserati, etc. This would make for a better support race than SuperUtes.

 

[TDZdave]

http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/11/13/australian-gt-not-support-category-2017/

 

[05XR8]

..and with those GT4 cars in the mix, it's going to be some interesting racing.

 

[01GTP]

http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/11/13/ktm-x-bow-gt4s-headed-bathurst/
This will become my favorite category.

Also, the KTM looks like something straight out of Ridge Racer. Wild.

Here is one with a great livery.



And another.



All run by Mantella Autosport Inc..

 

[Spacegoat]

Mark Winterbottom, Marco Whittmann and Timo Glock join BMW Team SRM for the Bathurst 12 hour.

 

[05XR8]

The #100 hasn't been that fast in the races. Hopefully they can unlock some speed to be competitive over the distance.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

The 2017 Australian Endurance Championship and the majority of the Australian GT Championship will be broadcast on Speedcafe.com. I was a little worried the series wouldn't get any television coverage when the category announced it would part ways with the Supercar promoted events so this is great news. Next year is set to be the biggest in Australian GT racing, we've come a long way since the championships roots in the Nations Cup all those years ago.

 

[CodeRedR51]

The PWC GT-R's are just about ready for their trip to Australia.

 

[05XR8]

That completes the 4 that will be racing all of next year in AGT.

 

[IforceV8]

Ryan Dalziel to CRP in a Merc for PWC. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact...09913&ca=5ff4f447-1acd-453c-8514-74b9ea75e674

 

[SagarisGTB]

Vanthoor

Vanthoor walks away after skidding on his roof for a couple hundred metres.

Not much actual racing in Macau today. Only two complete laps in two TCR races and only 1 lap of green running so far in the GT race, unlikely to be any more.

 

[TDZdave]

Vanthoor

Vanthoor walks away after skidding on his roof for a couple hundred metres.

Not much actual racing in Macau today. Only two complete laps in two TCR races and only 1 lap of green running so far in the GT race, unlikely to be any more.

2 years in a row Vanthoor has finished the season with a massive bang,

 

[mustafur]

So he wins the race he Red flagged, That is a farce.

 

[Snaeper]

The novelty of Macau is hopefully passed.

Time to hold the big events on a proper circuit.

 

[TDZdave]

The novelty of Macau is hopefully passed.

Time to hold the big events on a proper circuit.

Macau other then being Macau, like Monaco, other then history, what's so great about them? You can move them wherever but if they aren't where they are supposed to be then they aren't the big event that they are,

 

[CodeRedR51]

The novelty of Macau is hopefully passed.

Time to hold the big events on a proper circuit.

Agreed, horrible track. Too narrow for the speeds they are carrying.

 

[Snaeper]

I think that the F3 event should continue to be the marquee event for that track. Maybe GT Asia can hold an event there, but the FIA GT World freakin' Cup is going to be dead in the water if they keep running that event there.

I think that race needs to be held in Spain in the winter, smack in the middle of the off season, or somewhere in the Middle East (trying to think of good wintering grounds that are as accessible by as many teams/countries as possible here).