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[05XR8]

http://www.speedcafe.com/news_extra/motul-team-rjn-prepare-spa-24-hour/
Trying to remember if Nissan were running BBS at the start of this year

 

[-Fred-]

Nope. That looks more like a SuperGT car to me, actually.

 

[05XR8]

Nope. That looks more like a SuperGT car to me, actually.

Gt500 or GT300 GT3?

 

[-Fred-]

GT500. I think it's that car, actually.

 

[05XR8]

GT500. I think it's that car, actually.

Weird that speedcafe put that car in the pic for Spa.

 

[Litening1]

http://www.velocitynews.co.nz/news.php?id=1870
Ingall/Skaife/Longhurst 12hr car to race at pukekohe . With nearly 15 GT3 cars making there way to NZ. We could have a GT Series in the making in the next couple of years, watch this space.

 

[catamount39]

BMW looks to continue to use the M6 for GT3 as the M8 GTE nears, and as such they'll be releasing an upgrade kit for the car for the 2018 season.
http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/bmw-reveals-m6-gt3-evo-kit/

 

[CodeRedR51]

Spa 24Hr coverage starts today. Putting these here for now, if someone has the time to make a thread for the race it might be better.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

Race starts Saturday at 11am EST

 

[-Fred-]

Honda has announced at Spa a worldwide NSX GT3 program starting in 2018 with JAS taking care of the cars... Not much given out as far as details go, but 2-3 teams in Blancpain are apparently very interested already.

 

[05XR8]

Yes, please. ...and please make an announcement for Bathurst. If Honda and Lexus join, it would be spectacular.

 

[IforceV8]

 

[05XR8]

This will be the first time an NSX competes on the mountain(Hopefully). I'd love to see a #95 Spoon entry. Epicness.

 

[Eh Team]

Race starts Saturday at 11am EST

10:30 according to the official website, so 4:30 local time.

Don't want to be missing anything.

 

[05XR8]

http://www.speedcafe.com/2017/07/29/new-international-gt3-race-hampton-downs/

 

[Mike458]

Uhh... so podium predictions for the Spa 24H? (for PRO, PRO AM and AM)

My predictions:

PRO winner: 00
PRO 2nd: 117
PRO 3rd: 7

PRO-AM winner: 3
PRO-AM 2nd: 333
PRO-AM 3rd: 18

AM winner: 188 (go Chris Harris!)
AM 2nd: 26
AM 3rd: 56

(all of this was so damn hard to choose, too many cars to root for!)

(and hopefully one of the Audi WRT cars doesn't win, although they are damn fast and I kinda see them winning)

 

[-Fred-]

Are you seriously expecting a car starting from pitlane with a 2 minute penalty on top of that because of an engine change to win overall? I mean, I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's already pretty much a lap behind everyone else, and the race isn't even started yet...

With something like 17 cars within the same second after "Superpole" it's way too competitive to call, but I'm hoping one of the Bentleys come through in the end.

 

[Eh Team]

Emil Frey FTW! That car makes me so happy and it starts 8th.

 

[Mike458]

Puncture for one of the Rowe cars.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

There's a topic for the race.

 

[Eh Team]

There is a race thread to talk in I've found.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/2017-total-24-hours-of-spa.357881/

 

[sgohsixthree]

Todays PWC GT Race is TV only? 🤬

 

[05XR8]

http://www.speedcafe.com/2017/08/04/nissan-assess-possible-asia-pacific-36-series-tilt/

 

[DesertPenguin09]

Todays PWC GT Race is TV only? 🤬

PWC gets shafted because of the stupid MotorTrend subscription they're tied to. Either watch it live or pay for a replay is bullcrap.

 

[Northstar]

PWC gets shafted because of the stupid MotorTrend subscription they're tied to. Either watch it live or pay for a replay is bullcrap.

There not being a stream was actually because of their deal with CBS Sports as they don't do the free stream when CBS does a same-day delay, I don't know if MotorTrend streamed it or not.

Sometimes I wonder if PWC is afraid of being successful.

 

[sgohsixthree]

There not being a stream was actually because of their deal with CBS Sports as they don't do the free stream when CBS does a same-day delay, I don't know if MotorTrend streamed it or not.

Sometimes I wonder if PWC is afraid of being successful.

Honestly yeah, it is kind of weird. Look at IMSA. They stream on their site and Live TV, then put the races on YouTube. And they've been gaining traffic too!. Its pretty ideal. Only thing better would be a NISMO TV type situation like where all the Blancpain races are streamed on Youtube instead of a proprietary (ie garbage) video player.

I love PWC, but their entire content delivery is questionable as stated by most everyone.

 

[05XR8]

At least we'll get to see a GT-R race in Australia next weekend
http://www.speedcafe.com/2017/08/10/gallery-aus-gt-sydney-motorsport-park-test/?image=5

 

[Spacegoat]

17 car grid for the second round of the Aus endurance championship. Sadly, the Hobson motorsport GT-R isn't among them.

 

[05XR8]

17 car grid for the second round of the Aus endurance championship. Sadly, the Hobson motorsport GT-R isn't among them.

Yeah, its a shame. They didn't know if they'd make the grid.

 

[Spacegoat]

Factory Mercedes driver Dominik Baumann will partner Mark Griffith in the Hog's Breath AMG for the second round of the endurance championship, this weekend.