2014 SCCA World Challenge - Page 5

NaBUru38 · 14 Jan 2014, 17:58 (Ref:3353925)

Great news about Honda / Acura.

I checked the K-Pax website, and I doubt that they will race anything but a Volvo.

cbbrit · 14 Jan 2014, 19:17 (Ref:3353973)

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Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Great news about Honda / Acura.

I checked the K-Pax website, and I doubt that they will race anything but a Volvo.

Not what I was told at The Roar, by someone with inside knowledge! Wait and see!

rwintle · 14 Jan 2014, 19:31 (Ref:3353984)

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Originally Posted by cbbrit

Not what I was told at The Roar, by someone with inside knowledge! Wait and see!

Am I wrong in believing that before the Volvos, K-PAX ran a Porsche? 2008 maybe?

rwintle · 14 Jan 2014, 19:33 (Ref:3353986)

P.S. congrats to Mike from me, too. It's been a pleasure hearing your views both here, and previously over at the ALMSfans forum. Go get 'em!!!!

Coach Ep · 14 Jan 2014, 20:51 (Ref:3354028)

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Originally Posted by rwintle

Am I wrong in believing that before the Volvos, K-PAX ran a Porsche? 2008 maybe?

Correct, 2007 + 2008, see http://www.kpaxracing.com/history.php

Subaru_WRX_STi · 15 Jan 2014, 12:24 (Ref:3354227)

PWC GT will be interesting to follow this year. However it was strange in 2013 to see the number of cars decreased a lot in the second half of the season.

Christian Mogami · 15 Jan 2014, 17:31 (Ref:3354335)

The Acura TLX GT

Uses a stock block engine with stock crank,running the factory 3.5L displacement(instead of the 2.8L in the P2 engine) Pistons,rods and twin turbo hardware are the key changes.Will be in the 550hp range and most likely will need an air-intake restrictor to stay below 550hp.

The AWD system will not have torque-vectoring.

Mike Hedlund · 15 Jan 2014, 19:30 (Ref:3354386)

Thanks rwintle!

And just so nobody accuses me of posting bad info here, I just heard they aren't going to let us run the driver adjustable rollbars on the 458. Oh well, for sprint races it's not that big of a deal anyway and it saves some money.

-mike

NaBUru38 · 16 Jan 2014, 19:08 (Ref:3354844)

There are 40 entries confirmed so far, according to the official website.

GT has 8 entries:

Johnny O'Connell - #3 Cadillac CTS-V
Andy Pilgrim - #8 Cadillac CTS-V
James Sofronas - #14 Audi R8
Tim Bergmeister - #31 Porsche 911
Peter Cunningham - #42 Acura TLX
Anthony Lazzaro - #61 Ferrari 458
Mike Hedlund - #64 Ferrari 458
Nick Esayian - #34 TBD

GT-A has 8 entries:

Tim Pappas - #54 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Henrik Hedman - #10 Ferrari 458
Michael Mills - #41 Porsche 911
Andrew Palmer - #21 Audi R8
Bret Curtis - #32 Audi R8
Brent Holden - #44 Audi R8
Bill Ziegler - #95 Audi R8
Jeff Courtney - #99 Audi R8

GTS has 17 entries, including:

Lawson Aschenbach - #1 Chevrolet Camaro
Andy Lee - #20 Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Gaples - #11 Chevrolet Camaro
Jack Baldwin - #73 Porsche Cayman
Buz McCall - #72 Porsche Cayman
Mark Wilkins - #38 Kia Optima
Nic Jönsson - #36 Kia Optima
Alec Udell - #17 Ford Mustang
Brad Adams - #96 Ford Mustang
Jim Taggart - #7 Lotus Evora
Robert Stout - #86 Scion FR-S
Ric Bushey - #51 Nissan 370Z
Mark Klenin - #62 Aston Martin Vantage

Lanky Turtle · 16 Jan 2014, 22:42 (Ref:3354956)

That's good to see Tim Bergmeister entered. I didn't know that he had come back to racing since his crash at Fuji.

**joeb** · 16 Jan 2014, 23:39 (Ref:3354974)

That is a nice looking entry list. I thought Acura was going to have more than one entry?

NaBUru38 · 16 Jan 2014, 23:48 (Ref:3354979)

Perhaps it's for Nick Esayian, who has been a RealTime Acura driver for years.

NaBUru38 · 16 Jan 2014, 23:50 (Ref:3354981)

I'd love to see Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge in the main class. Same for Audi and Nissan, which don't race in USCC GTLM and should be doing a pro championship.

schmidder · 17 Jan 2014, 02:51 (Ref:3355006)

what spec 911 is bergmeister running,Nice to see a 911 in the top class again, awesome diversity!

Mike Hedlund · 17 Jan 2014, 03:51 (Ref:3355013)

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Originally Posted by schmidder

what spec 911 is bergmeister running,Nice to see a 911 in the top class again, awesome diversity!

All the 911's in PWC GT will be 997 based GT3-R's.

-mike

MagVanisher · 17 Jan 2014, 10:17 (Ref:3355087)

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Originally Posted by NaBUru38

I'd love to see Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge in the main class. Same for Audi and Nissan, which don't race in USCC GTLM and should be doing a pro championship.

I wanna dream that, but Chevy won't be in it because of Cadillac.

Mike Hedlund · 17 Jan 2014, 17:58 (Ref:3355287)

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Originally Posted by NaBUru38

I'd love to see Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge in the main class. Same for Audi and Nissan, which don't race in USCC GTLM and should be doing a pro championship.

I talked with SRT about running a Viper GT3-R (and McLaren) before committing to the Ferrari. I wouldn't be surprised if someone runs either one this year...

-mike

rich07 · 17 Jan 2014, 23:27 (Ref:3355445)

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Originally Posted by Mike Hedlund

I talked with SRT about running a Viper GT3-R (and McLaren) before committing to the Ferrari. I wouldn't be surprised if someone runs either one this year...

-mike

Yeah Vipers have proven popular in the championship history so I can definitely see at least one person running one this year.

fieldodreams79 · 18 Jan 2014, 01:41 (Ref:3355479)

Jack Baldwin is my dad's age and has driven everything. Kudos to him!

Good looking grid and a great group of cars. Generally pull for the American V8s but I guess I'll be pulling for a certain Fiat driver too.

ACFlinn · 18 Jan 2014, 07:01 (Ref:3355509)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Jack Baldwin is my dad's age and has driven everything. Kudos to him!

Good looking grid and a great group of cars. Generally pull for the American V8s but I guess I'll be pulling for a certain Fiat driver too.

Buz McCall, too.

Based on their history in Trans-Am and the IMSA GTO Skoal Bandit, you'd almost expect them to be racing Camaros. It's interesting how times change.

Andy Flinn

NaBUru38 · 29 Jan 2014, 20:24 (Ref:3361789)

According to the official website, now there's 15 GT entries:

o- Nick Esayan is now listed in GTS.
o- #5 Cadillac to join O'Connell and Pilgrim
o- #43 Acura TLX to join Cunningham.
o- #65 Audi from DragonSpeed.
o- #2 and #12 Nissan GT-R from CRP Racing.
o- #28 Chevrolet Corvette for Lou Gigliotti.
o- #6 and #9 K-Pax, with cars and drivers to be confirmed.

There's now 9 GT-A entries, having been added a #89 SRT Viper for Fred Roberts.

There's 33 GTS entries announced, 10 TC, 1 TCA and 14 TCB. That's a total 82 entries!

Speed-King · 29 Jan 2014, 20:27 (Ref:3361793)

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Originally Posted by NaBUru38

According to the official website, now there's 15 GT entries:

o- Nick Esayan is now listed in GTS.
o- #5 Cadillac to join O'Connell and Pilgrim
o- #43 Acura TLX to join Cunningham.
o- #65 Audi from DragonSpeed.
o- #2 and #12 Nissan GT-R from CRP Racing.
o- #28 Chevrolet Corvette for Lou Gigliotti.
o- #6 and #9 K-Pax, with cars and drivers to be confirmed.

There's now 9 GT-A entries, having been added a #89 SRT Viper for Fred Roberts.

There's 33 GTS entries announced, 10 TC, 1 TCA and 14 TCB. That's a total 82 entries!

Especially the Caddy might not be a full season entry, though. I think they also had a 'guest' car last year, J.Taylor was one of the drivers.

TF110 · 29 Jan 2014, 21:18 (Ref:3361824)

SRT Viper you say? So does this mean some factory support or just a GT3?

Nick Woodbury · 29 Jan 2014, 22:00 (Ref:3361848)

Wowowowoww I hadn't realized just how stacked this grid is in terms of quality of manufacturers and cars.

Really cool, I still wish they would come back to Lime Rock park for the Conti Challenge weekend in May.

I Rosputnik · 29 Jan 2014, 22:30 (Ref:3361869)

Any idea how many Viper GT3's have been sold so far?

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