Let the COTA racing season begin!!!
Pirelli World Challenge is in town featuring one of the most diverse fields of sportscars in America. The Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy will also be running this weekend.\
Here is the breakdown of racing classes:
GT features several GT3-spec race cars: from Audi R8s to the new ATS-V.R races here, along with the Acura TLX-GTs, the Bentley Continental GT3s and the Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 FL2s.
GTA is more of the same, but geared more towards gentleman drivers.
GT Cup is entirely composed of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars – featuring local Will Hardeman/ #19.
GTS features American Muscle and other sportscars that aren’t quite at the same level of supercar as GT: like the Mustang and Camaro. GT4 cars are eligible to run here, so cars like the Aston Martin Vantage GT4 and Porsche Cayman break up the American Muscle class. Kia Optimas and Nissan 370Zs also are included in this class.
TCA is a more limited-prep class, with around 220 horsepower as the target and mainly chassis tweaks allowed. Kia Forte Koups, Honda Civics, Mazda RX-8s and a lone Scion FR-S are in this class.
TCB is composed of subcompacts. It’s widely hailed as the cheapest point of entry into pro racing, and includes Mini Coopers, Mazda2s, Honda Fits and similar cars.
If you have the change, c’mon down to the track and get your “race fix”; if you can’t, no biggie, you can watch all of the World Challenge races from home. Coverage will be live-streamed on World-ChallengeTV.com as well as on the Pirelli World Challenge YouTube channel.
