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Originally Posted by Bcarr6
Little update, getting there, but I think given the first race is at the end of the month, its unlikely to hit 20 cars...
Still feels like the format of SRO racing in the US is messed up. The 90 min races feel a bit boring, maybe because of the low grid numbers.
GT America sort of solves part of the problem, but also potentially takes a little away from GTWC America...
Theres enough cars for 2 very solid categories, probably not enough for 3...
My prefernce would be to adopt the British GT format, mixed grids. 15-20 GT3's, 15 or so GT4's, some weekends you do 2x 60 mins, some weekends you do 1x 120 or 180 mins. Plus the 8hr race as the finale.
Then you do GT4 America as the support series as the overflow.
Not sure pandering to everyone by offering GT America as a way of doing single driver races really helps. Just spreads things too thin by giving one too many options
GTWC America - 13 Cars
Pro Class - 1 Cars
Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti - Acura NSX GT3 - Mario Farnbacher / Ashton Harrison
Pro Am Class - 12 cars
ACI Motorsports - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Spencer Pumpelly / Pedro Torres
Bimmerworld - BMW M4 GT3 - Chandler Hull / Bill Auberlin
Conquest Racing - Ferrari 296 GT3 - Manny Franco / Alessandro Balzan
Crowdstrike Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - George Kurtz / Colin Braun
Esses Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Will Hardeman / Adam Carroll
MDK Motorsports - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Trenton Estep / Seth Lucas
RennSport1 - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Stevan Mcaleer / Eric Figueiras
ST Racing - BMW M4 GT3 - Samantha Tan / Ben Edwards
The Racers Group - Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - Derek DeBoer / Ross Gunn
Turner Motorsport - BMW M4 GT3 - TBC / TBC
Wright Motorsport - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Charlie Luck / Jan Heylen
Wright Motorsport - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Adam Adelson / Elliott Skeer
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I agree with adopting British GT format for sure! The current 90 minutes for every race has worn its welcome and GTWC America should have abandoned that at the start of the decade. They need shorter races to appeal differentiate from IMSA GTD.
Side note..the Audi from Sofranos in GT America I think is a new Audi at least!