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PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE ANNOUNCES 2017 DATES AND CLASSES

PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE ANNOUNCES 2017 DATES AND CLASSES

WC Vision, producers of the Pirelli World Challenge, today unveiled its class programs in alignment with the earlier-announced 2017 Pirelli World Challenge schedule for North America’s biggest GT Production-based road racing campaign. WC Vision announced the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge dates and locations last month. In 2017, the GT/GTA/GT Cup classes will feature five traditional Sprint weekends (50-minute single driver events) and five SprintX doubleheader contests (60-minute, two-driver events). The GT Cup will have four sprint weekends in 2017. The GT/GTA/GT Cup champions will be determined in three separate point categories with Sprint and SprintX Champions. Drivers, teams and manufacturers competing in all 19 GT/GTA and 18 GT Cup races will be named the Overall Pirelli World Challenge champions. With the 60-minute, two-driver format, the 2017 SprintX series has been expanded to the five PWC Headliner weekends set for VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) April 28-30, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) May 19-21, Lime Rock Park May 26-27, Utah Motorsports Campus August 11-13 and Circuit of the Americas (COTA) Sept. 1-3. Pirelli World Challenge’s sprint format for the GT/GTA/GT Cup events will include the five weekends with the Verizon IndyCar Series at the streets of St. Petersburg (March 10-12) and Long Beach (April 7-9, no GT Cup race), Road America (June 23-25), Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (July 28-30) and Sonoma Raceway (Sept. 13-15). All except Long Beach (GT single race) will be doubleheader weekends. Four of the five GT/GTA/GT Cup sprint weekends will be same-day television coverage on the CBS Sports Network. A complete 2017 Pirelli World Challenge CBS Sports Network schedule will be announced in the near future. Austin, TX - Mar 05, 2016:  The gts  takes to the track on Pirelli tires during the Nissan Grand Prix of Texas presented by VP Racing Fuels at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX for the first event in the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge. In GTS/GT4, all 18 races (9 weekends) will be Sprint format with 50-minute, single-driver contests. GTS/GT4 also will be allowed to compete in SprintX in 2017. The Touring Car classes – TC, TCA and TCB – will continue their traditional sprint races (40-minute, single-driver) at six PWC weekends (12 races). “Building on the highly-competitive battles across all classes in 2016 and, with the expansion of the SprintX format to five racing weekends, we believe our drivers, teams and fans will enjoy our most exciting season ever in 2017,” said Greg Gill, WC Vision President and CEO. According to Marcus Haselgrove, WC Vision Vice-President of Competition, PWC expanding the GT3 base has allowed for more competitors in 2017 and Haselgrove believes more teams and manufacturers will expand the fields in the upcoming years. Look for expansion in the GT Cup division with additional manufacturers. “GT3 customers now have increased opportunities to run for a single-driver or a two-driver championship or compete in all events for an overall title,” said Haselgrove. “This exciting expansion is in response to our customer feedback with the new GT production-based equipment entering our series.” The Pirelli World Challenge season finale for the Touring Car categories is again set for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Oct. 13-15 with a the SRO Motorsports Group Intercontinental GT Challenge eight-hour endurance event along with a complete Touring Car (TC,TCA and TCB) doubleheader weekend. The PWC season finale for GT/GTA/GT Cup and GTS divisions will take place at Sonoma Raceway in September. Date      Track     Classes March 10-12       Streets of St. Petersburg GT/GTA/GT Cup Sprint, GTS Sprint April 7-9               Streets of Long Beach     GT Sprint April 28-30          Virginia International Raceway    GT/GTA/GT Cup/GTS SprintX, GTS, TC, TCA, TCB Sprint May 19-21           Canadian Tire Motorsport Park    GT/GTA/GT Cup/GTS SprintX, GTS, TC, TCA, TCB Sprint May 26-27           Lime Rock Park  GT/GTA/GT Cup/GTS SprintX, GTS, TC, TCA, TCB Sprint June 23-25          Road America     GT/GTA/GT Cup Sprint, GTS Sprint July 28-30            Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course         GT/GTA/GT Cup Sprint, GTS Sprint August 11-13      Utah Motorsports Campus            GT/GTA/GT Cup/GTS SprintX, GTS, TC, TCA, TCB Sprint September 1-3   Circuit of the Americas (COTA)     GT/GTA/GT Cup/GTS SprintX, GTS, TC, TCA, TCB Sprint September 15-17              Sonoma Raceway             GT/GTA/GT Cup Sprint, GTS Sprint October 13-15    Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca       SRO 8-Hour GT Endurance Race, TC, TCA, TCB Sprint