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During a Pirelli World Challenge race at St. Petersburg, his Bentley Continental GT3 seemed to lose braking on the way into turn 10 (one of the fastest parts of the course), leaving him no option but to slam into the tyre barriers in spectacular fashion.

Appropriately, Bentley showed off its bigger - is - better Mulsanne in Texas, underlining the brand's performance bona fides with the Bentley GT3's participation in the Pirelli World Challenge race at Austin's Circuit of the Americas.

Eriksen said if they go the GT3 route, the NSX could serve as the replacement to the all - wheel - drive Acura TLX - GT, which is currently on the second of a two - year agreement to race in Pirelli World Challenge.

With a growing online fan base (another factor on which modern sims live or die) you'll always be able to find challenging opposition too, with the potential to replicate real race series like the MX - 5 Global Cup or GT3 - level competition.

The current FIA World Endurance Championship GTE Pro leader, Aston Martin Racing is running an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the world - famous 24 - hour endurance race, and the V12 - powered charger will carry the luxury hotel group's branding as it challenges the 200 - strong grid for the race win.

The NSX GT3, which is based on Honda's reborn supercar and utilises the same 3.5 litre twin - turbocharged V6 engine, is a race winner in the North American - based IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship and Pirelli World Challenge.

Callaway's No. 26 Corvette C7 GT3 - R will miss the next three Pirelli World Challenge events as the race car adopts a new engine block.

Toluca Mexico's racing son was the 2014 Nissan GT Academy International winner who as previously mentioned is a driver in the GT3 Sprint X class in the Pirelli World Challenge series.

Just one year removed from winning a driver, team and manufacturers» GT championship in the Pirelli World Challenge, K - Pax Racing is switching to Bentley Continental GT3 cars for the 2018...

Here in the United States the Nissan GT - R can be seen most often competing on the tracks of the Pirelli World Challenge Series where drivers like Ricardo Sanchez and Frankie Montecavlo of the Always Evolving / AIM Autosports team compete in Sprint X class races under Federation Internationale de L'Automobile regulated GT3 technical regulations.

Otherwise, the closest he'll get to re-bodying a new Stingray will be the mods he made to Callaway's Corvette GT3 - R, which is set to race in the SCCA's Pirelli World Challenge this year.

LAKEVILLE, Connecticut — Lone Star Racing stayed front - row perfect in 2018 Pirelli World Challenge SprintX qualifying Saturday at Lime Rock Park where Mike Skeen drove the No. 80 ACS Manufacturing / Lone Star Racing Mercedes - AMG GT3 to the second fastest overall lap time in a competitive 20 - minute GT qualifying session.

Lone Star Racing Stays Front - Row Perfect With Second - Place Pirelli World Challenge SprintX GT Qualifying Run at Lime Rock Park Saturday in No. 80 ACS Manufacturing Mercedes - AMG GT3

The car will be raced in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup, the world's fastest international brand trophy, and worldwide in national Porsche Carrera Cups and GT3 Cup Challenges.

EFFORT Racing's IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge season kicks off with Rounds 1 and 2 of the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama at Sebring International Raceway on March 14th and 15th ahead of the American Le Mans Series 12 Hours of Sebring.

Back in 2006, the AutomotiveForums.com Race Team competed in Speed World Challenge GT across the country against Dodge Viper Competition Coupes, Tube - frame Chevrolet Corvettes, modified Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars, and even Aston Martin DBRS9s.

The No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R has been stripped of its GT Pro-Am class victory in Sunday's Pirelli World Challenge SprintX race at Utah Motorsports Campus, after having been handed a post-race time penalty for a pit lane infraction.

ALTON, Va. — Mike Skeen of Charlotte, N.C., made a sensational late race pass with his No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes - AMG GT3 sports car to take the lead on his way to winning Sunday's Pirelli World Challenge GX SprintX Round 4 60 - minute race at VIRginia International Raceway as part of the PWC Grand Prix of Virginia presented by Audi Sport.

LAKEVILLE, Conn. — The No. 2 CRP Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 will undergo a driver change this weekend at Lime Rock Park for rounds five and six of the Pirelli World Challenge SprintX Championship.

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. — Martin Fuentes had two different but similar fights on his hand during the pair of Pirelli World Challenge races at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, but ended the weekend with a pair of second - place trophies in the No. 07 Garage Italia / Alpha Prime Ferrari 488 GT3.

ALTON, Va. — The K - PAX Racing Bentley Pro-Am duo of Rodrigo Baptista and Maxime Soulet turned in a spectacular drive Saturday with the No. 3 K - PAX Racing Bentley Continental GT3 to win the GT SprintX 60 - minute Round 3 race in VIRginia International Raceway as part of the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of VIRginia presented by Audi Sport

GMG Racing could return to Pirelli World Challenge GT competition later this month at Circuit of The Americas, with the California - based team working on a Porsche 911 GT3 R entry for Alec Udell.

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With the Pirelli World Challenge kicking off their 2018 season in our backyard, we headed over to St. Pete this morning to check out the first practice and get a closer look at the Callaway Corvette C7 GT3 - R racer that is making its North American racing debut this weekend.

Today, a year later, the Huracán GT3 is ready for a global challenge: it has been chosen by more than 20 customer teams, with 40 cars competing over 78 race weekends in 13 of the most prestigious GT championships worldwide: from IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the United States to Asian Championships such as SuperGT, Asian Le Mans Series and GT Asia, through Europe's major series such as Blancpain GT, ADAC GT Masters, British GT Championship, Campionato Italiano GT, International GT Open, International Endurance Series and Michelin GT3 Cup.

The new IMSA entries will enhance Mercedes - AMG's presence within the U.S. market which, until now, was represented only by private teams racing the SLS AMG GT3 in the Pirelli World Challenge series.

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BMW NA Ambassador Bill Auberlen will be co-driving the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 with 2017 IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Grand Sport (GS) champion Dillon Machavern in tomorrow's race.

That car was built to FIA GT3 standards, and the intent of AMG was to primarily sell them to gentleman racers for weekend track day activities, although a number of them raced quite successfully in a variety of more substantial events: Pirelli World Challenge, FIA GT3 European Championship, Blancpain Endurance Series, the 24 Hours of Nurburgring.

In 2014, the team expanded its program to include running two Audi R8 LMS in the TUDOR Championship, and in 2015, again expanded the program to include two Porsches in Porsche Club racing, and two McLaren 650S GT3s with K - PAX Racing in the World Challenge sracing, and two McLaren 650S GT3s with K - PAX Racing in the World Challenge sRacing in the World Challenge series.

The chock - full event will also feature 38 Porsches on the grid for the Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA one - make series with races on Friday and Saturday, and the $ 75,000 - to - win Mazda MX - 5 Cup Global Challenge will close Saturday activity from 5 - 5:45 p.m. Gates open at 7 a.m. each day.

Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion This year's Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will showcase Acura's racing heritage with the West Coast debut of the 2017 Acura NSX GT3 racecar, which will be displayed alongside the 1991 RealTime Acura NSX, campaigned by Peter Cunningham (1991 to 2002) and driven by Cunningham to the Speed World Challenge GT championship in 1998.

As part of a four - race endurance series that takes part on four different continents, the 2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge will enjoy its third round on Sunday, featuring an eight hour race that will campaign similar GT3 and GT4 specification cars seen in this season's Pirelli World Challenge.

Gounan will team with Utah Pirelli World Challenge SprintX race winners Peter Kox and Mark Wilkins in the No. 93 RealTime Racing Acura HSX GT3.

Mar 1, 2017 — Unveiled today, the RealTime Racing liveries in the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge will feature an exciting combination of the team's traditional blue, white and orange colors for the team's pair of cars — including RTR's signature «squircles» — in a mirror - image pattern common to both Acura Motorsports NSX GT3 racing efforts thisRacing liveries in the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge will feature an exciting combination of the team's traditional blue, white and orange colors for the team's pair of cars — including RTR's signature «squircles» — in a mirror - image pattern common to both Acura Motorsports NSX GT3 racing efforts thisracing efforts this year.

«The 911 GT3 R and Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR that currently compete in the Pirelli World Challenge Sprint, and Sprint X format, make ideal endurance race cars.

After a focus on sprint racing, both in PWC and Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, Wright said he's excited to be returning to the team's roots in endurance racing this year.

Long - time Acura Motorsports partner RealTime Racing will again contest the Pirelli World Challenge, switching to the new NSX GT3 from the Acura TLX GT, which the Wisconsin - based team has used to record three victories during the past two seasons in the highly - competitive sprint - race series.

Jörg Bergmeister / / Driver, No. 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R — «I'm really looking forward to competing in an Intercontinental GT Challenge race and doing another event with Wright Motorsports.

In GT, the continuing emergence of GT3 platforms in the series meant an amazing diversity of machinery ran in the class, including the Audi R8 Ultra, Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari 458 GT3, McLaren 12C GT3, Bentley Continental GT3, Mercedes AMG SLS GT, Dodge Viper SRT GT3 - R and the Porsche GT3 R. Cadillac Racing entered the 2014 season continuing to run its World Challenge - spec entry CTS - Vs with both manufacturer and driver (Johnny O'Connell) vying for a three - peat in each championship.

In 2016, the team expanded to three full season McLaren 650S GT3 race cars, and clinched the Pirelli World Challenge Team, Driver, and Manufacturer Championships.

The long awaited Aston Martin Racing Vantage V12 GT3 North American debut is set to take place this upcoming weekend in the Pirelli World Challenge series event at Sonoma Raceway.

Kyle Marcelli just wrapped up a year racing for Toronto - based R.Ferri Motorsports Racing with Ferrari in the Pirelli World Challenge, North America's premier GT racing series, piloting the Ferrari 48racing for Toronto - based R.Ferri Motorsports Racing with Ferrari in the Pirelli World Challenge, North America's premier GT racing series, piloting the Ferrari 48Racing with Ferrari in the Pirelli World Challenge, North America's premier GT racing series, piloting the Ferrari 48racing series, piloting the Ferrari 488 GT3.

M1 GT Racing will enter the headline GT3 division at the SRO Motorsports Group promoted Intercontinental GT Challenge.

In fact, Kettler's group recently converted the ex-Oryx Racing GRAND - AM car into FIA GT3 spec, complete with traction control and ABS, for James Courtney in the Pirelli World Challenge.

CRP Racing's Mercedes - AMG GT3 will undergo a driver change in this weekend's Pirelli World Challenge SprintX rounds at Lime Rock Park, with AMG factory driver Raffaele Marciello joining Daniel Morad.

Scott Hargrove and Wolf Henzler, driving the Castrol / Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, capped their first Pirelli World Challenge SprintX race at Austin's Circuit of the Americas with a...

Starting in 2015, Cadillac joined the ultra-competitive GT3 racing scene with the brand - new ATS - V.R. Making ist debut in the Pirelli World Challenge Series, the car is build to the FIA GT3 regulations, allowing customer teams around the globe to purchase their own Cadillac race car for competition in the many racing series around the globe that are based on the popular sports car racing formula.