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Intercontinental GT race in Austin in 2017?

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  1. texasmr2

    texasmr2 Two Time F1 World Champ
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    #1 texasmr2, Jan 16, 2016
    Watching the "12hrs of Sepang" and there was mention of a 6hr race that is trying to be organized, too soon for any news?
     
  2. fatbillybob

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    #2 fatbillybob, Jan 16, 2016
    Me too. I'm getting into TV endurance racing. I want to try racing an enduro this year. It's my racing "goal" for 2016.
     
  3. texasmr2

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    #3 texasmr2, Jan 16, 2016
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    I am just thankful I found some racing, the VCR eats VHS tapes now or I would be watching a '80s F1 race. Unfortunately the Sepang race was not live and 12hrs was compressed into 1hr but what are you gonna do?

    Having been to COTA for the 1st F1 race, thanks to the generosity of a few other FChat members, the track itself is worthy of an endurance race (even another 12-24hr race) in my opinion. I am not certain about all the other logistics that would be required for such a long event though.

    Maybe BigTex will chime in as he has a firmer grasp on the track and it's progress.
     
  4. GuyIncognito

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    #4 GuyIncognito, Jan 16, 2016
    the west coast NASA endurance series looks awesome.

    https://www.nasaproracing.com/aboutnasa/endurance/
     
  5. Mike Hedlund

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    #5 Mike Hedlund, Jan 16, 2016
    There's a 4 Hour Blancpain race this year during the PWC race weekend at COTA. I think it's part of the new International GT Championship (Bathurst, Sepang, COTA and another one).

    -mike
     
  6. texasmr2

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    #6 texasmr2, Jan 17, 2016
    I often watch the Blancpain series as well yet a 6hr race was specifically mentioned but that could have just been an error and even a 4 hour race would be cool. I mentioned earlier that I think a 12hr or 24hr race would be cool yet just remembered that COTA does not the infrastructure that would allow RV's and camping inside the track like Daytona or Sebring, oh well.
     
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    #8 texasmr2, Feb 14, 2016
    Thanks. I was not really expecting anything until 2017 if at all.
     
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    #9 hairy_scotsman, Feb 14, 2016
    Oh, it was on the 2016 schedule right up til a month before the race. COTA had a full weekend schedule up that had the 6 hour race on Saturday evening.
     
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    #10 hairy_scotsman, Mar 5, 2016
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    #11 hairy_scotsman, Mar 8, 2016
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    #12 BigTex, Mar 8, 2016
    Thanks for the pictures.....

    Bubbas Burgers replacing Rolex, on that main track banner CAN'T be a good sign.

    See you at MotoGP!!!
    Catch up to us at the Green House....
     

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