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Pirelli World Challenge and Maserati Trofeo Road America

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  1. F1tommy

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    With all the coverage of the Ferrari Challenge and huge 458 accident I thought I would throw in a few pictures of the other race cars up at Road America last weekend. The Bentley is almost 2000lbs less then the street version.
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  2. Gran Drewismo

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    Thanks for posting this. Love the PWC!
     
    Gran Drewismo, Jul 6, 2015
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    Those Bentley's make me smile. I love the absurdity of them.
     
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    Me too. They make a pretty damn good race car to boot!
     
    Gran Drewismo, Jul 8, 2015
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    Absurdity ?

    Apart from a large frontal area, there is not much wrong with them, I think.

    I saw them at Silverstone last year (when one won), and they had more top speed than any other GT3.
     
    william, Jul 9, 2015
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    I don't mean it in a bad way, I think they are awesome. Just the idea of going racing in such a big, heavy, luxury GT car is a bit of a crazy idea. I like crazy, and I hope to see one in person sometime.
     
    Devilsolsi, Jul 9, 2015
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  7. william

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    Big?
    A standard Bentley Continental GT is slightly longer than a BMW M3 (150mm), narrower and 10mm taller). It's however taller than a Ferrari 458 by 200mm.

    Heavy?
    M-Sport trimmed 1000kg from its weight to bring it to GT3 minimum weight.
    A Continental GT in race trim isn't heavier than Ferrari 458, or a Porsche 911GT3.

    Luxury?
    Well, the Bentley is in good company with Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, etc...
     
    william, Jul 9, 2015
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    I saw them race at Barber Motorsports Park. The Bentley by far was the best sounding car imo. The McLaren won, but it was pretty quiet by comparison.
     
    BMW.SauberF1Team, Jul 10, 2015
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