Tonyware

Starts this weekend at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Race 1 coverage begins at 3:50pm ET, Saturday, March 7. Race 2 is 2:50 pm ET, Sunday, March 8. Cloudy Saturday around 50oF, but rain on Sunday and 60oF.

There are two TLX GTs in the race. No. 42 and No. 43 with Peter Cunningham and Ryan Eversley. Best of luck guys!!!!

Watch live both days on World Challenge TV.



( from their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RealTimeRacing/timeline )

Colin

Can't wait!

Tonyware

Oh! I'd probably give up a kidney or something to hang out with these guys in the garage!!!

jeich182

Since you mentioned RTR and PWC I'll leave a link here to my interview with owner/driver Peter Cunningham.

Temple of VTEC - Motorsports - Blog - TOV Motorsports Exclusive - Q&A With RealTime Racing's Peter "P.D." Cunningham

Thanks for looking!

Tonyware

Well, here are the results: http://www.world-challenge.com/image...lts-1---1-.PDF

They both had a good start but it didn't turn out too good after a few laps. One car had suspension damage the other I have no idea what happened to it. Ryan Eversley got a best standing start award. Waiting for all the interviews to be posted on youtube. Sucks I didn't have time to watch the first race.

The good news is that in the TC/TCA/TCB class, my favorite Shea Holbrook did well with her Civic Si.

jeich182

Contact for both cars. PD's #42 is out due to damage not repairable at the track.
Rain in the forecast for today and the TLX-GT is the only AWD car on the grid. Let's see what Eversley can do in the #43 car!

Tonyware

According to their facebook page, Sunday's race has been moved up to 2:32pm due to weather. But, it looks like the live feed at their web site is broken. Waiting...

Tonyware

Eversley finished 5th, started 25th. Not a bad day after all.

Tonyware

Results here: http://www.world-challenge.com/image...lts-1---2-.PDF

Lap times significantly slower than yesterday due to rain.

Tonyware

Here is the story as told by RTR: RealTime Racing | RealTime Acura Opens Season with Top Five Finish | Latest News | News | Realtime Racing

Next race is in St. Petersburg, FL, March 27 – 29 (hope it rains - LOL!!!)

Colin

Indeed, considering where they qualified in the dry, their only hope is for a monsoon.

Edited to add: I would admit that Circuit of the Americas seems to be a pretty fast course, maybe St. Petersburg will suit the TLX better?

Tonyware

St. Petersburg is a road course, combining a nearby runway. Probably a little slower since the circuit of the Americas was primarily designed for F1 and that is fast! Lots of walls around the road course in St. Pete's and a potential 4-wide on the runway, probably benefiting Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche. Brakes! Better get them nicely serviced and stay away from the walls

(yes, monsoons help shawd )

PS. As much as I would like to think of this as a great effort on behalf of Honda/Acura to win races... something inside me tells me the objective here is to develop the twin turbo J engine and not to really race the car. After all, Honda has a long tradition using race tracks to develop their engines in real races. Bonus if they win (and they have a few).

Tonyware

Race recap from Saturday and Sunday with Peter Cunningham and Ryan Eversley interviews.



(wonder if this thread should be moved in the motorsports news section?)

Tonyware

The entire race is up on youtube. The rolling start starts at the 15:00 mark:


Lots of TLX GT moments in there, get some popcorn

jeich182

I'm going to have an interview with Ryan Eversley coming up. I'll post here when it's done.

Majofo

They're going to have a great season.. as usual.

Tonyware

Bad news from St.Pete's Florida: no rain this weekend! Oh Darn!

Schedule and live events here: http://www.world-challenge.com/index...=57&Itemid=216

PS. GT qualifying today at 5:45 PM. Lets see how #42 and #43 will do.

Tonyware

Ryan Eversley #43 TLX GT takes the pole position! Now it gets interesting

Colin

There was rain afterall!

Tonyware

It did today, thus the result! But the weekend looks dry. Maybe there is some evil strategy going on here

Surprisingly, the McLaren is doing well in the rain too. That must be some harry potter suspension and traction control setting they have on that car.

Colin

^^ If its dry, it will be interesting to see what they can do from the front. We know they should get a good launch, if they can lead into the 1st corner, maybe they can hold them at bay?

Tonyware

Thats what I was thinking too. But there is a long runway straight involved here and that McLaren can get up and go! However, I am also keeping an eye on that Nismo/Nissan GT-R GT3, because its the only one that can get on full power mid-turn and stay on the road at the turn exit.

Race starts in ~1 hour, hope the live streaming works (link: World Challenge TV)

PS. Advice to Peter: try not to bump into anyone... this isn't a demolition derby

Tonyware

If live link above doesn't work try this: Pirelli World Challenge Live on USTREAM: . Racing

Tonyware

Strange win for #43 TLX GT... finished #1 under yellow flag. Half the race was under yellow, not much racing went on. I kinda get the feeling the drivers were a bit scared of the walls so they didn't push too much.

Well, at least the TLX GT got one win... (congrats to the engineers for building a race car for... ummm, the rain!)

Lets see what happens tomorrow for race 2 at St-Pete's (Sunday 10:45am).

Colin

Unfortunately I saw the results before I could watch the race....

Tonyware

^^ sorry for the spoiler

It wasn't much of a race. Only thing Ryan did was to drive safely. Before the second yellow flag that pretty much ended the race under caution, the Porsche following him also played safe and tailgated him to the end. Sadly the chain reaction of crashes at the back of the starting lineup, at the start, ruined the entire race. Even though I am sure the track people were professional dealing with the mess on the race track, it took them way too long to removed the damaged cars and spilled fluids from the track. They should have made the call to stop the race/clock and do a rolling start after cleaning the mess.

The GTS race is on, see a bunch of mustangs going around the track Pirelli World Challenge Live on USTREAM: . Racing

Tonyware

(spoiler alert below lol)

Ryan Eversley finishes 7th after starting 8th and Peter Cunningham finishes 14th after starting 22nd. Not that they did anything to improve their position, except drive around and watch others in front of them either crash or spin out. Once again, half the race time was under yellow so not much was going on for half hour except watching the track crew clean up crashes. Complete results here: http://www.world-challenge.com/image...rovisional.PDF

BTW, here is the video from yesterday's crash showing what happened at the start.

Tonyware

A couple of videos posted by Ryan Eversley (his own channel on YouTube, worth subscribing, I am sure there is going to be more!) from inside his car:



Obviously this looks nothing like a TLX, but I want those paddles!!! LOL.

Tonyware

The TLX GT (I guess both of them) in Long Beach, CA, this weekend. Its a street course in downtown Long Beach, very tight course!

The good news: Peter Cunningham had the fastest practice lap of the GT class today. Bad news: clear skies all weekend... darn!!!

I think based on the schedule I read (unless I read it wrong) there is only one race on Sunday, 7:05 p.m ET. Qualifying is on Saturday, 11:30 a.m ET.

Hope the live streaming works here: World Challenge TV

Some teams are hosting "garage tours" today and tomorrow... wish I was there!

Tonyware

Just in case anyone is following this, (even though I kinda suspect not) today's qualifying results are here: http://www.world-challenge.com/image...-Q-Session.PDF

Ryan got 6th spot and Peter 23rd. Maybe this is the result of some kind of strategy or maybe not. We'll see how it goes tomorrow but I think the McLarens and that Ferrari from Toronto are not easy to beat!

Edward'TLS

^^^^^

The advantage of AWD is only apparent when the race circuit is soaked.

CGTSX2004

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A few shots of the TLX-GT from this weekend's Pirelli World Challenge Race following the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

To read see more photos from the Grand Prix weekend, click here.

Tonyware

Thanks for the pics. Nice to see Peter and Ryan finishing in the top 10 without incident.

But this race apparently was very controversial.

Link at jalopnik with the story: Driver So Mad At Race That He Refused To Do The Champagne Spray

Majofo

Peter is still under review..
well.. more than half of them are.

Bullshit race though. Better not be wrist slaps.

CGTSX2004

iTrader: (1)

Wow...I know the course is tight, but 25 cars under review for being involved in on-track incidents seems like a bit much.

Too bad our vantage point would not have given us a good look at the incidents.

xtcnrice

Peter shouldn't get flack for anything... his race was clean despite getting hit. His car however...

thoiboi

Damnit.. I had tickets to the Long Beach Grand Prix this weekend but didn't have time to go..

Tonyware

Race summary video from the HPD facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/HondaRacing...0165357666368/


Next stop is Birmingham, AL, April 24-26 at Barber Motorsports Park.

While watching videos on YouTube I notice that it is a very fast race track.

Also I hear Noah is building an Arc out there Yep, they get some freaky rain storms, so lets hope it rains like never before!

PS. The one after that I'll go to north of Toronto, hopefully for the Sunday race. Cleaning lenses and charging camera batteries as we speak

Tonyware

Ah, yes... the penalties after the mess in Long Beach: PWC Issues Post-Long Beach Penalties - Sportscar365

Peter and Ryan didn't get any. So the new standings:

1. Porsche 29
2. Ferrari 28
3. McLaren 19
4. Acura 13
5. Cadillac 11
6. Audi 8

...
11. Dodge 0

1. Olivier Beretta 522
2. Ryan Dalziel 494
3. Kevin Estre 398
4. Ryan Eversley 386
5. Johnny O'Connell 333
6. Nick Catsburg 323

...
18. Peter Cunningham 169
...
44. Maximillian Voelker 0



For the stats aficionados, full list links:

Drivers: http://www.world-challenge.com/image...nts-GT--3-.PDF
Cars: http://www.world-challenge.com/image...ormance-GT.PDF

Tonyware

Saturday race at Barber Motorsports Park:

Somehow Peter started 12th and eventually finished 8th (in one piece too!). Ryan started 5th and finished 14th (issues with under steer). More controversy in the final lap. Something to do with the 50 min mark and how they time the race... too complicated. Win went to a Nissan GT-R. A bit surprised the best aero cars were left behind, like the McLaren. Its a fast track that favors aero advantaged cars.

Full results here: http://www.world-challenge.com/image...-GTCup--1-.pdf

Sunday race starts at 11:28 am EST. No rain, but then again you never know.

The image that is emerging this year (after 6 races) is that things are unpredictable. Unlike last year when the Cadillacs dominated. This year its anyone's guess. First, cars have improved a lot and second some newbi drivers are way too aggressive causing accidents.