r/wec • u/Ziombel_444 Chenard-Walcker Type U3 15CV Sport #8 • Jan 17 '23
24hr Series Hungry for more endurance racing after Dubai? 24H Series continues this weekend with 6H Abu Dhabi race that you can follow with my spotter's guide ;D (link in comments)
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u/habertown34 Jan 18 '23
Wow interesting! Are some drivers doing the race alone or are their teammates still TBA? And one of the TCR cars definitely isn't a Porsche GT3 :)
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u/dyysxse Jan 17 '23
are they even going to televise this race on youtube
when i went to the 24hourseries website they just showed a calender next to the race
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u/goin-up-the-country Jan 17 '23
They stream on their youtube channel
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u/krzysiek_aleks NISSAN DeltaWing #0 Jan 17 '23
Yeah, but 6H Dhabi was never broadcasted, so I guess it will be the same this year. It's just a way to keep teams "in town".
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u/Ziombel_444 Chenard-Walcker Type U3 15CV Sport #8 Jan 17 '23
It was streamed last year - https://youtu.be/65kX-GRS4tg
Although I am not sure if it will be this year
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u/dyysxse Jan 17 '23
so if we can't be able to watch the race then i can't use the spotter guide to follow it
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u/dyysxse Jan 17 '23
did you watch any of the dubai 24h race
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u/Ziombel_444 Chenard-Walcker Type U3 15CV Sport #8 Jan 17 '23
Of course! I’ve managed to catch a couple of hours. Interesting finish, good to see fight for overall going on so late in the race.
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u/dyysxse Jan 17 '23
i don't know if it will be broadcasted cause half the annoucers will be in daytona this coming weekend and i don't know if they want to broadcast a race with no one talking just cars racing noise
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u/gruso Sik Cut Jaguar XJR-9 #2 Jan 17 '23
Love your work as always mate. Not a request just a question - is the Bathurst 12hr on your radar?
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u/AZSportscar80 Jan 18 '23
What's the GTX class exactly?
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u/AchievedIan Jan 18 '23
As far as im aware, its GT4.
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u/Luke2222 Porsche Motorsport 919 #19 - 2015 Le Mans Overall Winner Jan 18 '23 edited Jan 18 '23
No, GT4 is its own class. GTX is for GT cars that don't fit in the other GT classes (GT3, GT4 and Porsche 992 Cup). For this race, the GTX class has a Vortex (which as far as I know only races in the 24H Series), a Lamborghini Super Trofeo Huracán, a GT2 KTM and a pair of previous generation Porsche Cup cars
There was a Porsche Cayman GT4 in the similar TCX class in Dubai last week but apparently that one was old enough that it's homologation had expired so it wasn't eligible for the proper GT4 class
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u/Luke2222 Porsche Motorsport 919 #19 - 2015 Le Mans Overall Winner Jan 18 '23 edited Jan 19 '23
GTX (or GT Special) is a catch-all class for just about any GT car that doesn't fit in the other, more specific, GT classes
Creventic (the organisers of the 24H Series) have always had a philosophy of finding somewhere for just about any car (within reason) to race so alongside the more traditional classes for the cars that teams typically enter (GT3, GT4, Porsche 992 Cup and TCR) they have 3 special classes for just about any GT or touring car so long as its slower than a GT3 car and meets modern safety standards
It isn't exact, but generally cars that are faster than a GT4 car go in the GTX class, cars that are somewhere around a GT4 or TCR car go in the TCX class with anything slower going into the TC class. The slower classes rarely have more than a handful of entries (if any) but it means that almost any modern GT or touring car can race although in recent years they have shifted away from more entry level cars like the various generations of Clio Cup car that used to be pretty common
For this race, the GTX class has a Lamborghini Super Trofeo Huracán, a GT2-spec KTM, a pair of previous generation Porsche Cup cars and a Vortex 1.0 which I think is unique to the 24H Series and is basically the result of a pair of brothers deciding they wanted to race a car they built and designed
There aren't any TCX or TC class cars for this race but as an example, last week in Dubai a GT4 Porsche Cayman that was too old for the proper GT4 class raced in TCX and in last months race in Kuwait a pair of BMW M2 CS' raced in the TC class
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u/dyysxse Jan 20 '23
24hourseries on facebook said they were broadcasting the race and quali on youtube
but when i checked on youtube nothing was listed yet
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u/Disastrous-Device-87 Jan 20 '23
Are you going to be making a spotter guide for the Rolex 24 at Daytona? If not, do you know a place where we can find it?
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u/dyysxse Jan 23 '23
i hate to sound like a broken record but what is your next project before mugello in march
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u/Ziombel_444 Chenard-Walcker Type U3 15CV Sport #8 Jan 17 '23
Wheew! Glad to release this project as well, so close to previous one, that was a thight schedule, but Creventic helped big time! ;D You can download it from:
spotters.guide or 24hseries.com
Updates will follow, few entries await driver line-up confirmations!