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"Mystery" Postcard found by No Fenders
Sherpa Claudio at 2014 Sonoma IndyCar race. (The Tomaso Collection)
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As most certainly it's just ME! Who cannot
navigate the Pirelli World Challenge's Official Website, right? As I seem to
get stuck in a never ending Groundhog Day scenario, since Lucy, my ARSE-Steamed
Screen-reader gets stuck on the page tabs that do NOT make any sense - Nor GO Anywhere;
but I digress!
Therefore, thanxs to racer.com I was finally
able to discover who's in the top notch PWC GT Class, albeit just days prior to
Thy season going Green. Which apparently features a robust 19-entries; Hmm?
That's just two shy of Indy Cars
complete full season's entry list!
Although the 19-strong Headliner GT Class was just
part of the Herculean 100+ cars of the respective seven total class entered for
the season opening rounds at Circuit Of The Americas over the March 3-6 race
meeting!
Not to mention that the GT category features
real diversity instead of FAUX Chassis, nee AFX Aurora Body-by Mennen Aerokits.
As certainly Y'all can see the lineage between the Chevy IndyCar and Team
Caddy's ASTVR. Or the Hondre' IndyCar vs. Acura TLX, right?
Stealing from Thy Jaguar's Advert. It'll be good to
have the Acura NSX back next year! Even if I most likely won't be able to SEE
I-T!
Yet you've gotta wonder about how Stout the
PWC GT Class competition is, since Jonny O's going for an amazing Five-peat
this year at the wheel of a Cadillac ATSVR-GT3! (Huh?, what in thee HELL is an
ASTVR)
As the 53yr old Flowery Branch, Georgia resident
attempts to win his fifth consecutive GT championship whilst holding off rivals
wheeling such rides as the Acura TLX GT in Thy hands of All-time series champion
Peter Cunningham who's got something in common with 'DER TERMINATOR, nee
Michael Schumacher. as both have seven championship titles to their names!
Although Johnny O's name always conjures up images
of him driving those NASTY ARSE yellow Corvettes' - which he's won multiple
times in across thy globe for Mwah...
Other manufacturers include the likes of the Audi
R8, Bentley Continental GT3, McLaren 650s, Mercedes AMG SLS GT, Nissan GTR GT3 and
the venerable, but always potent Porsche 911 GT3R.
Taking a brief look at some of the divergent
pedigrees 'O racing drivers competing, its GROOVY! Knowing that Jonathan
"CCR" Fogarty, local Oregonian Boy, nee Bend, Oregon resident is
piloting Bob Stallings' #99 McLaren 650s this season and stood on Thy podium at
COTA this year.
Aspiring Kuhnaidiun' Tintop driver Kyle Marcelli is behind the wheel of
the #2 Audi R8 machine. As presumably Marcelli will be wistfully opining for
Thy Mayor 'O Hinchtown's ultra fast ride, eh? Since Kyle's apparently won a
FF1600 single seater championship previously- although think James Hinchcliffe
plans on staying firmly affixed at SPM for the time being.
While
Nissan's gone for some hungry, Hard Charging Pilotes', as the name of Aussie
James Davison should be familiar to the Hardcore IndyCar Fans, as he's seeking
to hopefully sniff out one of the few remaining seats for this year's magnanimous
100th running of the Indy 500, albeit seems like his name's not being bandied
about very much as your humble No Fenders scribe Tomaso awaits with Thy Baited
Breath for the official Indy 500 entry list to be revealed.
Yet
I'm a fan of the Aussie's; Hmm? May be its that True Grit thingy? With James having
previously raced twice at Mother Speedway, slyly choosing the No. 33 for his
rookie debut in 2014 for KVRTSH What's Yuh MuhCallit's' 33rd and final car
entered in Thy field. Then last year he drove Dale Coyne's revolving door #19
entry, with his best finish-to-date being P16 in 2014.
Davison's
team-mate's got a GURR-ROOVY name; at least when 'Lucy, my ARSE-Steamed
Screen-reader reads I-T to me...
Being
none other than Bryan Heitkotter, who's definitely taken a most unorthodox path
towards becoming a professional racing driver. As the Fresno, CA driver
originally worked as an Auto Parts Delivery Driver before being laid-off. And
at age 30, beat out over 53,000 aspiring Nissan Playstation Academy contestants
to ultimately win the 16-person Shootout at Silverstone to become the 2011 USA
Playstation Academy winner.
And lastly, certainly Team Penske's General Tim Cindric enjoys the
proximity of the Pirelli World Challenge's supporting role to the top billings'
IndyCar series, since after all what better way to keep an eye upon his 17yr
old son Austin, who's having to rough I-T this year behind Thy wheel of an
McLaren 650s; Aye Karumba!
As
Austin's appropriately driving the No. 6 K-PAX Racing entry in his rookie
Pirelli World Challenge campaign, as believe there's a 'lil symmetry with Team
Penske and the No. 6, eh?
Whilst
the teenager's had an interesting ascendancy thru the motor racing ladder
rungs, mostly in Tintops, albeit as diverse as V8 Supercars, ARCA, Continental
Sports Cars to Dem Camping World 'PickemUp Trucks - along with winning a bronze
medal at the 2014 Austin X-Games and finishing runner-up in the GRC Lights
class last year with four wins.
As NO idea how Thy Young Cindric's done this
season or how he's fairing during this weekend's outing at the Oh, So Beautiful
Barber's...
So
far, thru the first four rounds of competition, it's been a Smorgasbord 'O
Winners, most notably Effort Racing's brand new 991-based Porsche 911 GT3R's.
With longtime Porsche Factory Hotschue Patrick Long taking the season's first
race followed by team-mate Michael Lewis sweeping both rounds of St Pete.
(Rounds 3-4)
Reminding
everyone not to overlook the reigning four-times consecutive GT Champ' was
Jonny O' claiming victory aboard his Cadillac ASTVR at Circuit Of The Americas
Nightcap Round-2 race.
The
Pirelli World Challenge series next joined
the Indy Cars at Long Beach followed by this weekend's outing at Barber
Motorsports Park, for which I wasn't aware of the outcome of those race outings
at the time of scribblin' this...