Bruce Nunnally Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Date of event: Friday, April 11 - Sunday, April 13 Location: Long Beach, CA Round(s): GT/GT-A/GTS, Round 3 The Pirelli World Challenge returns to the Streets of Long Beach to compete in the "Roar by the Shore". GT/GT-A and GTS teams and drivers compete this weekend. On NBC Sports Network. Sunday, April 20 at 5:30 p.m. (re-air Friday, April 25 at 1 a.m.) (all times listed are eastern.) Also on www.world-challengeTV.com after initial broadcast Practice 1 - Friday, 4:00 pm Qualifying - Saturday, 5:15 pm Warm-Up - Sunday, 8:00 am Race - Sunday, 4:30 pm Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Passing is very difficult on that course. The exotics are not favored, as the course surface has cambers and rough spots and is not banked, as is common in city street road race courses. We will see. In practice, O'Connell has the best time. Pilgrim is 8th, behind three Ferraris, two Audi R8s, and a McLauren. The closest usual competition is behind a bunch of other exotics. Volvo is nowhere to be seen; it appears that most of the competition from previous years does not have the stomach to compete with the exotics. It looks good for Cadillac. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Now I see on World Challenge TV: http://www.world-challengetv.com/ Roar by the Shore Presented by Kia04/13/14 @ 7:00 pm EST Long Beach Grand Prix - Long Beach, CA Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 O'Connell stalled waiting for the start at St. Petersburg and never caught the leaders, leaving Pilgrim to fight it out with the fastest Lamorghini alone. Something was amis with O'Connell's car because it qualified eighth at St. Petersburg. This time it's different. The Cadillacs are 1 and 2 in the starting lineup. The rest of the lineup seems to be all exotics except the Cadillacs and a line Viper. One might argue that the Audi R8 or the Porsche GT3R are not exotics, and they are sold through dealerships in some volume, and there are a few of those in there. And, there is a Viper, which isn't an exotic. For a good time, check out the starting grid PDF file: http://www.world-challenge.com/images/events/14-LB-FIN-1--Q-Session-GRID-GT.pdf -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 The youtube stream works better for me today: Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 It's O'Conell for the win, Pilgrim second! -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 CHECKERED - A @Cadillac 1-2 and @JohnnyOConnell1 leads home @AndyPilgrim! #PirelliWC #TGPLB40— World Challenge (@WCRacing) April 14, 2014 Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 The race times: http://www.world-challenge.com/images/events/14-LB-FIN-Race-Results-1-.pdf The lap chart: http://www.world-challenge.com/images/events/14-LB-Chart1-GT.pdf It was O'Connell-Pilgrim all the way, 32 laps. The race ran for a timed 45 minutes (caution not included), after which the checkered flag came out. A Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia ran third all the way but never got quite close enough to Pilgrim to attempt a pass. Eight cars broke the existing lap record during the race. Fastest lap was by a McLauren 12C GT3, which ran fourth for the first eight laps. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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