2016 Sprint-X GT Championship Series

2016 Sprint-X GT Championship Series season
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The 2016 Sprint-X GT Championship Series will be the inaugural season of the Sprint-X GT Championship Series. The series is managed by WC Vision and sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). On May 28, 2015 WC Vision announced it will be launching the Sprint-X GT Championship Series as a support series of the Pirelli World Challenge. Similar to GT races in the PWC, Sprint-X races have a sprint format as races are 60 minutes in length. The difference between PWC GT races and Sprint-X races is that Sprint-X races will feature mandatory driver and tire changes.^[1]

Schedule

The season comprises three rounds and all rounds are in support of the Pirelli World Challenge. On the same day WC Vision announced the launch of the series, they announced the series will be run during all "headliner" event weekends of the PWC^[1] - the calendar of the 2016 PWC season was announced on November 3, 2015.^[2] Later WC Vision decided the series would not run during the season opener of the PWC at Austin.

Round	Event	Circuit	Date
1	TBA	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Canada	May 19–22
2	TBA	Utah Motorsports Campus, Tooele, United States	August 12–14
3	TBA	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, United States	October 7–9

References

1. "Pirelli World Challenge to add 'extended sprint' races in 2016". Motorsport.com. May 28, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
2. "Pirelli World Challenge "State of the Series" announcements include 2016 confirmed schedule, SRO alliance, new rules". World-Challenge.com. November 3, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2016.