The collateral effect of the Formula 4 U.S. Championship postponing its race debut from May 27-28 at Lime Rock Park until June is that the Pirelli World Challenge had an available slot alongside its GT/GTA/GT Cup and GTS classes.
And what better way to plug that gap than to add the three TC classes?
The Touring Car, Touring Car A and Touring Car B classes will join the slate that weekend for a full complement of PWC classes at Lime Rock.
Their races move from the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course at the end of July, which was already a jam-packed weekend featuring the Verizon IndyCar Series, the full complement of Mazda Road to Indy series with two Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires and Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires races apiece, three Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda races and the two GT/GTA/GT Cup and GTS races each.
With the limited time track originally scheduled for the TC cars at Mid-Ohio, series officials felt it was in the best interest of the three TC classes to move to the PWC headliner weekend at Lime Rock in the traditional Memorial Weekend classic.
In addition, the TC teams unable to attend the Lime Rock rounds will receive double points at the Pirelli World Challenge season finale set for Oct. 6-9 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
“We had always wanted to include our TC classes at Lime Rock Park, but, with our partnership with SCCA Pro Racing, we deferred to their schedule and the much anticipated debut of the F4 Series,” said Greg Gill, President and CEO of WC Vision.
“When the F4 debut delay was announced, it was simple and pleasant decision to be able to include our TC classes with us at our Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix presented by Bentley.”