2015-2016 State of the Series

2015 Recap
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Over 1 million fans attended PWC races.
Over 1.7 million race broadcast viewers.
Sixth consecutive year of car count growth.
– Over 40% increase from 2014.
GT3 platform continues to be a winning formula.
Introduction of GT Cup.
Total TV / Internet viewership has grown by 144% over the
last two years.
Live TV broadcast at Detroit.
GT3: Largest manufacturer participation worldwide.
Five headline events.
Continued social media growth, FB over 605K, Twitter
followers have grown by over 180% since 2013.
Over 20 different manufacturer platforms running in series.
2016 Pirelli World Challenge Season
Continued growth and prominence
Looking Forward to 2016
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11 events / 20 GT races scheduled.
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Continued separate 60, 90 and 120 min. TV broadcast for GT /
GTS / TC as applicable
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Live Race broadcast scheduled for 2016.
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Continued long-term partnerships with Pirelli.
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Over 20 OE manufacturer partners to join the series for 2016,
including new relationships with Maserati and Lotus.
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Continued live streaming of races.
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Continued focus aim to grow TV viewership through 2016.
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GT3 platform will continue to draw attention from fans and media.
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Continued growth for GT Cup, GTS and TC classes.
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World-wide/prominent media attention will continue to grow = new
opportunities.
Additional 2016 Highlights
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Projected entry growth.
Sprint X introduction.
Five Pirelli World Challenge Headliner events.
Six Pirelli World Challenge Indy Car events.
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Blancpain GT Series – combining the best of sprint and long distance
• 5 races in Endurance – 5 races in Sprint
• 52 cars in Endurance – 26 in Sprint expected in 2016
• A European Series with no flyaway events
• World wide TV coverage and Fast growing social Media
British GT Championship
• Most successful national GT Championship in Europe
• Running at full circuit capacity with 24 cars
GT and Ultracar Sports Club & Curbstone track events
• Racing Series and track time exclusively designed for Amateur drivers
Intercontinental GT Challenge
• Bringing
together one major Endurance GT3 race from four Continents
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2016 Schedule
Date
Event
Location
March 3-6
Circuit of the Americas
Austin, TX
All Classes
March 11-13
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, FL
GT (A), GT Cup, GTS
April 15-17
Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
GT (A)
April 22-24
Barber Motorsports Park
Birmingham, AL
GT (A), GT Cup, GTS
May 19-21
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Bowmanville, ON
* All Classes
May 27-28
Lime Rock Park
Lakeville, CT
GT (A), GT Cup, GTS
June 23-26
Road America
Elkhart Lake, WI
All Classes
July 29-30
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, OH
All Classes
August 12-14
Utah Motorsports Campus
Tooele, UT
* All Classes
Sept. 16-18
Sonoma
Sonoma, CA
GT (A), GT Cup, GTS
October 7-9
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Salinas, CA
* All Classes
.* Indicates Sprint X Event
2016 Class Overview: GT Classes
GT/GTA
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Cars permitted boutique brand “sport-touring” cars,
Currently 12 manufacturers primarily FIA GT3 homologated cars.
GTA classification for Gentleman drivers that do not make their primarily
living from racing.
GT Cup
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Spec Porsche 991 Cup Cars that runs with GT Class races.
Separate victory circle presentation.
GTS
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Cars permitted in GTS are typically marketed as “sports cars”, “sporttouring cars” or a smaller model of “luxury” cars but with less permissible
modifications allowed than GT.
2016 Class Overview: TC
TC
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Approx. 300 crank hp. Front, Rear and All wheel drive
allowed. Class features NA and turbos.
TCA
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Approx. 220 crank hp. “Showroom Stock”. It is developed
to minimize the build costs of the TC platform.
TCB
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Smaller “Showroom Stock” class with Approx. 125 hp.
2016 Television and Digital Package
2016 Television Package
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Continued partnership with CBS Sports Network and Motor Trend
on demand
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Live Race Broadcast, all others one-week tape delayed.
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PWC featuring top quality production values with Greg Creamer,
Calvin Fish and Jeff Lepper announcing all the action again for
2016.
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Dedicated prime time 60 - 120 min TV packages for GT / GTS / TC.
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Multi location HD in-car cameras planned again for 2016, as well as
pit lane reporting both for live stream and CBS broadcast.
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Enhanced features, behind-the-scenes content, and driver profiles.
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All races featured live on:
world-challengetv.com and motortrendondemand.com
2016 Live Streaming Package
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Addition of pit lane and
post race interviews/victory
circle celebrations via Live
Stream
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All races will be streamed
live.
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All video inventory to be
stored for future viewing.
Mainstream Media
Enthusiast Media
2016 Competition Overview
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Initiating joint BOP project with SRO.
Rolling starts for GT class.
Additional Manufacturers added to GTS and TC classes.
Simplified rule book first major revision in 15 years.
Mandatory logger change GT classes.
Sprint X 60 mins, 2 drivers with minimum of one amateur.
Sprint X 3 Events 2 per event, GT and GTS class eligible.
Timing scoring advancements with sector timing.
Recap of 2016 Goals
• Continued class growth in GT & TC classes.
• Separate GT, GTS and TC race and TV broadcast.
• Five Pirelli World Challenge headliner events.
• Six Pirelli World Challenge IndyCar events.
• Increased coverage on CBS Sports Network.
• Expanded existing partnership with SRO Blancpain.
• Increased exposure throughout four continents.
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