SRA World AutoSport Challenge
Category | Endurance |
---|---|
Country | International |
Inaugural season | 2018 |
Classes | Sizhouan Prototype PRO Sizhouan Grand Touring PRO-AM |
Drivers | 74 (two drivers per team) |
Constructors | 17 |
Current season |
The World AutoSport Challenge (stylized as WASC) is a grand touring car racing series that began in 2018. The World AutoSport Challenge is an adaption of the Sizhouan AutoSport Championship (Sìzhōu Qìchē Yùndòng Jǐnbiāosài, 四州汽车运动锦标赛) referred to as the SQY Championship, renamed in 2018 after a January 2017 Sizhouan National People's Assembly vote to introduce the first international racing championship in it's class.
History
Races
2018-2019 Season Calendar
Cars
Cars are divided into two categories: Sizhouan Grand Touring Pro and Amateur (SGT PRO-AM)and Sizhouan Prototype (SPT). Both categories race in separate classes on the track with their own championship and team leaderboards and have entirely separate sets of manufacturing specifications that cars must be built according to.
In both groups, one car and number is assigned per team, in which each team is allowed to choose whichever whole number between 00 and 99 they desire so long as it has not been chosen, including by another class. Specifications for both classes also require an electrical hybrid system utilizing flywheel generators under breaking and a lithium-ion recharging battery. This system is balanced per-car to ensure a competitive racing field
For quick identification while driving, SPT cars are signified by RED LED lights on their rear bumper, number panels, and RED headlights. While SGT cars are signified with WHITE lights.
Sizhouan Grand Touring Cars
The Sizhouan Grand Touring Cars are a group having an aptitude for sport with 2 doors, 2 or 2+2 seats, and can be legally street operated in their home country. The base model of the SGT must be mass produced and sold as determined by the SRA general committee, using stats provided by a manufacturer's country of origin. Cars all have a similar power to weight ratio, achieved by a combination or low weight and low horsepower or high weight and high horsepower.
Characteristics
Driving Assists
Traction Control: Allowed
Anti Lock Braking: Allowed
Engines
Normally aspirated engines: 5500 cc maximum
Turbocharged / Supercharged engines: 4000 cc maximum.
Drivers
A crew consists of two drivers and must include one professional and one amateur driver.
Maximum dimensions:
Overall length: 4800 mm
Front overhang: 1250 mm
Rear overhang: 1100 mm
Overall width: 2050 mm (excluding rear view mirrors)
Number panels
Red with White LED border and Number
Minimum weight
1250 kg (weight of the car without driver, fuel or fluids on board). The Sizhouan Racing Association Committee reserves the right to adjust the minimum weight of any car in order to maintain the Balance of Performance between the cars.
Minimum weight
1350kg
Fuel Tank Capacity
90 litres (subject to Balance of Performance adjustments)
Sizhouan Prototype Cars
Sizhouan Prototype Cars, unlike SGT Cars, are closed cockpit cars with no production minimum requirement. Cars are produced by independent manufacturers only, not exceeding a cost of S/ 500,000. Sizhouan Prototypes are the premier class of the WASC, including the latest in experimental automotive technologies in aerodynamics, fuel efficiency, and electrical hybrid systems.
Characteristics
Driving Assists
Traction Control: Allowed
Anti Lock Braking: Allowed
Engines
Homologated
Turbocharged 4.2-litre V8 producing 600bhp.
Drivers
A crew consists of two professional drivers
Maximum dimensions:
Overall length: 4800 mm
Front overhang: 1250 mm
Rear overhang: 1100 mm
Overall width: 2050 mm (excluding rear view mirrors)
Number panels
White with Red LED border and Number
Minimum weight
930 kg
Fuel Tank Capacity
75 litres (subject to Balance of Performance adjustments)